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1. The Big Shave (1967)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Drama, Horror
In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Star: Peter Bernuth
Votes: 8,705
2. 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: 15,202
3. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011 Video)
16+ | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three puppets known as Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck learn about creativity from a talking sketchbook.
Directors: Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan | Stars: Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry
Votes: 5,358
4. Red 3 (2016)
2 min | Animation, Short
Final chapter. Symbolic rise and fall of the ruler of the planet Earth.
Director: Marco Romano
Votes: 125
5. The Alphabet (1969)
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Reavey
Votes: 8,545
6. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
Not Rated | 43 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Merrill Gruver, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle
Votes: 3,331
7. 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: 7,355
8. F.U.B.A.R - The banned movie (2022)
4 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
This film was banned due to its shocking content.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Ethan Frazer
Votes: 71
9. 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: 1,459
10. Within the Woods (1978)
Not Rated | 31 min | Horror, Short
While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Mary Valenti, Scott Spiegel
Votes: 2,662
11. Amblin' (1968)
R | 26 min | Short, Drama, Romance
They were both wanderers but to be more specific...Hippies.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Levin, Pamela McMyler, Henry Axelrod
Votes: 1,386
12. It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Now 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ira Rubin, Sam DeFazio, Andrea Martin, Catherine Scorsese
Votes: 2,181
13. Penny Dreadful (2013)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.
Director: Shane Atkinson | Stars: Oona Laurence, David H. Stevens, Marnie Schulenburg, Rick Zahn
Votes: 260
14. Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée (1991)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Portrait of an imaginary painter from the life and work of Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865).
Directors: Olivier Smolders, Johan van den Driessche | Stars: Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers, Lémi Cétol, Barbara De Jonghe
Votes: 128
15. Wavelength (1967)
Not Rated | 43 min | Short, Drama
Claimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very unconventional and experimental, indeed.
Director: Michael Snow | Stars: Hollis Frampton, Lyne Grossman, Naoto Nakazawa, Roswell Rudd
Votes: 3,017
16. Hansel & Gretel (2007 Video)
27 min | Short, Drama, Family
Based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel is a dark and stylized, black and white, German Expressionistic silent picture featuring detailed design and an eerie musical score.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Luke Allison, Kelly Eggers, Isabella Pease
Votes: 322
17. 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: 590
18. Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967)
15 min | Sci-Fi, Short
While monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Dan Nachtsheim, Joy Carmichael, David Munson, Marvin Bennett
Votes: 2,681
19. Childporn (2015)
4 min | Short, Music, Mystery
Tempted by treats which we know that they are not good for us. Packed, pent up feelings. A volcano which is about to erupt, an addiction that makes havoc to you and your surroundings. Before you know it you walk into the trap.
Director: Sjoerd Martens
Votes: 51
20. Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain (1932)
Passed | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The first in a series of shorts highlighting songwriters of the era. This one features Sammy Fain, supported by Evelyn Hoey and The Eton Boys, singing songs he wrote, including "You Brought... See full summary »
Director: Neil McGuire | Stars: Sammy Fain, Norman Brokenshire, Evelyn Hoey, Eton Boys
22. 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: 4,826
23. Blow Job (1963)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Andy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title.
Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: DeVeren Bookwalter, Willard Maas
Votes: 1,161
24. Milk (III) (2017)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Modern family runs a perfect house and lives ideal life until one day they notice a cow in the middle of their kitchen.
Director: Daria Vlasova | Stars: Yaroslava Bazaeva, Mariya Bolonkina, Vitaly Khodin, Gleb Orlov
Votes: 33
25. Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
Director: David Lynch
Votes: 6,485
26. Film (1965)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider | Stars: Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
Votes: 2,290
27. Big Buck Bunny (2008)
TV-Y7 | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An enormous, fluffy, and utterly adorable rabbit is heartlessly harassed by the ruthless, loud, bullying gang of a flying squirrel, who is determined to squash his happiness.
Director: Sacha Goedegebure
Votes: 2,171
28. 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: 2,649
29. Rejected (2000)
Unrated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Robert May, Jennifer Nyholm, Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 8,878
30. Street of Crocodiles (1986)
Not Rated | 20 min | Animation, Short
Inside a box full of curio, a puppet who is recently freed from his strings explores a dusty and forlorn commercial area. The explorer becomes ensnared into miniature tailor shop by baby-faced dolls.
Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | Star: Feliks Stawinski
Votes: 3,082
32. Hot Girls for Men Only (1967)
43 min | Short, Comedy
A sophisticated London fashion columnist takes a job with a small-town publisher and "moral crusader", much to the dismay of her rich, jealous boyfriend. The "crusader", however, turns out to be not quite what he says he is.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: David Kernan, Andrea Allan, Derek Aylward, Tom Gill
Votes: 89
33. 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: 449
35. Everything Will Be Ok (2006)
17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Star: Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 3,072
36. At Land (1944)
15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Silently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: John Cage, Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, Hella Heyman
Votes: 3,342
37. Darkened Room (2002)
8 min | Short
John's struggle to get out of a locked room with a sinister secret inside.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Etsuko Shikata, Cerina Vincent
Votes: 2,635
38. 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: 2,040
39. 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: 3,882
40. 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
41. Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Votes: 2,458
42. Hermes Bird (1979)
11 min | Short, Drama
This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the line "This is the secret that will not stay hidden."
Director: James Broughton | Star: James Broughton
Votes: 39
43. The Man with the Smallest Penis in Existence and the Electron Microscope Technician Who Loved Him (2003)
9 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
One man's pencildick is another man's hackblammer - The truth that Stefan Guttenheim needed to swallow.
Director: Patrick O'Brien | Stars: Ariane Brandt, Luke Dinsdale
Votes: 1,147
44. Vesuvius VI (1959)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A miniature epic set in Ancient Rome and "inspired" by the then popular television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958).
Director: Martin Scorsese
Votes: 191
45. Speed Demon (2022)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Horror, Romance | Post-production
When two lovers are split by a supernatural encounter, they explore the darker side of relationships.
Director: Orrett Coke | Stars: MaKenzie Lauren, Danilo Cunha, Christian Reccasina, James Compton
46. How to Disappear Completely (2004)
8 min | Drama, Short
A young photographer disillusioned and disgusted by the ugly face of modern society turns his back on it to photograph nature in the unspoilt and untainted countryside, where he forms a ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Piper | Stars: David House, Michelle Munden, Matt Vickery, Anna Selby
Votes: 29
47. GirlFight: inVite (2016)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Sinister fatal femme Rachel inVites four unlikely model hopefuls into an underground death fight inside a barbaric steel cage surrounded by razor-sharp barb-wire. An all-female nightmare horror concept short film inspired by true events.
Director: Kelcey Coe | Stars: Becca Chanay, Kelly Culbertson, Brianna Culp, Amanda Dicapo
Votes: 380
48. 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: 2,202
49. Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
R | 39 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Dante is guided by his hero Virgil through each circle of Hell and its subdivisions until they reach the center of the Earth and emerged to the other hemisphere into Purgatory.
Director: Boris Acosta | Stars: Armand Mastroianni, Eric Roberts, Vincent Spano, Nia Peeples
Votes: 709
50. Attraction Man (2020)
Short, Action, Adventure
A down and out guy has a rare change of fate when a meteorite hits a magnetite rock giving him magnetic powers.
Director: Eddie Eniel | Stars: Gabriell Salgado, Brittany England, Hedy Soreco, Mauricio Bemudez
Votes: 23