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- DirectorMaya DerenAlexander HammidStarsMaya DerenAlexander HammidA 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.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsMargaret MercierVincent WarrenTwo ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal multi and after-image effect visuals.
- DirectorArthur LipsettSnippets from discarded footage, and with footage shot on the streets of Montreal and New York City, combined to a collage with the underlying argument as to whether man is a complex machine or a creature with a soul.
- DirectorDimitri KirsanoffStarsNadia SibirskaïaYolande BeaulieuGuy BelmontA 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.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsAlain EmeryLaurent RocheClan-ClanIn the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyStarsBarbara HersheyFootage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare.
- DirectorBruce ConnerExperimental short uses Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" as accompaniment to constantly shifting collage of female nude, cartoons, and newsreels of atomic bomb explosions.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsDorothy McGinnisRichard WhiteVirginia MaitlandA young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsVirginie VitryAnne DoatJacques Doniol-ValcrozeWhen an unfaithful wife receives a fur coat from her lover as a gift, they must figure out a way to keep the husband from discovering the coat's true origins.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJoseph KochA man and a woman on a motorcycle arrive with a ferry to Assens. They want to catch the next ferry in Nyborg, on the other side of the island, but this ferry will leave in three quarters of an hour and the ferry berth is 70 km away. The road has lot of curves, but they ride the bike in a high speed. An old-fashioned car has left the ferry in Assens at the same time as the motorcycle. They try to overtake the car on the road, but the driver won't let them pass. When they take a chance on his right side, the motorcycle smashes into a tree. The Ferryman takes the bodies of the man and the woman on his boat to the land of the dead.
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsGeorges HubertNicole LadmiralAlfred MacquartBucolic scenes from the outskirts of Paris are contrasted with stark footage from slaughterhouses.
- DirectorJirí BartaStarsFrantisek HusákZdenek MartínekIvan VojtekA sarcastic story about a thief who becomes the victim of his own victims. His victims come from the other world and take his most precious possession - his blood. The phantasmal atmosphere of the film is achieved through artificial animation coloring in a motion picture.
- DirectorAlison MacleanStarsTheresa HealeyPeter TaitAnnagretta ChristianA woman finds something quaint in her kitchen sink and feels strangely captivated towards it.
- DirectorMichael PleaseStarsDavid CannTony GuilfoyleIf you repeat the word 'fly' for long enough it sounds like you are saying 'life'. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of the beetle.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr 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?
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
- DirectorJacques DrouinAn artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
- DirectorWilhelm FreddieJørgen RoosStarsAgnete ChristensenWilhelm FreddieJørgen RoosAn experimental animated short film by Jørgen Roos and surrealist painter Wilhelm Freddie.
- DirectorEino RuutsaloStarsYrjö TähteläLeena Valasmo
- DirectorAntonio MerceroStarsJosé Luis López VázquezAgustín GonzálezGoyo LebreroA man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorSeth WinstonStarsRicardo AguilarErich AndersonTeresa Crespo HartendorpClassic hard rock band Raging Kings is making a new record. Talented session guitarist McQueen is called in to replace their disgruntled band member for one recording session. Could this be his one shot at success?
- DirectorMat KirkbyStarsSally HawkinsJim BroadbentEdward HoggHeather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsGeremy JasperHenry D. ColemanChloe TillisA group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJack Langan-EvansMark E'vonGina McKeeA day in the life of an eight-year-old soccer fan who has to come to terms with living in a strange new town and the loss of his father.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsPhilippe NahonBlandine LenoirFrankie PainAfter a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
- DirectorMarvin NuecklausStarsAubrey ReynoldsJoseph LopezMichael CaprarellaAfter a young woman was found in a desolate desert barely alive, she must relive the traumatic events of a brutal crime in order to discover the assailant's true identity.
- 2005– 25mTV-MA7.7 (341)TV EpisodeDirectorRob McElhenneyStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyThe original unaired pilot to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) plot-wise closely resembling Charlie Has Cancer (2005).
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
- DirectorPaul BrigantiStarsJocelyn DeBoerDawn LuebbeNick KocherIn this dark comedy of manners, soccer moms Jill and Lisa seek the approval of their "friends" - at all costs. This surreal world is just on the edge of consciousness; suburbia through the looking glass. Every adult wears painful braces on their straight teeth, couples coordinate meticulously pressed outfits, and coveted family members become pawns in this competition for acceptance. Greener Grass explores one's willingness to endure present pain in exchange for future validation - or at least a perfect smile.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorDouglas BuckStarsNica RayGary BetsworthJared BarskyWith her quaint suburban existence on the slow road to ruin, Sarah mutilates herself in the bathroom mirror while her husband sits downstairs watching TV.
- DirectorAndrés BorghiStarsSergio BerónPaula CarruegaPilar BoyleAlthough Alexia, Franco's ex-girlfriend, has been deceased for some time, Franco still has her as a contact on his social network. When he decides to delete her and move on, something strange starts to manifest through his computer.
- DirectorGiacomo CiminiStarsLambert WilsonSamuel JoslinDarrell D'SilvaSomehow, an unforeseen malfunction in a man's spectacles blurs the frail bounds between reality and parallel reality, allowing instances of a dark and dystopian future to seep into his world.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHayao MiyazakiIn the form of a humanoid pig, Hayao Miyazaki narrates the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsBjörkMusic video for Björk's song Human Behaviour. A woman in a cabin in the woods, a hunter, a bear, a moth and other forest creatures' lives intersect in surreal and unpredictable ways.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorKenneth AngerStarsErnie AlloBruce ByronFrank CarifiA gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMort RittsStefan NoskoSome time in the near future two veterans from some conflict engage in a conversation while sitting in a bath.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiStarsKeiji NakazawaToshiko SaikiA filmmaker's journey to Hiroshima, sixty years after the bomb.
- DirectorKimberlee AcquaroStacy ShermanStarsRosario DawsonA powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide. With the country left nearly 70% female in the wake of the massacres, "God Sleeps In Rwanda" is a lucid portrait of the much larger change affected by women in the East African country.
- DirectorDan KraussIn 1994, a South African photojournalist received the Pulitzer Prize for his picture of a starving girl stalked by a vulture. Weeks later, he carried out a terrible, desperate act--an act that embodied the anguish of an entire nation.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorChristopher KezelosA strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.
- DirectorAndrew ChesworthBobby PontillasTAIKO Studios presents the story of Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut.
- DirectorWilliam VanceOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesVirginia NicolsonWilliam VanceA colonial scene in the U.S. An old lady sits astride a bell while a man in blackface, wig, and livery pulls the bell rope. From an upper door emerges an old man, dressed as a dandy, who tips his hat to the woman as he walks down stairs grinning. Others leave the same door and walk down the same stairs: a shabby man, a cop, and, several times, the same dandy. The man in blackface hangs himself; the dandy continues to smile. A bell tolls, a grave beckons. In the dark, the dandy plays the piano. Is he Death?
- DirectorAhmed ImamovicStarsAlmedin LeletaSatoshi YahataMilan PavlovicIt's 1994. How different can ten minutes of a tourist in Rome and a family in the besieged Sarajevo be?
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsWilliam RobertsA man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDuck Dodgers and Marvin Martian wage war over Planet X.