Top 20 movies like Drowning
Top 20 Movies like Drowning
- 1. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
- 2. Early Man
- 3. Venus
- 4. Wound Up
- 5. Monsieur Clown Among the Lilliputians
- 6. Faustbook
- 7. The Boutdebois Brothers
- 8. Dodo
- 9. Dancing Beer Bottles
- 10. Prehistoric Caveman
- 11. Kukuschka
- 12. Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats
- 13. King Kong Color Test Footage
- 14. Canhead
- 15. Rain in the Eyes
- 16. Love Me, Fear Me
- 17. Forest Products
- 18. Marriage Is For...
- 19. SpongeBob's Truth or Square
- 20. The Calligrapher
1. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled as a separate short.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. Early Man
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
It has an average vote of 6.155 on TMDB.
3. Venus (Venus)
An erotic comedy in claymation.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Wound Up
This is about being the better person. It is an artistic expression of the emotions that occur when you are being doubted by others, and how everyone needs one another to survive. We are all co-dependent one way or another.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
5. Monsieur Clown Among the Lilliputians (Monsieur Clown chez les Lilliputiens)
Stop-motion film from Émile Cohl has a clown walk out in front of a group of people and do various tricks including standing on his head, riding a horse and falling face first off the horse.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
6. Faustbook
A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
7. The Boutdebois Brothers (Les frères Boutdebois)
And here is an early success as he puts the viewer in the mood of a little boy, playing with his toys, running them through the paces of his little circus.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
9. Dancing Beer Bottles
Circa 1963 - 1975. This is possibly test footage or something for a beer commercial, or something for a variety show of some sort. Dennis Muren animated it with replacement animation. The same technique that was used with George Pal's Puppetoons and the animation of the title character with The Beast From Hollow Mountain . In fact, this technique is used today from Tim Burton to Laika.
10. Prehistoric Caveman
An amateur short stop-motion animation about simple adventure of prehistoric caveman, which Tim Burton filmed when he was young.
It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.
11. Kukuschka (Кукушка)
Kukuschka is a bird, who follows the sun. It seems to her as if she already could touch It, but the Sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone anymore, but for two it's even more difficult to keep going so fast. She will reach the Sun, may be tommorow may be the day after.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
12. Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy are trick-or-treating when Donald spies the spookiest mansion he’s ever seen and assumes it has the best treats. After he convinces his friends to risk a visit, the owner, Witch Hazel, casts a spell that turns them into their costumes.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
13. King Kong Color Test Footage
Here is the test footage by the late, but great David Allen recreating the climax from the original King Kong at Cascade Pictures. This was made when there were rumours of a remake coming around the corner . Also, there were plans to re-release that during the film's 1972 re-release , the color scene popped up. This ended up on Cascade's demo reel and in 1974, it winded up on the Volkswagen commercial . David Allen would create and animate Kong again for the Imax film Special Effects: Anything Can Happen .
14. Canhead
Jay Clay and Blue are wanderers in the wilderness. Blue vanishes and Jay is lost and alone. The anxiety in his mind and soul manifest in the form of the mighty giant, Canhead. Jay must overpower the giant if he is to live on and be reunited with Blue.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
15. Rain in the Eyes (Lluvia en los ojos)
Sofía, a little girl of seven, remembers the day she fractured her arm while being chased through the forest; a story full of fantasy that hides a heart rending moment in Sofía's life.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
16. Love Me, Fear Me
'What would you be willing to do for them to love you? '
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
17. Forest Products
Tiny parasols sprout up like fungi across a beautiful wooded landscape in this hybrid stop motion/timelapse short film.
18. Marriage Is For...
Stop-motion animation short by PES.
It has an average vote of 3.1 on TMDB.
19. SpongeBob's Truth or Square
It's the Krusty Krab's eleventy-seventh anniversary, and the nostalgia has SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs looking back on key events in their lives. Right before the party begins, however, they all get locked in the freezer! With a hungry crowd and Plankton ready to steal the formula, they race through the air ducts to find a way out. Meanwhile, Patchy goes to Nickelodeon Studios to cast a star-studded 10th anniversary special. When the big event airs, however, he finds the guest of honor didn't show up...SpongeBob himself.
It has an average vote of 6.95 on TMDB.
20. The Calligrapher
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.