Movies: No dialogue

A mysterious detective appears in a desolate and dark place, with no memory of how he got there or who he is. With a cigarette in hand, he begins to explore his unfamiliar surroundings....

An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered....

This stop-motion animated short film draws us into a post-apocalyptic world through the eyes of a solitary hamster. Wandering through the ruins of once-thriving cities, he scavenges for objects, searches for water, and tries to care for the last surv...

On an ordinary day off, a man starts his day by cleaning his room as usual. But when he tries to sweep up the dust, he finds that it won't go into the dustpan as expected. He then tries every possible way to make sure the room is spotless....

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Two young boys are sitting on the stairs and playing ball. Then they perform a sexual act with a girl from the building. A friend of the boys watches everything happening from upstairs, several floors above them....

Dusk or dawn, stuck in subconsciousness until we can’t separate between the true self and appearances. Is it even possible that we will be free from our own sake?...

Waiting for his wife to come home from an expedition in the freezing wasteland, a man loses his sanity in a subterranean nuclear bunker....

A young man living far from his beloved one wastes his existence absorbed in modern distractions until he loses contact with her....

A doctor treats a mentally retarded child, but a simple action of her makes him question himself....

Using sounds from the past, over pictures of the present, the film glimpses a man’s life in pioneering days. Set in the historic town of Richmond, Tasmania, the film shows some of the classic colonial Georgian houses and churches....

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LATE NIGHT (2018) is a contemporary neo-noir short film depicting a single night and morning in the life of a first-time contract killer. With virtually no dialogue, it aims to visually illustrate and probe themes of conscience, greed, guilt, and the...

Through mysterious eyewear, a blind woman can see ghosts. Glimpsing Death itself, she must discover why it has come for her....

A lumberjack enjoys the fine art of wood chopping....

Overripe with psychosexual poetry and stark, oneiric rituals, Adachi's filmmaking debut, made while he was still an undergraduate, counts among the more resonant accomplishments of the now famous Nihon University Film Club. Adachi's obvious fascinati...

A little man tries to save a bird that fell from its nest. A stop-motion adventure drawn and animated on paper....

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside the circle (e.g., bicycle wheels, pizzas, clocks…), which sets the rhythm of the character’s life, dy...

A tiny girl meets with a blue giant bear and a journey starts. In that journey tiny girl grows up and the bear gets small....

A ghost, guided by a mysterious cat, embarks on a journey through an autumn forest to uncover the truth about his past....