Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Animation: 111 Films to Buy & Rent
- Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson…
- Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
- Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
- Dir. Michael Arias
- Notable Western–directed anime about two street kids defending their turf across a sprawling, fantastical cityscape.
Involving yakuza muscle…
- American Dad (TV Series) (2005)
- More politically–inclined satire from the creator of THE FAMILY GUY (Seth MacFarlane), set around a CIA operative with a very strange family…
- Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello, The (2005)
- Dir. Anthony Lucas
- Visually accomplished short animation, set in a 'Victorian–style' future where steam–powered airships navigate across polluted skies and…
- Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, The (2005)
- Dir. The Brothers Quay
Feat. Amira Casar
- A ten–year hiatus hasn’t dulled the Quay Brothers’ imagination for the surreal and phantasmagorical, with their latest feature an…
- Popetown (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Phil Ox
- Sacrilegious almost by definition, this SIMPSONS–style animated TV series depicts the life and times of brattish Pope in the surreal…
- Squidbillies (TV Series) (2005)
- A family of degenerative squid hillbillies are the focus of this vulgar, though hilarious Adult Swim brew. Expect an abundance of redneck jokes,…
- Drawn Together (TV Series) (2004)
- Twisted parody of BIG BROTHER and its ilk with cartoon characters living under one roof and the camera's constant scrutiny.
Parodying reality…
- Hair High (2004)
- Dir. Bill Plympton
Feat. Keith Carradine, Sarah Silverman, Dermot Mulroney
- Cult animator Bill Plympton (THE TUNE) gives high school a manic makeover in this teen melodrama of prom night rivalry that expands in various,…
- Mind Game (2004)
- Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
Feat. Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii
- Inventive Japanese animation based on the manga of the same by Robin Nishi, depicting the psychedelic self–discovery of a socially inept…