Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Animation: 111 Films to Buy & Rent
Kremmen - The Movie (1980)
- Animated sci–fi comedy with Kenny Everett voicing the egotistical superhero.
Baby Snakes - Frank Zappa (1979)
- Dir. Frank Zappa
Feat. Frank Zappa
- A massively extended concert film from iconoclastic musician Zappa, that is interspersed with the extraordinary claymations of Bruce Bickford. Even…
Flash Gordon: The Animated Series (1979)
- Wonderfully retro Saturday morning animated series sees Flash Gordon crashland on Planet Mongo, ruled by the evil dictator Ming the Merciless, and…
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979 - 2003 (1979-2003)
- Dir. The Brothers Quay
- Since the late 1970s, the identical twin Quay Brothers have made a unique contribution to animation in general, and the puppet film in particular.…
Aardman Classics (1978-1999)
- Dir. Peter Lord, Peter Peake, Sam Fell
- A collection of 24 classic short films from British model animators Aardman, dating from their earliest years. Included are the following works,…
Wizards (1977)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- A counter–culture animated fantasy, set in a supernatural future populated by elves, fairies and derelict technology.
Centred around two…
Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
- Dir. Bruno Bozzetto
- This pastiche of Disney's FANTASIA holds its own with a variety of animators having a ball with the freedom to interpret some popular classical…
Bold, the Brave and the Best, The (1976-2004)
- Best of collection of 14 hard case and thought provoking acclaimed Aussie animation shorts ranging from animal antics to social commentary on…
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, The (1974)
- Dir. Robert Taylor
- Lively animated sequel to the Bakshi original, originally taken from Robert Crumb’s counter–cultural comic–hero. Having graduated…
Fantastic Planet (1973)
- Dir. Rene Laloux
- Cannes award–winning, delightfully animated film concerning the class struggle and eventual war between two alien races.
Videotape edition…