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101. Noviciat (1965)
17 min | Short
A peeping tom caught spying on a women's self defence class is taken captive by the class leader. At first the class uses to practice on, but his treatment steadily becomes more humiliating and fetishistic.
Director: Noël Burch | Stars: Frédérique Franchini, André S. Labarthe, Annette Michelson
Votes: 115
102. Le Horla (1966)
38 min | Short, Mystery
A man who lives by himself becomes increasing concerned that he is not alone.
Director: Jean-Daniel Pollet | Star: Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 172
103. The Grandmother (1970)
Not Rated | 34 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Dorothy McGinnis, Richard White, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick
Votes: 7,362
104. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #2 (1969)
40 min | Drama, Short
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 49
105. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #3 (1969)
25 min | Drama, Short
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 42
106. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #4 (1970)
45 min
An experimental film by Stan Brakhage which combines color, lights, and blurred images of children. This is part of the Scenes from Under Childhood Series.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 49
107. Dow Rahehal Baraye yek Massaleh (1975)
5 min | Short
When one boy tears another boy's book, it is up to the two of them to decide how to handle it.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Saeid, Hamid
Votes: 1,192
108. Wide Angle Saxon (1975)
25 min | Short
An experimental film from Owen Land which provides an interpretation of The Confessions of Saint Augustine.
Director: Owen Land
Votes: 70
109. Dog's Dialogue (1977)
22 min | Short
A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like series of stills.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Eva Simonet, Robert Darmel, Silke Humel, Frank Lesne
Votes: 524
110. Valse triste (1979)
14 min | Short
Directors: Stefan Lukschy, Christian Rateuke, Hartmann Schmige | Stars: Peter Fitz, Erika Fuhrmann, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Ute Koska
111. The Discipline of D.E. (1982)
9 min | Comedy, Short
Gus Van Sant's early short film about "The Discipline of D.E.," which is an extremely efficient way of doing things.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Frank Birney, David Worden, Ken Shapiro, Tom Sherohman
Votes: 736
112. Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches (1978)
18 min | Short
Director: Manuel De Landa
Votes: 9
113. Lmno (1978)
10 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film created by the artist Robert Breer.
Director: Robert Breer
Votes: 166
114. The Metaphor (1980)
Unrated | 36 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary about painting.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: King Vidor, Andrew Wyeth, Betsy Wyeth
Votes: 126
115. Two Portraits (1982)
23 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of the director's father, Tommy Thompson, and mother, Betty Thompson, each with their own section.
Director: Peter Thompson | Stars: Betty Thompson, Tommy Thompson
Votes: 69
116. En rachâchant (1982)
7 min | Short, Drama
The child Ernesto doesn't want to go to school any more because, as he says, all he is taught there is things he doesn't know.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olivier Straub, Nadette Thinus, Bernard Thinus, Raymond Gérard
Votes: 491
117. Adynata (1983)
28 min | Short
A short film by Leslie Thornton that explores the mysteries of the orient from a feminine perspective.
Director: Leslie Thornton
Votes: 101
118. Barres (1984)
14 min | Short, Comedy
A humorous short in which passengers subvert toll checkpoints in order to avoid paying.
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Jean Abeillé, Jean-Pierre Bonneau, André Chauchat, Odette Duval
Votes: 340
119. Mutable Fire (1984)
8 min | Short
Found footage collage of images of destruction, violence and eroticism, set to an equally impressionistic collage of sound clips.
Director: Bradley Eros | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 153
120. Passionless Moments (1983)
13 min | Short, Drama
A collection of everyday awkward and embarrassing moments, each with an uneasy familiarity.
Directors: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee | Stars: David Benton, Anne Berriman, Alan Brown, Sean Callinan
Votes: 1,026
121. Joan Does Dynasty (1986)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Feminist Joan Braderman provides a running commentary of the TV Series Dynasty.
