All Films

American Inquisition

1983 • 60 min

An examination of the effect of McCarthyism on two ordinary Americans. Interviews with Paul McCarty and his family describe the loss of his job in a Paducah, Kentucky power plant in 1953 when his loyalty was questioned; he lost job after job for over twenty years. Interview with Luella Mundel, the object of false accusations based on her unconventional views and actions. Interviews with colleagues, friends, and a historian recreate the dramatic trial which devastated Mundel personally.

Kandagawa Pervert Wars

1983 • 60 min • Japan

Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They decide to stage a rescue attempt to free him and in the process one of the young women ends up falling in love with the son despite having a boyfriend and enjoying sex with her female companion. Of course, the mother they are warring against has her own plans when she feels her privacy invaded.

Down to the Cellar

1983 • 15 min • Czechoslovakia

A little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated form.

Habibi

1983 • 34 min

A young gay man falls head over heels in love with an Algerian labourer he meets in transvestite bar where he is a regular.

Inspector Perez

1983 • 60 min

Failed crime TV pilot starring Anne Bloom.

Mickey's Christmas Carol

1983 • 25 min • United States of America

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

Suicide Line

1983 • 41 min

A Karl Hinz feature length film starring punk celebrities Jennifer Blowdryer , J. Sats Beret (The Lewd) , El Duce (Mentors) , Nicky Beat (Weirdos) , Meri St. Mary (Housecoat Project) , Merrill Ward (SWA) , Janet Cunningham (C.A.S.H.) , Modi Frank and many more in a mystery thriller juxtaposed alongside a satirical look at what can happen when the desire to be famous at any cost is coupled with those willing to exploit for a profit.

Passionless Moments

1983 • 13 min • Australia

A series of the awkward trials of everyday living.

Sjörövarfilmen

1983 • 14 min • Sweden

Animated short about a bunch of pirates who gets shipwrecked, ends up ashore and they settle down on land with marriage and a regular job. They think it will last forever, but one day another pirate ship gets ashore...

Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983 • 14 min • United States of America

A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.

Herndon

1983 • 25 min

A high-school nerd goes to his 10-year class reunion.

The Coneheads

1983 • 24 min

In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.

Flyers

1983 • 35 min • United States of America

Flyers features the exploits of fictional pilot Kyle Murphy, a World War II veteran who turns his love of flying into an impassioned career - as an aircraft restorer and stunt pilot for the movies. Climb into the cockpit with him and experience the split-second timing of an emergency landing on an aircraft carrier deck

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie

1983 • 30 min • Japan

The Dynaman must prevent a powerful new gun invented by a friend of Doctor Yumeno from falling into the hands of the Jashinka.

Wishman

1983 • 48 min

Wishman is a genetic experiment condemned to spend its life in the lab. Two employees decide it deserves freedom, so they escape with it.

Great Day

1983 • 30 min • United States of America

When a neighborhood is plagued by break-ins, a family looks to burglar-proof their house. Dead bolts aren't enough, so the father (Tim Conway) has to ratchet things up. Comic situations ensue.

Daicon Film's Return of Ultraman

1983 • 28 min • Japan

The final fan-made Ultraman short film directed by Hideaki Anno. Based on The Return of Ultraman series.

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983 • 12 min • Czechoslovakia

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

Enemy

1983 • 25 min • Philippines

'Enemy' is elegaic science-fiction: a fable about the young men trained as Guardians of the Stars and their failure to ward off an unknon 'enemy' who manifests himself as white light.

Paws

1983 • 2 min • United States of America

A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.

Midvinterduell

1983 • 52 min • Sweden

The film depicts a stubborn farmer who refuses to adapt to new rules that require him to leave his milk on the village common milk stool instead of his own.

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World

1983 • 52 min • Japan

Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going for the princess and will stop at nothing to win! The princess though has her own plan, which involves Ms. Yamabuki, and that of course means even Dr. Slump decides to enter with his trusty Borobo. Let the race begin...

The Charmkins

1983 • 24 min • United States of America

The Charmkins is a television film based on an early 1980s toyline by Hasbro, which was broadcast on October 25, 1983.

DAICON IV Opening Animation

1983 • 6 min • Japan

Set to "Twilight" by Electric Light Orchestra, the girl from DAICON III has become a bunny suit-clad fighter, getting around on a mysterious flying sword, taking on the villains of sci-fi and popular fiction. What will become of the world after this?