Greatest 29 Short Movies Must-Watch Released in 1977

Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand. See more about Powers of Ten / IMDB / YouTube

On a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves. Get info on The Sand Castle / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate. Get info on It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown / IMDB / YouTube

This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket. Info on The Street / IMDB / YouTube

To a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of war. Info on The Bead Game / IMDB / YouTube

A short animation about a sculptor and his sculpture. Read about Küzdök / IMDB / YouTube

A babysitter is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls. See more about The Sitter / IMDB / YouTube

A nun reflects on her thoughts and feeling about her life. See more about Diary of an African Nun / IMDB / YouTube

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960's. Info on A Doonesbury Special / IMDB / YouTube

A man's dinner that inexplicably starts speaking to him is merely the start to a very strange series of events. Details on Ei om zeep / IMDB / YouTube

This British government public-information film is aimed at children and shows them the dangers of playing on railway tracks. Check out The Finishing Line / IMDB / YouTube

In this short subject from the early part of Kiarostami's career, he interviewed schoolteachers in Iran to pay tribute to the role of education in that country's society. Details on Tribute to the Teachers / IMDB / YouTube

Paris is a monstrously inhuman cityscape, in which cars, buses, crowds, and unceasing noise combine to smother any decent and delicate human activity. People and flowers attempt to survive in a city that seems ready to explode from an over-heated mixture of traffic and noise. Look into Letter from Paris / IMDB / YouTube

Nadia DeFranco lives in Toronto and she has spina bifida. This film follows her through some of her daily activities as she goes to school, works with her therapists, visits her relatives and lives life with her family. Explore I'll Find a Way / IMDB / YouTube

An impoverished man starts to pretend he keeps a dog in his apartment. See more about Le chien de Monsieur Michel / IMDB / YouTube

This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Midnight Express, the now-classic film about a young man arrested in Turkey for drug smuggling and thrown into a horrifying prison hell. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working to. Check out I'm Healthy, I'm Alive and I'm Free / IMDB / YouTube

Filmmaking was a natural evolution while I was engaged in painting, particularly since I was primarily concerned in capturing light, its effect on textured surfaces and its glowing luminescence in the dark, the enhancement of juxtaposed color, persistence of vision and eye fatigue. - Marie Menken See more about Hurry Hurry / IMDB / YouTube

Dedicated to the contradictions of scientific and technical progress, warning against one-sided technical developments that turn a person into an involuntary consumer. Info on Pühapäev / IMDB / YouTube