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51. 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: 3,052
52. The Society: Endangered Species (2023)
122 min | Drama
"The Society: Endangered Species" is a surrealist feature length film, produced as part of The Kryptonian Epic is a multi-media art project based on published DC Comics
Director: Max Landis | Stars: Cree Armstead, Riley Bowes, Oliver De Armes, Rocío de la Grana
Votes: 13
53. Lady Blue Shanghai (2010)
16 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A nameless woman enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Clark Gong, Emily Stofle, Cheng Hong
Votes: 1,975
54. Fireworks (1947)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer
Votes: 2,910
56. Laura Palmer (2002)
5 min | Short, Music
As the questions are revealed we zoom onto the static image of Laura Palmer.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Sheryl Lee
Votes: 158
57. Asparagus (1979)
Not Rated | 20 min | Animation, Short
An animated, surreal, visually stunning as well as rather uniquely imaginative candy-colored nightmare from indie artist Suzan Pitt.
Director: Suzan Pitt
Votes: 1,506
58. Cosmic Ray (1962)
4 min | Short
Experimental short uses Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" as accompaniment to constantly shifting collage of female nude, cartoons, and newsreels of atomic bomb explosions.
Director: Bruce Conner
Votes: 639
59. Beauty and the Beast (2021)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Our program for the evening has been composed by and for grown-ups, who haven't lost their child soul. Eternal history, the tale of Belle-Rose. As known as Beauty and the beast. Warning, ... See full summary »
Director: Mathieu Morel | Stars: Pascale Faure, Aurélien Deniel, Léolo
Votes: 40
60. Boy and Bicycle (1965)
27 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A 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.
Director: Ridley Scott | Star: Tony Scott
Votes: 1,253
61. The Lady of the House of Love
8 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance | Announced
A Vampire wearing her mother's antique wedding gown, looked after by an old keeper. One day she picked up a set of Tarot Cards involving love, a young man with the special quality of virginity has been invited to her castle.
Directors: Selena Jin, Selena Jin, Selena Xin Jin | Stars: Robbie Boyle, Ealia Meletsy, Sharon Wymark
62. A Way of Life (2022)
27 min | Action, Thriller
After living underground for 100 years, Margaret begins to act up as she is introduced to caregivers who she isn't familiar with.
Stars: Russell Barth, Steve Kasan, Michael Lake, Gracie Mack
63. 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: 3,901
64. The Amputee (1974)
TV-MA | 9 min | Short, Comedy
A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Catherine E. Coulson, David Lynch
Votes: 4,835
65. 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: 477
66. The Capsule (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Seven girls, a mansion perched on a Cycladic rock, a cycle of lessons on discipline, desire and demise-infinitely.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Ariane Labed, Clémence Poésy, Isolda Dychauk, Evangelia Randou
Votes: 599
67. Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
12 min | Short, Horror
Experimental short, featuring strobe-like erotic imagery with several shots of the Rolling Stones in performance and an original synthesizer score by Mick Jagger.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Kenneth Anger, Bobby Beausoleil, Bill Beutel, Harvey Bialy
Votes: 2,050
68. What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible. He attempts to function again by ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Zeph Michaelis, Mimi Stark, Sarah Braveman, Fred Sica
Votes: 2,674
69. À Propos de Nice (1930)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
Directors: Boris Kaufman, Jean Vigo
Votes: 4,649
70. Look at Life (1965)
1 min | Short
A photo-montage of pictures from the media of the year.
Director: George Lucas
Votes: 544
71. Pluto (2015)
12 min | Short
A man presents the many hot spots in the city of Rio de Janeiro where you can hook up with other men, as if he's a tour guide of the place detailing what happens at each location, while in ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Nolasco | Stars: Cássio Borges, Samuel Colt, Michell Costa, Junior Dantas
Votes: 62
72. The Perfect Human (1968)
13 min | Short
An elegant and humorous film-in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise-spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Majken Algren Nielsen, Claus Nissen, Jørgen Leth
Votes: 2,565
73. A Movie (1958)
12 min | Short
Clips of atomic explosions, pornography, and B-movies are spliced together to evoke certain emotions.
Director: Bruce Conner | Star: Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 1,458
74. White Lies (1981)
35 min | Short, Drama
A woman experiences intense feelings of jealousy while attending a party with her boyfriend.
Director: Marion Cajori | Stars: Ariel Bock, Willem Dafoe, Clarissa Dalrymple, Rosemary Hochschild
Votes: 20
75. Punch-Drunk Love: Deleted Scenes - Blossoms & Blood (2003 Video)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A collection of alternate takes and deleted material from the Paul Thomas Anderson film Punch-Drunk Love (2002) are compiled and matched with the Jon Brion song "Here We Go" in this ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Salvador Curiel, Sissy Lake
Votes: 1,370
76. Limanakia (2014)
11 min | Short
Limanakia is a wild rocky area located on Leoforos Poseidonos South of Athens. At those three distinct steep coves, gay Greeks and tourists of all ages and body types find escape away from ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio da Silva
Votes: 62
77. Playback (2019)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is all too brief. "La Delpi" is the only survivor of a group of friends who are transgender ... See full summary »
Director: Agustina Comedi | Stars: La Delpi, Marcos García, Martín Shanly
Votes: 252
78. The Dark Tower (1999)
3 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which displays various lights and colors.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 717
79. The Heart of the World (2000)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw
Votes: 3,619
80. The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
26 min | Short, Drama
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Germaine Dermoz, Madeleine Guitty, Jean d'Yd, Yvette Grisier
Votes: 2,953
81. Black Sheep Boy (1995)
Unrated | 37 min | Short, Fantasy
The psychological and emotional motivations of gay sexual fetish, especially relating to gay male teens maturing into men and their sexual exploits.
