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XX-Language Films

Name: XX-Language Films
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Top 177 XX-language films from a catalog of 177, ranked by TMDB rating.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	Genres↕	TMDB Rating↕	Votes↕	Language↕	Country↕	Overview↕
Flow	2,005	Sumito Sakakibara	Animation	9.7	11	XX	Japan	Eight woman, one life. Short animation by Sumito Sakakibara. The 9th Japan Media Art Festival Animation Division Grand Prize Winner
War	2,023	Catherine Chalmers	Drama	9.4	22	XX	Costa Rica	Mini-gladiators locked in an epic battle.
Flow	2,019	Adriaan Lokman	Animation	8.7	22	XX	France	A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.
Snow Bear	2,024	Aaron Blaise	Animation	8.5	12	XX	United States of America	When a lonely polar bear can't find a friend... he makes one. Set in a rapidly changing world, "Snow Bear" tells the story of a polar bear in an unforgiving environment on his quest to find a friend. This independently produced 2D hand drawn film was painstakingly created entirely by Aaron Blaise over 3 years.
Lord	2,024	Jang Chul-woong	N/A	8.5	11	XX	South Korea	Eight images. They follow a simple rule based on direction. To reach their respective destinations, they accelerate, tremble, pass through, and intersect.
Ian	2,018	Abel Goldfarb	Family, Animation	8.2	34	XX	Argentina	Ian was born with cerebral palsy. All he wants is to make friends, although it seems impossible to achieve when discrimination and bullying keep him away from his beloved playground. However, this young boy is determined and won't give up easily. The emotional animated short film shares a story about a boy with a disability called IAN. Ian's mother created IAN foundation to fight against the lack of information and knowledge that often lead people with disabilities to be bullied and isolated. The short Ian rises from the need and goal of this foundation to reach every home with an inclusion message. Sheila, Ian's Foundation founder and works to make society understand that when talking about inclusion there is no time to waste. This award-winning film was written and produced by Gastón Gorali and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella's Buenos Aires-based animation studio took home the top prize at LA Shorts International Film Festival and several major international awards.
(NULL)	2,013	David Gesslbauer	Drama	8.1	41	XX	Germany	An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.
One Week	1,920	Buster Keaton	Comedy	7.9	312	XX	United States of America	Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
Two	1,965	Satyajit Ray	Drama, Family	7.7	46	XX	India	This short film shows an encounter, through a series of games, between a street child from the shantytowns and a child of a rich family, stationed at his window. The film has no dialogue and the action moves through the attempts at one-upmanship evident in their successive display of their toys. Their rivalry (a kite shot down by a toy rifle, for example) concludes with the opposition between the world of noise (the toys inside the house) and that of music (the street child's flute). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
Wade	2,020	Kalp Sanghvi	Animation, Horror	7.7	11	XX	India	In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unliveable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.
One Small Step	2,018	Bobby Pontillas	Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy	7.6	154	XX	China	Luna is a vibrant young Chinese-American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. From the day she witnesses a rocket launching into space on TV, Luna is driven to reach for the stars. In the big city, Luna lives with her loving father Chu, who supports her with a humble shoe repair business he runs out of his garage. As Luna grows up, she enters college, facing adversity of all kinds in pursuit of her dreams.
Spin	2,005	Jamin Winans	Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Crime	7.6	49	XX	United States of America	A mysterious DJ is sent to a city block to mend a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives.
Father and Daughter	2,001	Michael Dudok de Wit	Animation, Drama	7.5	184	XX	Belgium	A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
Home Sweet Home	2,013	Romain Mazevet	Adventure, Animation, Family	7.5	21	XX	France	A house uproots itself from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey.
Zing	2,011	Cynthia Collins	Animation, Fantasy	7.4	66	XX	Germany	Day in, day out, Mr. Grimm is busy with his job as the Reaper, harvesting people's lives. One day, his monotonous existence is interrupted by the door bell. It's a little girl. She wants her cat back. Little does she know that she's the next life on Mr. Grimm's list.
Lapsus	2,007	Juan Pablo Zaramella	Animation	7.4	17	XX	Argentina	A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.
Lights Out	2,014	David F. Sandberg	Horror	7.3	380	XX	Sweden	A woman prepares for bed, but realizes that something may be lurking in the shadows.
Hoch der Lambeth Valk	1,941	Charles Ridley	Music, Comedy	7.3	16	XX	United Kingdom	A 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film set to the tune of The Lambeth Walk, a popular song from the musical Me and My Girl.
