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1. Touch of Evil (2011)
12 min | Short, Horror, Music
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
Director: Alex Prager | Stars: Jessica Chastain, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Viola Davis
Votes: 790
2. Inner Workings (2016)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The heart and mind of an office worker clash over sticking to a safe routine of work and daring to try new experiences in life to enjoy.
Director: Leonardo Matsuda | Stars: Tucker Gilmore, Raymond S. Persi
Votes: 5,310
3. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
60 min | Drama
The film is a collection of one-minute short films created by 60 filmmakers from around the world on the theme of the death of cinema.
Directors: Phie Ambo, Shinji Aoyama, Jes Benstock, Mark Boswell, Park Chan-wook, Mark Cousins, Dalpalan, Maximilien Dejoie, Gustav Deutsch, Bradley Eros, Feyyaz, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Michael Glawogger, Jorge Michel Grau, Jan Ijäs, Gakuryû Ishii, Jussi Jaakola, Ken Jacobs, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Viktor Kaganovich, Manuela Kaufmann, Aki Kaurismäki, Naomi Kawase, Ville Kerimaa, Eric Khoo, Jeon Kyu-hwan, Malcolm le Grice, Aku Louhimies, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Marina Manushenko, Bruce McClure, Brillante Mendoza, Kyungwon Moon, Amir Naderi, Rafi Pitts, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Jussi Reittu, Simon Rumley, Albert Serra, Ronni Shendar, Norbert Shieh, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Auraeus Solito, Mika Taanila, Mart Taniel, Andres Tenusaar, Tom Tykwer, Gillian Wearing, Gereon Wetzel, Ollie Whitehead, Adam Wingard, Michael Winterbottom, Ming Jin Woo, Edmund Yeo, Kari Yli-Annala, Brian Yuzna, Veiko Õunpuu
Votes: 207
4. After Adderall (2016)
77 min | Comedy
After Adderall is a re-imagining of the period in which Stephen Elliott's memoir The Adderall Diaries was adapted into the eponymous James Franco movie.
Director: Stephen Elliott | Stars: Stephen Elliott, Mickaela Tombrock, Bill Heck, Derrick C. Brown
Votes: 51
5. The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Action, Crime
Frank Castle is staying in a bad neighborhood, where he encounters a gang that terrorizes its residents.
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Sammi Rotibi, Karlin Walker
Votes: 10,567
6. Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy
Funny or Die presents a satirical rendition of Donald Trump's 1987 best selling business book, The Art of the Deal.
Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Johnny Depp, Ron Howard, Alfred Molina, Robert Morse
Votes: 4,972
7. The Dark Knight Legacy (2013)
7 min | Short, Action
Dark Knight Legacy is a fan film set one year after the Dark Knight Rises, following "Robin" John Blake's heroic journey to protect the symbol of Batman from the lethal, relentless attacks of a masked vigilante known only as the Red Hood.
Director: Brett Register | Stars: Maury Sterling, Craig Frank, Daniel Vincent Gordh, Chloe Dykstra
Votes: 57
8. Whiplash (2013)
TV-14 | 18 min | Short, Drama, Music
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Johnny Simmons, Nate Lang, J.K. Simmons, C.J. Vana
Votes: 6,534
9. Curfew (I) (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Having reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal
Votes: 7,048
10. Death and Transfiguration (1983)
26 min | Short, Drama
Interwoven memories: a boy's Catholic childhood, in middle-age caring for his beloved dying mother, and in old age dying alone in a hospital.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Terry O'Sullivan, Iain Munro, Jeanne Doree
Votes: 484
11. The Frolic (2007)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Horror
A prison psychologist uncovers a deadly supernatural force in one of his inmate patients leading him to his breaking point.
Director: Jacob Cooney | Stars: Michael Reilly Burke, Maury Sterling, Jennifer Aspen, Kailey Nicole
Votes: 73
12. 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: 55,716
13. Encounter (1965)
Short, Drama
A mother encounters the son she earlier gave up for adoption.
Director: Norman C. Chaitin | Stars: Dyanne Thorne, Robert De Niro
Votes: 91
14. World of Tomorrow (2015)
G | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Julia Pott, Winona Mae, Sara Cushman
Votes: 10,315
15. Sentence of the Mind (2015)
21 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Tim Carpenter | Stars: Max Anderson, Heidi Barrientes, Lorraine Montez, Jason Pead
16. Hotel Chevalier (2007)
R | 13 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Natalie Portman, Waris Ahluwalia, Michel Castejon
Votes: 36,099
17. The Audition (III) (2015)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio must compete for the lead role in Martin Scorsese's next film.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 4,510
18. Hostage (2002)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Action, Adventure
The 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.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Clive Owen, Maury Chaykin, Kathryn Morris, Darius McCrary
Votes: 5,174
19. Beat the Devil (2002)
Not Rated | 9 min | Action, Short, Adventure
Decades 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.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Clive Owen, Gary Oldman, James Brown, Marilyn Manson
Votes: 6,085
20. Ticker (2002)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Action, Adventure
The 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.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Clive Owen, Don Cheadle, F. Murray Abraham, Clifton Powell
Votes: 4,696
21. Successful Alcoholics (2010)
25 min | Short, Comedy
A couple that are very successful in their jobs and at the same time have a drinking problem try to manage their love life, their social life and their jobs.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Tony Hale, Nick Kroll
Votes: 1,119
22. The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting (2013)
9 min | Short, Comedy
A star-studded tribute to the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Michael Bender, Adrianne Curry, Donald Faison, Dan Fogler
Votes: 47
23. Kung Fury (2015)
TV-14 | 31 min | Short, Action, Comedy
In 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - Kung Führer, a.k.a. Adolf Hitler.
