Short Story Cinema Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

  • 12:01pm

    12:01pm. A freak of nature forces a man to repeat the same hour over and over again. Oscar-nominated short starring Kurtwood Smith, which influenced hit 1993 comedy Groundhog Day

  • 29 Little Surprises

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Another Round

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Another World

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Astronomy

    Astronomy. An impoverished mother struggles to raise her daughter and solve their financial problems. Drama, starring Kathleen York and Hector Elizondo

  • Beware of the Dog

    Beware of the Dog. Psychological thriller about a yuppie couple trapped in the home of a mentally disturbed recluse while waiting for someone to come and tow away their broken-down car. Justine Bateman stars

  • Birch Street Gym

    Birch Street Gym. Two 70-year-old boxers face their biggest challenge of all - the fight for the Birch Street gym championship. Drama, starring Harold Gould and John LaMotta

  • Buford's Got a Gun

    Punchy, twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Conquering Space

    Conquering Space. A dreamer sees his fantasy world drift away. Drama, starring Guich Koock and Nora Heflin

  • Contact

    Contact. Brad Pitt and Elias Koteas star as enemy soldiers stranded together in a remote desert : a plight that soon forces them to forget their petty differences

  • Deserts Edge

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Duke of Groove

    Duke of Groove. A middle-aged woman rediscovers her relationship with her son when she takes him to a party. Drama, starring Uma Thurman, Tobey Maguire, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Capshaw

  • Eighteen Minutes in Albuquerque

    Peter Geiger's 18 Minutes in Albuquerque. A bus passenger and a prostitute seek privacy during an unscheduled stop - but they haven't got long

  • Evening Class

    Evening Class. A battered housewife tries to escape her abusive husband by enrolling in evening classes, but her first lesson turns into a nightmare. Starring Mariangela Pino and Michael Beach

  • Fifteenth Phase of the Moon

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • The Gift

    The Gift. Laura Dern stars in the story of the break-up of a long-term relationship. Also starring Mary Steenburgen and Peter Horton

  • Grandpa's Funeral

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • The Great O'Grady

    The Great O'Grady. A world-class spitting champion agrees to coach a fan and the two form an unbeatable team : until a serious tongue injury threatens to bring a brilliant sporting career to an end. Starring Keith Coogan and Tom Hodges

  • A Hard Rain

    A Hard Rain. John Mahoney and Deborah Hedwall star as a couple traumatised by their son's murder, who take the law into their own hands to exact vengeance

  • Heart of the Deal

    The Heart of the Deal. Two mysterious strangers forces a complacent accountant to rethink his entire approach to life. Ruben Blades stars

  • Hearts of Stone

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Hogg's Heaven

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Homesick

    Homesick. A boy begins to see his irksome life in a different light when his invalid grandfather pays a visit. Drama, starring Ross Harris, Kurtwood Smith and Miriam Flynn

  • The Investigator

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • The Jogger

    The Jogger. A health fanatic is stalked by a stranger while out jogging and finds himself forced to run for his life. Terry O'Quinn stars

  • The Last Shot

    The Last Shot. A terminally ill man's life is changed by a burst of laughter. Drama, starring Garry Marshall

  • Leiberman in Love

    A widower longing for new romance solicits an attractive hooker to help him find a new love.

  • Leslie's Folly

    Leslie's Folly, starring Anne Archer as a caring wife and mother who decides it's about time she started to look after number one for a change. Directed by Kathleen Turner, with Charles Durning and John Shea

  • Letters from Moab

    The Letters from Moab. A small-town waitress trapped in a loveless marriage gets romantically involved with an actor who gives her the courage to start a new life. Priscilla Barnes stars.

