To watch (short films)
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1. Dog Star Man: Part I (1962)
30 min | Short
The first part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 1,562
2. 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: 1,372
3. 2081 (2009)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
A short film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, 2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the ... See full summary »
Director: Chandler Tuttle | Stars: James Cosmo, Julie Hagerty, Armie Hammer, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 2,687
4. The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
26 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Set 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.
Director: Anthony Lucas | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Helmut Bakaitis, Tommy Dysart, Jude Beaumont
Votes: 2,416
5. Superman: The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
Approved | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck
Votes: 1,684
6. La prisonnière (1988)
7 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Two kids travel to a city where silence is kept sacred.
Directors: Philippe Caza, René Laloux
Votes: 511
7. La cabina (1972 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Horror
A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.
Director: Antonio Mercero | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Agustín González, Goyo Lebrero, Tito García
Votes: 4,570
8. The Forbidden (1978)
Unrated | 36 min | Horror, Short
A nightmare vision in which a man is transformed into a living artwork.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Peter Atkins, Clive Barker, Doug Bradley, Phil Rimmer
Votes: 475
10. The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
20 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 4,577
11. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
The epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time.
Director: Richard Gale | Stars: Paul Clemens, Brian Rohan, Melissa Paladino, Michael James Kacey
Votes: 6,653
12. Season's Greetings (I) (1996)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This animated twist on Halloween memories involves the traumatic theft of a candy bag on Halloween night. The boy who put the "trick" into "trick-or-treat" confronts the boogie man thief.
Director: Michael Dougherty
Votes: 685
13. Spider (2007)
R | 9 min | Short, Action, Drama
A young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Chum Ehelepola, Bruno Xavier
Votes: 3,109
14. The Pail (2010)
16 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A motor repair technician working the night shift has something in store for his co-workers who are constantly harassing him.
Director: David M. Zaccaria | Stars: Justin Zaccaria, Dallas Howa, Frankie Iriart, Darek Martinez
Votes: 12
15. Quest (1984)
30 min | Short, Adventure, Mystery
A child has only an 8 day life-span to complete a mysterious journey from the dim cave-dwelling society where he is born to a final gateway, the object of folklore. The abstract ... See full summary »
Directors: Elaine Bass, Saul Bass | Stars: John Abbott, Noah Hathaway, David Comfort, Michael Mancini
Votes: 452
16. Freeport (2010)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Set in the world of late twenty-somethings, 'Freeport' is the story of Tom and his friends, a group that must rally around him after his brother's death and learn what decisions they must make next in their lives.
Director: Chris Mollica | Stars: Chris Mollica, Lu Louis, Laurel Marlantes, Cyrina Fiallo
Votes: 14
17. The Sandman (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
Director: Paul Berry
Votes: 1,533
18. Lifted (2006)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
Director: Gary Rydstrom | Star: Sheb Wooley
Votes: 20,794
19. The Balloonatic (1923)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, John Brown, Phyllis Haver, Babe London
Votes: 3,242
20. Cops (1922)
Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 6,943
21. Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope (2012)
17 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
We were hurdling through space, five of us living, each going to a separate and irrevocable fate.
Director: Eric Tozzi | Stars: Brett Stimely, Nathaniel Freeman, Leonard Kelly-Young, Michael Cline
Votes: 88
22. The Signalman (1976 TV Movie)
38 min | Drama, Horror
A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessup, Carina Wyeth
Votes: 1,753
23. Lost Hearts (1973 TV Movie)
35 min | Horror, Mystery
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards
Votes: 956
24. The Red Balloon (1956)
Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
Votes: 20,122
25. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,199
26. Butterfly (1974)
12 min | Short
A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.
Director: Shûji Terayama
Votes: 180
27. Emotion (1966)
39 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpart, Sari, and falls in love with...a vampire?
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Sari Akasaka, Sakio Hirata, Jinichi Ishizaki, Jusin Kitamura
Votes: 851
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