Anthology film

Feature film consisting of several different short films

An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise, or author. Sometimes each one is directed by a different director or written by a different author, or may even have been made at different times or in different countries. Anthology films are distinguished from "revue films" such as Paramount on Parade (1930)—which were common in Hollywood in the early decades of sound film, composite films, and compilation films.

Anthology films are often mistaken with hyperlink cinema. Hyperlink cinema shows parts of many stories throughout a film, whereas anthology films show story segments of one at a time. Some mistaken examples include Pulp Fiction (1994) and Amores Perros (2000), distributing their storylines non-chronologically, separated by segments.

## Films

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* Intolerance (1916)
* If I Had a Million (1932)
* Fantasia (1940)
* Tales of Manhattan (1942)
* Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
* Dead of Night (1945)
* L'Amore (1948)
* Quartet (1948)
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* Actors and Sin (1952)
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* Siamo donne (1953)
* Invitation to the Dance (1956)
* Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
* Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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* Mondo Cane (1962)
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* The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1963)
* Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
* Countersex (1964)
* My Wife (1964)
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* Kwaidan (1964)
* Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
* Le bambole (1965)
* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
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* Sex Quartet (1966)
* Chithramela (1967)
* The Witches (1967)
* The Illustrated Man (1968)
* Spirits of the Dead (1968)
* The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
* Asylum (1972)
* Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
* Tales from the Crypt (1972)
* The Vault of Horror (1973)
* From Beyond the Grave (1974)
* Trilogy of Terror (1975)
* It Can't Be! (1975)
* Germany in Autumn (1978)
* Heavy Metal (1981)
* The Monster Club (1981)[1]
* Creepshow (1982)
* The Adventures of Monica and Friends (1982)
* Nightmares (1983)
* Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
* Kaos (1984)
* The Company of Wolves (1984)
* Shake, Rattle & Roll series (1984–present)
* Cat's Eye (1985)[2]
* The New Adventures of Monica and Friends (1986)
* Aria (1987)
* Creepshow 2 (1987)
* Moonwalker (1988)
* Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988)
* New York Stories (1989)
* Mystery Train (1989)
* Dreams (1990)
* Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
* Montreal Stories (1991)
* Night on Earth (1991)
* Necronomicon (1993)
* Twenty Bucks (1993)
* Chungking Express (1994)
* Four Rooms (1995)
* Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
* Tales from the Hood (1995)
* Cosmos (1996)
* Troublesome Night series (1997–2017)
* The Red Violin (1998)
* Fantasia 2000 (1999)
* The Animatrix (2003)
* Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
* Eros (2004)
* Cine Gibi: O Filme (2004)
* Sin City (2005)
* Hood of Horror (2006)
* Paris, je t'aime (2006)
* Wag Kang Lilingon (2006)
* Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
* Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
* Kerala Cafe (2009)
* Cinco (2010)
* Please Do Not Disturb (2010)
* The Road (2011)
* 24/7 in Love (2012)
* V/H/S (2012)[3]
* Bombay Talkies (2013)
* Shorts (2013)
* All Hallows' Eve (2013)
* 5 Sundarikal (2013)
* Tuhog (2013)
* V/H/S/2 (2013)
* Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
* V/H/S: Viral (2014)
* Wild Tales (2014)
* A Gift (2016)
* Solo (2017)
* The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
* Lust Stories (2018)
* Kathasangama (2019)
* Ghost Stories (2020)
* Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia (2020)[4]
* Unpaused (2020)
* Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
* Paava Kadhaigal (2020)
* Pitta Kathalu (2021)
* Ankahi Kahaniya (2021)
* Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
* The French Dispatch (2021)
* The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
* Aanum Pennum (2021)
* V/H/S/94 (2021)
* V/H/S/99 (2022)
* The House (2022)
* We Are Still Here (2022)
* Lust Stories 2 (2023)
* V/H/S/85 (2023)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
* Kinds of Kindness (2024)
* That Christmas (2024)
* V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
* Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)[5]

## See also

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* Anthology series
* Frame story
* List of animated package films
* List of horror anthology films

## References

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1. ^ "The Monster Club (1981)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
2. ^ "Cat's Eye (1985)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.
3. ^ Smith, Nigel N. (22 January 2012). "Bloody Disgusting Founder and "V/H/S" Producer Brad Miska On Why the Found-Footage Movie Is Here To Stay"". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
4. ^ "Sundance Film Festival Program: "Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia"". Sundance. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
5. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (April 8, 2025). "20th Century Reveals 'Predator: Killer of Killers' Animated Original for Hulu". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2025.

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