Movies: Slow motion

Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of ...

"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn....

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child....

Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual ac...

Wolf is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer. Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing memories. He only knows to meet someo...

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry....

An FBI agent must negotiate with a woman holding a hospital hostage in order to get her hands on an experimental drug....

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots....

Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West....

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Exampl...

Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion....

A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect....

Collected as part of the Fluxfilm Anthology (a multi-reel compendium of 37 short films assembled by Fluxus founder and central operator George Maciunas), One captures the lifespan of a single match recorded at 2,000 frames per second using a 16mm hig...

An experimental short film about wind and sunlight sweeping across tree leaves....

Deep psychological states find relief through excess water released from eyes....

As Mio goes on a journey to Loveland to find closure, an incident occurs, giving him new hope for his heart to shine again. A story about the importance of loving and coping, of hearts connecting and separating....

A smile gradually fades into a neutral facial expression....

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder....

A girl whose chances of winning over her crush were scuppered by a DJ enlists the help of her weird uncle to rectify matters....