Amazing things happen

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of ci...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth

Cast

Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen

The adventures of an old-fashioned master cabinet maker in Munich and the tiny red-haired goblin Pumuckl, who becomes visible to him when he gets stuck to the pot of glue in his workshop. The tiny creature is visible to nobody else and full of mischief, and hilarity ensues as objects are seen moving around and the elderly craftsman see...

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Ulrich König

Cast

Gustl Bayrhammer, Hans Clarin, Helga Feddersen

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Danny Boyle

Cast

Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Joe Johnston, Pixote Hunt

Cast

Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Arthur Lubin

Cast

Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston