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Short films by musicians

by GruesomeTwosome • Created 2 years ago • Modified 9 months ago
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  • Björk in The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

    1. Björk: Hyperballad

    19964mMusic Video
    7.7 (241)
    Music video for "Hyperballad" performed by Björk.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarBjörk
  • Nine Inch Nails: Broken (1993)

    2. Nine Inch Nails: Broken

    199320mMusic Video
    8.0 (1.2K)
    Trent Reznor presents his dark vision of the EP 'Broken' by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch Nine Inch Nails videos, disturbing in their own right, while being tortured.
    DirectorsSerge BeckerPeter ChristophersonEric GoodeStarsTrent ReznorJames DuvalBob Flanagan
  • The Chemical Brothers: Let Forever Be (1999)

    3. The Chemical Brothers: Let Forever Be

    19994mMusic Video
    7.7 (209)
    DirectorMichel GondryStarStephanie Landwehr
  • Björk in The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)

    4. Björk: All Is Full of Love

    19994mMusic Video
    8.4 (568)
    The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Chris Cunningham and depicts the assembling of a robot with Björk's features, and her passionately kissing another robot in front of an ethereal and sterile backdrop.
    DirectorChris CunninghamStarBjörk
  • Beastie Boys: Sabotage (1994)

    5. Beastie Boys: Sabotage

    19943mMusic Video
    8.4 (3.4K)
    Set to the song, Sabotage, the Beastie Boys appear in a condensed parody of a 1970s cop show.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBeastie BoysAdam YauchAdam Horovitz
  • Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999)

    6. Aphex Twin: Windowlicker

    199911mUnratedMusic Video
    8.3 (1.4K)
    Two stereotypical gangster wannabes try to get lucky with two young women when the man himself, Aphex Twin, interrupts their crude discussion to show off his dancing skills. The women are entranced (as shown since their faces have become similar to Richard's) and follow him in his limousine to the beach. The two men watch as Aphex performs a huge dance (involving champagne and a very messed up female version of Richard) in front of them.
    DirectorChris CunninghamStarsAphex TwinMarcus MorrisGary Cruz
  • The Smashing Pumpkins in The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979 (1996)

    7. The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

    19964mMusic Video
    7.7 (550)
    A day in the life of disaffected suburban teenagers driving around in a Dodge Charger.
    DirectorsJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsThe Smashing PumpkinsBilly CorganJimmy Chamberlin
  • Björk in Björk: Human Behaviour (1993)

    8. Björk: Human Behaviour

    19934mMusic Video
    7.9 (358)
    Music video for Björk's song Human Behaviour. A woman in a cabin in the woods, a hunter, a bear, a moth and other forest creatures' lives intersect in surreal and unpredictable ways.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarBjörk
  • Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, and The Smashing Pumpkins in The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight (1996)

    9. The Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight

    19965mMusic Video
    8.0 (757)
    Music video for the Smashing Pumpkins song "Tonight, Tonight".
    DirectorsJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsThe Smashing PumpkinsJimmy ChamberlinBilly Corgan
  • Radiohead: Karma Police (1997)

    10. Radiohead: Karma Police

    19975mMusic Video
    8.0 (780)
    Here's Radiohead's clip for "Karma Police" from their hit album "Ok Computer" (1997). A car without a driver follows a desperate running man on this endless road at night. But from time to time, a shot reveals lead singer Thom Yorke appearing in the car's backseat, singing the chorus. The pursuit continues for a time until the man gets tired and stop, and the vehicle follows his action, taking some distance. But a strange surprise is right on their way.
    DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsRadioheadLajos KovácsThom Yorke
  • Daft Punk: Da Funk (1997)

    11. Daft Punk: Da Funk

    19976mMusic Video
    7.3 (477)
    A music video to promote the 1997 Daft Punk single 'Da Funk' from the album Homework.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsDaft PunkCatherine KellnerTony Maxwell
  • Michael Jackson, Jack Bricker, Tony Gardner, and Cynthia Garris in Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)

    12. Michael Jackson: Thriller

    198313mPGMusic Video
    8.7 (19K)
    A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies attacks Michael and his date - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayPaul Guzman-Sanchez
  • Björk: It's Oh So Quiet (1995)

