Movies like Ups and Downs
If Ups and Downs's mix of tap dancing, elevator and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ups and Downs's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Paperman
2012 · Directed by John Kahrs · 7 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
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Us Again
2021 · Directed by Zach Parrish · 7 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: short film
In a vibrant city pulsating with rhythm and movement, an elderly man and his young-at-heart wife rekindle their youthful passion for life and each other on one magical night.
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The Music Box
1932 · Directed by James Parrott · 29 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (1930s)
The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house.
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Sing: Thriller
2024 · Directed by Garth Jennings · 11 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Buster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" films.
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Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Directed by Richard Curtis · 15 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Fourteen years after the events of the original film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
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Hawaiian Vacation
2011 · Directed by Gary Rydstrom · 7 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: short film
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
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Hotel Chevalier
2007 · Directed by Wes Anderson · 13 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: short film
In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces.
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Down
2019 · Directed by Daniel Stamm · 82 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: elevator
A pair of coworkers gets trapped in an elevator over a long weekend, but what at first promises to be a romantic connection turns nefarious as each party begins to reveal who they truly are.
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Ferdinand the Bull
1938 · Directed by Dick Rickard · 8 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (1930s)
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals.
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Mater and the Ghostlight
2006 · Directed by John Lasseter · 7 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight,…