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1. The Outwaters (2022)
Not Rated | 110 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Director: Robbie Banfitch | Stars: Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Scott Schamell, Michelle May
Votes: 4,247
2. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,015
3. Teacher (I) (2023)
5 min | Short
An experiment with motion blur and anti-flickering using a looped clip of Catherine Aymerie.
Director: J.R. Dickson | Star: Catherine Aymerie
4. Jameela? (2024)
8 min | Short | Completed
Jameela? A short experimental film that explores the concept of transcending internal estrangement. The story unfolds through a diverse cast of characters as they encounter various ... See full summary »
Director: Alhakem Masoud | Stars: Ali Al-Khattab, Muna Kilani, Tala Sharaawi, Faisal Zawaideh
5. Schizopolis (1996)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Steven Soderbergh, Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown
Votes: 6,055 | Gross: $0.01M
6. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M
7. Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars' (2023)
20 min | Short
Godard's last film, a trailer for a movie that will never exist, shows a series of collages on what appears to be photographic paper, and is about Belgian surrealist/poet Charles Plisnier, who was expelled from the Communist party in 1937.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Star: Jean-Paul Battaggia
Votes: 153
8. 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: 3,609
9. The Razing (2022)
109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A group of estranged friends gather for a night of tradition which takes a deadly turn after old secrets and wounds resurface.
Directors: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine | Stars: Jack Wooton, Logan Paul Price, Mia Heavner, Carson Flis
Votes: 763
10. Fallen Leaves, Broken Lighters (2024)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Within Hong Kong's bustling cityscape, vignettes intertwine the lives of its inhabitants, bound by tea, cigarettes, and broken lighters, as they grapple with life's myriad facets, and themselves.
Directors: Brock R. Brahmes, Nasrul Ekram, Alex Lopez, Eric Low, Maggie Tan, Roy Tan, Zeed | Stars: Ariana D'souza, Julian Gaertner, Attila Gönczy, Sathish Kumar
11. Outer Space (1999)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror
Footage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky | Star: Barbara Hershey
Votes: 2,812
12. 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: 4,197
13. Return to Reason (1923)
3 min | Short
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, a light-striped torso, a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.
Director: Man Ray | Star: Kiki of Montparnasse
Votes: 2,204
14. Monisme (2023)
115 min | Drama
Volcano Merapi. In the shadows of recent eruptions, actors play a story that is written together with a volcanologist, sand miner, and a mystic-people who have a close bond with the mountain illustrating fiction and non fiction stories.
Director: Riar Rizaldi | Stars: Rendra Bagus Pamungkas, Kidung Paramadita, Whani Darmawan, Puthut Juritno
Votes: 10
15. Hands Up! (1981)
80 min | Drama
Five young men reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Votes: 437
16. All-American Sex Offender
Short, Comedy | Completed
Mackenzie, an all-American single lady, gets caught publicly urinating and is added to the sex-offenders registry. Things move from complicated to perilous when she meets Mr.Right, who ... See full summary »
Stars: Chloe Lenihan, Patrese McClain, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Mickey O'Sullivan
17. Voorbijgangers (2011)
Drama, Mystery
An intimate and confronting portrait of a couple of individuals who struggle with the dark side of their lives, placed in an everyday and recognizable context.
Director: Fabian van Dongen | Stars: Amanda Smits, Anne van Lieshout, Arno van Koolwijk, Babette Holtmann
Votes: 19
18. The Tied-Up Balloon (1967)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A large balloon suddenly appears above villages and fields and grabs the attention of the peasants. They start liking the sudden guest from nowhere for the beauty of the free existence. A policeman comes and the dreams of freedom vanish.
