Abstract Movies

  • 1981
    Son of the White Mare

    Son of the White Mare

    Son of the White Mare

    7.61981HD

    A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim...

    Son of the White Mare
  • 2017
    Tremble All You Want

    Tremble All You Want

    Tremble All You Want

    7.0982017HD

    Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming...

    Tremble All You Want
  • 1968
    Head

    Head

    Head

    6.11968HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

    Head
  • 1965
    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    7.31965HD

    Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively...

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.21962HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 1958
    Free Radicals

    Free Radicals

    Free Radicals

    5.91958HD

    In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using...

    Free Radicals
  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    6.91995HD

    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The...

    Casa de Lava
  • 2024
    Fleshworm Dreams

    Fleshworm Dreams

    Fleshworm Dreams

    02024HD

    Fleshworm Dreams is a trippy, kaleidoscopic visual experience that pairs with an abstract, experimental nature record. Think of it like looking...

    Fleshworm Dreams
  • 2021
    Pulvaaliraghu

    Pulvaaliraghu

    Pulvaaliraghu

    02021HD

    The fan's self-sacrificing blades dance in the air, generating a refreshing breeze that wipes away the sweat of others and brings solace on a...

    Pulvaaliraghu
  • 2023
    Brute

    Brute

    Brute

    102023HD

    A man has a breakdown after losing his job and winning a bar fight.

    Brute
  • 2018
    La Señal Cósmica

    La Señal Cósmica

    La Señal Cósmica

    102018HD

    The film was produced applying mixed techniques on Super 8 film support.

    La Señal Cósmica
  • 2024
    Untitled Static

    Untitled Static

    Untitled Static

    02024HD

    A visceral journey through dysphoria in the internet age.

    Untitled Static
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 2022
    Sunfall

    Sunfall

    Sunfall

    02022HD

    A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

    Sunfall
  • 2003
    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    02003HD

    A short film released alongside AFI's 2003 album Sing The Sorrow. The four members of AFI search to obtain a mysterious box that bears a resemblance...

    Clandestine
  • 1940
    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    5.61940HD

    Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials...

    Tarantella
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.41923HD

    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 2024
    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    02024HD

    The second film in the Phosphenes series.

    Phosphenes II
  • 2019
    The Goal Is To Live

    The Goal Is To Live

    The Goal Is To Live

    102019HD

    The Goal Is To Live is an infinitely-looping assemblage constructed out of repurposed content from the popular show How It’s Made, which...

    The Goal Is To Live
  • 1969
    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    4.81969HD

    Animation using cutout animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are superimposed on...

    Our Lady of the Sphere