The Impossible Voyage	1,904	Georges Méliès	Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction	7.2	201	XX	France	Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Alike	2,015	Rafa Cano Méndez	Animation, Drama	7.2	59	XX	Spain	In a busy life, Copi is a father who tries to teach the right way to his son, Paste. But - What is the correct path?
The Private Life of a Cat	1,946	Alexander Hammid	Documentary	7.2	42	XX	United States of America	An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
Dji. Death Sails	2,015	Dmitri Voloshin	Animation, Comedy	7.2	23	XX	Moldova	Bad days at work may happen in anyone's life, even if you are a Grim Reaper.
Nuggets	2,014	Andreas Hykade	Animation	7.2	18	XX	Germany	A 5 minute animation on the nature of addiction.
Pixels	2,010	Patrick Jean	Science Fiction, Animation, Action	7.1	83	XX	France	New York City is invaded by 8-bit creatures.
Pip	2,018	Bruno Simões	Animation, Drama	7.1	27	XX	United States of America	A heartwarming tale for underdogs everywhere, Pip is the story of a small dog with a big dream—to become a Southeastern Guide Dog. Does she have what it takes?
Fallen Art	2,004	Tomek Bagiński	Animation, Comedy, War, Drama	7	108	XX	Poland	Fallen Art presents the story of General A, a self-proclaimed artist. His art, however, consists of a deranged method of stop motion photography, where the individual frames of the movie are created by photographs made by Dr. Johann Friedrich, depicting the bodies of dead soldiers, pushed down by Sergeant Al from a giant springboard onto a slab of concrete.
The Heart of the World	2,000	Guy Maddin	Science Fiction, Comedy, Romance	7	98	XX	Canada	Pure fantasia, a race to save the world from a fatal heart attack, juxtaposed against a love rivalry between two brothers - a mortician and an actor playing Christ - for the heart of a scientist studying the earth's core.
Feral	2,012	Daniel Sousa	Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction	7	33	XX	United States of America	A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.
Mr Hublot	2,013	Laurent Witz	Animation	6.9	147	XX	France	Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.
Oktapodi	2,008	Julien Bocabeille	Animation, Comedy, Family, Action	6.9	99	XX	France	Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.
Madame Tutli-Putli	2,007	Chris Lavis	Animation, Thriller	6.9	81	XX	Canada	Madame Tutli-Putli boards the Night Train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past. She travels alone, facing both the kindness and menace of strangers. As day descends into dark, she finds herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure.
The Lady and the Reaper	2,009	Javier Recio Garcia	Animation, Comedy	6.9	79	XX	Spain	A sweet old lady is living alone in her farm, waiting for the arrival of death to meet her beloved husband again. One night, while sleeping, her life fades out and she is invited to cross death's door. Bue when she is about to do so, the old lady wakes up inside a hospital's ward, as an arrogant doctor has taken her back to life and he will fight hard against death to recover the old lady's life at any cost.
A Single Life	2,014	Marieke Blaauw	Animation, Comedy	6.9	68	XX	Netherlands	When Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record single, she suddenly knows how to travel through her own life.
Together	1,956	Lorenza Mazzetti	Drama	6.9	15	XX	United Kingdom	The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship.
Bridges-Go-Round 1	1,958	Shirley Clarke	Documentary	6.9	14	XX	United States of America	New York City’s bridges dissolve into shifting abstractions through montage, superimposition, and color. Set to an electronic score by Louis and Bebe Barron, the film transforms familiar urban structures into an uncanny, alien landscape (an alternate version of the film features a jazz score by Teo Macero).
Ghosts Before Breakfast	1,928	Hans Richter	Animation, Comedy	6.8	59	XX	Germany	Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
Ruin	2,011	Wes Ball	Animation, Science Fiction, Action	6.8	33	XX	United States of America	In a future where cities have crumbled and been reclaimed by nature we join a lone man exploring the ruins of the company Haven Nanosystems. Recovering a locked container he seems to have found what he was looking for, which is information relating to the quarantined Facility B. Unfortunately just as located by a robotic drone and the race to escape is on.
Quest	1,997	Tyron Montgomery	Animation	6.8	29	XX	Germany	A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be heard not far away. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
Fox and the Whale	2,016	Robin Joseph	Animation	6.8	19	XX	Canada	The tale of a curious fox who goes in search of an elusive whale. A journey of pursuit and longing.
