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- DirectorElizabeth MarreOlivier PontStarsAude LégerA woman gains a new insight of life while she's near death.9/10
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsClive OwenStellan SkarsgårdLois SmithJanuary 13, 2001. Times war photographer Harvey Jacobs is wounded while witnessing a massacre at Nuevo Colon by terrorists. In a desperate effort, the United Nations sends a vehicle to get him out, a BMW driven by the mysterious Driver.9/10
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.9/10
- DirectorDony PermediStarsPierre CoffinThe story of a Kiwi who spends his whole life working towards achieving his dream.9/10
- DirectorChristoph LauensteinWolfgang LauensteinA group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.9/10
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiSubsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.9/10
- DirectorAhmed ImamovicStarsAlmedin LeletaSatoshi YahataMilan PavlovicIt's 1994. How different can ten minutes of a tourist in Rome and a family in the besieged Sarajevo be?
- DirectorErnest PintoffStarsMel BrooksMel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations. He doesn't understand them, so he heckles with strange commentary, to the annoyance of those around him.9/10
- DirectorTyron MontgomeryIn the desolate landscapes of an unforgiving desert, a desperate for water wanderer summons up the strength to follow the muffled sound of dripping liquid, only to pay the high price of pursuing a dream. Is all hope lost?9/10
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsMargaret MercierVincent WarrenTwo ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal multi and after-image effect visuals.9/10
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr KaydanovskiyThe man decides to die, but falls asleep at the last moment. He dreams that he died and ended up on another planet, very similar to the Earth, but the people living here do not know sin.9/10
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsT.J. ThyneVicki DavisDave KuhrA fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.8/10
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMarshall BrickmanGriffin DunneMichael EmersonWoody Allen's short film was his contribution to the Concert for New York City in October 2001. The short film features New Yorkers on the street talking about life in the City That Never Sleeps.8/10
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.8/10
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.8/10
- DirectorPatrick HughesStarsNick RussellKestie MorassiWhere do you find love? Sometimes all you need is a sign.8/10
- DirectorTanel ToomStarsLewis HowlettJoe EalesJames SimmonsQuiet and sincere 9-year-old Sam is worried about making his first confession. His conscience is clear, therefore he cannot hope for any relief from the experience. He and his friend Jacob decide to remedy that situation, but their initially innocent prank turns unexpectedly tragic.8/10
- DirectorBobby GarabedianStarsVladimír JavorskýLadislav OndrejLinda RybováA poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.8/10
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.8/10
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsNatalie PortmanMelchior DerouetWhile he is receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a strange way. A segment of Paris, I Love You (2006).8/10
- DirectorFrançois AlauxHervé de CrécyLudovic HouplainStarsBob StephensonSherman AugustusAja EvansPolice chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.8/10
- DirectorAndrew RuhemannShaun TanStarsTim MinchinA boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.8/10
- DirectorAri SandelStarsBen NewmarkNoureen DeWulfA.J. TannenA musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of dueling falafel restaurants on the West Bank.8/10
- DirectorJavier Recio GraciaStarsMiguel Angel PerezEva MolinaOn her deathbed, a sad, white-haired woman yearns to reunite with her beloved late husband. However, the road to the afterlife can be long, and today's modern medicine works miracles.8/10
- DirectorJoachim BackStarsVincent D'OnofrioKevin CorriganLiane BalabanA nosy neighbor, a drug dealer and an angry husband make for a move-in day that two men will never forget.8/10
- DirectorIan BarnesStarsSamuel HollandRory KinnearKieran HardcastleTells the story of a young man desperate to come of age before time runs out.8/10
- DirectorJochen Alexander FreydankStarsJulia JägerCedric EichTamay Bulut ÖzvatanA German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.8/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPeter BernuthIn the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.8/10
