Philosophy Movies

A group of plushies find themselves without purpose after their owner leaves for college. During their time alone they begin to form their own...

How does the "cultured" gorilla, i.e. Koko, come to represent universal man? Author and cultural critic Donna Haraway untangles the web of meanings,...

A burning flame, black-and-white, opens Nasos Karabelas’ “Osmosis”, a philosophical piece on life, death, loneliness and...

Absorbed in his thoughts, an artist is trapped behind his chaotic world.

a poem. trees. fragments of fritz. love—and nothing besides!

An absurd man, feeling hopeless, decides to end his life. The night before, he dreams of a perfect world with no pain. In this dream, he sees how...

A man pauses at the edge of a garden, where small, ordinary moments reveal an enchanted world at peace. Scored to the “Intermezzo” from...

A personal, poetic essay film exploring eye contact, social anxiety, and the nature of connection between self and other.

American Philosopher is a collection of eight short films by Philip McReynolds, a philosophy lecturer and amateur filmmaker. McReynolds has recorded...

A visual journey through Michel Foucault's thinking and his ideas about the Panopticon as a power structure. With an eye on René Magritte.

Three figures, supposedly representing human forms seen through light levels far below the visible light spectrum, have a series of conversations in...

A film by Jack Adam Miceli & Hunter Rock. The film premiered at the Quiet Corner Film Festival in 2018 and received the Award for Best Cinematography.

It’s all me, me, me – this experimental animation on the Self wittily wraps up Jung and old philosophies in a Paul Klee-inspired design.

A biopic about British philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 for his varied and significant...