Gondola	2,024	Veit Helmer	Drama, Romance, Comedy	6.8	12	XX	Georgia	In the Georgian mountains, a cable car connects a village with a smaller town in the valley. Iva started working for the cable car as a conductor and is now in charge of handling the gondolas. While one gondola goes up to the village, the other goes down to the valley. Halfway down, the gondolas meet every half hour. This is exactly the moment when Iva and Nina, the conductor of the other gondola, meet each time. Where at the beginning only collegial greetings were exchanged, over time a flirtation develops. What follows is the big love and stress with the boss.
De Djess	2,015	Alice Rohrwacher	Fantasy	6.8	12	XX	Italy	The ninth short film of the Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales series reflects Alice Rohrwacher’s attention to the surreal world of ordinariness and exceptions.
The Face Robber	2,013	Jaime Maestro	Thriller, Animation, Fantasy	6.8	12	XX	Spain	A mysterious young woman has been horribly attacked by a strange creature that steals faces. Detective Paul F. Gimbal decides to protect her and starts a dark investigation to overcome the dangerous thief who wants to destroy everything.
Sunstone	1,979	Ed Emshwiller	Animation	6.8	10	XX	United States of America	Experimental computer animation from pioneering artist Ed Emshwiller.
Electroma	2,006	Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo	Science Fiction, Drama	6.7	123	XX	France	Two robots embark on a quest to become human.
Living	1,971	Frans Zwartjes	Drama, Romance	6.7	15	XX	Netherlands	Frans Zwartjes and his wife explore their new home, and the sexual tension they've brought with them to it.
Loop	2,021	Pablo Polledri	Animation	6.7	10	XX	Argentina	In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again.
The Open Road	1,926	Claude Friese-Greene	Documentary	6.7	10	XX	United Kingdom	In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, set out from Cornwall with the aim of recording life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. Entitled The Open Road, his remarkable travelogue was conceived as a series of shorts, 26 episodes in all, to be shown weekly at the cinema. The result is a fascinating portrait of inter-war Britain, in which town and country, people and landscapes are captured as never before, in a truly unique and rich colour palette.
Broken Down Film	1,985	Osamu Tezuka	Romance, Animation, Comedy, Western, Action	6.6	51	XX	Japan	A cowboy seeks to rescue, then woo, a damsel in distress. But he is constantly thwarted by the scratches, breaks, and other imperfections present in the film print itself.
El Dorado	1,921	Marcel L'Herbier	Drama	6.6	18	XX	France	In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation after a further rejection by Estiria, sees an opportunity to blackmail him by locking the lovers overnight in their meeting-place in the Alhambra.
Even – As You and I	1,937	LeRoy Robbins	N/A	6.6	15	XX	United States of America	Three fellows dream of prize money and a chance for a real Hollywood contract by winning the Liberty-Pete Smith amateur movie contest. They work on a script, as their wastebasket and ashtrays fill. They head outside to shoot: down a manhole, up a telephone pole, through a keyhole, and at night using binoculars. Next they must edit their film, then it's time for a first screening of their product, "The Afternoon of a Rubberband." It's a montage of experimental images, including a razor blade cutting various objects, a baby in a cooking pot, and a snail in the path of a steamroller. After the screening, the boys wonder if that was their only shot at Hollywood fame. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Retouches	2,008	Georges Schwizgebel	Animation	6.6	14	XX	Canada	Between a wave’s rhythm and the breath of a young woman in her sleep, some animated paintings go on modifying each other.
Las Palmas	2,011	Johannes Nyholm	Comedy, Drama	6.6	12	XX	Sweden	A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. The role is played by a one year old girl, the rest of the cast are marionette puppets.
The Mystic	1,925	Tod Browning	Drama	6.6	12	XX	United States of America	Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man crashes — and proceeds to swindle — American high society.
Forevergreen	2,025	Nathan Engelhardt	Animation, Family	6.6	10	XX	United States of America	An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger.
Wire Cutters	2,014	Jack Anderson	Animation, Drama, Science Fiction	6.5	39	XX	United States of America	A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet.
Cremaster 3	2,002	Matthew Barney	Drama, Fantasy	6.5	33	XX	United States of America	CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner, ...
London After Midnight	1,927	Tod Browning	Horror, Mystery	6.5	31	XX	United States of America	The abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-looking tenants. This film was lost in the 1965 MGM vault fire; only a few stills exist.
Strangers	2,003	Guy Nattiv	Drama	6.5	14	XX	Israel	A short story of two strangers meeting in a train journey, not knowing that something stranger is coming their way.
