2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Feb 27, 2018 | IMDB 10
96 min Watch NowComedy, Drama, History
The year’s most spectacular Live Action short films.
Comedy, Drama, History
The year’s most spectacular Live Action short films.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
World War III
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
K-PAX
The Silence of the Lambs
Beyond Silence
Rain Man
Requiem for a Dream
The Chair
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
Stations of the Cross
Analyze This
The Forgotten
Viper
The Flame Within
The Miracle Worker
The Three Stooges Follies
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Rapture
Boys on Film 22: Love to Love You
The Miracle Worker
SIMILAR MOVIES
World War III
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2023
Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2002
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.K-PAX
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2001
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.The Silence of the Lambs
IMDB 8.3 | Feb , 1991
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.Beyond Silence
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1996
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.Rain Man
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1988
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.Requiem for a Dream
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2000
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.The Chair
IMDB 2.8 | Oct , 1988
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1999
A collection of episodes that was released on 1 October 1999 on VHS and on 8 September 2003 at DVD as part of the series The Simpsons Classics.Stations of the Cross
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2014
Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Paul and their traditionalist interpretation of Catholicism. Everything that Maria thinks and does must be examined before God. And since the Lord is a strict shepherd, she lives in constant fear of committing some misconduct...Analyze This
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1999
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.The Forgotten
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 2004
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.Viper
IMDB 3.5 | Jan , 1988
After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.The Flame Within
IMDB 5.2 | May , 1935
Psychiatrist finds herself falling for her patient.The Miracle Worker
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1979
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.The Three Stooges Follies
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1974
Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" with The Three Stooges; "Violent Is the Word for Curly" with The Three Stooges; "You Nazty Spy!" with The Three Stooges (replaced by "Men in Black" for the nontheatrical reissue); "Nothing But Pleasure" with Buster Keaton; "Strife of the Party" with Vera Vague; Chapter 1 of the 1943 "Batman" serial with Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft; and "America Sings with Kate Smith."Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
IMDB 5.7 | Jul , 1961
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.The Rapture
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 1991
A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God – only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.Boys on Film 22: Love to Love You
IMDB 2.3 | Jun , 2022
The latest in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed series – now established as a leading showcase for new and emerging queefilm-makingng talent from around the world – features a fresh and exciting selection of the very best contemporary gay short films. Each self-contained drama in this diverse and thoughtfully curated collection offers fascinating and insightful new perspectives on the gay experience – sensual, affecting, sometimes provocative and always entertaining. The 8 short films are: Have We Met Before? (2019); The Act (2020); First Position. (2019); Winter [Invierno] (2021); The Suit Weareth the Man (2020); Infinite While It Lasts [Infinito Enquanto Dure] (2019); Melon Grab (2017); Thrive (2019).The Miracle Worker
IMDB 7.9 | May , 1962
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.