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1. Sunday (I) (2011)
9 min | Animation, Short
On a typically boring Sunday a small boy goes to church with his parents before being taken to a relative's house for a family lunch. Still bored he amuses himself by placing a coin on the ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Doyon | Stars: Chantal Baril, Natalie Hamel-Roy, Jacques Lavallée, François Sasseville
Votes: 1,137
2. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
TV-G | 15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
Directors: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
Votes: 5,798
3. La Luna (2011)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?
Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Tony Fucile, Krista Sheffler, Phil Sheridan
Votes: 16,991
4. A Morning Stroll (2011)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action
When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
Director: Grant Orchard
Votes: 814
5. Wild Life (2011)
TV-PG | 14 min | Animation, Short, Western
Calgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
Directors: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby | Stars: Adam Blackwood, Luba Goy, Anthony Bekenn, Keith Dinicol
Votes: 884
6. Nullarbor (2011)
TV-G | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
A man with road rage confronts an elderly driver. Then all hell breaks loose.
Directors: Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell | Stars: Cliff Ellen, Tristan Sarell
Votes: 283
7. Amazonia (2011)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the dangerous world of the Amazon Rainforest, finding a meal proves to be an impossible task for a little treefrog named Bounce. His luck changes when he meets Biggy, a blue-bellied ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Chen
Votes: 111
8. Skylight (II) (2009)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Short
A cautionary mockumentary set against the foreboding backdrop of the Antarctic.
Director: David Baas | Star: Jason Groh
Votes: 162
9. The Hybrid Union (2010)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Short
Two abstract characters - Plus and Minus come from opposite poles and when their predicament forces them to unite, they create a new, startling, energy form - The Hybrid Union.
Director: Serguei Kouchnerov
Votes: 100
10. Pentecost (2011)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch (Scott Graham) is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as... See full summary »
Director: Peter McDonald | Stars: Andrew Bennett, Scott Graham, Michael McElhatton, Valerie Spelman
Votes: 468
11. Tuba Atlantic (2010)
TV-MA | 25 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Everybody will die one day, but 70-year-old Oskar will die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a long-ago disagreement. Will he reach his brother, whom he believes live on... See full summary »
Director: Hallvar Witzø | Stars: Edvard Hægstad, Ingrid Viken, Terje Ranes, Ryan Adams
Votes: 810
12. Infidelity (I) (2011)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young boy tries to get his parents to divorce so he can get twice as many presents.
Director: Simon Portus | Star: Tully Portus Keen
13. Only Son (2010)
8 min | Short, Comedy
An only son tries to woo the girl of his dreams with the unwanted help of his deceased father.
Directors: Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch, Thedownlowconcept | Stars: Josh Thomson, Ian Gordon, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Mick Innes
Votes: 17
14. Safe (I) (2011)
20 min | Short, Drama
Can you let in love if you lock away your past? SAFE tells the tale of Mia, who is 31 and eternally single. Mia can never get past the second date because she is too scared to answer any ... See full summary »
Director: Julietta Boscolo | Stars: Louisa Bland, Pier Carthew, Liza Dennis, Shaun Goss
15. The Grace of Others (2011)
11 min | Short, Drama
James is a man with of string of past lovers. He asks his current photographer girlfriend Chloe to take his family's annual portrait, but will she fit into the picture?
Director: Alexander Brunacci | Stars: Maya Aleksandra, Sunday Barca Irving, James Beck, Suzy Cato-Gashler
16. The Maestro (I) (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A destitute man on city streets liberates a device allowing him to control the world around him.
Director: Adam Anthony | Stars: Gyton Grantley, Nick Maricic, Rory Williamson, Alex T. Grant
Votes: 97
17. Status (2011)
20 min | Short, Romance, Sci-Fi
2018. The world is changing. Social networking sprawls far beyond beyond desktop computers and iphones. "Welcome to Statlink." Live connected 24/7 though microchips inserted directly into ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Williamson | Stars: James Ballard, Cat Commander, Ellen Grimshaw, Kathryn Tohill
Votes: 12
18. Choice Night (2010)
16 min | Short, Drama
Fifteen year-old James has everything before him. The catch? He has to choose between the two things he wants the most: love or mates.