The Last of Us	2,018	Ala Eddine Slim	Drama	6.5	11	XX	Lebanon	N is coming from the desert to reach the north of Africa and make an illegal crossing to Europe. Alone in Tunisia, he decides to cross the solitary sea. He steals a boat and begins his journey, but it soon sinks into the water. From that moment, N embarks in a special and unique voyage: he discovers different and infinite spaces, makes intense and fleeting encounters, and meets another altered image of himself.
Forest of Bliss	1,986	Robert Gardner	Documentary	6.5	11	XX	United States of America	Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India's most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic, though greatly magnified and concentrated, sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.
The Three Musketeers	1,921	Fred Niblo	Action, Adventure, Romance	6.4	32	XX	United States of America	In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Dante's Inferno	1,911	Giuseppe Berardi	Fantasy, Drama	6.4	20	XX	Italy	A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less well-known than the five-reel feature produced the same year by Milano Films, but it was released earlier in 1911.
Danny Boy	2,010	Marek Skrobecki	Fantasy, Animation	6.4	15	XX	Poland	A young poet falling in love. A city that awaits a drama to unfold. A time of sadness and conformity, a time of decisions. There is light, there is hope, there is poetry behind the dark clouds of our world.
Study No. 6	1,930	Oskar Fischinger	Animation	6.4	13	XX	Germany	The first Studies were synchronized with records (Fischinger made a total of 13 Studies all without sound). It was only with the introduction of sound, beginning with Study No 6 that the films did full justice to this musical principle. The play of the white lines, the arcs, and the upside-down U’s running hither and thither like ballet dancers was brought into perfect synchronization with the music, and thus the films offered an abstract illustration of the melodies. Study No 6 is certainly the best of his films in terms of forms. - Hans Scheugl and Ernst Schmidt, Jr. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche	1,929	Michel Sanvoisin	Documentary	6.4	11	XX	France	A short, early travel documentary about Nogent. The film starts with images of trains, buses, and railway tracks, which are juxtaposed to shots of deserted Paris streets, empty factories, and typewriters packed in slipcovers. It is a natural landscape organized by industrial infrastructure and populated by the urban crowds who are swimming, rowing, canoeing, sailing, fishing, or biking.
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend	1,906	Edwin S. Porter	Fantasy, Comedy	6.3	81	XX	United States of America	A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.
Pre Vis Action	2,016	Gareth Evans	Action	6.3	25	XX	Unknown	In a time of civil war, a young warrior is given the task of delivering a treaty between two rival lords. During her journey through the woods however, she finds herself hunted by two assassins intent on intercepting her message of peace in a bid to maintain the fear, instability and violent rule of their leader.
Spacy	1,981	Takashi Ito	N/A	6.3	21	XX	Japan	"His films are like a roller-coaster. His way of throwing the act of seeing into utter confusion is an attack on the eyes in their corporeal function, and to attack the eyes is to take on tile body itself as your opponent. The film makes you break out in sweat only by shooting a safe, peaceful gymnasium in the dark." (Koharu Kisaragi)
Scrambled	2,017	Bastiaan Schravendeel	Animation, Comedy	6.3	16	XX	Netherlands	When 19-year old Esra misses her train and kills time playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone, a vintage Rubik's Cube challenges her attention.
Study No. 7	1,931	Oskar Fischinger	Animation	6.3	13	XX	Germany	In Fischinger's study No. 7, the shapes of Study No. 6 move to the 5th Hungarian dance by Johannes Brahms.
Genesis	1,998	Nacho Cerdá	Drama, Horror, Romance	6.2	78	XX	Spain	A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to blee...
78 Tours	1,986	Georges Schwizgebel	Animation	6.2	35	XX	Switzerland	A waltz played with an accordion starts a short story about the running time.
Adam	1,992	Peter Lord	Comedy, Animation	6.2	26	XX	United Kingdom	When The Hand of God creates Adam, he must learn the ways of the world, and can only hope for company.
Ten Minutes Older	1,978	Herz Frank	Documentary	6.2	25	XX	Soviet Union	A 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces.
Thanatopsis	1,963	Ed Emshwiller	Horror	6.2	24	XX	United States of America	Power saws and a heartbeat score this experimental light-and-color shot by Ed Emshwiller.
The Box	2,017	Dušan Kastelic	Animation	6.2	17	XX	Slovenia	You have probably heard of the phrase “to think outside the box”? Well, this is a film about such a box and the flat-headed creatures that live inside of it. Life in the Box is boring and miserable. Until one day a new baby boy starts to grow in the middle of the Box! This boy is very different from other flat-headed inhabitants of the Box. He’s happy, lively and curious. As the boy grows bigger and bigger, the flat-headed neighbours are becoming more and more annoyed with him. Until one day when he literally grows over their heads.