Director: David Sandberg | Stars: David Sandberg, Jorma Taccone, Steven Chew, Leopold Nilsson
Votes: 62,411
24. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise
Votes: 61,507 | Gross: $3.78M
25. Heat Vision and Jack (1999 TV Movie)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Astronaut on the run with special powers and his talking motorcycle must deal with a malevolent artificial life form that's possessing people and turning them into dust, as well as NASA's hitman and real life actor Ron Silver.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Ron Silver, Christine Taylor
Votes: 1,777
26. Random Quest (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
Following a scientific experiment, a man wakes up in a parallel universe and begins living a life similar to, but different from, his own.
Director: Luke Watson | Stars: Samuel West, Kate Ashfield, David Burke, Shaun Parkes
Votes: 324
27. Tales of the Black Freighter (2009 Video)
R | 26 min | Animation, Short, Action
A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
Directors: Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jared Harris, Lori Tritel, Siobhan Flynn
Votes: 7,119
28. Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A documentary of the story behind Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (1989).
Directors: Jeremy Coon, Tim Skousen | Stars: Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, Jayson Lamb, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 2,298
29. Wake (VIII) (2012)
3 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The ripple effect of a brother and sister's past catches up to them at the funeral of their father.
Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: Jimmi Simpson, Serinda Swan, Johnny Messner, Stephen Oyoung
Votes: 1,424
30. The Death and Return of Superman (2011)
PG-13 | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Screenwriter Max Landis accounts DC's 1992 multi-issue story arc "The Death and Return of Superman," pointing out various plot holes and featuring a number of celebrity cameos.
Director: Max Landis | Stars: Max Landis, Kit Willesee, Yuri Lowenthal, Grae Drake
Votes: 1,227
31. Miss This at Your Peril (2010)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A story about addiction to the 21st century. A group of eleven come together to try an experimental medication and get the devils out.
Director: Brent King | Stars: Chad Benton, Brent King, Shane Lynch, Bruce McKenzie
Votes: 23
32. The Academy (2003 Video)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Three parking lot attendants who look like morons but speak like philosophers, burn away the midnight hours by debating life and the existence of God.
Director: Jason Satterlund | Stars: Darrin Dickerson, Jeff Hime, Jimmi Simpson, Josh Sumner
Votes: 15
33. Slo-Mo (2001)
24 min | Short
Think New York is tough? Imagine it a hundred times faster. Except for you. Welcome to Slo-Mo. Struggling through a bad case of writer's block, lazy Alex (Simpson) arrives home to find that... See full summary »
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Jimmi Simpson, Kate Moennig, Leslie Marotz, Raven Snook
Votes: 169
34. Curmudgeons (2016)
16 min | Short, Comedy
Ralph is visited in his care home by his granddaughter and an unexpected guest.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: David Margulies, Danny DeVito, Lucy DeVito, Sarah Hayon
Votes: 645
35. 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: 19,026
36. Quay (2015)
Not Rated | 8 min | Documentary, Short
This short documentary film reveals the inner workings of the Brothers' studio.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Votes: 1,699
37. Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious (2010 Video)
44 min | Documentary, Short
Can the dream world be a fully functional parallel reality? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and leading scientists take you to the cutting edge of dream research in this documentary produced for Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, William C. Dement, Jayne Gackenbach, Deirdre Barrett
Votes: 250
38. Gotham Tonight (2008)
8 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
"Gotham Tonight" was a talk show featuring guests from "The Dark Knight" leading up to the release of the 2008 film.
Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Colin McFarlane, Lauren Sanchez, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 140
39. Jerome's Bouquet (2013)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
82 year-old Elena Klein, a retired New York florist, can't stop arranging--only now it's not flowers she's arranging but people's lives.
Directors: Chris Calkins, Bebe Neuwirth | Stars: Erin Hill, Peter Scolari, Tracy Shayne, Suzanne Shepherd
Votes: 10
40. Spielzeugland (2007)
TV-PG | 14 min | Short, Drama, War
A German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank | Stars: Julia Jäger, Cedric Eich, Tamay Bulut Özvatan, Torsten Michaelis
Votes: 3,166
41. Michael Jackson feat. Janet Jackson: Scream (1995 Music Video)
5 min | Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson star in this short-film to spread awareness on the media's constant slander on various artists.
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson
Votes: 1,260
42. How and Why (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
After his children's science show is canceled, Goodman Hesselman tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world.
Director: Charlie Kaufman | Stars: Sally Hawkins, John Hawkes, Catherine Keener, Michael Cera
Votes: 79
43. The Phone Call (2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Short, Drama
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
Director: Mat Kirkby | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Edward Hogg, Prunella Scales
Votes: 3,060
44. Cosmopolis (2012)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 50,045 | Gross: $0.74M
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