    13. Björk: It's Oh So Quiet

    19954mMusic Video
    7.8 (738)
    Björk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony Marciona
  • Weezer: Buddy Holly (1994)

    14. Weezer: Buddy Holly

    19944mMusic Video
    7.9 (1.2K)
    Music video for the song "Buddy Holly" by the American rock band Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) in 1994.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerTom BosleyTony Maxwell
  • Daft Punk in Daft Punk: The Prime Time of Your Life (2006)

    15. Daft Punk: The Prime Time of Your Life

    20064mMusic Video
    7.4 (151)
    Music pioneers and multi Grammy award winning French duo, Daft Punk, collaborate with Tony Gardner to create a very unique music video for their 2005 single "The Prime Time of Your Life," off of their 3rd studio album, "Human After All".
    DirectorTony GardnerStarsJohn ArnerBrianna GardnerKyra Elise Gardner
  • Björk: Unravel (2003)

    16. Björk: Unravel

    20033mMusic Video
    7.7 (63)
    Video promo for Björk: Unravel. Silken white threads unravel from a coy Björk in LynnFox's visual to her Homogenic-era track.
    DirectorLynn FoxStarBjörk
  • The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up (1997)

    17. The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up

    19975mMusic Video
    7.9 (480)
    The video shows some rampant adventures on the night London from the first person view. In the full version of the clip, called the Most Controversial Version, there are all kinds of antisocial behaviors, such as drinking hard liquor and drunk driving, taking cocaine, attacking people, violence, vandalism, heroin use, a scene in which Car shoot down a man, a female striptease without censorship, and at the end of the clip the main character is engaged in sex with the same stripper.
    DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsThe ProdigyTeresa May
  • Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (1995)

    18. Chage & Aska: On Your Mark

    19957mMusic Video
    7.5 (4.6K)
    Set in the future: Two men learn that a mysterious winged girl has been taken prisoner, and then decide that they must free her at any cost.
    DirectorHayao Miyazaki
  • Radiohead: Daydreaming (2016)

    19. Radiohead: Daydreaming

    20166mMusic Video
    8.4 (1.3K)
    In this music video for Radiohead's new single, singer Thom Yorke traverses a shifting landscape of hall-ways, houses, department stores and mountains in search of an unknown destination. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsGrace IllingworthAva PuorroThom Yorke
  • Eminem in Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience (1999)

    20. Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience

    19994mMusic Video
    7.7 (428)
    Music video for the 1999 song "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem feat. Dr. Dre. It depicts Eminem and Dr. Dre rapping to the song's protagonists on how to deal with their conflicting situations.
    DirectorsPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsDr. DreEminemRobert Culp
  • Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice (2001)

    21. Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice

    20014mMusic Video
    8.7 (2.4K)
    A businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarChristopher Walken
  • Rubber Johnny (2005)

    22. Rubber Johnny

    20056mShort
    7.3 (3.2K)
    An experimental short film about a wheelchair-bound boy who morphs and moves to an Aphex Twin song. The experience gets weirder when he takes cocaine and everything gets out of control.
    DirectorChris CunninghamStarsShelly WeissElvis FeticPercy Rutterford
  • Tool: Schism (2001)

    23. Tool: Schism

    20017mMusic Video
    8.5 (77)
    DirectorAdam JonesStarTool
  • Laurie Anderson in Laurie Anderson: O Superman (1981)

    24. Laurie Anderson: O Superman

    19819mMusic Video
    7.7 (38)
    Laurie Anderson performs the song "O Superman", from her debut album "Big Science", using different lighting effects, shadow shows, a Vocoder, and American sign language while wearing white gloves, white sunglasses and a white vest.
    DirectorLaurie AndersonStarLaurie Anderson
  • Tracey Thorn in The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

    25. Massive Attack: Protection

    19957mMusic Video
    7.7 (139)
    Music video for Protection by Massive Attack and Tracey Thorn. The camera moves in and out of the windows and the lives of various people in an apartment building.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsRobert Del NajaGrant MarshallTracey Thorn

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