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsWerner HerzogBarbara WeetmanA plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way discovers the world.8/10
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsJohannes BjörkMagnus BörjesonMarcus HaraldsonA gang in a Volvo have staked out a flat; when its occupants leave to walk their dog, the six break into the place. One keeps his eyes on a stopwatch: they have only ten minutes before the couple returns. Instead of stealing things, the gang goes from room to room making fascinating percussive music with found objects: first in the kitchen, then the bedroom, the bathroom, and the salon. Cabinet doors, pot lids, light switches, a pill dispenser, a lamp, books, and a vacuum cleaner hose all add to the suite in four movements. The drummers keep the first three rooms tidy, but what will the flat's occupants make of the hurricane that hits the living room?8/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsZeph MichaelisMimi StarkSarah BravemanA writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible. He attempts to function again by consulting an analyst and becoming married, but eventually succumbs to his strange anxiety by disappearing into the picture.8/10
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.8/10
- DirectorAdam DavidsonStarsScotty BlochClebert FordBernard JohnsonA woman misses her train and buys lunch in a café. When she returns to her table, a man is eating her salad.8/10
- DirectorTomasz BaginskiStarsJola RzebuskaMaria KucharskaMarcin JaskowskiA space fantasy about an explorer who pays a visit to an unusual cathedral built with organic materials.8/10
- DirectorTomasz BaginskiStarsArkadiusz JakubikMarcin KudelkaDariusz ToczekA volunteer soldier plummets to his death. A photograph is taken and sent by courier to a huge man, who adds it to his macabre collection.8/10
- DirectorGuy NattivErez TadmorStarsGuy EliayahooOoky EtingerDavid KadoshA short story of two strangers meeting in a train journey, not knowing that something stranger is coming their way.8/10
- DirectorVirgil WidrichStarsJohannes SilberschneiderElisabeth Ebner-HaidUnknowingly, a copy shop employee sets off a bizarre series of events with utterly unforeseen consequences.8/10
- DirectorYi ZhouStarsCharlotte GainsbourgEnzo BasileGianmaria MajoranaInspired to Boccaccio's Decameron, the story takes place in the Roman suburbs between the Port of Fiumicino and Ostia: it is about the end of love.8/10
- DirectorPo ChanStarsHarwood GordonEli JaneAlex WeberThe last 3 minutes of William Turner's life and his beloved crystal.8/10
- DirectorChris StennerArvid UibelHeidi WittlingerStarsRainer BasedowMichael HabeckApparently, rocks are having conversations all around us, but they talk very, very slowly...8/10
- DirectorLars HenningStarsPeter KurthSuzana RozkosnyBecker works as a security guard in a supermarket. He catches Marina, a young Polish woman, shoplifting. Instead of calling the police Becker lets the woman escape through the back door. But Marina takes advantage and few days later she is back at the supermarket, stealing. Becker's once easy-going life goes into a tailspin. A short by Lars Henning, produced by Veit Helmer.8/10
- DirectorFerenc RofuszA fine day in the life of a fly presented completely from the fly's point of view. A fine day until something dreary happens, that is.8/10
- DirectorSantiago Bou GrassoPatricio PlazaA man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.8/10
- DirectorHans RichterStarsWerner GraeffWalter GronostayPaul HindemithHans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.8/10
- DirectorPepe DanquartStarsSenta MoiraPaul OutlawStefan MerkiA young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.8/10
- DirectorJon KnautzStarsTrevor MatthewsKyle BrydgesJoe NewtonA pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver accidentally hits something. Panic-stricken, he searches for help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in the form of human kindness.8/10
- DirectorGuy NattivErez TadmorStarsLiron LevoJoad Abed El GaniIdo MosseriOne fence, four fans, and the game of their lives. This is a story about 4 men and a radio.8/10
- DirectorPhilippe OrreindyStarsSophie ForteThomas GaudinPascal CasanovaA man falls in love while in a subway station.8/10
- DirectorPhillip VanStarsNicolette KrebitzWanja MuesJudith RohdeIn the near-future, a woman whose robotic husband fails to meet her standards returns and upgrades him for a better version with standards that she now fails to meet.8/10
