The Pied Piper
Jul 29, 1986 | IMDB 7.4
53 min Watch NowAnimation, Fantasy, Drama
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Twilight Park (Bell Tower)
Ever After
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters
The Daydreamer
Story of the Bass Cello
A Ballad About Green Wood
This Magnificent Cake!
Hi, It’s Your Mother
Maleficent
The Holiday of Disobedience
Ugly Duckling
The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov
The Snails
Hansel and Gretel
Lantana
The Wizard of Speed and Time
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
A Christmas Tale
Seven Seas Pirates
SIMILAR MOVIES
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 2023
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.Twilight Park (Bell Tower)
IMDB 0 | May , 2026
Seraphim Cloud grows up near a desert retirement community in the Dinétah (Navajo Nation) There Seraphim meets Howie Heehaw; a wandering rodeo show clown from Tibet seeking a flowering blue cactus seen in a powerful vision. This is a prequel feature to upcoming feature film Twilight Park.Ever After
IMDB 0 | May , 2026
A group of girlfriends arrive at a forest lodge to celebrate, but things take a horrific turn as they realize that the forest is home to bloodthirsty lunatics who perceive themselves to be characters from classic fairy tales.Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters
IMDB 3.9 | Sep , 1962
The film follows adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia) and Tom Thumb (Cesaro Quezadas) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Witch Queen (Ofelia Guilmáin) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire (Quintín Bulnes) accuses the Wolf (Manuel Valdés) and the Ogre (José Elías Moreno) of betraying the Witch Queen (La Reina Bruja, renamed Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to ber executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) however escapes and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.The Daydreamer
IMDB 5.1 | Jun , 1966
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.Story of the Bass Cello
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1956
"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two companions to go for a swim.A Ballad About Green Wood
IMDB 5.9 | Jan , 1983
Pieces of wood are captured by a crow and dance in celebration of spring in this animated short film.This Magnificent Cake!
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2018
In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.Hi, It’s Your Mother
IMDB 4.2 | Apr , 2016
Mum's calling, and Lisa isn't pleased. "Hi, It's Your Mother" is a shocking tragi-comedic stop motion short about family and blood(y) ties.Maleficent
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1977
About that, how parents abandoned the disobedient children and returned only then, when they reformed.Ugly Duckling
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1932
An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1974
Short Soviet puppet animation based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls.The Snails
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1966
In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.Hansel and Gretel
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1954
A Brothers Grimm fairy tale involving siblings finding a gingerbread house in the middle of the forest owned by an evil witch who captures them and by fattening them, intends to have them for her meal.Lantana
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2025
Seeking connection after a yearlong research project, Casey travels to the town of a man she had met at university to see if they can pick up where they left off. Upon arriving at her lodging, she is greeted by some strange characters, staying in a room that becomes increasingly isolating as surreal interactions fragment Casey’s perception of reality. Will she realise she’s not as young as she thinks she is?The Wizard of Speed and Time
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1979
In the original short film, a young man in a green wizard costume runs throughout America at super speed, much like the superhero The Flash. Along the way, he gives a pretty girl a swift lift to another city, gives golden stars to other women who want a trip themselves. He then slips on a banana peel and comically crashes into a film stage, which he then brings to life in magical ways.The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 2003
For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative, and remarkable surrealists of our time. Utilizing a delirious combination of puppets, humans, stop-motion animation, and live action, Svankmajer's films conjure up a dreamlike universe that is at once dark, macabre, witty, and perversely visceral. KimStim (and Kino) is proud to to offer this collection of remarkable short works from an artist that has mesmerized audiences the world over and has inspired filmmakers from the Brothers Quay to Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam.A Christmas Tale
IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 1993
On the eve of Christmas, the tears of the poor girl Marusia melted the cold and indifferent heart of the wealthy landlord. Based on the fairy tale “Tear” by the Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna.Seven Seas Pirates
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 2012
Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. When Captain Bullock decides to abandon him on an uninhabited island, he discovers a new outlook on the world and learns to survive alone, becoming the real Robinson Crusoe.