Director: Binka Zhelyazkova | Stars: Georgi Kaloyanchev, Grigor Vachkov, Ivan Bratanov, Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Votes: 211
19. Allensworth (2022)
65 min | Documentary
It centers on Allensworth, the first self-administered African-American municipality in California, showcasing the buildings of the now-abandoned town and looking for the traces of a Black cultural history.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 42
20. Frankenstein Family (2018– )
15 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
The series centers on a family where both parents are mad scientists, and where both brother and sister are modded humans called "creatures." The family members aim to become a "normal" family.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Yeqiao Yue, Daisuke Namikawa, Nanako Mori
Votes: 47
21. Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood (2001 Music Video)
TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Official music video for Gorillaz' song "Clint Eastwood" ft. Del the Funky Homosapien.
Directors: Pete Candeland, Jamie Hewlett | Stars: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Del the Funky Homosapien
Votes: 668
23. Sweet Brother (2024)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Post-production
Estranged siblings, Bess and Jude, are reunited in Hell.
Director: Layke Anderson | Stars: Henry Garrett, Raffiella Chapman, Tereza Srbova, Rocci Boy Williams
24. Lynx Reel (1987)
15 min | Short, Drama
A boy cries. He strikes eureka through art. A boy no longer cries. A dreamy journey about reshaping, rebuilding and recoloring oneself. As fragile, impactful and circular as only dreams can... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yamada | Stars: Megu Mikami, Taku Tamura
26. Zombinatrix
Action, Horror, Thriller | Filming
A Dominatrix is brutally murdered by thugs. Returning from the grave as Zombinatrix, she takes great pleasure in incorporating her sadistic S&M kinks into killing anyone crossing her path. After all, she is into whips and BRAINS.
Director: Michael Kyne | Stars: Radford Baker, George Stover, John Meacham, Foday Sillah
27. La danse de Nadia et Yehia (2024)
13+ | 8 min | Short, Romance
Two teenagers, Nadia and Yehia, suffer from severe depression as a result of taking multiple medications to relieve their psychological pain. They imagine each other's presence in the same ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Alaa | Stars: Judith Kamal, Yahia Shebl
28. 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: 2,564
29. Camarera de Piso (2022)
12 min | Short
A woman applies for a job as a maid, while a difficult situation with her family haunts her.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Anavelí Acero, Jorgelina Contrera, Ariel Gigena, Daniel Valenzuela
Votes: 41
30. Hive Wedding (2024)
19 min | Short
"The Hive", a once swanky and sexy nightclub is facing its end. Dilapidated and empty, its owner Ginger has no choice but to close for good. That is until former headliner Mizzy decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Kerns | Stars: Adelaide Leonard, Emilie Hanson, Paulette Delk, Adam LeCompte
31. Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962)
25 min | Short
The prelude to 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: 1,481
32. My Wife
Short, Horror | Post-production
Director: Aaron Garcia | Stars: Lisa Brenner, Jonathan Bray
33. The Very Eye of Night (1955)
15 min | Short, Drama
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing... See full summary »
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrier, Bud Bready
Votes: 1,114
34. Recall (VII)
11 min | Short, Drama | Post-production
Struggling to move forward from the sudden loss of his daughter, Danny is confronted by flashbacks while he labors to protect the few memories he has left.
Director: Kayla Jones | Stars: Dan Goldring, Kaitlyn Lowe, Juniper Renee Verdon
35. Bo Nan Za (2023)
61 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A string of solitary figures grope their way through the sun-drenched wilderness. Misguided by hopes and driven by shadows, they silently fall into a creeping dependency. Some of these ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Getov | Stars: Anna Bankina, Stoyan Dimitrov, Simona Filipova, Tatul Gavrilov
Votes: 15
36. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020 Video Game)
T | Animation, Adventure, Horror
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Director: Nikita Kryukov
Votes: 75
37. Alchemy (2023)
16 min | Short
Alchemy begins with echoes of a drowned subterranean world. We observe three protagonists emerge from the depths of a black lake, into an entirely devastated landscape of charred trees. ... See full summary »
Director: Clare Langan | Stars: Luke Murphy, Maria Nilsson, Elise Sullivan
38. Inventário de Imagens Perdidas (2023)
77 min | Drama
Two women on the run from a fundamentalist revolution cross their paths in a house populated by memories of an old filmmaker.