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsNikolai GusarovLyubov TeplovaKostya PanovIn the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used to have a cow, how this cow fed everyone with milk and how she suffered when the calf was sold for meat.8/10
- DirectorBruce BranitStarsErin McGraneBrian PauletteA strange man builds a holographic world for the woman he loves.8/10
- DirectorGuy ThysStarsDirk van DijckKoen van ImpeHilde NorgaAn office clerk with a hankering to tango enlists the support of a workplace colleague as he prepares for a date. It's Christmas time and the concept of giving assumes fairy tale proportions in this beguiling modern story.8/10
- DirectorEsben TønnesenStarsNikolaj RasmussenMalene RasmussenLotte BergstrømA young boy decides to write an article about the opposite sex for his homework assignment, entitled "The Way Girls Are".8/10
- DirectorVincent BalStarsVeerle van OverloopFrank FocketynGene BervoetsMylene and Werner are going to make their flat up for Christmas. Then Sam comes with a bottle of Veuve Cliqot. Sam tells Werner that he knows Werner has stolen money at work. Werner murders Sam. Soon afterwards, Sam is alive again and it looks as if somebody else would have to die. Who's fooling who?8/10
- DirectorTill NowakAn old man lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.8/10
- DirectorDiego Quemada-DiezStarsCollins OtienoGaudencia Ayuma SchichengaKepha OnduruOmondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away.8/10
- DirectorJoan C. GratzStarsJean G. PoulotTwo-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.8/10
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenTomas Villum JensenStarsJens Jørn SpottagSøren ØstergaardJesper BæhrenzThe businessman Ernst has just landed in the airport and is on his way home to his wife. Its raining heavy outside and therefore he takes a hitchhiker with him. They start a conversation about the value of life and soon it becomes evident to the spectators that the hitchhiker is Jesus Christ, but Ernst is in too much of a rush to go back to his wife to notice.8/10
- DirectorSimon AtkinsonAdam TownleyStarsCharity WakefieldLee InglebyGirl meets boy in quirky office romance. Two like minded souls, too shy to approach each other, find a new way to show their love for each other.8/10
- DirectorAlessandro DominiciStarsFranco NeroA man roves the vastity of a deserted industrial plant ready to grasp his gun. Hat, boots, belt, the last pistolero is going to face the hardest of challenges...8/10
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAlexis MartinA politician has just a couple of minutes to convince people to vote for him, and tries to seduce his audience with promises he thinks they want to hear.8/10
- DirectorSam KarmannStarsDaniel RialetJacques MartialChristian RauthA commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.8/10
- DirectorNash EdgertonStarsNash EdgertonMirrah FoulkesChum EhelepolaA young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.8/10
- DirectorDavid RussoStarsDavid RussoIngrid IngersonDavid GehrmanIn glorious stop motion pixilation an artist (David Russo) applies for a grant to make the film that we are watching. It unfolds as he describes it. The grant committee is not impressed.8/10
- DirectorAndy BobrowStarsJohnny BrownRodney SaulsberryAndy BobrowThe suppressed history of America's Black space program, in mockumentary form broadly satirizing Ken Burns and histories of the Negro Baseball Leagues.8/10
- DirectorOscar SharpStarsJethro SkinnerLaura MugridgePat KelmanMeet Ben - he holds a sign for a living, and he loves his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.8/10
- DirectorDavid FourierStarsElise LaurentJean-Marc DelacruzOlivier LavilleDimitri, a Soviet cosmonaut of Soyouz 27 likes majorettes. Catherine and Laurent like making love. Jean-Paul II loves airports. Vincent loves boys.8/10
- DirectorTim BullockStarsMorgan O'NeillAlex SideratosBilly MitchellMusicians in a jazz quartet dispute the attention of a beautiful lady in a bar, playing their instruments to the limit.8/10
- DirectorLena StolarskaStarsJordan HayesAaron Turner8/10
- DirectorFelix MassieStarsScott JohnsonKeith Reynolds leaves his hat in his car. This isn't the only mistake he makes today.8/10
- DirectorElham HosseinzadehStarsTofigh SakiSalman Roshan ZadehMoloud Khazami8/10
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.8/10
- DirectorTony ScottStarsClive OwenGary OldmanJames BrownDecades ago, the legendary James Brown sold his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. Now he wishes to renegotiate. Hired to take Mr. Brown to a rendezvous with the devil, the driver soon finds himself entangled in fiendish plans.8/10
