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- DirectorChris BouchardStarsAdrian WebsterArin AlldridgePatrick O'ConnorSauron is preparing to unleash his armies and Gollum is creeping around Middle Earth with crucial knowledge of the Ring's location. He must be found.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
- DirectorTeddy NewtonStarsMuneer LyatiWayne DyerDay encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsSimon BakerKelli O'HaraMichael StuhlbargFinding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock himself, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorSimon CahnSpike JonzeStarsPierre Le-TanSokoSpike JonzeAt a bookstore after closing hours, the characters Macbeth and Mina Harker spring to life and immediately go on a fateful romantic escapade.
- DirectorThomas DaleyStarsChristopher HarperA groom preparing for his Stag Night in a beautiful country house tells us a story of an engagement gone horribly wrong.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonC. Thomas HowellRobbie General LeeMichael Jackson's video accompanied with the single ''Black or White''.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorTed ParmeleeStarsJames MasonJack MatherA madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCarmen MachiPenélope CruzMarta AledoThe story of genius dandelion in glasses about an aspiring writer obsessed with the desire to eat a man's legs.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancOut hunting in the jungle with his spear, African native boy Inki keeps narrowly missing his prey: a parrot, a giraffe, even a butterfly. Then there's that weird black bird with the syncopated hop who keeps popping up out of nowhere, only to disappear mysteriously once again. Back to big game hunting, Inki puts his ear to the ground, not noticing the ferocious lion sneaking up on him.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPreceded by thunderous crashing from the jungle, a little black bird with a syncopated hop emerges from the brush to mystify big-game hunter Inki as he attempts to track down his prey: a ferocious daddy lion.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancIn an African jungle strange enough to have a roaring butterfly, Inki the boy hunter, a lion with false teeth and a magical minah bird match wits.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancAt the circus, two dogs compete for the bone in Inki's topknot, as a disinterested myna bird causes trouble for everyone.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBack in prehistoric times, a thundering earthquake splits a mountain wide open, and out hops the minah bird, to alternately bedevil, mystify and rescue Inki as he hunts dinosaurs. Meanwhile, a pelt-bedecked caveman persists in his attempts to make a pot of stew, which keeps getting overturned each time Inki, dinosaur, sabre-toother tiger and minah bird zip past.
- DirectorAlma Har'elStarsShia LaBeoufDenna ThomsenRyan HeffingtonA beautiful journey through the aspects of love, showing a balance between pain and satisfaction.
- DirectorE. HardonEveready Horton and his behemoth penis venture through the country in search of the penetrable.
- DirectorLindsay CrystalStarsBilly CrystalHelen MirrenMike TysonBilly proposes to producers a sequel with (literally) a bite to his classic movie.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonThe Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
- DirectorEnrico CasarosaStarsTony FucileKrista ShefflerPhil SheridanA 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?
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn FlausThe 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.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
- DirectorArt WolffStarsJerry SeinfeldMichael RichardsLee GarlingtonJerry and George argue whether an overnight visitor Jerry is expecting is coming with romantic intentions.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPeter BernuthIn the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMaggie Simpson spends the day in the Ayn Rand School for Tots.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorRalph EgglestonStarsRalph EgglestonA group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancMarian RichmanDaffy Duck pitches to J.L. Warner a starring role with himself in a ridiculously over the top swashbuckler film.
- DirectorRobert CannonJohn HubleyStarsMarvin MillerThe story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancJune ForayWitch Hazel's claim to be the ugliest witch of all is threatened by a Halloween witch who turns out to be Bugs trick-or-treating.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancJune ForayDaffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsPaul JulianWile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge (which the Coyote falls into while Road Runner passes right through), and a jet motor.
- DirectorPete BurnessStarsJim BackusDaws ButlerAt a used car lot, Mr. Magoo is intent on buying a car for his nephew Waldo. He is slick talked into buying an old clunker thanks to a shifty salesman but he drives it off anyway. Unfortunately, the myopic Magoo drives off a pier and under the ocean where he mistakes the various aquatic surroundings such as fish, sunken boats, and seals for other cars, dilapidated mansions, and a horn happy driver respectively.
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattA house painter uses blue as his color of choice, while the Pink Panther has a different selection in mind.
- DirectorJohn HubleyStarsMark HubleyRay HubleyTwo boys go outside at night to capture a bird.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsIra RubinSam DeFazioAndrea MartinNow middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger, and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it all, he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately, the only one who blindly believes that Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray himself, because it's obvious to everyone else that Joe not only back-stabs him at every chance, but is also sleeping with his wife.
- DirectorMarika BeikuAleksandr GordonAndrei TarkovskyStarsYuliy FaytAleksandr GordonValentin VinogradovTwo men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
- DirectorHawley PrattThe Pink Panther decides to become a matador and to this purpose confiscates a magician's cape. The panther enters a bullfight ring with the magical cape, and the bull is thwarted not by the panther's bullfighting prowess but by the cape's trickery, in that it deposits flowers onto the bull's horns and produces a foul-tempered, kicking rabbit that angers the bull into running through the cape and being split into two halves.
- DirectorFriz FrelengChuck JonesHawley PrattStarsMel BlancPaul JulianSpeedy Gonzales and the Road Runner are racing each other, with Sylvester Cat and Wile E. Coyote in hot pursuit.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStones of different shapes and colors live and die together.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsJim HensonEnid CafritzDennis PagetA surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA 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.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsRobert MorleyA simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsJacques MarinViviane BourdonneuxMartin SerreA father, mother, and son go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues.
