The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Animation
1929
Movie

The Haunted House

6.5
1929

Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.

6.3

Animation
1929
Movie

Plane Crazy

6.3
1929

Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.

7.3

Animation
1928
Movie

Steamboat Willie

7.3
1928

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

6.9

Music
1937
Movie

Skeleton Frolics

6.9
1937

Ub Iwerks dusts off the skeletons from his early-Disney days and puts them to work at Columbia… in a graveyard replete with eerie owls and surrealistic bats, skeletons begin to rise from their graves and form a loosely-jointed band.

Genre : Music

Documentary
1945
Movie

The Vampire

6.5
1945

After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where a vampire bat lives, desmodus rotondus, attacking wildlife and domesticated creatures, killing small ones by draining all their blood and killing large ones by leaving a parasite in their bloodstream. Four inches long, with a 12-inch wingspread, we see it walk, approach a victim, pull out a patch of fur large enough for it to engage its teeth, then lap six or seven ounces of blood. Its saliva may be an anesthetic keeping its victims from waking. A stub nose and harelip contribute to its efficiency and its hideous look.

Genre : Documentary

5.3

Animation
1929
Movie

Springtime

5.3
1929

Flowers, insects, and a crow family all dance to a jaunty tune celebrating spring. After a brief storm, grasshoppers, frogs, and spiders cavort to the Dance of the Hours.

5.7

Animation
1944
Movie

Contrary Condor

5.7
1944

Donald is trying to collect a condor's egg when the condor returns. He hides inside an empty egg and regrets this when the large, warm mother returns. He regrets it even more when he "hatches" and mama encourages him to fly. And mama proves to be even more protective than Donald would like.

8.5

Documentary
2008
Movie

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

8.5
2008

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.

Genre : Documentary

Animation
1943
Movie

Figaro and Cleo

6.5
1943

Figaro the cat wants to eat Cleo the goldfish in this Pinocchio short.

5.6

Drama
1906
Movie

The Black Hand

5.6
1906

Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped. When he is unable to meet their request, they take Maria away. The Black Hand is the earliest surviving gangster film.

Genre : Drama

6.9

Comedy
1927
Movie

It

6.9
1927

A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."

Genre : Comedy

Animation
1940
Movie

Mr. Duck Steps Out

6.5
1940

Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donald soon notices her tailfeathers taking the form of a hand and signaling for him to come closer. But their time alone is soon interrupted by Huey, Dewey and Louie who have followed their uncle and clearly compete with him for the attention of Daisy. Uncle and nephews take turns dancing the jitterbug with her while trying to get rid of each other. In their final effort the three younger Ducks feed their uncle maize in the process of becoming popcorn. The process is completed within Donald himself who continues to move wildly around the house while maintaining the appearance of dancing. The short ends with an impressed Daisy showering her new lover with kisses

7.2

Animation
1949
Movie

Heavenly Puss

7.2
1949

During yet another pursuit of Jerry, Tom ends up being killed when an upright piano slides down the stairs and slams into him. He meets a feline St. Peter at the gate of the Heavenly Express, but is initially turned away due to his constant torture. However, he will be allowed onto the train if he can have Jerry sign a letter of forgiveness within one hour. If not, it's Hell for Tom. Will he go up or down?

6.6

Animation
1933
Movie

Building a Building

6.6
1933

Mickey's a shovel operator and laborer at a construction site; Minnie is delivering box lunches; Pete is the foreman. Mickey pays more attention to Minnie than to his work, and keeps having accidents (mostly involving the blueprints Pete is holding). Pete steals Mickey's lunch, so Minnie offers him one on the house. While he's eating, Pete kidnaps Minnie; Mickey fights him, but the tide turns when Minnie dumps a load of hot rivets into Pete's pants...

5.4

Animation
1930
Movie

Fiddling Around

5.4
1930

Mickey comes onstage to the applause of an unseen audience and plays various classical tunes on the violin, after some minor mishaps. During a sad song, he is overcome with emotion and has to stop.

6.7

Drama
1930
Movie

The Big Trail

6.7
1930

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.

Genre : Drama

6.2

Comedy
2012
Movie

Do You Like to Read?

6.2
2012

The librarian of the town of New Penzance introduces six animated segments illustrating Suzy's favorite books.

Genre : Comedy

6.6

Animation
1914
Movie

Gertie the Dinosaur

6.6
1914

Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The appearance of a true character distinguished it from earlier animated "trick films", such as those of Blackton and Cohl, and makes it the predecessor to later popular cartoons such as those by Walt Disney. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe animation.