Slow Motion Movies

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 the Persian navy.

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 someone at an abandoned temple. He ends up hooking up...

"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.

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father's life in the past.

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 activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian...

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

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

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 high-speed camera. The frame rate is then...

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

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

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.

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. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it...

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.

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

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

A smile gradually fades into a neutral facial expression.

A series of figure studies using high-speed HD video, and inspired by the works of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.

Otto and Lola, two cabaret artists, fill their lives with their passion: acting.

«These are not dogs» could be a title loosely adapted from Magritte. Man’s best friend is liberated from the force of gravity, gliding through space and time in extreme slow motion and experiencing its rebirth as an abstract being. The laser beams and the driving melodic techno track by Vitalic...