Backstairs	1,921	Leopold Jessner	Mystery, Drama, Thriller	6.2	17	XX	Germany	In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building. However, she is in love with a wealthy and handsome young man, who soon disappears. The mailman provides the maid with letters that get her hopes up... but tragedy will soon befall all three.
The Mill	1,909	Alfred Machin	Drama	6.2	15	XX	Belgium	Johanna loves poor farmer Joachim, yet marries the wealthy miller. One day, Joachim visits Johanna when he is away. When the miller finds out, he takes revenge.
Pixillation	1,970	Lillian Schwartz	Music, Animation	6.2	12	XX	United States of America	Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.
Crazy Like a Fox	1,926	Leo McCarey	Comedy	6.2	12	XX	United States of America	Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Explosion of a Motor Car	1,900	Cecil M. Hepworth	Comedy	6.1	56	XX	United Kingdom	An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.
Mermaid	1,964	Osamu Tezuka	Animation, Fantasy, Romance	6.1	16	XX	Japan	A dreamy boy in a distant country saves a fish beached on the shore. When he lets it loose in a pool of water, the fish turns into a beautiful mermaid.
Lichtspiel: Opus I	1,921	Walter Ruttmann	Animation	6	47	XX	Germany	Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some pointed, others rounded. The abstract shapes move into or across the screen in harmony with the musical score.
Hotel Monterey	1,973	Chantal Akerman	Documentary	6	27	XX	Belgium	New York City's Monterey is a residence hotel, whose inhabitants are older and primarily live alone. The camera, usually stationery, observes the lobby. No score, the lobby is clean with granite floors, men wear hats, people enter and exit an elevator, the camera looks out from within the elevator as doors open and close. People sit alone and motionless in their apartments. There are long shots of empty halls. Paint peels. The flooring on upper levels is linoleum. Hall lights are florescent. Doors open a crack then close.
Fugue	1,999	Georges Schwizgebel	Animation	6	25	XX	Switzerland	A work of visual art that borrows from music the principles of the fugue, with the sudden flight of a man to his hotel room as its main theme. Where he dreams.
Sweet Cocoon	2,014	Matéo Bernard	Adventure, Comedy, Animation	6	24	XX	France	A story about a caterpillar undergoing metaphorphosis in a too-small cocoon.
The Runaway Horse	1,908	Louis J. Gasnier	Action, Comedy	6	24	XX	France	A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the man comes back outside, the horse has eaten a whole bag of oats, and has so much energy that he begins to race out of control.
Red	2,012	Unknown	Animation	6	22	XX	Colombia	As the silhouette of a lonely girl runs through the woods, something in the shadows is lurking her.
Borderline	1,930	Kenneth MacPherson	Drama	6	22	XX	Switzerland	When a black couple vacations at a resort in Switzerland, an interracial affair stirs racial tensions among the townsfolk.
Beginning	1,967	Artavazd Peleshian	War, Documentary, History	6	18	XX	Soviet Union	Philosophical essay about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, its influence on the destiny of the world in the 20th century.
The Lift	1,972	Robert Zemeckis	Comedy, Thriller	6	11	XX	United States of America	A businessman lives out his daily routine until he meets unexpected stress in the form of his apartment building's elevator.
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine	2,006	Peter Tscherkassky	N/A	5.9	28	XX	Austria	An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy. The hero of Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine is easy to identify. Walking down the street unknowingly, he suddenly realizes that he is not only subject to the gruesome moods of several spectators but also at the mercy of the filmmaker.
Cremaster 4	1,995	Matthew Barney	Fantasy	5.9	25	XX	Ireland	CREMASTER 4 (1994) adheres most closely to the project's biological model. This penultimate episode describes the system's onward rush toward desce...
The Frogs Who Wanted a King	1,922	Władysław Starewicz	Animation, Fantasy	5.9	22	XX	France	The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new monarch, but they are dissatisfied and petition Jupiter again.
Pain	1,994	Eric Khoo	N/A	5.9	17	XX	Singapore	The film deals with a young man, following his “endeavors” in the city he lives in, which mostly comprise of him roaming the streets aimlessly. In the beginning, he seems peculiar but still normal, but as the story progresses, the portrait of a sadomasochistic man is revealed quite eloquently.
