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The Hand

In Jiří Trnka's 1965 Czech animated short The Hand, a small puppet craftsman wants to make a flowerpot, but an intrusive...

Czech 1965 Short Puppet

9.20 Excellent

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Dimensions of Dialogue

Jan Švankmajer's 1982 Czech short Dimensions of Dialogue examines communication through three surreal animated encounter...

Surreal Czech 1982 Short

9.10 Excellent

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Street of Crocodiles

The Brothers Quay's 1986 short Street of Crocodiles creates a dreamlike world of worn machinery and strange puppet figur...

Surreal Short 1986 Puppet

9.00 Excellent

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The Wolf House

Inside a house that never settles into a fixed shape, María seeks refuge after escaping from a German religious colony....

Horror Experimental 2018 Feature Film

8.76 Great

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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Karel Zeman's The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is a 1962 Czechoslovak fantasy film that combines live performers with anima...

Fantasy Czech Mixed Media 1962

8.72 Great

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Pinchcliffe Grand Prix

Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, originally titled Flåklypa Grand Prix, is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion feature directed by Ivo C...

Norwegian 1975 Puppet Animation Feature Film

8.61 Great

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Adventures of Prince Achmed

Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German silent animated feature made with articulated silhouet...

German Silent 1926 Silhouette

8.50 Great

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The Pied Piper

Jiří Barta's 1985 Czech film The Pied Piper reworks the Hamelin legend through stop-motion puppetry and a harsh, angular...

Fairy Tale Czech Puppet 1985

8.50 Great

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Western Spaghetti

An ordinary cooking routine becomes a sequence of visual substitutions in Western Spaghetti, the 2008 stop-motion short...

Comedy Short Film 2008 Pes

8.42 Great

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Mary and Max

Adam Elliot's 2009 Australian clay-animated film Mary and Max follows a correspondence between Mary, an eight-year-old g...

Drama Australian 2009 Claymation

8.40 Great

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Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf is a 2006 stop-motion animated film based on Sergei Prokofiev’s classic musical composition. The film...

Musical 2006 Short Puppet

8.40 Great

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The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer’s Cabinet presents a collection of intensely surreal stop-motion films created between 1984 and 1989. The...

Surreal 1984 Short Puppet

8.30 Great

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The Cybernetic Grandmother

The Cybernetic Grandmother is a 1962 Czechoslovak puppet-animated short film directed by Jiří Trnka. It presents an arti...

Czech Short Film Puppet Animation 1962

8.28 Great

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My Life as a Zucchini

My Life as a Zucchini is a Swiss-French stop motion animated film crafted from clay figures. The story follows a young b...

Drama Switzerland France 2016

8.20 Great

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The Mascot

The Mascot is a 1933 French stop-motion short film directed by Ladislas Starevich, also known as Wladyslaw Starewicz. It...

Fantasy Short Puppet Starewicz

7.85 Good

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Frankenweenie (1984)

Frankenweenie is a 1984 American live-action short film directed by Tim Burton for Walt Disney Productions. It follows V...

Horror 1984 Short Puppet

7.50 Good

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Komaneko: The Curious Cat

Komaneko: The Curious Cat is a Japanese stop-motion animated franchise created by Tsuneo Goda, who is also known for cre...

Japanese Children 2006 Short

7.20 Good

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Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow is a 1942 stop-motion Puppetoon short created by George Pal. Set in an idealized Dutch landscape, it f...

Wartime Short 1942 George Pal

7.00 Good

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Prehistoric Beast

Prehistoric Beast is a 1984 experimental stop-motion short film conceived and animated by visual-effects artist Phil Tip...

1984 Dinosaur Short Puppet

7.00 Good

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Jasper and the Watermelons

Jasper and the Watermelons is a 1942 American stop-motion short from George Pal's Puppetoon series. It features Jasper,...

Short 1942 George Pal Puppetoon

5.00 Mediocre