Director: Christopher Dudman | Stars: Aaron McGregor, Pearl McGlashan, Louis Sutherland, Corrie Brink
Votes: 27
19. Meathead (2011)
11 min | Short, Drama
Mick is a 17-year-old who gets a job at the local meatworks. The place is challenging and his fellow workers don't exactly welcome new blood. It soon becomes clear that his first day won't ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Holst | Stars: Jesse James Rehu Pickery, Greg Smith, Mick Innes, Eddie Ruckus
Votes: 43
20. Moth (2011)
14 min | Short, Drama
In 1970s Australia, when 'care' equalled repression, three girls escape from their institution for one brief moment of liberty.
Director: Meryl Tankard | Stars: Sophie Lowe, Beatrice McBride, Madeleine Madden, Fabian McCallum
21. The Trigger (2011)
12 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Marcus Shepherd | Stars: Ralph Brown, Timi Lamikanra, Daniel Morpeth
Votes: 11
22. Man in Fear (2011)
PG | 11 min | Short, Action, Thriller
Anthony Fox is a very paranoid man. Fleeing a coach crash, he wanders the streets; he's bloodied and desperate, trusting no-one, switching food orders and behaving erratically. Anthony ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jewell | Stars: Luke Treadaway, Peta Taylor, Paul Trimble, Sally Megee
Votes: 34
23. What You Looking At? (2011)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Two very different people in the London borough of Lambeth - a drag queen (Michael Twaits) and a woman in a burka. Only in a lift would they ever cross each another s path. But these two have more in common than they first thought.
Director: Faryal | Stars: Michael Twaits, Hussina Raja, Rez Kabir
Votes: 101
24.
Coming Up (2003–2013)
Episode:
Dip
(2010)
Drama
A pickpocket (Jason) blackmails a Somalian immigrant, Asad, on a London night bus.
Director: Lisa Gornick | Stars: David Avery, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Gavin Brocker, Paul Courtenay Hyu
Votes: 24
25. Baby (II) (2010)
25 min | Short, Drama
A young woman is followed home by a stranger.
Director: Daniel Mulloy | Stars: Arta Dobroshi, Daniel Kaluuya, Etela Pardo, Celia Meiras
Votes: 145
26. I'll Tell You (2010)
10 min | Short, Drama
Lola, 14 romanticises the memories of two teenagers who she once hung out with, Zania and Kad. At war with a mother who'll never understand her, Lola feels propelled to tell an intimate ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Tillotson | Stars: Sebastian Bambrey, Nicola Borasinski, Alex Childs, Julia Ford
Votes: 22
27. Doodlebug (1997)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
In his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Star: Jeremy Theobald
Votes: 19,015
28. Incorrectly Drawn Hen (1963)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Director: Jirí Brdecka | Stars: Antonín Jedlicka, Jaroslav Mares
Votes: 86
30. Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
Director: David Lynch
Votes: 6,474
31. The Alphabet (1969)
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Reavey
Votes: 8,533
32. Rabbits (2002)
43 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
In a nameless city deluged by continuous rain, three rabbits live with a fearful mystery.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Scott Coffey, Rebekah Del Rio, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts
Votes: 8,241
33. The Grandmother (1970)
Not Rated | 34 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Dorothy McGinnis, Richard White, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick
Votes: 7,340
34. The Original Black Swan (2011)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Everyone loved Todd Barry as Mickey Rourke's mean boss in Darron Aronofsky's The Wrestler. So why wasn't it Todd in Aronofsky's next film, Black Swan? Well - maybe he was .
Stars: Darren Aronofsky, Todd Barry
Votes: 64
35. Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor (2007)
21 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Surreal events occur when a hapless country doctor visits an ill boy one cold night.
Director: Kôji Yamamura | Stars: Sensaku Shigeyama, Shigeru Shigeyama, Doji Shigeyama, Shime Shigeyama
Votes: 1,369
36. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Votes: 9,016
37. Atama-yama (2002)
Not Rated | 10 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A sad rakugo of a stingy old man experiencing the unforeseen consequences of eating a few cherries whole, without throwing the pits away.
