The Best Little Movies I know
A list of short films (in no particular order), which I believe demonstrate the brilliance of the less talked about, more petite kind of filmmaking.
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- 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.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTom LittenNiall BurtonCurtis CokerA young man encounters many people while swimming in Britain.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsLuke WilsonOwen WilsonRobert MusgraveDysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.
- DirectorTeddy NewtonStarsMuneer LyatiWayne DyerDay encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsJohnny SimmonsNate LangJ.K. SimmonsA ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerSet to a classic Duke Ellington recording of "Daybreak Expresa" this is a five-minute short on the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated train line in Manhattan, New York City.
- DirectorSam A. DavisRayka ZehtabchiStarsSafa TarifiRima HaddadMardy MaA dead car battery leaves Safa stranded alone in a strip mall parking lot.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsGreta TitelmanAl WarrenTaste in music can be painfully revealing.
- DirectorFoster WilsonStarsJustin DeeleyChris DevlinGrace KendallA lost and grieving Elizabeth Taylor returns to work after the tragic death of her husband Mike Todd and courageously delivers one of the greatest performances of her life.
- DirectorJoshua HextStarsAnnabel LeventonCheryl BurnistonAli MylonAn ageing director is making her final film: one delving into her past. Face to face with the embodiment of her younger self, the line between her present reality and the film's blur.
- DirectorJack TrowbridgeStarsRobert BackRichard KiessRowan MasonSimon is a miserable hotel worker caught in an existential loop. Doomed to carry out the never-ending task of setting up a formal dinner table, he listens to a self-help tape to find some meaning in his meaningless work.
- DirectorJean-François LeblancStarsFrançois Ruel-CôtéPierre-Luc BrillantSouldia-A young journalist goes into the deep wood to interview the heavy-metal duo LANDGRAVES, who records an album for the first time since a murder imprisonment. His curiosity pushes him to follow the band deep in the forest, as a snowstorm arises.
- DirectorKenneth KarlstadStarsHenrik Dieter StenholtOdin WaageMikkel Bratt SilsetA sixteen year old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit. An expressive suburban gothic tale which enters the mindset of a teenager and explores the phenomenon of sensation seeking at a young age.
- DirectorBen S. HylandStarsAmit ShahEmma SidiIrina BoicuA working man's daily commute is interrupted by a loud-mouth passenger, but he really should have left well alone.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsThea BrooksSydney BuchanGermain GulickOn a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsJamie RobsonMichelle DuncanLewis McGowanOn Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish coastal town, a debt collector goes to work to avoid confronting his wife's worsening psychosis at home.