Directors: Joan Braderman, Manuel De Landa | Star: Joan Braderman
Votes: 80
122. A Western (1987)
9 min | Documentary, Short
An experimental film that contrasts the idealization of the old west in Hollywood westerns with U.S. policy in Puerto Rico.
Director: Laurie Dunphy
Votes: 19
123. Universal Citizen (1987)
21 min | Short
Universal Citizen is a multifaceted personal travelogue that brings us to a real Universal Hotel, in Guatemala, and to the same public square in Siena that appears at the beginning of ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Thompson | Star: Peter Thompson
Votes: 62
124. Universal Hotel (1986)
20 min | Short
Universal Hotel combines objective and subjective elements. In it, Thompson chronicles his research into experiments by Dr. Sigmund Rascher at Dachau in 1942, in which he nearly froze a ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Thompson | Star: Peter Thompson
Votes: 95
125. Schwarze Sünde (1989)
42 min | Short, Drama
A short story based on the work of Friedrich Hölderlin.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Howard Vernon, Danièle Huillet
Votes: 121
126. Essai d'ouverture (1988)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A Man tries different ways to open a Coca Cola bottle.
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Françoise Buraux, Richard Copans, Antonin Dalmasso, Luc Moullet
Votes: 251
127. Puissance de la parole (1988)
25 min | Drama, Short, Romance
Godard blends elements of literature, cinema and other artistic medias from different historical periods in order to make a stance on how words can be subverted and manipulated to many ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean Bouise, Laurence Côte, Lydia Andrei, Jean-Michel Irribaren
Votes: 322
128. The Deadman (1987)
38 min | Short
A strange tale of a woman who sets off on a wild adventure before returning home to die.
Directors: Peggy Ahwesh, Keith Sanborn | Stars: Jennifer Montgomery, Scott Shat, Leslie Singer, Kevin Barrett
Votes: 144
129. A Spy in the House that Ruth Built (1990)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary by Vanalyne Green which draws parallels from the game of baseball to family, relationships, and sexuality.
Directors: Vanalyne Green, Mathew Price | Stars: Vanalyne Green, Enrique McPhail, Becky Willis
Votes: 83
130. La cabale des oursins (1992)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A travel documentary which explores various abandoned strip mines in France.
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Jean Abeillé, Luc Moullet, Jean Narboni, Noël Simsolo
Votes: 118
131. The Chartres Series (1994)
9 min | Short
A color painting by Stan Brakhage which resembles the Chartres Cathedral.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 157
132. Exterior Night (1993)
Not Rated | 36 min | Short
Shot in high-definition video using rear-screen process plates from classic Warner Bros. films noirs. A young man (in color) searches for his past through black-and-white scenes from "The ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: David Patrick Kelly, Mark Arnott, Victoria Bastel, Martin Frische
Votes: 127
133. When It Rains (1995)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Drama, Music
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Ayuko Babu, Florence Bracy, Kenny Merritt, Juno Lewis
Votes: 560
134. Improvisation (1950)
15 min | Short, Music
An improvised jazz session with some of the greats from the 1950s era including Ella Fitzgerald.
Director: Gjon Mili | Stars: Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Hank Jones, Charlie Parker
Votes: 121
135. Vostochnaya elegiya (1996)
45 min | Drama
A short film by Aleksandr Sokurov which provides a surreal visual experience.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Star: Aleksandr Sokurov
Votes: 321
136. Yours (1998)
3 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film created by the artist Jeff Scher.
Director: Jeffrey Noyes Scher
Votes: 232
137. Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)
15 min | Short, Comedy
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland perform a hellish courtship in a nightmare of the American dream, created by manipulating old film.
Director: Martin Arnold | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Grace Hayes, Charles Winninger
Votes: 540
138. The Silent Majority (1987)
8 min | Short
A short film directed by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa which examines the inner thoughts of individuals sitting around a table.
