Movies made by American Film Institute (AFI) (96)
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Patakha (2024) USAGenre: Short / Drama Release: 2024 December, 23 Radha, an 11-year-old girl in rural India, begins her first day of work at a firecracker factory... |
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Bienvenido Juanito (2023) USA Genre: Short Release: 2023 October, 27 Three years after being separated following an attempted border-crossing, a young mother is reunited with her 12-year-old son... |
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Smiley Faces (2023) USA Genre: Short / Comedy / Drama Release: 2023 April, 7 In a world where people moderate their emotions using pills that give them positive emotional experiences, primary school teacher, Fern, is faced with the reality of her reliance on these pills when she is forced to tell one of her six-year-old students that her grandmother has died... |
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Tian Hei Hei (2022) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2022 October, 16 A young girl growing up in a Shanghainese gambling den, must protect her friend and survive the violent world of petty gangsters by relying only on her wits... |
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Natchathiram (2022) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Family Release: 2022 August, 1 On a warm night in India, a son's imagination is ignited by his father who conjures up new constellations in the night sky... |
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Chorus (2022) USA Release: 2022 June, 12 After missing his wife's phone call goodbye on the morning of September 11th, a now listless and brokenhearted music teacher must harmonize with his increasingly desperate fourteen-year-old son... |
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Awake (2022) USA Genre: Short / Drama |
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Five (2021) USA Genre: Short / Drama After spending 7 years in prison, Malcolm seeks to mend his relationship with his mother while devoting himself as a consistent and faithful new convert to Islam... |
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The Cowboy Pecan Pie (2021) USA Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western When a young boy is sexually abused by his neighbor, he transcends reality into the mystic Wild West... |
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Spaceship (2021) USA Genre: Short / Drama IMDb: 6.7/10 (17) |
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Lux Noctis (2021) USA Genre: Short IMDb: 7.4/10 (10) |
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The Speech (2020) Genre: Short Release: 2020 November, 13 May 2003, Beijing, China... IMDb: 7.8/10 (12) |
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A Strange Calm (2020) USA Genre: Short / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller Release: 2020 January, 25 When 12-year-old Rosie and Miles encounter a strange man on the 4th of July in 1974, their journey to the watch the fireworks on the outskirts of town becomes an unexpected fight for survival... IMDb: 6.3/10 (62) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Dispara Y Mata (2020) USA Genre: Short / Adventure A young father tries to scare his picky son into eating dinner by telling him a story of survival in the jungles of Colombia... IMDb: 6.3/10 (62) |
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Bound (2020) USA Genre: Short / Drama Leaving his ancestral home, Mantas confronts his childhood trauma in an attempt to cope with his own mortality... IMDb: 6.3/10 (62) |
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Balloon (2019) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2019 February, 28 In the brutal battlefield of junior high, Sam has always tried to stay below radar... IMDb: 6.9/10 (274) |
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One of These Days (2018) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2018 July, 28 IMDb: 6.9/10 (274) |
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A Place to Stay (2018) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2018 June, 21 Kansas City 1959: When Andy's boyfriend leaves him, Andy makes a trip to confront him and discovers his lover's double life... IMDb: 6.7/10 (33) |
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Akeda (2018) USA Genre: Short / Drama / War Release: 2018 April, 12 IMDb: 6.9/10 (26) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Young Adult (2017) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Romance On the last day of a summer camp for persons with disabilities, a teenage girl fights to connect the boy that might be the love of her life... IMDb: 5.4/10 (10) |
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Janek Bastard (2017) USA Genre: Short / Drama Krzysztof, an introverted 10 year old, faces his father's decision to hide a Jewish boy from a nearby village in the family's house... IMDb: 8.8/10 (27) |
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The Grasslands (2017) USA Genre: Short / Thriller IMDb: 5.8/10 (5) |
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Mr. & Mrs. Kim (2016) USA Genre: Short / Action / Comedy / Family Release: 2016 November, 5 An imaginative fourth-grader whose lies come to life must deal with the consequences when he claims his parents are North Korean spies... IMDb: 7.9/10 (20) |
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Snowplow (2016) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Family Release: 2016 September, 10 After the sudden death of their mother, a young man struggles to take care of his sister as they try to avoid separation by social services... IMDb: 9.2/10 (9) |
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The Garden Party (2016) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2016 June, 1 IMDb: 9.2/10 (9) |
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Woman Outside (2016) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2016 March, 1 Every day an abused homeless woman's cries for help go unnoticed... IMDb: 7.0/10 (11) |
