Top 20 movies like Downturned Umbrellas
Top 20 Movies like Downturned Umbrellas
- 1. Lena's Complicated Machine
- 2. Creep Hunters
- 3. The Mail Coach
- 4. The Land Boom
- 5. It's Greek to Me-ow!
- 6. Rent Do
- 7. Le Scaphandre
- 8. Ghiblies
- 9. Poor Girl!
- 10. Rapid Guy Movement
- 11. Don't Panic It's Organic
- 12. W
- 13. O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
- 14. Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
- 15. Little Cobra Dance
- 16. The Fountain of Arethusa
- 17. One Hell of a Plan
- 18. Henry 9 'til 5
- 19. Flotter Osten
- 20. Fragment of Seeking
1. Lena's Complicated Machine
Three years after her partner's untimely death, Dr. Lena Thierry, a neuroengineer, has been unable to move on. After years of research and development, she attempts to upload his consciousness into a computer software program.
2. Creep Hunters
A group of pedophile hunting vigilantes get more than they bargain for with their latest prey.
It has an average vote of 5.75 on TMDB.
4. The Land Boom
Dave the dog sells Farmer Alfalfa the back of a whale as an island. Farmer Alfalfa has a great deal of trouble keeping his land in one spot, while the farm animals and pests add to his woes.
5. It's Greek to Me-ow!
This cartoon opens with a narrator introducing the ancient Greek Acropolis, describing its wealth and beautiful architecture. Tom is depicted as one of these inhabitants, an alley cat who lives in the shadows of Athens searching for food.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
6. Rent Do
Rent Do follows Rich, Winnie and Pete, roommates and reluctant best friends. When each one is unceremoniously fired on the same day, Winnifred takes matters into her own hands, forcing all three into hiding. Paying rent becomes the least of their concerns.
7. Le Scaphandre (Le Scaphandre)
Ariane wears a hazmat suit to protect herself from the world. Forced to go out one night to visit her dying mother in the hospital, she is stalked by a mysterious creature that only appears when filmed by her phone.
8. Ghiblies (ギブリーズ)
Ghiblies, a totally different look on the staff of Studio Ghibli as they go through life, work on new animation projects, office jokes, off the wall events, and deciding what to have for lunch.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
9. Poor Girl! (Pôv' fille !)
Finding herself alone and pregnant, Esther, soon to be in her thirties, rejects the proposal of Gontran, her roommate and gay lover, to raise her child together.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
10. Rapid Guy Movement
Leo attends a speed dating event at a local bar. Will Leo find his match?
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
11. Don't Panic It's Organic
The hilarious downward spiral of a frustrated woman's night as she tries to relax at home after a hard day. The short is elevated by surreal animation, cringe worthy what if scenarios and good fashioned T and A.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. W (W)
A young man can't quite commit to having sex with his girlfriend. Then he meets a mysterious lady in a local bar. Will his girlfriend find out? Will she care?
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
13. O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito (O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito)
(O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito)
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
14. Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Long before written language, cinema or television, there were campfire stories. Youth scaring the living bejeezus out of each other on dark nights at summer camp is a tradition as rich and eternal as the earliest campfire tales.
15. Little Cobra Dance
Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.
16. The Fountain of Arethusa (La fontaine d'Aréthuse)
“La Fontaine d'Aréthuse” opens with what has been described as a “shimmering wash of sound in the piano, octave leaps in the left hand passing above and below repeated chords in the right,” a tune which apparently suggests the splashing waters of a fountain. The story “told” by the music involves a naked water goddess on the river shore, who is pursued by a hunter, before disappearing into thin air to join her water once again.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
17. One Hell of a Plan (Un plan d'enfer)
Two burglars release dozens of cats into a neighbourhood and start the dogs barking. They use the din to their advantage and dig up a bag of loot. However, the situation snowballs and turns into the worst night the burglars ever spent.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. Henry 9 'til 5
A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. Flotter Osten (Flotter Osten)
A collection of commercials from 1960s DDR .
20. Fragment of Seeking
A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the surreal explorations of his own sexuality. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
