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1. Legally Blonde (2001)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis
Votes: 247,945 | Gross: $96.52M
2. TV 101 (1988–1989)
60 min | Drama
Kevin Keegan is a recently divorced news photographer who quits his job and returns to Roosevelt High School to teach kids how to make a TV show.
Stars: Sam Robards, Andrew Cassese, Stacey Dash, Alex Désert
Votes: 119
3. Brows Held High (2011– )
Comedy
A well-read narcissist takes a look at films that many mainstream audiences have never heard of and he tries to analyze them from an educated point of view, discussing their artistic ... See full summary »
Stars: Kyle Kallgren, Ven Gethenian, Allison Pregler, Jerrica Benton
Votes: 296
4. Lindsay Ellis' Essay Collection (2016–2021)
Documentary
Lindsay Ellis dissects film and media topics.
Stars: Lindsay Ellis, Dan Olson, Jenny Nicholson, Angelina M.
Votes: 197
5. Patrick Willems Video Essays (2016– )
Documentary
Patrick analyzes in an obsessive way different movie topics while he drives his friends insane, teams up with an evil coconut and wears tons of striped t-shirts.
Stars: Patrick Willems, Jake Torpey, Matt Torpey, Chloe Holgate
Votes: 162
6. Every Frame a Painting (2014–2016)
Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Every Frame a Painting is dedicated to the analysis of film form.
Star: Tony Zhou
Votes: 1,205
7. How to Watch Star Wars, Part One: The Prequels Are Better Movies Than You Deserve (2019)
138 min | Documentary
Rick Worley's video essay on the filmmaking of Star Wars, the genius of the prequels and responds to the reviewers who underestimated them and George Lucas.
Director: Rick Worley | Stars: Jay Bauman, George Lucas, Leonard Maltin, Ian McDiarmid
Votes: 13
8. Ants in Your Plants of 1941 (2015 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A look at director Preston Sturges and his film Sullivan's Travels (1941).
Stars: David Cairns, Bill Forsyth
Votes: 6
9. Implicitly Pretentious (2017– )
Documentary
Leo Dryden examines philosophy in modern media.
Star: Leo Dryden
10. Blue Flame Special (2017– )
Documentary
Stars: Patrick Willems, Matt Torpey, Jake Torpey, Mary Willems
Votes: 19
11. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - Analyzing a Lost Masterpiece (2019)
Documentary, Short
The Torpey Brothers discuss why Kung Pow should be more respected.
Director: Patrick Willems | Stars: David Lynch, Steve Oedekerk, Jake Torpey, Matt Torpey
Votes: 12
12. Movies with Mikey (2014– )
Documentary, Comedy
Mikey Neumann conducts positive reviews of movies, and shows occasionally.
Stars: Mikey Neumann, Patrick Willems, Dan Olson, Siddhant Adlakha
Votes: 41
13. Taylor Swift, Teen Vogue, and Pop Feminism (2017)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Elsie discusses how Taylor Swift and Teen Vogue have not been the best examples of feminism.
Director: Elsie Birnbaum | Stars: Elsie Birnbaum, Scott Eastwood, Taylor Swift
14. George Washington Carver was a Badass (2017)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Elsie covers more of GWC's contributions than most history classes.
Director: Elsie Birnbaum | Star: Elsie Birnbaum
15. Renegade Cut (2012– )
Unrated | Documentary
A documentary series about various film topics.
Stars: Leon Thomas, Brad Jones, Mat Williams, Patrick Brogan
Votes: 106
16. Cofralandes, rapsodia chilena (2002)
311 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Bernard Pautrat, Raúl Ruiz, Malcolm Coad, Rainer Krause
Votes: 53
17. The Whole Plate (2017–2018)
Documentary
Lindsay Ellis discusses the Transformers film series through each critical lens.
Stars: Lindsay Ellis, Natalie Wynn
Votes: 65
18. A Brief History of Circles (2024)
10 min | Short
An experimental video essay which uses circles and waves to explore neurodivergent experience.
Director: Georgia Kumari Bradburn | Star: Lillian Crawford
19. Tom Waits: The Acting Years (2019 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Leigh Singer | Stars: Tom Waits, Leigh Singer
20. Pretty Messed Up (2017)
Short
Pretty Messed Up is a limited series of conceptual mash-ups, the brainchild of Dutch director Peet Gelderblom. Movie mash-ups are perhaps the most cheeky of video essays. They tear down the... See full summary »
22. Serious Lore Analysis (2016–2018)
Documentary
Hareton Splimby seriously analyzes the lore of various things.
Star: Harry Brewis
Votes: 14
23. Black Sea Files (2005 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation into the human impact of the construction of the BTC oil pipeline connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Director: Ursula Biemann | Stars: Ursula Biemann, Bill Clinton
24. Changing Cain: Brian De Palma's Cult Classic Restored (2016 Video)
13 min | Short
Director: Peet Gelderblom | Star: Peet Gelderblom
25. The James Bond Theme: The Sound of Film Noir (2018 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Music
In this edition of 'Everything Music' we explore 'The James Bond Theme' written by Monty Norman and arranged by John Barry. We will discuss the: Iconic Chords, Choice of Instrumentations, ... See full summary »
Star: Rick Beato
26. Everything Changes the Mood You Sea (2012 Video)
3 min | Short, Drama, Music
Carvajal's video remix of the 1941 avant-garde film "Moods of the Sea" by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.
