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Explore films with short genres and themes.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 1,016 films · Page 5.

Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)

Cartoon

In a woodpile on a farm in Payson, Utah, a rambunctious orange kitten named Banjo constantly makes mischief, to his family's dismay. After Banjo ignores his father's warnings of learning to mind Banjo's little sisters and, after one of Ban…

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Logorama (2009)

Action, Crime

In Los Angeles, the city and neighborhoods are constructed from corporate emblems: Bentley and Aston Martin logos soar overhead like birds in flight, while MSN's butterflies flutter nearby; the AOL Man appears as pedestrians strolling alon…

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2081 (2009)

Utopia & Dystopia

In 2081, American society is a dystopia, in which all individual inequality has been erased by the fictional 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution and the "unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General", aft…

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Red's Dream (1987)

Animation, Computeranimation, Family Comedy

On a rainy night in an unnamed, deserted city where no one can be seen, a red unicycle named Red is lying in the clearance corner of a bicycle shop called "Eben's Bikes". Red dreams of being the center of a circus act, which is represented…

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Partly Cloudy (2009)

Computeranimation, Komödie

All day long, cheerful clouds in the sky make cute and cuddly babies, such as human boys and girls, kittens, puppies, and other creatures, and give them to storks for delivery to the expectant parents. However, one lonely gray cloud named …

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State of the Union (1948)

Drama, Political Satire, drama film

After inheriting a newspaper empire from her father Sam Thorndyke (modeled on Hearst and Gannett) Republican newspaper magnate, Kay Thorndyke, intends to make her lover, aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews, U.S. president, with her as the power…

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Mike's New Car (2002)

Animation, Buddy Film, Komödie

After the events of Monsters, Inc., Mike buys a new six-wheel drive car and shows it to Sulley, who is confused about what happened to his old car. Once inside the car, Sulley tries to make himself comfortable with the adjustable power sea…

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The Music Box (1932)

Komödie

In a music store, a woman arranges for the purchase and delivery of a player piano as a birthday surprise for her husband. Upon disclosing her address at 1127 Walnut Avenue to the store manager, the Laurel and Hardy Transfer Company ("foun…

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Chronos (1985)

Documentation

Chronos is 42 minutes long and has no actors or dialogue. The soundtrack consists of a single continuous piece by composer Michael Stearns. Filmed in dozens of locations on five continents, the film relates to the concept of time passing o…

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American Dream (1990)

Documentation, documentary film

The film is centered on unionized meatpacking workers at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota between 1985 and 1986. Hormel had cut the hourly wage from $10.69 to $8.25 and cut benefits by 30 percent, despite posting a net profit of $30 milli…

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Superman (1941)

Cartoon, Super Hero

To best use his powers for good, Superman adopts the disguise of Clark Kent, a reporter at a metropolitan newspaper. An anonymous, vindictive figure referred to in the press as The Mad Scientist mails a note threatening to use his "Electro…

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Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012)

Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie

Some time after the Golden Goose incident, Puss in Boots is riding his horse through the desert contemplating the crossroads he found himself at when he is captured by Italian knights. He is then taken to Princess Alessandra Belagomba, who…

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Day & Night (2010)

Animation

Day & Night follows two characters, Day and Night. Inside Day is a day scene with a sun in the center, and inside Night is a night scene with a moon in the center. Whatever goes on inside of Day or Night expresses normal events that typica…

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The House I Live In (1945)

Drama, Justice Drama, Musical

Sinatra, after a recording session where he sings "If You Are But a Dream", takes a break and steps outside to smoke a cigarette. While outside, Sinatra sees more than ten boys chasing a dark-haired boy and intervenes, first with dialogue,…

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Gone Nutty (2002)

Computeranimation

Scrat carries an acorn to a huge tree hollowed out and filled to the brim other acorns, his ice age supply. There is an empty spot in the middle of the supply at which Scrat proceeds to fit the last one in by screwing it in gently. However…

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Spider-Plant Man (2005)

Komödie, Parodie, Super Hero

Peter Piper, a photographer, visits a laboratory where scientists have created a carnivorous spider plant. After being bitten by one of these creatures, Piper develops plant-like powers. He uses his newfound abilities to rescue his former …

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The Little Engine That Could (1991)

children's film, family film

Eric, a young boy, is excited about his birthday after reading a book and believes that a birthday train will come for him, much to his teenage sister Jill's disbelief. Opposite from their town on the other side of a mountain, the engines …

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Long-Haired Hare (1949)

Cartoon

On a hillside, Bugs is singing "A Rainy Night in Rio" as he plays a banjo. His singing distracts opera singer Giovanni Jones, who is trying to rehearse "Largo al Factotum" in a nearby Frank Lloyd Wright-style house. Jones absent-mindedly s…

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