With Slamdance (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Vast of Night (2019)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
One night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s, a switchboard operator and radio DJ discover a strange audio frequency which could change the future forever.
Director: Andrew Patterson | Stars: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, Bruce Davis
Votes: 29,047
2. The Woodsman (2004)
R | 87 min | Drama
A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey, David Alan Grier
Votes: 32,234 | Gross: $0.04M
3. Snow on Tha Bluff (2011)
R | 79 min | Crime, Drama
The story of Atlanta robbery boy and crack dealer, Curtis Snow, who stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal and made a documentary about his life.
Director: Damon Russell | Stars: Curtis Snow, Young Blo, Curtis Lockett, Poncho Perez
Votes: 2,311
4. Dante's Inferno (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy
A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous - and infamous - politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.
Director: Sean Meredith | Stars: Tony Abatemarco, Scott Adsit, Matt Besser, Bill Chott
Votes: 1,407
5. Faster (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary
Filmed around the world in 2001 and 2002, Faster captures the rise of MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi amid ferocious competition, especially from his bitter rival Max Biaggi.
Director: Mark Neale | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Garry McCoy
Votes: 1,339
6. Drool (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
An abused wife's plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best friend and his corpse in tow.
Director: Nancy Kissam | Stars: Laura Harring, Jill Marie Jones, Oded Fehr, Ashley Duggan Smith
Votes: 750 | Gross: $0.00M
7. Loveless in Los Angeles (2007)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
When jaded, womanizing Dave runs into his college crush, he realizes his barhopping, bed-hopping ways are unsatisfying. In order to become the nice guy he once was, he turns to the only woman he's ever truly loved to help re-train him.
Director: Archie Gips | Stars: Dash Mihok, Ryan Freeman, Brittany Daniel, Holland Sanders
Votes: 485
8. Superheroes (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters, don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere.
Director: Michael Barnett | Stars: Amazonia, Antiman, Asylum, Urban Avenger
Votes: 1,655
9. Punching the Clown (2009)
91 min | Comedy
Winner of the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, this realistic comedy tells the story of Henry Phillips, a hapless modern day troubadour who grinds his way through the ... See full summary »
Director: Gregori Viens | Stars: Henry Phillips, Ellen Ratner, Wade Kelley, Matthew Walker
Votes: 801
10. The Wild Hunt (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
A medieval reenactment game turns into a Shakespearean tragedy when a non-player crashes the event to win back his girlfriend.
Director: Alexandre Franchi | Stars: Kaniehtiio Horn, Kent McQuaid, Trevor Hayes, Mark Antony Krupa
Votes: 1,879
11. Noise (2004)
R | 84 min | Thriller, Drama
A riveting psychological drama about a woman (Trish Goff) trying to piece her life back together whose problems escalate when she confronts her mysterious upstairs neighbor (Ally Sheedy).
Director: Tony Spiridakis | Stars: Julia Barnett, Trish Goff, Ted Bardy, Sarah Bloom
Votes: 532
12. Bike Club (2006)
89 min | Documentary
Two filmmakers infiltrate an underground bicycle club.
Directors: Anthony Howard, Jacob Septimus | Stars: Waugh Amanda, Jennifer Bezak, Conrad Carlson, Sam Carnival
Votes: 85
13. The Insurgents (2006)
R | 82 min | Drama, Thriller
When a disillusioned GI, an ex-prostitute and a small-time crook come under the spell of a charismatic, radical, left-wing academic, a terrorist cell emerges in our own backyard. Meet The Insurgents.
Director: Scott Dacko | Stars: John Shea, Mary Stuart Masterson, Henry Simmons, Juliette Marquis
Votes: 304
14. See This Movie (2004)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Two bumbling but determined three-day film school graduates enter the Montreal World Film Festival with a feature film that doesn't exist.
Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: John Cho, Seth Meyers, Raymond O'Connor, Jim Piddock
Votes: 490
15. Bindlestiffs (2012)
R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three high school virgins, suspended from school on a bogus graffiti charge, flee to the inner city in an attempt to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye - a book they neither have ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Edison | Stars: John Karna, Luke Loftin, Andrew Edison, Will Fordyce
Votes: 555
16. One Last Ride (2004)
R | 88 min | Drama
An emotionally gripping look at a man's personal battle to end a self-destructive path of compulsive gambling.
