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poster The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist
3mn - Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
poster Taken for a Ride
Taken for a Ride
(4/5)
52mn - Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
poster The Yawner
The Yawner
4mn - Comedy
A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he proceeds to make others yawn as well, including a shop keepe…
poster 2012 Doomsday
2012 Doomsday
85mn - Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Four strangers converge on an ancient Mayan temple as December 21, 2012 arrives, facing the convergence of ancient prophecy and modern science in humanity's potential final hours.
poster Struggle Through Death
Struggle Through Death
(2.9/5)
92mn - Action
Those who enter the castle of Ching never return. Forced into slavery, every day becomes a punishing ritual down the Castle's secret gold mine. One worker, Kang, decides enough is enough, and tries but fa…
poster Fiery Fireman
Fiery Fireman
(2.9/5)
6mn - Comedy, Animation
Oswald and his faithful horse rush to a blazing apartment area to rescue troubled residents.
poster Lightplay Opus II
Lightplay Opus II
(3.1/5)
4mn - Animation
An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.
poster The Show
The Show
25mn - Comedy, Action
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
poster Big Business
Big Business
25mn - Comedy
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Moha…
poster The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
1mn - Thriller, Comedy
A dissipated man sits at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A revolver is on the opposite side of the table. He pours a glass of whiskey and, with a despairing look, starts to drin…
poster Snowballing
Snowballing
96mn - Action, Comedy
A group of high school students on a ski vacation discover their resort's corrupt owner has been overcharging guests for years with the local sheriff's help. With only seven days to expose the scam, the t…
poster Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
9mn - Comedy
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on…
poster The Terminators
The Terminators
89mn - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small band of resistance fighters battle the cyborgs that have taken control of the planet.
poster Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
poster The Midnight Limited
The Midnight Limited
(2.7/5)
0mn - Action, Adventure, Mystery
poster Martial Law
Martial Law
86mn - Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.
poster Death PhD
Death PhD
106mn - Horror
A group of ambitious Ph.D. students faces an impossible choice: endure their grueling 7-year degree program or graduate immediately by spending just one terrifying night in a notoriously haunted house. As…
poster Pontypool
Pontypool
(3.3/5)
96mn - Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into z…
poster Gates of Darkness
Gates of Darkness
91mn - Horror
A haunted teenager undergoes a terrifying exorcism to uncover dark secrets about the church and his family that threaten to destroy everything he holds dear.
poster Civilization
Civilization
(3.0/5)
86mn - Drama
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in the following fracas. In the spirit world, Christ commen…
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