Out of left field book

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows out of left field book

poster Polterheist

Polterheist

86mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror

Two gangsters kidnap a psychic to find out where the man they murdered buried the loot.

poster Bumping Into Broadway

Bumping Into Broadway

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just bef…

poster Unusual Cooking

Unusual Cooking

3mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After …

poster X's & O's

X's & O's

93mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodra…

poster AWOL

AWOL

A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.

poster The Genii of Fire

The Genii of Fire

4mn - Drama, Fantasy

Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.

poster His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria

His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria

Brothers Pot and Ray pull off a daring bank robbery, but when their new partner Steve double-crosses them and Ray is murdered for the gold, Pot finds himself caught in a deadly game of betrayal and reveng…

poster Ambrose's Sour Grapes

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

Ambrose loses his girl-friend to Harry Gribbon in the park. When Ambrose's "girl-friend"'s twin sister and husband arrive everybody gets mixed-up between the two twins.

poster Clancy in Wall Street

Clancy in Wall Street

Clancy and MacIntosh are a pair of stock comedy Irish and Scottish plumbers who have been partners for twenty years; but when Clancy accidentally buys some shares on margin, MacIntosh's Scotch thrift rebe…

poster The Oubliette

The Oubliette

29mn - Drama, History

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …

poster The Wonderful Album

The Wonderful Album

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing’ effects as pieces of paper from a giant book turn in…

poster Conspiracy

Conspiracy

Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father's death. Young reporter John Howell and eccentric mystery writer Winthrop Clavering help unravel the tru…

poster Hoodlum & Son

Hoodlum & Son

92mn - Comedy, Crime

In 1933, a mischievous ten year old, Archie, is left in the care of his unattentive father, Charlie, a reluctant gangster indebted to mob boss Benny “The Bomb” Palladino. Benny gives Charlie a last chance…

poster Broke in China

Broke in China

Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small w…

poster Like a Bat Outta Hell

Like a Bat Outta Hell

83mn - Sci-Fi, Horror

Four documentary filmmakers venture into the Australian outback to capture footage in the remote settlement of "Nowhere Else," where the lone remaining resident warns them to stay inside after dark. When …

poster Mabel's Blunder

Mabel's Blunder

Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.

Lyco

83mn - Horror, Action

A voodoo priest embarks on a dangerous quest through Trinidad's mystical underworld to find an ancient elephant statue with supernatural powers, racing against time before it falls into the wrong hands an…

poster Cohen’s Fire Sale

Cohen’s Fire Sale

13mn - Comedy, Crime

A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.

Elipsis

90mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime

When a successful actor's life spirals into chaos while his best friend rises to fame, their reversed fortunes force them into a dangerous partnership that threatens to destroy their friendship and their …

poster Suspense.

Suspense.

10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror

An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …

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