DWARFS, DWARFPLOITATION
MICRO-PEOPLE, NANO-PEOPLE
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l > | LISTS |
— — — — — 1890s
1896
D > Di | Exit of Rip and the Dwarf (William K. L. Dickson)
D > Di | Rip Meeting the Dwarf (William K. L. Dickson)
— — — — — 1900s
1901
B > Bo | Cheese Mites; Or, Lillipuians in a London Restaurant (Walter R. Booth)
1902
M > Me | The Dancing Midget (Georges Méliès)
M > Me | Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Georges Méliès)
1903
U > Un | Murphy and the Midget (unkn.)
1907
C > Ch | Music, Forward! (Segundo de Chomón)
1909
B > Bl | Princess Nicotine; Or, The Smoke Fairy (J. Stuart Blackton)
C > Ch | The Golden Spider (Segundo de Chomón)
— — — — — 1910s
1912
U > Un | A Midget Sherlock Holmes (unkn.)
1913
A > An | The Midget’s Revenge (Bert Angeles)
S > St | The Night Before Christmas (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 41 min)
— — — — — 1920s
1920
W > Wi | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene)
1925
B > Br | The Unholy Three (Tod Browning)
E > Ei | Strike (Sergei Eisenstein)
K > Ko | Our Heavenly Bodies (Hanns W. Kornblum)
1926
I > In | The Magician (Rex Ingram)
P > Pa | Secrets of a Soul (G. W. Pabst)
1927
B > Br | The Unknown (Tod Browning)
1928
L > Le | The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni)
— — — — — 1930s
1932
B > Br | Freaks (Tod Browning)
1934
L > La | The Mighty Barnum (Walter Lang)
1935
P > Pt | V > Va | The New Gulliver (Aleksandr Ptushko, A. Vanichkin)
W > Wh | Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale)
1936
B > Br | The Devil-Doll (Tod Browning)
1937
C > Co | H > Ha | J > Ja | M > Mo | P > Pe | S > Sh | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Wilfred Jackson, William Cottrell, Ben Sharpsteen, David Hand, Perce Pearce, Larry Morey)
1938
N > Ne | The Terror of Tiny Town (Sam Newfield, 62 min)
R > Re | Child Bride (Harry Revier)
1939
R > Re | The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)
— — — — — 1940s
1942
H > Hi | Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock)
1943
C > Cl | Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (Robert Clampett)
1946
P > Pt | The Stone Flower (Aleksandr Ptushko)
1947
S > St | The Strike (Karel Steklý)
— — — — — 1950s
1950
D > Da | Night and the City (Jules Dassin)
V > Ve | The Cold Heart (Paul Verhoeven)
1951
R > Re | Mary’s Birthday (Lotte Reiniger)
1953
O > Or | T > Te | Mesa of Lost Women (Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos)
1954
H > Ho | Fireworks (Kurt Hoffmann)
R > Re | Thumbelina (Lotte Reiniger, 10 min)
1957
A > Ar | The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold)
1958
G > Go | Attack of the Puppet People (Bert I. Gordon)
P > Pa | Tom Thumb (George Pál)
1959
S > St | Darby O’Gill and the Little People (Robert Stevenson)
— — — — — 1960s
1961
A > Al | Curse of the Doll People (Benito Alazraki)
B > Ba | The Emperor’s New Clothes (Ante Babaja)
M > Ma | The Phantom Planet (William Marshall)
R > Ro | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanki (Aleksandr Rou)
1962
R > Ro | Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb Vs. The Monster (Roberto Rodríguez)
Z > Zu | Confessions of an Opium Eater (Albert Zugsmith)
1964
B > Bo | T > Ta | Z > Za | Woman is a Wonderful Thing (Mauro Bolognini, Shuntaro Tanikawa, Pino Zac)
1965
B > Bu | Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel)
G > Go | Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard)
1967
C > Co | The Trip (Roger Corman)
H > Ha | K > Kn | L > Le | M > Mc | S > St | Magical Mystery Tour (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles)
M > Ma | She Freak (Byron Mabe)
S > St | The Gnome-Mobile (Robert Stevenson)
1968
H > Hi | I > Ib | Snake People (Jack Hill, Juan Ibáñez)
M > Ma | First Pavilion (Janusz Majewski)
1969
D > Do | Alice in Acidland (John Donne)
H > He | The Cremator (Juraj Herz)
J > Ja | Birds, Orphans and Fools (Juraj Jakubisko)
— — — — — 1970s
1970
H > He | Even Dwarfs Started Small (Werner Herzog)
J > Jo | El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