Director: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa | Stars: Julio Cavalero, Eduardo Gasca, April Sopkin, Farzin Yazdanfar
Votes: 106
139. 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: 3,604
140.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Une histoire seule
(1989)
42 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 790
141.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Seul le cinéma
(1994)
26 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Serge Daney, Julie Delpy
Votes: 744
142.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Fatale beauté
(1994)
28 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Luc Godard, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 775
143.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
La monnaie de l'absolu
(1999)
27 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Alain Cuny, Juliette Binoche
Votes: 707
144.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Une vague nouvelle
(1999)
27 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 766
145.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Le contrôle de l'univers
(1999)
27 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 695
146.
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989–1999)
Episode:
Les signes parmi nous
(1999)
38 min | Documentary
An 8-part documentary chronically the history of cinema: "All the Histories", "A Single History", "Only Cinema", "Deadly "Beauty", "The Coin of the Absolute", "A New Wave", "The Control of the Universe", and "The Signs Among Us".
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 686
147. L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901)
TV-14 | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,179
148. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,810
149. The Music Lover (1903)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,939
150. An Impossible Voyage (1904)
Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy, May de Lavergne
Votes: 4,002
151. New York Subway (1905)
Unrated | 6 min | Short, Documentary
In one long take, the camera shows us the journey of a subway train as it makes its way from Union Square to the old Grand Central Station.
Director: G.W. Bitzer
Votes: 814
152. The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908)
15 min | Short, History, Drama
France, at the end of the sixteenth century. Henry III decided to eliminate his rival, the Duke of Guise, and, therefore, calls him in the castle of Blois. The mistress of the duke, warned ... See full summary »
Directors: André Calmettes, Charles Le Bargy | Stars: Charles Le Bargy, Albert Lambert, Gabrielle Robinne, Berthe Bovy
Votes: 783
153. The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, George Nichols, Francis J. Grandon, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 1,337
154. The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 3,217
155. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
A bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Allan Sears, Tom Wilson
Votes: 1,005
156. The Pawnshop (1916)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie 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.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand
Votes: 3,701
157. The Cure (1917)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman
Votes: 3,884
158. A Dog's Life (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
Votes: 9,665
159. Diagonal Symphony (1924)
7 min | Animation, Short, Music
A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The ... See full summary »
Director: Viking Eggeling
Votes: 1,479
160. Ballet mécanique (1924)
19 min | Short
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy | Stars: Kiki of Montparnasse, Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Katherine Murphy
Votes: 3,293
161. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
Votes: 57,038 | Gross: $0.98M
162. Egged On (1926)
24 min | Comedy, Short
Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of parts stolen from his neighbors. Rival ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller, Ted Sears | Star: Charles R. Bowers
Votes: 342
163. Now You Tell One (1926)
20 min | Short, Comedy
The Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a gold medallion waiting to be awarded to the winner. Disappointed with the other members' ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller | Star: Charles R. Bowers
Votes: 361
164. The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
40 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Alex Allin, Lucien Bataille, Genica Athanasiou
Votes: 2,285
165. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,258
166. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Unrated | 13 min | Short, Horror
An avant-garde take on Poe's classic story of a traveller taking shelter at a household under a mysterious curse.
Directors: James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber | Stars: Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak
Votes: 1,433
167. You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor. Soon they're out of a job, as well as their... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Kennedy | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilson Benge, Chet Brandenburg
Votes: 1,258
168. Two Tars (1928)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
At a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Thelma Hill
Votes: 1,559
169. Melodie der Welt (1929)
40 min | Documentary, Short
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world. The film is constructed like a symphony.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Stars: Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Renée Stobrawa, Grace Chiang, O. Idris
Votes: 243
170. Perfect Day (1929)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and their wives are preparing for a drive to a Sunday picnic but infighting is ruining their plans and a sudden feud with a next-door neighbor completes the disaster.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys
Votes: 1,739
171. Un chien andalou (1929)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Luis Buñuel, Pancho Cossío
Votes: 53,815
172. Black and Tan (1929)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Drama, Music
Duke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline.
Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Fredi Washington, Hall Johnson Choir
Votes: 595
173. Wrong Again (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Laurel and Hardy work at horse stables where a stallion named Blue Boy is kept. When they hear Gainsborough's famous painting, The Blue Boy, has been stolen, the duo rush to collect the offered reward.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 998
174. 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: 4,633
175. The Music Box (1932)
Approved | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dinah, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 8,026
176. The Dentist (1932)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.
Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Arnold Gray, Dorothy Granger
Votes: 1,763
177. The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Western
The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: W.C. Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler, Richard Cramer
Votes: 1,897
178. Zero for Conduct (1933)
Not Rated | 47 min | Drama
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre, Du Verron
Votes: 9,366
179. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 6,263
180. Snow-White (1933)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall | Stars: Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, Mae Questel
Votes: 2,216
181. The Sea Horse (1935)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses. A frontal bulge houses organs including an air ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Painlevé
Votes: 712
182. The Song of Ceylon (1934)
38 min | Short, Documentary
A short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.
Director: Basil Wright | Star: Lionel Wendt
Votes: 439
183. Der Firmling (1934)
23 min | Short, Comedy
Confirmation Day - a father and son celebrate the son's confirmation in a fancy restaurant.
Stars: Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt
Votes: 186
184. The Mascot (1933)
37 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz | Star: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 1,613
185. Papageno (1935)
11 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Film shows the story of Papageno (the one from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"), who wants a mate, yet has difficulties getting one.
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Votes: 477
186. Rose Hobart (1936)
Unrated | 19 min | Short
Footage selected from 'East of Borneo' and other films is arranged and edited so as to highlight actress Rose Hobart.
Director: Joseph Cornell | Stars: Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent
Votes: 1,007
187. Rainbow Dance (1936)
4 min | Short, Musical, Animation
The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General ... See full summary »
Director: Len Lye | Star: Rupert Doone
Votes: 774
188. Night Mail (1936)
Approved | 25 min | Short, Documentary
Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright | Stars: Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae
Votes: 1,458
189. A Day in the Country (1946)
Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, André Gabriello
Votes: 7,103
190. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
Unrated | 25 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Director: Pare Lorentz | Stars: Thomas Chalmers, Bam White
Votes: 752
191. Röntgenstrahlen (1937)
18 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which documents the discovery of X-Rays and how they can be used for medical purposes.
Director: Martin Rikli
Votes: 80
192. Le mot de Cambronne (1937)
36 min | Short
Inspired by playwright Edmond Rostand, this comedy short pivots around a general who has uttered a French cuss word that no one wants to speak aloud.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Pauline Carton, Marguerite Moreno
Votes: 156
193. Trade Tattoo (1937)
5 min | Short, Animation, Drama
Abstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music.
Director: Len Lye
Votes: 561
194. Bezhin lug (1937)
31 min | Short, Drama
A Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Viktor Kartashov, Nikolay Khmelyov, Boris Zakhava, Yelizaveta Teleshyova
Votes: 680
195. Out of the Inkwell (1938)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At the Fleischer studio, a black janitor, learning to hypnotize, conjures Betty Boop out of the inkwell and tries some suggestions on her. But two can play at that game...
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Bonnie Poe, Oscar Polk
Votes: 398
196. The River (1938)
Unrated | 31 min | Documentary, Short, History
This documentary short film looks at the devastating and costly problems, including seasonal flooding and erosion of precious topsoil, associated with the Mississippi River system and promotes more Federal projects to remedy the situation.
Director: Pare Lorentz | Star: Thomas Chalmers
Votes: 669
197. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert Clampett, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 2,270
198. Children's Party (1938)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director Joseph Cornell evokes the nostalgia of childhood by filming a children's party.
Director: Joseph Cornell
Votes: 229
199. Dots (1940)
3 min | Short, Animation
An experimental film of dots animated by being drawn directly on filmstock.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 1,029
200. Blitz Wolf (1942)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Leone Le Doux, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,461
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