Director: Tony Vitale | Stars: Patrick Cupo, Robert Davi, Chazz Palminteri, Anita Barone
Votes: 148
17. The Scenesters (2009)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a serial killer starts picking off beautiful young hipsters on the east side of Los Angeles, a group of crime scene videographers hatch a plan to catch him.
Director: Todd Berger | Stars: Blaise Miller, Sherilyn Fenn, Suzanne May, Jeff Grace
Votes: 465
18. Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Marketing (2001)
5 min | Short
While sitting on the toilet one November morning, Ben Boyer receives a Jungian lesson on archetypal marketing.
Director: Rian Johnson | Star: Starck Johnson
Votes: 94
19. You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski (2016)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary based on a video interview conducted by journalist Silvia Bizio with writer Charles Bukowski in his house in San Pedro, California.
Director: Matteo Borgardt | Stars: Silvia Bizio, Charles Bukowski
Votes: 26
20. Holiday Road (2012)
Comedy
A comedy anthology film in which thirteen filmmakers each take on a different American holiday.
Directors: Aaron Arendt, Todd Berger, Ian Eastin, Ben Grinnell, Doug Manley, Mary McIlwain, Bobby Miller, Daron Nefcy, Bill Palmer, Andrew Putschoegl, Dee Austin Robertson, Michael Suter, Helena Wei | Stars: Meggan Amos, Jessica Antonucci, Lesley Bargar Suter, Todd Berger
Votes: 53
21. The Beast Pageant (2010)
74 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical
A man goes on an adventure.
Directors: Albert Birney, Jon Moses | Stars: Ron Bauerle, Samantha Bennettlepel, Chelsea Bonagura, Janice Dowd
Votes: 43
22. Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (2007)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of radicals live in the desert, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity, as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream.
Directors: Jeremy Stulberg, Randy Stulberg | Stars: Cowboy, Gecko, Dreadie Jeff, Dean Maher
Votes: 381
23. Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary analyzing the role of the modern American media and its effects on democracy.
Director: Robert Kane Pappas | Stars: Vincent Bugliosi, Jeff Cohen, Dennis Kucinich, Charles Lewis
Votes: 1,099 | Gross: $0.02M
24. Rock the Bells (2006)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Music
An inside look at what it took to bring the Wu-Tang Clan together for their final performance at the Rock the Bells Hip-Hop festival.
Directors: Denis Henry Hennelly, Casey Suchan | Stars: Chali 2na, D.J. Abilities, Babu, Jerome Baldwin
Votes: 338
25. Road Dogs (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Follows three of Hollywood's most visually vibrant and heavily psychotic bands across the U.S. on a D.I.Y. tour occasionally having disastrous results.
Director: Shane Aquino | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Chris Holmes, Brent Muscat, Kittie
Votes: 11
26. The Mind of the Demon (2009)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
Mind of the Demon: the Larry Linkogle Story is a dark, analytical look into the psyche of one of the most brilliantly talented, yet aggressively self-destructive minds of our generation. ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Barker | Stars: Nate Adams, Mike Clark, Jeff Emig, Seth Enslow
Votes: 22
27. Modern Imbecile's Planet World (2010)
70 min | Comedy
Two of Hollywood's hottest stars accidentally become stranded on an alien planet brimming with unspeakable danger.
Director: Doug Manley | Stars: Lesley Bargar Suter, Todd Berger, Dan Billips, Kevin M. Brennan
Votes: 13
28. Never Date an Actress (2001)
7 min | Comedy, Short
A caring guy learns that dating his actress girlfriend is definitely NOT the wisest decision.
Director: David Baer | Stars: Naomi Watts, Scott Coffey, David Baer
Votes: 147
29. No Exit (2006)
14 min | Short
Director: Etienne Kallos | Stars: Daniel T. 'Sweetie' Boothe, Brad Coolidge, John Kudan
Votes: 18
30. American Jihadist (2010)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Biography, History
What makes a man willing to kill and die for God?