Director: Kôji Yamamura | Stars: Takeharu Kunimoto, Bruno Metzger
Votes: 1,587
38. Vincent (1982)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
Director: Tim Burton | Star: Vincent Price
Votes: 24,308
39. The Last Trick (1964)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two magicians, Mr. Schwarzwald and Mr. Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,046
40. A Game with Stones (1965)
8 min | Animation, Short
Stones of different shapes and colors live and die together.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,066
41. Désirée (2012)
12 min | Short, Drama
As she waits in her dressing room before showtime, beloved actress Desiree reflects on the losses and betrayals that have brought her to this moment.
Director: David Chester | Stars: Juna Suzuki Hewitt, Lydia Kaori, Caitlin Kelly, Bertrand Kervella
42. Hoy no estoy (2007)
7 min | Short, Drama
Director: Gustavo Taretto | Stars: Inés Efron, Norma Maldonado, Esmeralda Mitre, Martín Piroyansky
Votes: 93
43. Foxes (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A young couple trapped in a remote neighborhood are beckoned by shrieking foxes into their twilight world.
Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Marie Ruane, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Karen Griffin
Votes: 596
44. Dark Side of the Lens (2010)
6 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An stunning Visual insight into the mind and world of renowned Surfing Cinematographer Mickey Smith.
Director: Mickey Smith
Votes: 59
45. Shoe (2010)
TV-PG | 13 min | Short, Drama
Vince is about to kill himself - but that crazy beggar keeps killing the mood.
Director: Nick Kelly | Stars: Peter Coonan, Pat Kinevane
Votes: 33
46. Even Gods (2012)
TV-G | 18 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Wisecracking, large-hearted, Hughie has been living in a long-term homeless shelter in Belfast for 6 years. He is well-liked in the hostel, the life and soul. But when his daughter contacts... See full summary »
Director: Phil Harrison | Stars: Paul Caddell, Mary Lindsay, Lalor Roddy, Laura Thompson
Votes: 20
47. The Boy in the Bubble (2011)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever.
Director: Kealan O'Rourke | Star: Alan Rickman
Votes: 400
48. BlinkyTM (2011)
13 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young boy living in the near future looks for an escape from a home with arguing parents. As a way to cope with the recent arguments from his parents he receives a robot companion that he ends up abusing.
Director: Ruairi Robinson | Stars: Max Records, Jenni Fontana, James Nardini, Joe Childs
Votes: 2,286
49. Washed Up Love (2011)
6 min | Short, Drama
Moira is looking for love. Love doesn't even know he's missing.
Director: Dylan Cotter | Star: Mark Schrier
Votes: 7
50. Noreen (2010)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two policemen on a house-call in rural Ireland; Frank is young and heartbroken... Con is middle-aged and weary... They're both alone. They're both idiots.
Director: Domhnall Gleeson | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, Gerard Byrne, Sean McCarthy
Votes: 371
51. Chomp! (2011)
5 min | Short, Horror, Romance
An unusual courtship that explores the fine line between love and zombie cannibalism.
Directors: Adam Horton, Joe Horton | Stars: James Dean, Marc Pickering, Georgina Strawson
Votes: 24
52. Bobby Yeah (2011)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Bobby Yeah is a subhuman creature who experiences a series of increasingly bizarre, nightmarish encounters after stealing a malevolent baby's prized pet.
Director: Robert Morgan
Votes: 722
53. The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008)
6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
The film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.
Directors: Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone | Stars: Julian Richings, Alan Alderton, Lea Lawrynowicz, Tony Morrone
Votes: 624
54. Teufelsnacht (2011)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
When charlatan Paul pretends to exorcise a ghost form an old Bavarian farmhouse, he encounters the impossible - an actual supernatural presence. His attempt to save this seemingly poor, ... See full summary »
Directors: Wolfgang Böhm, Florian Puchert | Stars: Timo Eberler, Wowo Habdank, Laura Maire, Simon Schwarz
Votes: 7
55. Zombinladen: The Axis of Evil Dead (2011)
4 min | Short, Horror
Director: Clément Deneux | Stars: Carole Brana, Shane Woodward, Arnaud Demanche, Rurik Sallé
Votes: 109
57. Deus Irae (2010)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Horror
A secret order of evil-fighting priests, the Deus Irae, protect the frail boundaries which separate this world from the mystical realm of darkness.
Director: Pedro Cristiani | Stars: Gastón Ricaud, Bernarda Pagés, Ana Pauls, Julia Perette
Votes: 284
58. Red Balloon (2010)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Much to the babysitter's surprise, a little girl who is upstairs in her room is having persisting unnerving nightmares. Could it be the storm outside or does a more sinister reason lurks somewhere in the house's darkest corners?