Flight of the Large Blue Fly	1,905	Lucien Georges Bull	Documentary	5.8	36	XX	France	Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.
Box	1,982	Takashi Ito	N/A	5.8	25	XX	Japan	"I stuck landscape photographs on the faces of a cube and shot them frame-by-frame. It looks like the box is forever revolving, but in truth it only revolves 90 degrees. The trick to this sensation is fundamentally the same as the one used in SPACY. I was aiming at disturbing our awareness of space in the movement from the three-dimensional to a plane and back again." Takashi Ito
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces	1,906	J. Stuart Blackton	Comedy, Animation	5.7	60	XX	United States of America	A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost	1,901	Walter R. Booth	Drama, Fantasy	5.7	38	XX	United Kingdom	Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was released in November 1901. As was common in cinema's early days, the filmmakers chose to adapt an already well-known story, in this case A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, in the belief that the audience's familiarity with the story would result in the need for fewer intertitles. It was presented in 'Twelve Tableaux' or scenes.
Blood and Sand	1,922	Fred Niblo	Drama, Romance	5.7	27	XX	United States of America	Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Doña Sol and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.
Quo Vadis?	1,913	Enrico Guazzoni	Drama, History	5.7	22	XX	Italy	During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
Fuji	1,974	Robert Breer	Animation	5.7	21	XX	United States of America	A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as it leaves the station sets the mesmerizing tone for the film's abstract panoramic survey of an Ozu-esque Japanese landscape of electrical power lines, passing trains, railroad tracks, and the gentle slope of obliquely peaked, uniform rooflines as Breer distills the essential geometry of Mount Fuji into a collage of acute angles and converging (and bifurcating) lines .
Samadhi	1,967	Jordan Belson	Animation	5.7	21	XX	United States of America	Samadhi is both mystical and mysterious, an incredible fusion of movement, sound and colour. Belson notes the influence of his study and practice of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism on the creation of Samadhi. The film is inspired by the principles of yogic meditation: the movement of consciousness towards samadhi (union of subject and object), the fusion of atma (breath and mind), a state which reveals the divine force of kundalini, a bright white light we discover at the end of Samadhi. The Tibetan Book of The Dead is the inspiration behind Belson’s use of colour in Samadhi, corresponding to descriptions of the elements of Earth, Fire, Air and Water in the book. —Sophie Pinchetti, The Third Eye
The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West	1,916	Marion E. Wong	Drama	5.7	15	XX	United States of America	The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of the film survive, and no intertitles are known to exist, making it difficult to parse out the exact plot. An article in the July 17, 1917 issue of The Moving Picture World states that the film "deals with the curse of a Chinese god that follows his people because of the influence of western civilization." The film also touches on themes of Chinese assimilation into American society. Formally premiering in 1917, no distributor was willing to purchase a Chinese-American film without racial stereotypes. Considered a devastating financial failure, the film was only screened two more times until its rediscovery in 2004. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
The Young Girl and the Clouds	2,001	Georges Schwizgebel	Animation	5.7	11	XX	France	The story of Cinderella is modernised. Cinderella dreams of clouds and ends up fleeing by plane with her Prince Charming. The image is animated simultaneously at various speeds (decor, moving elements, characters) in connection with the sound tape played by Georges Schwizgebel on the piano. It is an intelligent variation on a well-known story with which the viewer can identify
The Independence of Romania	1,912	Aristide Demetriade	History, War	5.7	11	XX	Romania	The movie depicts the Romanian War of Independence (1877-1878).
Cremaster 1	1,996	Matthew Barney	Comedy, Music	5.6	44	XX	United States of America	CREMASTER 1 (1995) is a musical revue performed on the blue Astroturf playing field of Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho - Barney's hometown. Two Goodyear Blimps float above the arena like the airships that often transmit live sporting events via television broadcast. Four air hostesses tend to each blimp. The only sound is soft ambient music, which suggests the hum of the engines.
The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood	1,900	Georges Méliès	Fantasy, Comedy	5.6	29	XX	France	The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.
The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.6	20	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
End of Summer	2,014	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Documentary	5.6	13	XX	Antarctica	A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and white super 8 film as a series of mostly static tableaux over a period of 20 days during the waning days of the Antarctic Summer, the film is a startling look at life at the edge of the world.
Golden	2,015	Kai Stänicke	Drama, Romance	5.6	10	XX	Germany	A tale of being different and growing up.
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire	1,920	Robert Wiene	Horror	5.5	44	XX	Germany	Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes.