Director: Gustavo Galvão | Stars: Maria Galant, Roberto Oliveira, Larissa Mauro, Kiko Ferraz
Votes: 11
39. Twisted Heaven
Drama, Horror, Thriller | Filming
Two near strangers find themselves in a basement sheltering from the ongoing apocalypse. Faced with utter hopelessness, they come to realize it's the world within collapsing.
Director: Emi Electra | Stars: Elisabeth Manente, Aaron Krygier, Bianca-Rose Lasky, Amber Anne
40. WHEN L.R WEPT (2022)
6 min | Short
WHEN L.R WEPT is an audiovisual invitation to a mental and personal world where its audiences get stimulated to ponder the main agent of global wars and, more importantly, those consequences that fill the agent with extreme remorse.
Director: Ahmad Khoshniat
41. Starman (2023)
14 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Ziggie, a long-time travelling Astronaut, returns to her long lost Lover, the Duke, after a long time. His long wait has changed him, and their reconnection will bring forth the question of... See full summary »
Director: Zeta Spyraki | Stars: Nell Baker, Jack McEvoy, Zaki Musa
42. Wishes of the Blue Girl
73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Announced
In the emptiness of her vacant house, a young woman encounters unsettling occurrences, leaving her bewildered and questioning their origin. What has transpired in her surroundings, and what mysteries lie concealed within her solitude?
Director: Ryan A. Conaill | Stars: Daithi Michael, Veronica Henley, Nicola Murphy, Niamh Anna
43. Black Mask (2014)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Horror
A father must face his dark past when his gifted daughter has visions of a young girl reborn from her deceased mother. This award-winning metaphysical thriller combines elements of art house, avant-garde, surrealism, experimental horror.
Director: Alex Colonna | Stars: Stephen Manley, Nailya Shakirova, Jenevieve Hexxx, Megli Micek
Votes: 23
44. 23 Short Films About the End of the World (2023)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A fourth-wall-breaking, rule-defying collection of vignettes, monologues, short films and jokes about the end of everything.
Director: Christen Kimbell | Stars: Lisa Coronado, D'Angelo Midili, Frank Lawler, Cameron Lee Price
45. The Dreamers (2013 Video)
Seven channels of color High-Definition video on seven 65-inch plasma displays mounted vertically show seven submerged fully clothed people of different ages, genders and ethnicities floating beneath the surface of a river or lake.
Director: Bill Viola | Stars: Madison Corn, Sharon Ferguson, Alexander Kaminer, Katherine McKalip
46. Scenic View (2023)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Finland has the most forest in Europe, but primeval forest has become so rare that it almost feels fictional. Is it now the enchanted forest? And is a commercial forest real? As the nature ... See full summary »
Director: Maija Blåfield | Stars: Maija Blåfield, Tina Tabler, Kaarlo Wegelius, Niklas Jussila
Votes: 17
47. Prep (2023)
14 min | Short, Drama
A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.
Director: Raymond Knudsen | Stars: Chibueze Anaysor, Michael Acosta, Karina Campbell, Serenity DeLeon
Votes: 7
48. The Fifth Generation (2023)
Comedy
A group of radicalised activists kidnap the UK's Secretary of State for the Environment. As tensions rise, the power dynamics within the group start getting in the way of their masterplan.
Director: Hugo Santa Cruz | Stars: Leigh Gill, Shirley Both, Domino Soko, Tommaso Giacomin
49. Diomysus (2022)
5 min | Documentary, Short
A lighthearted comedy-documentary fusion where group of mice (voiced by members of the Great British Polyamorous Public and Ruby Rare) discuss what its like to be polyamorous in the UK. Polyamory and puppets, what's not to like?!?
Director: Emily Morus-Jones | Star: Ruby Rare
Votes: 7
50. Henosis in Two Parts (2019)
Short, Fantasy
A story about a man and a fly.
Directors: Marcel Martinez, Victoria Villalba | Stars: Alex Costello, Alex Costello, Harley DelCogliano, Herman Hudepohl
Votes: 10