Genre

Drama

61–80 of 1,276 films

  • GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX: Episode 4

    2002 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 25 min

    by Hideyo Yamamoto

    A police detective makes discoveries about the Laughing Man, but he is assassinated before his findings can be seen. Section 9 is sent to investigate.

    • Action
    • Sci-Fi
    • Drama
  • GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX: Episode 3

    2002 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 25 min

    by Masayuki Yoshihara

    Section 9 must find the person responsible for Jeri-type androids who are suddenly committing mass suicide due to a virus.

    • Action
    • Sci-Fi
    • Drama
  • GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX: Episode 2

    2002 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 25 min

    by Toshiyuki Kawano

    A multilegged battle tank gets out of control during a test after a hacker infiltrates the system, and Section 9 must try to stop the dangerous machine.

    • Action
    • Sci-Fi
    • Drama
  • GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX: Episode 1

    2002 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 25 min

    by Toshiyuki Kawano

    Major Motoko Kusanagi tries to maintain law and order with his Section 9 unit, but in the age of cyborgs, the boundary between man and machine disappears.

    • Action
    • Sci-Fi
    • Drama
  • GOODBYE ROBIN!

    2020 Adults 6 min

    by Sophie Barocas, Emilie Damiens, Dongsan Kim & others

    As he looks at a flower, Mika is reminded of his childhood, and feels a creature awaken inside his head: a giant stuck in apathy. Also coming awake is another creature, full of wonder: Kai. Trapped inside the giant, Kai discovers countless memory bubbles and starts collecting them. With their help, she guides the giant through releasing his emotions – and Mika through finally accepting the loss of his childhood friend.

    • Drama
  • Devadasi

    2025 Adults 2 min

    by Zuzana Hodulová

    In India, cultural practice requires young girls to be dedicated to a Hindu temple, becoming temple dancers, serving its deity and priests for life. At the dedication ceremony they receive Muttu – a red and white necklace symbolizing their status. In a few short minutes, the director succeeds in building an oppressive atmosphere by using, among other things, traditional Indian music.

    • Drama
  • Gatchaman: The Movie

    1978 All audiences 110 min

    by Hisayuki Toriumi

    Fans of classic anime will delight in this awesomely retro sci-fi extravaganza teeming with pop-psychedelic visuals and whiz-bang-pow action. Assembled from a selection of episodes from the popular 1970s Japanese television series, GATCHAMAN: THE MOVIE brings together the original color-coded teenage superheroes known as Gatchaman, bird-suited ninja warriors who must fight to save the Earth from an intergalactic terrorist organization threatening world peace. With its comic-book verve, this touchstone of golden-age anime helped shape the team-superhero genre for decades to come.

    • Drama
    • Sci-Fi
  • The Garden of Words

    2013 All audiences 48 min

    by Makoto Shinkai

    On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Family
  • The Flying Coffer

    1922 All audiences 9 min

    by Lotte Reiniger

    A poor young fisherman tries to rescue the Emperor of China's daughter.

    • Drama
  • The Snails

    1966 All audiences 11 min

    by René Laloux

    FANTASTIC PLANET was not the first collaboration between writer-director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. Presented here is a short film they made together in the mid-1960s: LES ESCARGOTS.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
  • The Death of Gandji

    1965 Adults 4 min

    by Moustapha Alassane

    This short animated fable unfolds in a kingdom of frogs threatened by a monster.

    • Drama
  • Dad’s Dead

    2002 Adults 6 min

    by Chris Shepherd

    Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

    • Drama
  • Crocus

    1971 Adults 6 min

    by Suzan Pitt

    A woman enjoys an erotic interlude with her very well endowed lover, while various amusing objects are tossed out a window above them.

    • Drama
  • The Caliph Stork

    1954 All audiences 11 min

    by Lotte Reiniger

    The caliph of Baghdad is transformed into a stork by his wicked uncle in this adaptation of a tale by Wilhelm Hauff.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • Bon voyage, Sim

    1966 Adults 6 min

    by Moustapha Alassane

    A sly political satire realized through charming hand-drawn animation, BON VOYAGE SIM features one of director Moustapha Alassane’s many beloved cartoon frogs as Monsieur Sim, the president of the Republic of Toads, who faces a crisis when he returns home from a “diplomatic” trip abroad.

    • Drama
  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

    1954 All audiences 14 min

    by Lotte Reiniger

    The classic story of a poor young tailor who comes into possession of a lamp containing a wish-granting genie is brought to life through Lotte Reiniger’s enchanting silhouette animation.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Family
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    1926 All audiences 66 min

    by Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

    Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin. Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.

    • Drama
  • CHRONIQUES DE L’EAU SALÉE

    2021 All audiences 8 min

    by Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo & others

    Under the last summer days sun’s, a young man gets ready to leave his family home.

    • Drama
    • Family
  • Red Fin

    2019 Adults 3 min

    by Celia Campos

    Gū is a street kid of Yān Yuǎn, a slum floating somewhere between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. On an errand to the shark market, Gū inadvertently drops a squale in the water. He must pay back the fisherman, but the fishing doesn't go as planned…

    • Drama