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Sci-fi shorts of John Harden: La Vie D'Un Chien, The Story of Sputnik, and New

Sci-fi shorts of John Harden: La Vie D'Un Chien, The Story of Sputnik, and New

Three shorts by John Harden—some humorous, some heartbreaking—use science to explore the possibilities and problems that may await our species in the near-to-distant future.

Kinsey

Kinsey

A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.

    The Blue Butterfly

    The Blue Butterfly

    An entomologist travels with a woman and her terminally ill son to the jungles of Central America to find a butterfly.

    Mean Creek

    Mean Creek

    When a teen is bullied, his brother and friends lure the bully into the woods to seek vengeance.

    Shaun of the Dead

    Shaun of the Dead

    A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.

    The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

    Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the crosshairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

    Big Fish

    Big Fish

    A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.

    Elf

    Elf

    Raised as an over-sized elf, a human travels from the North Pole to NYC to meet his biological father who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.

      Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

      Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

      During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

        Madness and Genius

        Madness and Genius

        Despite his near-photographic memory, Jordan is failing college, so he decides to steal the ideas of his professor, a brilliant thinker turned recluse with a dark past. 

        School of Rock

        School of Rock

        After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.

          Winged Migration

          Winged Migration

          A documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of several years on all seven continents.

          Whale Rider

          Whale Rider

          A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

          Seabiscuit

          Seabiscuit

          The true story of an undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

          28 Days Later

          28 Days Later

          Animal rights activists free a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results in this speculative sci-fi horror effort from director Danny Boyle.

          Finding Nemo

          Finding Nemo

          After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.

            Spirited Away

            Spirited Away

            During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, a world where humans are changed into beasts.

              Adaptation

              Adaptation

              A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean for the screen.

                Dopamine

                Dopamine

                A San Franciscan computer programmer falls in love with one of his creations in the days after the dot-com boom.

                EO

                EO

                Follow a donkey who encounters good and bad people on his journeys and experiences joy and pain, while you explore a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.

                  Real Women Have Curves

                  Real Women Have Curves

                  Real Women Have Curves is a humorous and warmhearted look at a Mexican American teenage girl coming of age in a boiling cauldron of cultural expectations, class constrictions, family duty, and her own personal aspirations.