Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983

7.32

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

1983

Cats

Cats 2019

4.07

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

2019

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales 1972

6.30

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

1972

Small Change

Small Change 1976

7.14

Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.

1976

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales 2002

6.50

Tis the season for the cheer and charm of the Peanuts kids - and this delight special offers five segments full of unforgettable moments. Snoopy works as a bell-ringer to raise money and tries making peace with the ferocious cat next door. Linus strives to strike the right tone in his letter to Santa - and his friendship with an indecisive girl at school. Sally's idea about gift giving and the identity of Santa may be unusual - but her strange notion about how to obtain a Christmas tree surprisingly does the job. Lucy tries awfully hard to be nice...and still coax everyone around her to buy her presents. Charlie Brown and Sally wait up for Santa (a surprisingly short man), who spreads Christmas gift cheer further than they had thought. Make merry!

2002

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil 2011

6.90

Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

2011

Making a Scene

Making a Scene 2013

5.40

For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of dialogue. Then we gave these lines to one of the great movie artists of our time: the cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, a two-time Oscar winner. Kaminski used these lines as inspiration to create 11 original (very) short films. Each short evokes a style or genre of the cinematic past and stars an actor who gave an especially memorable performance in 2013.

2013

Taste from Greece

Taste from Greece 1980

5.00

Anthology film with a number of sketches that satirize modern Greece.

1980

The Law Commands

The Law Commands 1937

1

Night riders are terrorizing homesteaders, and the town doctor tries to keep the locals from forming a vigilante group. After more towns people are killed, however, the rest of the town makes the doctor the town sheriff and tells him to clean up the gang.

1937

Canada Vignettes: The Egg

Canada Vignettes: The Egg 1979

5.20

An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

1979

Half-Light

Half-Light 2023

1

A couple debates having unprotected car sex late at night.

2023

Duluth is Horrible

Duluth is Horrible 2013

1

A series of vignettes chronicling a few lonely people in Duluth, MN searching for a connection in a bleak winter.

2013

This City Is Insidious

This City Is Insidious 1970

1

Short vignettes of assorted misfits, dreamers, and colourful characters around Toronto.

1970

The Ever Hours

The Ever Hours 2022

1

Three overlapping stories showcase the power of love after the death of a child, a father, and a lover for those who remain.

2022

Bedrooms

Bedrooms 1984

7.50

Tales of love and marriage are spun in four short adult comedy stories.

1984

Wakako Zake

Wakako Zake 2015

6.00

Murasaki Wakako, who is 26 years old, loves going out alone to enjoy eating and drinking, especially when something unpleasant happens at work. Thie show follows Wakako through many solitary outings, where she enjoys different combinations of food and drink!

2015

15 Storeys High

15 Storeys High 2002

8.10

15 Storeys High is a critically acclaimed British sitcom, set in a tower block. The main characters are Vince Clark, a misanthropic, cynical recluse played by Sean Lock, and Errol Spears, Vince's exact opposite and whipping boy, played by Benedict Wong.

2002

When TV Was Awesome

When TV Was Awesome 2016

1

When TV Was Awesome is an hilarious reimagining of our television history - irreverent, funny, satirical and sharable.

2016