  • Lieberman in Love

    Lieberman in Love. A lonely widower tries to find romance with a prostitute. Starring Christine Lahti, Danny Aiello and Nancy Travis

  • Little Feet

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Little Surprises

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Missing Parents

    Missing Parents. Comic story about a rebellious teenager whose parents wash their hands of his unruly antics and move away : leaving him feeling strangely empty without them. Jonathan Ward, Anna Jerger and Nancy Lenehan star

  • Mr. Fix It

    Mr Fixit. A couple's relationship shows signs of improving when they elect to communicate by telephone only. Drama, starring John Lawlor and Brooke Bundy

  • Night Driving

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • On Hope

    On Hope. A childless woman's obsession with her new-found friend's family results in her tragic downward spiral. Directed by JoBeth Williams

  • Once in a Blue Moon

    Once in a Blue Moon, a punchy drama with a twist in the tale

  • The Open Window

    The Open Window. A slamming window robs an actor of his sleep and sanity the night before an important audition. Starring Barry Niekrug and Roscoe Lee Brown

  • Override

    Override. Danny Glover makes his directorial debut with this action adventure set in a future where mothers on state benefit are forced to work in remote-controlled trucks

  • Partners

    Partners, starring Griffin Dunne. A newly promoted lawyer jeopardises his career by embarking on an affair with his former college sweetheart : who also happens to be a major client's wife

  • Past Tense, Past Perfect
  • Peacemaker

    Peacemaker. A boy grows to manhood in the shadow of nuclear war. Drama, starring Lukas Haas and Marg Helgenberger

  • Present Tense, Past Perfect

    Present Tense, Past Perfect. A middle-aged man finds himself involved in an extra-marital affair. Drama, starring William Petersen

  • The Price of Life

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Private Debts

    Thieving man abandons his pregnant wife.

  • Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

    Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall. Oscar-winning drama about top executives who favour fancy footwork on the dance floor rather than big business deals in the boardroom. Starring David Rasche and Fred Willard

  • The Sapphire Man

    The Sapphire Man. An escaped convict seeks the help of his estranged daughter to recover stolen money. Powers Boothe stars

  • Session Man

    James Remar stars in Session Man, the 1992 Oscar-winner for Live Action Short Film, as a studio musician-for-hire given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of joining a famous rock band

  • Take Out the Beast

    Take Out the Beast. A genetically engineered servant causes problems for two astronauts when it develops a will of its own. Drama, starring Steven Weber and Charles Martin Smith

  • Teach 109

    Teach 109. A medical student faces an agonising dilemma while preparing to operate on a human -like android who isn't too keen about going under the knife. Elizabeth Perkins, Jason Patric and James Earl Jones star

  • Texan

    Texan. Treat Williams directs this drama about an ex-fighter pilot who suspects his wife of being unfaithful. Dabney Coleman and William H Macy star

  • They Haven't Seen Thin

    A chance to see short drama They Haven't Seen Thin

  • They Haven't Seen This

    They Haven't Seen This. A passing couple are drawn to the yard sale of a man whose life is collapsing around him. Lori Petty and Guy Boyd star

  • To the Moon

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Traveller's Rest

    Traveller's Rest. A stranger helps a woman cope with emotional problems when she is stranded at a roadside motel. Paul Dooley and Lois Nettleton star

  • Tuesday Morning Ride

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Two Over Easy

    Two Over Easy. A female executive finds an affinity with a disabled man. Veronica Cartwright stars

  • Under The Car

    Under the Car. Passengers trapped inside a vehicle are forced to fight for survival against an unknown predator determined to make mincemeat of them. Starring Robert Curtis-Brown and Lisa Kaminir

  • The Washing Machine Man

    The Washing Machine Man. A woman struggles to put a stop to her husband's obsession with DIY. Drama, starring Erica Yohn and Jeff Corey

  • Without a Pass

    Punchy twist-in-the-tale dramas on eerie and offbeat themes

  • Witness

    Witness. A Nazi concentration-camp soldier takes a shocking course of action to escape the haunting presence of a Jewish boy who watches him take prisoners to the gas chamber. Starring Gary Sinise and Elijah Wood