12	2,020	Jyri Pitkänen	Documentary	5.5	22	XX	Estonia	An old Finnish athlete travels alone through eastern Europe with his van.
A	2,017	Joe Houlberg	Comedy, Drama	5.5	18	XX	Ecuador	A world like ours, limited by language.
Roughest Africa	1,923	Ralph Ceder	Comedy	5.5	13	XX	United States of America	Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
Fièvre	1,921	Louis Delluc	Drama	5.4	18	XX	France	Militis, a sailor, returns to a bar where he finds Sarah, the girl he once loved and is still attracted to. However, he is now married to an exotic woman who took care of him during an illness.
Glaze of Cathexis	1,990	Stan Brakhage	N/A	5.3	42	XX	United States of America	This hand-painted work is easily the most minutely detailed ever given to me to do, for it traces (as best I'm able) the hypnagogic after-effect of psychological cathexis as designed by Freud in his first (and unfinished) book on the subject - "Toward a Scientific Psychology." (SB)
The Chamber	1,972	Chantal Akerman	Documentary	5.3	38	XX	Belgium	Furniture and clutter of one small apartment room become the subject of a moving still life—with Akerman herself staring back. This breakthrough formal experiment is Akerman's first film made in New York.
Rosa	2,011	Jesús Orellana	Science Fiction, Animation, Action	5.3	19	XX	Spain	Rosa is an epic sci-fi short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared. From the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind’s last attempt to restore the earth’s ecosystem. Rosa will soon learn that she is not the only entity that has awakened and must fight for her survival.
Short Kilts	1,924	George Jeske	Comedy	5.3	15	XX	Unknown	As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
The Outside Class	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	5.3	11	XX	Unknown	A schoolclass in seen outside in Macedonia.
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola	1,911	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.3	10	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Reprisals by the Turkish Army Against the Macedonian Population	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	5.3	10	XX	Unknown	The Manaki brothers document the hanged bodies in a town square, post-Ilinden Uprising; The disheartened mill about. The men were likely killed by Muslims loyal to the ruling Ottoman Empire in attempts to quash Macedonian support for Adrianople and greater Macedonian autonomy.
Village Wedding	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.3	10	XX	Unknown	The Manaki brothers document the elegant wedding of a presumably popular couple.
Fluttering Hearts	1,927	James Parrott	Comedy	5.3	10	XX	United States of America	Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman, but wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. In the mean time, her father tries to retrieve a compromising letter.
The Soilers	1,923	Ralph Ceder	Comedy	5.2	16	XX	United States of America	During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
Duplicity III	1,980	Stan Brakhage	N/A	5.2	14	XX	United States of America	The final Duplicity film does seem at resolve with the term. All previous visual manifestations have been extended to their limits, through four-roll superimpositions. Obvious costumes and masks. Drama as an ultimate bid for truth, and totemic recognition of human and animal life-on-earth dominate all the evasions a duplicity otherwise affords.
Wallachian Dance	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.2	13	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
The Sawmill	1,922	Larry Semon	Comedy, Romance, Action	5.2	13	XX	United States of America	A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
Sign	2,016	Andrew Keenan-Bolger	Drama, Music, Romance	5.2	12	XX	United States of America	'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.
Panorama of the City of Grevena	1,911	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.2	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Celebration on the Occasion of Young Turks' Revolution in Bitola	1,908	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.2	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Monster	2,023	Rako Prijanto	Thriller, Horror	5.1	54	XX	Indonesia	After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.
Pan 3	1,974	Hollis Frampton	Documentary	5.1	22	XX	United States of America	A journey through a field of corn.
On the Barricade	1,907	Alice Guy-Blaché	Drama, History	5.1	15	XX	France	During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade. The film is now attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché by the Gaumont company, although there is some debate about whether it was directed by Étienne Arnaud.
The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen	1,911	Milton Manaki	Documentary	5.1	12	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika	1,911	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.1	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Wallachian Nomads	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.1	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Saint	1,997	Bavo Defurne	Drama	5.1	10	XX	Belgium	Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and tone rather than concrete story detail.
Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola	1,912	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5.1	10	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Kino-Pravda No. 6	1,922	Dziga Vertov	Documentary	5	13	XX	Russia	Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Streetcar collision / Arms manufacturing plant resumes operation / Assembling an automobile / Bicycle and motorcycle races / A parade of Red Army armored units and an attack exercise.
The Reception of the Greek King and the Heir Pavle Made by General Bojovic in Bitola	1,918	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5	12	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Fair Near "Holy Sunday" Church in Bitola	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	5	12	XX	Unknown	A short prior to World War I film which captures festivities at a fair near a church in Bitola.
