Topic: Stop Motion

Direction Adam Elliot

Synopsis Mary and Max (2009) is a heartfelt animated film about an unlikely friendship between Mary, a lonely 8-year-old girl from Australia, and Max, a 44-year-old man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York. The two begin exchanging letters after Mary...

Direction Nick Park · Peter Lord · Richard Starzak

Synopsis A collection of animations from the Aardman studios.

Direction Henry Selick

Synopsis The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, who grows tired of the same annual routine. After stumbling upon Christmas Town, he becomes enchanted by the holiday's joy and decides to take over Christmas....

Direction Adam Elliot

Cast Sarah Snook · Kodi Smit-McPhee · Eric Bana · Magda Szubanski

Synopsis In 1970s Australia, Grace's life is troubled by misfortune and loss. After their mother dies during pregnancy, she and her twin brother, Gilbert, are raised by their paraplegic-alcoholic former juggler father, Percy. Despite a life filled with love, tragedy strikes...

Direction Alain Ughetto

Synopsis Early 20th century, in the Ughetto family's home village, Ughettera, Northern Italy. Life in the region had become very difficult and the Ughettos dreamed of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps and started...

Direction Tim Burton

Synopsis Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.

Direction Takeshi Yashiro

Synopsis Gon, a playful fox, steals an eel that a villager named Hyojyu was planning to feed to his sickly mother. When Hyojyu's mother dies, Gon starts leaving gifts for Hyojyu in an attempt to atone.

Direction Wladyslaw Starewicz

Cast Wladyslaw Starewicz

Synopsis A toy stuffed dog has just been sewn together when it hears a young child ask for an orange. The child's mother explains that they have no money, and so she cannot buy any oranges. The dog is then packed...

Direction Lotte Reiniger

Synopsis The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but...

Direction Yuriy Norshteyn

Synopsis Tale of Tales, like Tarkovsky's Mirror, attempts to structure itself like a human memory. Memories are not recalled in neat chronological order; instead, they are recalled by the association of one thing with another, which means that any attempt to...

Direction Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi · Hikari Toriumi · Erick Oh

Synopsis It is set in a world filled with the oddball gods and monsters of Japanese mythology. It follows one of the creature's free-spirited daughters, Onari, who is determined to follow in the footsteps of the mighty heroes of lore, but...

Direction Nick Park

Synopsis A compilation of the first three Wallace & Gromit short films: "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", and "A Close Shave".

Direction Seth Green · Matthew Senreich · Chris McKay · Tom Root

Synopsis Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sketch-comedy vignettes that skewer TV, movies, music, and celebrities. It's television...

Direction Nick Park

Synopsis A collection of animations from the Aardman studios. They include the following: War Story (1989) Creature Comforts (1989) Not Without My Handbag (1993) Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (1995) Pop (1996) Wat's Pig (1996)

Direction Nick Park

Synopsis Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993) follows the eccentric inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit as their peaceful life is disrupted by a mysterious new lodger, a penguin. Wallace's latest invention, a pair of mechanized "Techno Trousers,"...

Direction Aurel Klimt · Vlasta Pospísilová

Synopsis Czech puppet animated adult film based in some stories by Czech actor and writer Jan Werich.The film is a collection of 5 short tales: When the Leaves Fall from the Oak, Fearless Frankie, Mean Barka, A Dream Fulfilled, and Fimfárum.The...

Direction Jan Švankmajer

Synopsis A three-part depiction of various forms of communication. 'Factual Discussion' depicts three heads (made up of fruit, kitchen utensils and writing implements respectively) endlessly devouring and regurgitating each other. 'Passionate Discourse' shows two clay figures romantically intertwined, and the problems...

Direction Mark Osborne

Synopsis MORE tells the story of an old, tired inventor as he struggles through joyless life in a drab and passionless society, leading the same cold and colorless existence accepted by the identical drones around him. At once tortured and inspired...

Direction Adam Elliot

Synopsis The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.

Direction Merian C. Cooper · Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Fay Wray · Robert Armstrong · Bruce Cabot · Noble Johnson

Synopsis In King Kong (1933), a daring filmmaker leads an expedition to a mysterious island, where they discover a colossal ape worshipped by the natives. Captivated by the crew's leading lady, Kong is lured from his jungle domain and captured. Brought...