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1. 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: 15,255
2. 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: 8,762
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: 5,412
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: 123
5. 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: 75
6. 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: 52
7. 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: 1,394
8. 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: 7,385
9. 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
11. 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
12. 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: 8,573
13. 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: 2,668
14. 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: 324
15. 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: 3,340
16. ...Reel Five (1999)
12 min | Short
An experimental film by Stan Brakhage combining flashing lights and colors which are especially dark in the beginning and bright at the end.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 234
17. 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: 2,687
18. 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: 3,026
19. 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: 2,218
20. 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: 2,200
22. 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: 2,173
23. 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: 3,091
24. 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: 2,642
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: 6,504
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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: 2,047
29. Little Red Riding Hood (1997)
TV-Y7 | 12 min | Comedy, Short
A black comedy version of the classic tale.
Director: David Kaplan | Stars: Christina Ricci, Timour Bourtasenkov, Evelyn Solann, Quentin Crisp
Votes: 656
30. 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
31. 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: 1,495
32. 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
33. 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: 2,670
34. Cremaster 1 (1996)
Unrated | 40 min | Short, Fantasy, Musical
An experimental short film from the Cremaster series which alludes to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic development process.
Director: Matthew Barney | Stars: Marti Domination, Gemma Bourdon Smith, Kathleen Crepeau, Nina Kotov
Votes: 1,208
35. 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: 1,149
36. 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
38. 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: 1,163
39. Coin Operated (2017)
5 min | Animation, Short
A young boy dreams of a moon-rocket and space travel.
Director: Nicholas Arioli
Votes: 459
40. 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
41. 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: 2,297
42. 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: 90
43. 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: 3,084
44. 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
45. Chapter 9 (2019)
28 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
Some Thing is tormenting Edward Prendick, as he finds himself ensnared in the clutches of a nefarious island.
Director: Jake Brown | Stars: Blake Brannon, Jack Knapp
Votes: 13
46. Tricia's Wedding (1971)
Unrated | 33 min | Short, Comedy
Spoofs the wedding of President Nixon's daughter, Tricia. The high jinks start when Eartha Kitt adds LSD to the punch bowl.
Director: Milton Miron | Stars: Goldie Glitters, Steven Arnold, Frank Bourquin, Bobby Cameron
Votes: 64
47. The Flicker (1966)
30 min | Short
This film consists of alternating black and white frames.
Director: Tony Conrad
Votes: 308
48. Canadian Reflections (1978– )
30 min | Short
Canada's longest running showcase of independent short film. For over thirty years, CBC Television's Canadian Reflections has given Canada's best and brightest filmmakers a national audience.
Stars: Lorne Cardinal, Rachel Wilson, M.E. Lewis, Karen Robinson
Votes: 15
49. 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
50. Cremaster 4 (1995)
42 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
An experimental short film from the Cremaster series which alludes to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic development process.
Director: Matthew Barney | Stars: Matthew Barney, Dave Molyneux, Graham Molyneux, Steve Sinnott
Votes: 863