W > Wi | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder)
1972
B > Ba | Asylum (Roy W. Baker)
P > Pt | Ruslan and Ludmila | Ruslan i Lyudmila (Aleksandr Ptushko, 150 min)
T > Ta | Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky)
W > Wi | Avanti! (Billy Wilder)
1973
C > Ch | Little Cigars (Chris Christenberry)
E > Ea | High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood)
J > Jo | The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
R > Ra | The Sinful Dwarf (Vidal Raski)
1974
C > Ca | The Mutations (Jack Cardiff)
S > St | Seizure (Oliver Stone)
T > Te | Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Shûji Terayama)
1976
L > La | New Improved Institutional Quality: In the Environment of Liquids and Nasals... (Owen Land)
O > Ol | Shocking Asia (Rolf Olsen)
P > Pa | Sila... Sa bawat bangketa (Dante Pangilinan)
1977
B > Bu | That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Buñuel)
V > Vo | What Would You Say to Some Spinach? (Václav Vorlíček)
1978
H > Hu | Auditions (Harry Hurwitz)
L > Li | Nick Carter in Prague (Oldřich Lipský)
P > Pa | Chopsuey Met Big Time Papa (Dante Pangilinan)
1979
F > Fl | The Hamburg Syndrome (Peter Fleischmann)
O > Ot | Ticket of No Return (Ulrike Ottinger, 108 min)
S > Sc | The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff)
— — — — — 1980s
1980
E > Es | The Quick Brown Fox (Jett C. Espiritu)
H > Ho | Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, 111 min)
L > Le | Forbidden Tales of Tom Thumb (Paul Leduc)
S > Se | One Fourty (Ulrich Seidl)
1981
B > Br | Sizzle Beach, USA (Richard Brander)
B > Br | Malibu Hot Summer (Richard Brander)
B > Br | History of the World: Pt. I (Mel Brooks)
C > Ch | Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams (Tommy Chong)
F > Fe | Legs Katawan Babae (Tony Ferrer)
G > Gi | Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam)
I > Il | A Story of the Forest: Mavka (Yuri Ilyenko)
L > La | Stoney Knows How (Bruce P. Lane)
L > Le | A Ball Shot by a Midget (Won-se Lee)
N > Ni | For Your Height Only (Eddie Nicart)
N > Ni | Agent 00 (Eddie Nicart)
O > Ot | Freak Orlando (Ulrike Ottinger)
S > Sc | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Joel Schumacher)
V > Vi | Stariray (Romy Villaflor)
W > Wo | A Ball Shot by a Midget (Lee Won-Se)
1982
B > Ba | Eating Raoul (Paul Bartel)
G > Ge | The Magic Mountain (Hans W. Geissendörfer)
H > Ho | Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
N > Ni | The Cute... the Sexy n’ the Tiny (Eddie Nicart)
N > Ni | The Impossible Kid (Eddie Nicart)
N > Ni | D’Wild Wild Weng (Eddie Nicart)
N > No | T > To | Eternal Movie (János Tóth, Márk Novák)
P > Pa | Slapstick (of Another Kind) (Steven Paul)
S > Sc | Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
1984
V > Vi | Da Best in da West (Romy Villaflor)
1985
B > Be | Ghoulies (Luca Bercovici)
G > Gi | Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
1986
A > Ar | L > Lo | Screamtime (Stanley A. Long, Michael Armstrong)
G > Gi | Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Brian Gibson)
O > Ot | Pride (Ulrike Ottinger)
1987
A > Am | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Rod Amateau)
D > Da | Innerspace (Joe Dante)
D > Di | I Am Not a Freak (Kirby Dick)
G > Go | Dolls (Stuart Gordon)
L > Lu | Anguish (Bigas Luna)
1988
R > Ru | Salome’s Last Dance (Ken Russell)
1989
C > Ca | Sweetie (Jane Campion)
J > Jo | Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
J > Jo | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Joe Johnston)
L > Lo | Visitor of a Museum (Konstantin Lopushansky)
— — — — — 1990s
1990
V > Ve | Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven)
1991
D > Dr | S > Sm | Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (Olivier Smolders, Johann van den Driessche)
1992
L > Ly | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch)
1993
B > Bo | The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (Dave Borthwick)
K > Ko | The Little Troublemaker (Kadiatou Konaté)
1994
B > Ba | The Corridor (Sharunas Bartas)
M > Mi | Joel-Peter Witkin, Indelible Picture (Jérôme de Missolz)
S > Sa | Diabolical Inheritance (Alfredo Salazar)
1995
C > Ch | Funny Bones (Peter Chelsom)
D > Di | Living in Oblivion (Tom DiCillo)
H > Ha | The Dwarf (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
1996
A > Ad | Bordello of Blood (Gilbert Adler)
B > Bo | D > Di | Z > Zi | The Elevator (Arthur Borman, Nigel Dick, Rafal Zielinski)
L > La | From the Life of Elves (Janina Lapinskaitė)
1997
C > Cu | Come to Daddy (Chris Cunningham)
K > Ko | Gummo (Harmony Korine)
1999
B > Ba | Blood Dolls (Charles Band)
J > Jo | Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
M > Ma | Wisconsin Death Trip (James Marsh)
R > Ro | Freaks Uncensored! (Ari M. Roussimoff)
Z > Ze | Tom Thumb in the Land of Giants (Nick Zedd)
— — — — — 2000s
2000
B > Br | Little Nicky (Steven Brill)
F > Fa | Me, Myself & Irene (Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly)
L > Lo | R > Ri | Speaking of Buñuel (José L. López-Linares, Javier Rioyo)
2001
B > Bo | The Theory of the Leisure Class (Gabriel Bologna)
D > Da | Tom Thumb (Olivier Dahan)
G > Go | Human Nature (Michel Gondry)
I > Is | Blind Beast Vs. Dwarf (Teruo Ishii)
J > Je | Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
L > Ly | Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
S > Sc | Never Again (Eric Schaeffer)
S > Se | Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
2002
A > Ah | Love is a Treasure (Eija-Liisa Ahtila)
C > Ch | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (Glenn Chaika)
M > Mc | Antibody (Christian McIntire)
R > Ro | 13 Moons (Alexandre Rockwell)
2003
B > Br | Tiptoes (Matthew Bright)
B > Br | The Midget Stays in the Picture (Art E. Brown)
F > Fa | Elf (Jon Favreau)
K > Kr | Überzwerg/Superdwarf (Lucie Králová, 30 min)
M > Mc | The Station Agent (Thomas McCarthy)
Z > Zw | Bad Santa (Terry Zwigoff)
2004
A > Au | Cerebral Print V: Midget Deathmatch! (Ford Austin)
2005
B > Ba | Decadent Evil (Charles Band)
B > Br | Half Pint Brawlers: Psycho Midget Wrestling (Sean S. Brown)
B > Bu | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton)
I > Is | M > Mi | Funky Forest (Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki)
M > Mc | Mirrormask (Dave McKean)
M > Me | The Birthday Midget (Hugh Merrill)
P > Pa | The Burnt Theatre (Rithy Panh)
R > Ro | Land of the Dead (George A. Romero)
S > Sh | The Baxter (Michael Showalter)
S > Sv | Lunacy (Jan Švankmajer)
2006
B > Ba | Evil Bong (Charles Band)
L > Lo | The Ugly Swans (Konstantin Lopushansky)
L > Lu | Find Me Guilty (Sidney Lumet)
P > Pa | Penelope (Mark Palansky)
2007
B > Ba | M > Ma | R > Ra | Tender’s Heat: Wild Wild Beach (Vitali Mansky, Susanna Barandzhiyeva, Aleksandr Rastorguev)
C > Ca | My Name is Bruce (Bruce Campbell)
L > Le | The Search for Weng Weng (Andrew Leavold)
O > Ot | Prater (Ulrike Ottinger)
O > Oz | Death at a Funeral (Frank Oz)
R > Ru | A Kitten for Hitler (Ken Russell)
2008
A > Ad | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Andrew Adamson)
M > Mc | In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
2009
A > Az | N > Ne | Women Without Men | Zanan-e bedun-e mardan (Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari, 95 min)
M > Me | Ascension (Pavel Medvedev)
R > Rh | Saint John of Las Vegas (Hue Rhodes)
T > To | Immortally Yours (Joe Tornatore)
— — — — — 2010s
2010
C > Cr | The Museum of Wonders (Domiziano Cristopharo)
H > Ha | Machete Maidens Unleashed! (Mark Hartley)
K > Kh | N > No | Son of God (Khavn, Michael Noer)
L > La | Death at a Funeral (Neil Labute)
L > Le | Gulliver’s Travels (Rob Letterman)
R > Ro | Pete Smalls is Dead (Alexandre Rockwell)
2011
A > As | Gnomeo and Juliet (Kelly Asbury)
2012
B > Be | Snow White (Pablo Berger)
2013
G > Gr | The Fifth Gospel of Kaspar Hauser (Alberto Gracia)
K > Ko | Inequality for All (Jacob Kornbluth)
M > Ma | What Makes Me Take the Train (Pierre Mazingarbe)
2016
G > Gr | The Hollywood Shorties (Ryan S. Green)
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