Director: Michael Wallin | Stars: Stuart Cataldo, Drew Daniel, Peter Dunaj, Andrew Durham
Votes: 97
82. Como Desaparecer Completamente (2022)
17 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
This retelling of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tells the story of Helena is a young woman who decides to undergo a procedure that will erase the memories she has of Celeste, her ex-girlfriend.
Director: Kalel Pessôa | Stars: Maiteh Gil, Beatriz Negrão, Natalia Souza
83. Russian sleep experiment (2019)
7 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The film consists of video recordings of an experiment in which the test subject was not allowed to fall asleep for 14 days.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Mikhail Nekrasov
Votes: 450
84. Ei blot til lyst (2020)
16 min | Short, Drama
Marc is exposed to a hate crime. It embarks a personal journey where he dives into toxic masculinity and its consequences. He creates an intimate space with a group of men who together cultivate vulnerability and eroticism as an antidote.
Director: Marco Franklin Stoltze | Stars: Marc Helt, Kid Enotea, Bjarke Due Gunslev, Nael Lean
Votes: 43
85. 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: 855
86. Entr'acte (1924)
22 min | Short
An absolute dada movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin dissapear.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp
Votes: 4,209
87. Dancers (2014)
10 min | Short
Thirty-five Portuguese dancers undress in front of the camera. They become the object of desire with a sensual provocative performance. Eclectic dance disciplines help this film to explore ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio da Silva | Stars: Rafael Alvarez, Luiz Antunes, Bráulio Bandeira, Filipe Baracho
Votes: 89
88. Piranha (2014)
12 min | Short, Action, Drama
Haunted by visions of chasing rioters, a junior banker tries to make it safely to the central business district for his first day at work, but little does he know the greatest danger facing him is not from the rioters.
Director: Elcid Asaei | Stars: Sid Phoenix, Stephen T Box, Ruggero Dalla Santa, Alesya Orlova
Votes: 108
89. The Third Rule (2010)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Comedy
Two slackers seek a solution for their financial problems through the help of a guru.
Director: Aundre Johnson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Valerie Azlynn
Votes: 167
90. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Music
The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two ... See full summary »
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 2,578
91. Flame (2018)
15 min | Short
A fractured melodrama, based on damaged frames from the last minutes of the only remaining nitrate reel of the lost feature film Silja - FALLEN ASLEEP WHEN YOUNG (1937) directed by Teuvo ... See full summary »
Director: Sami van Ingen | Stars: Rakel Linnanheimo, Regina Linnanheimo, Kaarlo Oksanen
Votes: 57
92. Ménilmontant (1926)
38 min | Short, Drama
A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff | Stars: Nadia Sibirskaïa, Yolande Beaulieu, Guy Belmont, Jean Pasquier
Votes: 2,735
93. Umshini Wam (2011)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Named after the Zulu language struggle song, the compiled shenanigans of an eccentric South African couple with wheelchairs and guns and their attempts to prove they are not to be trifled with.
Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser, Hector Bezuidenhout, Clayton Bezuidenhout
Votes: 1,917
94. Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (2017)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Following the migration of the Monarch butterfly, fleeing the North American's cold to spend Winter in the pleasant mountains of Michoacán in Mexico.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata, Ricardo Meneses, Fernando Godinho
Votes: 72
95. I Am So Proud of You (2008)
22 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery, in this second chapter to "Everything Will Be OK".
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Star: Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 1,972
96. Hollywood Lucifer (2014)
3 min | Short, Drama
Director: Juliana Sorelli | Stars: Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Gabriel Niles
Votes: 19
97. Herbie (1966)
3 min | Short
It is an abstract film with no story and no actors, that graphically depicts the reflections of moving light streaks and light flashes from traffic at night.
Directors: Paul Golding, George Lucas
Votes: 622
98. Malice in Wonderland (1982)
4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Like 'Alice in Wonderland' - but surreal, sexual and utterly horrifying.
Director: Vince Collins
Votes: 486
99. GUO4 (2019)
3 min | Short, Drama
A confrontation between two swimmers in a locker room.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Csaba Molnár, Gyula Muskovics
Votes: 849
100. The Passion of the Christa (2016)
12 min | Short, Action, Drama
The Passion of the Christa is an experimental short film, directed and produced by Ramón Martínez, which studies the figure of Jesus represented as woman, that express esthetical and ... See full summary »
Director: Ramon Martinez
Votes: 26