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsClive OwenDon CheadleF. Murray AbrahamThe Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase, the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation.8/10
- DirectorMarcel-Kyrill GardelliStarsHeinz Hoenig9/10
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.8/10
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenJens Jørn SpottagJohn MartinusOn his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.7/10
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsBraam GreylingGodfrey SeomeDawie AckermannAn eerie tale of a close encounter of the third kind in Johannesburg.7/10
- DirectorLuke DoolanStarsKarl BeattieBrendan DonoghueAngus Russo8-year-old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the infirmary, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.7/10
- DirectorRichard GaleStarsPaul ClemensBrian RohanMelissa PaladinoThe epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time.7/10
- DirectorLuke MathenyStarsLuke MathenyMarian BrockChristopher HirshA lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.7/10
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsClive OwenMickey RourkeAdriana LimaThe Driver is now spying on a celebrity's wife suspected of adultery.7/10
- DirectorJohn WooStarsClive OwenMaury ChaykinKathryn MorrisThe driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere on the water's edge. Linked to her only by cell phone, the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide.7/10
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.7/10
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsMarion CotillardClark GongEmily StofleA nameless woman enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere.7/10
- DirectorRay McKinnonStarsRay McKinnonWalton GogginsEddie KingThe O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.7/10
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsHonorah BourtonKobe BryantFabio CannavaroA Nike commercial that highlights the cultural impact of soccer around the world.
- DirectorJamin WinansStarsRaymond Andrew BaileyCesar BejaranoBrandon CarrilloA mysterious DJ is sent to a city block to mend a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives.7/10
- DirectorAnthony LucasStarsJoel EdgertonHelmut BakaitisTommy DysartSet in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.7/10
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsClive OwenTomas MilianFranklin Dennis JonesA mysterious BMW driver must protect an eccentric old foreigner from criminals.7/10
- DirectorRawson Marshall ThurberStarsLester SpeightMichael Sean McGuinnessMichael CornacchiaRetired NFL Linebacker, "Terrible" Terry Tate enforces the office rules at the Felcher and Sons' headquarters the only way he knows how: with bone-crushing tackles and hard-core trash-talk. With Terry in the corner office, you'll never be late for the morning meeting again.7/10
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsAmélie DaureGianpaolo LuporiStefan MorawietzA woman is haunted by memories of a dangerous mission she undertook while working as a secret agent. Advertisement for Philips' Aurea LCD technology.7/10
- DirectorPhilip SansomOlly WilliamsStarsNapoleon RyanA sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?7/10
- DirectorSlawomir FabickiStarsBartosz IdczakMariusz JakusMarek Bielecki13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannised by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.7/10
- DirectorRodrigo BlaasAlma, a little girl, skips through the snow-covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.7/10
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsMylène FarmerGiancarlo EspositoFarmer appears in the movie in two roles: as a woman of high society, and as a street prostitute. The partner of the singer in the video is an American TV actor Giancarlo Esposito, who also played two roles: a businessman and a pimp. Prostitutes, appearing in the video are not actresses, but real representatives of their profession. Mylène admitted that she fell in love with this role. Abel Ferrara recalled that Farmer later thanked him for his professional work.7/10
- DirectorDirk BeliënStarsTom Van DyckEllen Van CutsemAza DeclercqOn a cold winter evening a young manager gets stuck in traffic on his way home from work. He takes his brand new mobile to call his wife, not knowing that by doing so he is about to cause irreparable damage.7/10
- DirectorElisa MillerStarsDiego CatañoMiriam Chi ChimSofía EspinosaJonah and Sofia, two inseparable friends, spend their days wandering through the small town where they were born; However, when Sofia decides to leave that small world, Jonah will have to struggle between familiarity and the unknown.7/10