Directors: Damien Macé, Alexis Wajsbrot | Stars: Gareth Bennett-Ryan, Rachel Bright, Chantal Eder, Taryn Kay
Votes: 475
59. Play Dead (2011)
18 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A zombie apocalypse unites a ragtag pack of dogs in the ruined streets of Miami. Immune to the epidemic, they must stick together to survive in the midst of ferocious undead and human survivors. Sit. Stay. Play dead.
Directors: Andres Meza-Valdes, Diego Meza-Valdes | Stars: Heather Ashley Chase, Andrew Jeffrey Brown, Eric Anderson, Chuck Aurin
Votes: 125
60. J.S. Bach - Fantasy in G Minor (1965)
Not Rated | 10 min | Animation, Short, Music
A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, intercut with images of doors and wire-meshed windows.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 858
61. The Flat (1968)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Ivan Kraus, Juraj Herz
Votes: 1,849
62. Punch and Judy (1966)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Nad'a Munzarová, Jirí Procházka, Bohuslav Srámek
Votes: 1,154
63. Et Cetera (1966)
8 min | Animation, Short
A small, animated figure learns how to use a whip, a pair of wings and a house.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 964
64. Picnic with Weissmann (1969)
11 min | Animation, Short
Various objects are having a sunny outing together in the nature.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 888
65. Svetlonos (2005)
25 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
In a twisted, labyrinthine metropolis, the machine that regulates the cycles of sunlight and darkness breaks down, forcing a dangerous intervention.
Director: Václav Svankmajer
Votes: 187
66. Not I (2000)
14 min | Short
A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not really happen to her.
Director: Neil Jordan | Star: Julianne Moore
Votes: 338
67. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,882
68. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,879
69. Opening Speech (1960)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Norman McLaren attempts to give the opening speech for the first Montreal International Film Festival, but his microphone won't cooperate.
Director: Norman McLaren | Star: Norman McLaren
Votes: 209
70. Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)
11 min | Animation, Short
A short painted film by Oskar Fishchinger which films images to the music of Johann Bach.
Director: Oskar Fischinger
Votes: 572
71. Komposition in Blau (1935)
4 min | Animation, Short, Music
This is an abstract film in which every motion is in strict synchronization with music, so the description must be read in terms of the overall impression it gives. Within a deep blue ... See full summary »
Director: Oskar Fischinger
Votes: 594
72. Begone Dull Care (1950)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Music
Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
Directors: Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren
Votes: 1,731
73. Blinkity Blank (1955)
5 min | Animation, Short
The surreal story of a bird and its cage with both their conflict and union.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 1,103
74. Boogie-Doodle (1941)
4 min | Animation, Short
From the opening credits: "An experimental film (...) made without camera, by drawing directly upon 35 mm film with an ordinary pen and ink." Various abstract shapes interact and transform into one another.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 612
76. Narcissus (1983)
Not Rated | 22 min | Musical, Short
A balletic interpretation of the Greek myth in which dancers enact the tragedy of the beautiful youth who condemns himself to a trapped existence through excessive self-love.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Jean-Louis Morin, Sylvie Kinal, Sylvain Lafortune
Votes: 192
77. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,656
78. Gulliver's Travels (1902)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput, the inhabitants of which are no more than six inches tall. He later travels to Brobdingnag, a country populated by giants.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 963
79. Pád (1999)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A bizarre, even absurd puppet film full of black humor that will completely shock you while making you laugh. It presents a day on a gray Moscow street during which life and death are ... See full summary »
Directors: Aurel Klimt, Derek Shea | Stars: Anne Day-Jones, Mitch Michaels
Votes: 205
80. Tango (1981)
8 min | Animation, Short
Subsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
Director: Zbigniew Rybczynski
Votes: 3,031
81. I Am Harry Potter (2010)
3 min | Short, Comedy
The Boy Who Lived. The Chosen One. But no class at Hogwarts could have prepared Harry Potter for this next chapter in his amazing story. Harry is back in the Muggle world, and trying his ... See full summary »
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Judd Apatow, Daniel Radcliffe
Votes: 613
82. The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 3,212
83. The Mascot (1933)
37 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz | Star: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 1,611
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