Director: Mark Claywell | Stars: Isa Abdullah Ali, Fawaz Gerges, Daveed Gartenstein Ross, Nate Butler
Votes: 57
31. The Origins of Electricity (2006)
8 min | Animation, Short
Dead heroes Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, and Topsy the Coney Island elephant make their return to the screen in this tragic, stop-motion animated tale of two ill-fated lightbulbs forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Votes: 44
32. Dead in the Room (2011)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Thriller
At a screenwriters' pitch event, a vengeful writer turns the tables on an arrogant studio executive, ordering him at gunpoint to pitch a good story or die. As the clock ticks down, the exec... See full summary »
Director: Adam Pertofsky | Stars: Patrick J. Adams, Andrew Borba, Jeanette Caldera, Kristin Condon
Votes: 24
33. Ponyboy: The Musical (2008 Video)
11 min | Short, Action, Music
An operatic saga of a kindly stable boy who finds freedom from tyranny, but must seek vengeance for the ponies he loves.
Director: Ryan Piotrowicz | Stars: Tim Duff, Patrick Duff
34. Scrapper (2011)
81 min | Documentary
As the global war on terror takes a heavy toll on some local economies, a defiant group of desert outlaws turn an active US military bombing range near the Mexican border into their own free-enterprise zone of extreme survival.
Director: Stephan Wassmann
Votes: 35
35. I Want to Be an American (2013)
70 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In the spirit of the Surrealist parlor game of chance Exquisite Corpse, each filmmaker makes a documentary short film based on imagery forwarded on by the previous filmmaker in the chain. ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Baxter, Daniel J. Harris, Monteith McCollum, Qaushiq Mukherjee, Maya Newell, Dylan Verrechia, Dale Yudelman
Votes: 8
37. La Mime (2014)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Two mimes connect in a battle that bends reality.
Director: Marjorie Cohen | Stars: Ekaterina Pirogovskaya, Jean-Louis Darville, Justin Thornton, James Teehan
38. Project Redlight (I) (2002)
5 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Robert Peters | Stars: Tonie Perensky, Leslie Rogers, Jeffrey Scott Jensen, Robert Peters
Votes: 12
39. Zoe XO (2004)
6 min | Short
A haunting love story from Robert Lund, Zoe's husband.
Director: Paul Rachman | Star: Robert Lund
Votes: 14
40. Mammon (2007)
5 min | Animation, Short
A poet relates the story of how the promise of wealth and fame tempted him into turning his back on his muse, forgetting the truth and beauty at the heart of his craft.
Director: Robin Fuller | Star: Sam Heydon
42. Waiting (I) (2006)
8 min | Short
Donna is obsessed with cleaning her kitchen and foyer tile. Unfortunately, she is married to a vile and filthy construction worker. Completely fed up with her husband's disgusting habits, ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Tai Taeoalii | Stars: Lindy Nielsen, David H. Stevens, Chalese Thill
43. The Sins of the Nude (2007)
Short
An intimate and disturbing glimpse into the life of a film critic, played out in a lonely hotel room on a rainy spring evening.
Director: Todd Rohal
Votes: 5
44. The Witness (II) (2010)
5 min | Short
The mystery of a burnt-out car, abandoned off Long Street in the heart of Cape Town's CBD, sparked the imagination and commentary of passers by. In this short film, we encounter, as we do ... See full summary »
Director: Dale Yudelman
45. Mr. Bones (2002)
Short
Two girls are wrasslin' it out on the last day of their relationship when Mr. Bones decides to drop by.
Director: Lise Raven
46. Besa Mi Culo (2001)
Short
She-male New Age Gurus, only in Hollyweird my friend.
Director: Eddie Daniels | Star: Kerry Johnston
47. Harold's Bad Day (2012)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Harold discovers two of his students demolishing his apartment.
Director: Jordan Brady | Stars: Doug Benson, Curtiss Frisle, Zack Pearlman, Nicholas Sadler
48. Hey Vendor! (2010)
5 min | Short
Director: Matthew Harrison | Stars: Denisse Bon, Scott Dewey, Troy Garity, David Ghilardi
Votes: 7
49. Beware of Dog (2001)
5 min | Comedy, Short
Another Tony Nittoli live action/animated film. A Dog obssesses over the break-up with his human girlfriend. Riddled with jealousy and paranoia he becomes her stalker.
Director: Tony Nittoli | Stars: Tony Nittoli, Eddie Daniels
Votes: 6
50. Sleep II (2003)
Short
Critic Oscar Mellish explicates this untimely homage to Andy Warhol's timely film.
Director: Gary Walkow