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1508 (2016) USA Genre: Short Release: 2016 February, 1 IMDb: 7.0/10 (11) |
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Living In A Lighthouse (2016) USA Genre: Short / Fantasy IMDb: 7.0/10 (11) |
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AKA Amber (2016) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Romance / Thriller A formerly homeless teenager realizes this is her last day at the Peterson's house, when a detective closes in on her threatening to reveal her secret; she must decide to runaway or say goodbye to her crush... IMDb: 7.0/10 (11) |
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Stealth (2015) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Family Release: 2015 March, 23 Sammy is a transgender child... IMDb: 7.7/10 (26) |
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Hotbed (2015) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2015 February, 27 IMDb: 7.7/10 (26) |
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Hidden (2015) USA Genre: Short / Drama At it's heart, "Hidden" is simple yet dramatic story that follows a Persian immigrant family, who moved to the US a few years ago... IMDb: 7.7/10 (39) |
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Scaremonger (2014) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Family / Fantasy Release: 2014 May, 28 Hearing news that her 10-year-old son is being bullied because of his feminine long eyelashes, a single mother descends into a paranoid spiral of nightmares as she tries to protect him by trapping him inside... IMDb: 7.6/10 (17) |
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The Piñata (2014) USA Genre: Short / Family Release: 2014 April, 8 On his 80th birthday, an old man is pressured to strike a piñata by a mysterious band of boys... IMDb: 7.6/10 (17) |
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Play Date (2014) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Thriller 10 year old Jacob tries to grasp the meaning of right and wrong when he gets confronted with his father's explanation of the death penalty... IMDb: 7.6/10 (17) |
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Merrimaker (2013) USA Genre: Short / Comedy / Drama Release: 2013 November, 21 After the death of his overbearing mother, an awkward outcast searches for his father at a seedy juke joint... IMDb: 7.6/10 (17) |
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Terp' (2013) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2013 May, 1 Inspired by a true story, 'Terp tells the story of an Afghan American interpreter working in the US military... IMDb: 7.6/10 (17) |
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Mojave '43 (2013) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2013 January, 1 Ken, a Japanese-American schoolteacher, prepares a special treat called "mochi" for his elementary students as a reward for good behavior and learning their Japanese lessons... IMDb: 6.4/10 (10) |
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The Elm Tree (2013) USA Genre: Short / Drama / History / Western Jonathan Burch has worked hard to provide a stable life for his family... IMDb: 6.4/10 (10) |
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Ojalá (2012) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Family / Music Release: 2013 April, 25 Ojalá is the story of a mother, Olga, and her daughter, Ana struggling to come to terms with each other... IMDb: 7.0/10 (8) |
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The Darkness is Close Behind (2012) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2012 February, 4 A teenage boy anxiously watches over his meth-cooking father and his little brother, but his vigilance is wearing thin... IMDb: 6.5/10 (42) |
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Soni (2012) USA Genre: Short / Action Release: 2012 February, 3 IMDb: 6.5/10 (42) |
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Le jeu des soldats (2011) USA,  France,  CanadaGenre: Short / Drama / Family / History Release: 2011 September, 30 Antoine, a boy living in Northern France at the outbreak of World War II, takes on the challenge of defending the family home after his father is drafted and sent to the Maginot Line... IMDb: 7.6/10 (15) |
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Bosco's Guitar (2011) USA Genre: Short / Biography / Drama / War The true story of Bosco, a young musician orphaned and blinded by the 1993 Burundian genocide, taken in by a member of the tribe he believes is responsible for the death of his mother, Bosco is forced to choose between hatred and hope... IMDb: 8.8/10 (19) |
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Thief (2010) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Fantasy / History Release: 2011 April, 29 Tells the haunting story of Mehdi, a twelve-year-old Iraqi boy who unwittingly befriends the young Saddam Hussein in 1959... IMDb: 7.0/10 (81) |
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The Death of Toys (2010) USA Genre: Short / Drama / Fantasy Release: 2010 December, 11 Ten year-old SETH wants to give up his toys, but his work-numbed mother LILY needs the spark of their playtime more than he does... IMDb: 7.6/10 (19) |
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Peanut Butter Mountain (2010) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2010 December, 1 IMDb: 7.6/10 (19) |
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Futbol (2010) USA Genre: Drama Release: 2010 May, 10 IMDb: 7.6/10 (19) |
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Equestrian Sexual Response (2010) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 2010 January, 22 Eleven-year-old Alice lives on a ranch with her father, her favorite horse and confidante, Red, and the love of Red's life, Molly... IMDb: 6.3/10 (73) |
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Takeo (2010) USA Genre: Short / Thriller Release: 2010 January, 12 IMDb: 7.2/10 (39) |