Director: Nelson Carvajal
27. Die Welt des Caligula (2018)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Marcus Stiglegger | Star: Marcus Stiglegger
29. Could the development of Netflix lead to the end of the Cinema experience? (2021 Video)
6 min | Short
Jake Shaw, writer of Retrospect (2021) and Cinematic Games and the Future of Film - Sony Interactive Entertainment and Transmedia Storytelling (2021), analyses Netflix's success and if it could potentially lead to the end of the Cinema experience as we currently know it.
30. Why are the James Bond songs so similar? (2021 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Les musiques de James Bond se ressemblent presque toutes . Et le thème musical de "Mourir peut attendre", le nouvel épisode des aventures de 007, n'échappe pas à la règle. Interprété par ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Lesage | Stars: Simon Lesage, Dan Golding, Timothy Dalton, Billie Eilish
31. Remaking Fear: Evolution of the Body Snatchers (2018)
47 min | Documentary
Nothing puts fear into people like a good story and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS has proven to be one of the best. For over half a century pod people have been plotting against humanity ... See full summary »
Director: Peet Gelderblom | Star: Peet Gelderblom
32. Jurassic World vs Jurassic Park: a Video Essay 5 Years in the Making (2020 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Greg Gonsky | Star: Greg Gonsky
34. Occupy and Repeat (2011 Video)
3 min | Short, Drama
Carvajal's appropriated digital short conveys the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement. Utilizing user-generated video clips from across the web, Carvajal assembles the footage in a hypnotic, ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Carvajal
36. Worlds Within Worlds (2018)
13 min | Documentary
A video essay show that looks at how different kinds of media influence each other.
Stars: Paul Ritchey, Forrest Lee, Nick Murphy, Satchell Drakes
38. A Supercut of Supercuts: Aesthetics, Histories, Databases (2021)
131 min | Documentary
Using over 500 clips and images, this video essay explores where the supercut came from (going back to the 1920s), why supercuts hold our attention, and how the supercut furthers the rise of database-thinking in contemporary life.
Director: Max Tohline
39. Soy Cámara: Gender and Technology (2016 Video)
11 min | Short
Neither history nor technology are innocuous tools. As the sociologist Judy Wajcman indicates, technologies reflect the values and experiences of the people who design them. The same could ... See full summary »
Directors: Andrés Hispano, Félix Pérez-Hita | Stars: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kimberly Bryant, John McCaskey, Ayn Rand
40. The Houses We Were: Living in Rome from 1948 to 2018 (2018)
18 min | Documentary, Short, History
Few walls surround us Uncertain ground, immeasurable fissures. A multitude of archives within us. Among emperors and insolvents, slum dwellers and speculators, Communists, priests and popes... See full summary »
Director: Arianna Lodeserto | Stars: Edmonda Aldini, Duilio Del Prete, Gigi Proietti, Tino Schirinzi
Votes: 5
41. Euphony (2011 Video)
4 min | Short, Drama, History
A radical video essay, Carvajal challenges our sense of perception and perspective. Juxtaposing scenery from a wintry and seemingly innocuous day in Chicago, Illinois with CBS news audio of... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Carvajal | Star: Elizabeth Palmer
42. Zagin kinomaniv (2017– )
20 min | Documentary, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Ukrainian video essay channel on all things film (with a Ukrainian focus) and Ukrainian culture.
Star: Vitalii Hordiienko
43. Your Past Sucks (2018)
10 min | Short, Drama, News
In an era of high transparency between the idols that don our screen (albeit the silver screen, TV screen, computer screen or smartphone screen) and the viewers watching them, it's becoming... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Carvajal
44. Baptism (2010 Video)
30 min | Short
Convention requires every Catholic family to name at least one of their daughters in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Mary, Maryanne, Marion... BAPTISM is about how writer and filmmaker ... See full summary »
Director: Marilyn Freeman | Stars: Deborah Bancroft, Anne de Marcken, Susan Dory, Debe Edden
45. Doomscroll'd (2022– )
Comedy
A mild-mannered former adventurer must satisfy his captor's thirst for hot takes, in order to escape the eternal void. A video essay series about politics.
46. Soy Cámara: Second Attempt, Censorship in Art (2016 Video)
13 min | Short
This Soy Cámara episode is a presentation of the Segundo Intento project through an interview with its authors. Segundo Intento, the work of the collective Leland Palmer, investigates ... See full summary »
Director: Ingrid Guardiola | Stars: Laura Benítez, Núria Güell
47. Patrick Explains (2017– )
Documentary
Patrick Willems visits his parents to talk about movies he loves.
Stars: Patrick Willems, Bairbre Mccarthy Willems, Hank Willems, Elsie Birnbaum
Votes: 88
49. The Historical Evolution of Christmas (2017)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Elsie discusses the historical reasoning that Christmas has evolved over human society.
Director: Elsie Birnbaum | Star: Elsie Birnbaum
50. Spregledani razgledi (2019)
21 min | Short
A satiric critique of the current social and political changes that are happening in Slovenia, in Europe and in the World aesthetically explored through (de)formation of landscapes and ... See full summary »
Director: Ana Cigon | Stars: Barbara Krajnc Avdic, Ana Cigon, Mojca Dimec, Julita Kropec