- DirectorSamuel BeckettAlan SchneiderStarsBuster KeatonNell HarrisonJames KarenA twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts
- DirectorGerald PottertonBuster KeatonJohn SpottonStarsBuster KeatonAfter literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsTony ScottA teenage boy plays truant from school, and spends the day riding around the town and the deserted beach on his bicycle, letting his mind wander as he imagines he is the only person in the world.
- DirectorKenneth AngerStarsErnie AlloBruce ByronFrank CarifiA gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
- DirectorJack ClaytonStarsDavid KossoffAlfie BassAlf DeanFender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsPeggy ReaveyA woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.Takeo NakamuraStarsJosé FerrerPaul FreesJune ForayAn orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanBen SharpsteenStarsSebastian CabotSterling HollowayJohn FiedlerWinnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsBoris KarloffJune ForayDal McKennonA grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorCaroline MourisFrank MourisStarsFrank MourisOne soundtrack features the animator narrating an autobiography; the other features him reading a list of words beginning with the letter 'F'. The images on screen tie these two soundtracks together.
- DirectorGene DeitchStarsAllen SwiftPeter SchickeleA boy named Max imagines he is "Where The Wild Things Are''.
- DirectorKurt KrenA meadow, a lake, the silhouette of a hill, trees. 21 days of the same view in Saarland. 21 days with five different cut-outs in a mask before the camera, which finally reveals a complete panorama. The landscape changes with the advancing seasons and becomes slowly delirious in its technical alienation. (Claus Philipp)
- DirectorBert SalzmanStarsPaul SorvinoDadi PineroGloria IrizarryBig Joe is a lineman for the telephone company. Angel is a teenage migrant worker. They form an unlikely alliance and start a rose-growing business. At first wary of each other, they grow to trust and like one another. Eventually, Angel must leave the area when his father relocates the family in search of migrant work. This touching little film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsOrson WellesJune ForayLes TremayneA young mongoose protects his human family from two murderous cobras.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsRoddy McDowallJune ForayA unique white seal searches for a refuge for his herd from humans.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorCo HoedemanOn a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRoger MillerBrenda VaccaroPaul FreesAn outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLloyd BaconThe Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.
- DirectorErnie FosseliusStarsFrank RobertsonScott MathewsJeff HaleThis is a short parody of the movie Star Wars.
- DirectorEunice MacaulayJohn WeldonStarsSandy SandersonJean MarchandA hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissMary ValentiWhile spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
- DirectorMarcel DuchampA spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinMykola ShpykovskyiStarsJosé Raúl CapablancaVladimir FogelAnna ZemtsovaWith an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMabel NormandWilliam JeffersonA doctor irrationally suspects his wife is carrying on an affair with her childhood friend.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinAlbert AustinA drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceWesley RugglesCharles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to a fruit stand and samples the fruit. When he goes to pay for it he finds his $5.00 is missing. This results in a battle with the fruit dealer, but Chaplin finally escapes. He is held up by a footpad and finds it is his former cellmate. He is inveigled into joining him in robbing a house. They put a police officer out of commission with a mallet and stack up the silverware. They then start upstairs to search the upper rooms, but are met by a young woman who implores them to leave because her mother is ill and fears the shock will kill her. Chaplin's heart is touched but the footpad insists on ransacking the house. This results in a battle between the footpad and Chaplin. While they are fighting, a squad of police arrives. The footpad makes his escape, but the police capture Chaplin. The woman of the house, however, saves him by telling the police he is her husband. She gives him a dollar and he leaves. He goes to a lodging house and in order to save his dollar from thieves puts it in his mouth, swallowing it while he sleeps. A crook robs all the men in the lodging house but Chaplin takes the money away from him, and also the rings his "pal" had stolen. This starts a battle in which all join. Chaplin flees. In order to do a good turn to the woman who had saved him from the police, he takes her rings back.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellThe fifth film in the Mutual series Charlie Chaplin impersonates a man of means in order to underscore the contrast between rich and poor.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceLloyd BaconCharlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the Chief) is upstairs in the house. When the house next door catches fire its owner rouses Charlie who rouses the force.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEric CampbellEdna PurvianceThe Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.
- DirectorJohn EmersonStarsDouglas FairbanksBessie LoveAllan SearsA bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinHenry BergmanEdna PurvianceCharlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJames T. KelleyAfter causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so easily?
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingHal RoachStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisWally HoweAfter numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinJackie CooganEdwina MountbattenThere is no real plot in this little short, who was made only as a wedding present for Lord and Lady Mountbatten. The main plot line is that Lady Mountbatten has a valuable pearl necklace, which a very large number of crooks wants to steal. Charlie Chaplin, even though he is wearing his tramp costume, is called to hunt the crooks, which he does with a wooden hammer, which appears suddenly in his hand. Then the unconscious crooks are all lined up on the lawn, close to Jackie Coogan, who was, at the beginning of the film, hidden there under a blanket, for no apparent reason whatsoever!!
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineJack DuffyA young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.
- 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.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineLuke the DogTwo inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.
- DirectorWalt DisneyCinderella, the "ash girl," is kept in menial labor by her two wicked stepsisters. Meanwhile the handsome prince of the territory is out hunting bears. His father invites everyone in the country to a ball, and a fairy godmother appears to help Cinderella attend in style. The prince falls for her, but she runs away as her fairy godmother's deadline of midnight arrives. The prince finds her lost slipper and searches the territory for its rightful owner, hoping to live happily ever after when he finds her.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczThe frogs are bored with their lot, and ask God to give them a king - but God, irritated with their inability to govern themselves, quickly makes them change their minds.
- DirectorWalt DisneyMother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineVirginia FoxA series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsCab CallowayBilly MurrayMae QuestelTrouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashMickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.