Personal	1,904	Wallace McCutcheon Sr.	Comedy	5	11	XX	United States of America	A man who has placed a personal advertisement for a prospective wife goes to wait at the meeting place that he designated. Soon a woman comes in response to the advertisement. Before the two have a chance to converse, several more women arrive on the scene. Now completely flustered, the man flees, initiating a lengthy chase.
Anxious Body	2,021	Yoriko Mizushiri	Animation	5	10	XX	France	When living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines encounter, a new direction is born.
The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	5	10	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Eyewash	1,959	Robert Breer	Animation	4.9	22	XX	United States of America	A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. - Harvard Film Archive
The Bride's Play	1,922	George Terwilliger	Romance, Drama	4.9	12	XX	United States of America	A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?
Opening of the City Café in Bitola	1,912	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.9	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Weaving Women	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.8	16	XX	Unknown	A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.
The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria	1,911	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.8	13	XX	Unknown	A six minute film of the funeral of the murdered Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena, of which all has been lost, save for 17 seconds. Emilianos was murdered on October 1st, 1911.
The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen	1,908	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.8	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Five Film Exercises: Film 1	1,943	John Whitney Sr.	Animation	4.8	10	XX	United States of America	Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure is more condensed, and finally used in reverse to conclude the film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Grevena Church	1,911	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.7	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Turks' Hearing Speech on Hürriyet	1,908	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.7	11	XX	Macedonia	Early Balkan footage.
Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet	1,908	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.7	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
The Celebration of Saint George	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.7	10	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Sheep Slaughter	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.6	16	XX	Unknown	A brief scene at a sheep slaughterhouse.
The Celebration on Hürriyet	1,908	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.6	13	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
The Religious Holiday All Souls’ Day	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.6	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
A Veterinary Station	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.6	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
A Wedding in Bitola	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Infantry and Cavalcade on the Occasion of the Young Turks	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
Veria Fair	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	A group of dancing people.
Washerwomen	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.5	11	XX	Unknown	A couple of women are washing outside.
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3	1,944	John Whitney Sr.	Animation	4.5	11	XX	United States of America	Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Market Day in Bitola	1,905	Milton Manaki	Documentary	4.5	10	XX	Unknown	The Manaki brothers have filmed a market.
Stenka Razin	1,908	Vladimir Romashkov	Drama	4.3	21	XX	Russia	Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin becomes distracted by a captured foreign princess and starts to dote on her, his men are displeased, feeling that he is neglecting them and their usual activities. Soon they come up with a plot, in the hopes of turning Razin against the princess.
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.3	12	XX	Unknown	Balkan actuality.
Solos	2,007	Kan Lume	Drama	4.2	12	XX	Singapore	Inspired by true events, Solos explores relationships among three individuals who are struggling to open up their feelings towards each other. Filmmakers Kan Lume and Loo Zihan co-directed this pathos that dramatizes the selfishness of love and its tragic outcomes. Set in contemporary Singapore, Solos follows the endeavors of Boy, Man and Mother. Having been in a relationship with Man (Lim Yu Beng) for years, Boy (Loo Zihan) eventually grows up and wishes to quit the relationship. Conversely, Man still wants to be with Boy and for them to settle together. Meanwhile, Mother (Goh Guat Kian) is devastated that her son (Boy) has abandoned her and has been in relationship with Man. As the three characters fight their own demons, Solos juxtaposes reality and surreal scenes in order to give clues of each character’s inner desires. The film has minimum conversation to give freedom to the audience's individual interpretation of the film.
Parades of the Turkish Artillery in Bitola	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.2	12	XX	Unknown	Early Balkan footage.
The Mass	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	4.1	12	XX	Unknown	A mass gathering of people.
Motion Picture (Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory)	1,984	Peter Tscherkassky	Documentary	3.9	19	XX	Austria	In the darkroom, 50 unexposed film strips were laid across a surface, upon which a frame of "La sortie des ouvrier de l'usine Lumière" was projected. The stringing together of the individual developed sections make up the new film, which reads the original frame like a page from a musical score: within the strips from top to bottom and sequentially from left to right.
The Parade of Serbian Army in Bitola	1,905	Yanaki Manaki	Documentary	3.9	10	XX	Unknown	The parade of Serbian army in Macedonian town.
The Old Maid's Valentine	1,900	George Albert Smith	Comedy, Romance	3.8	13	XX	United Kingdom	An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.

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