Short films by musicians
My ranked list of favorite music videos.
List activity
215 views
• 4 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
- 54 titles
- DirectorMichel GondryStarBjörkMusic video for "Hyperballad" performed by Björk.
- DirectorsSerge BeckerPeter ChristophersonEric GoodeStarsTrent ReznorJames DuvalBob FlanaganTrent 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.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarStephanie Landwehr
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarBjörkThe 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.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBeastie BoysAdam YauchAdam HorovitzSet to the song, Sabotage, the Beastie Boys appear in a condensed parody of a 1970s cop show.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsAphex TwinMarcus MorrisGary CruzTwo 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.
- DirectorsJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsThe Smashing PumpkinsBilly CorganJimmy ChamberlinA day in the life of disaffected suburban teenagers driving around in a Dodge Charger.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarBjörkMusic 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.
- DirectorsJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsThe Smashing PumpkinsJimmy ChamberlinBilly CorganMusic video for the Smashing Pumpkins song "Tonight, Tonight".
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsRadioheadLajos KovácsThom YorkeHere'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.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsDaft PunkCatherine KellnerTony MaxwellA music video to promote the 1997 Daft Punk single 'Da Funk' from the album Homework.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA 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.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony MarcionaBjörk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerTom BosleyTony MaxwellMusic 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.
- DirectorTony GardnerStarsJohn ArnerBrianna GardnerKyra Elise GardnerMusic 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".
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsThe ProdigyTeresa MayThe 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.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiSet 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.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsGrace IllingworthAva PuorroThom YorkeIn 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.
- DirectorsPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsDr. DreEminemRobert CulpMusic 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.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarChristopher WalkenA businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsShelly WeissElvis FeticPercy RutterfordAn 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.
- DirectorAdam JonesStarTool
- DirectorLaurie AndersonStarLaurie AndersonLaurie 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.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsRobert Del NajaGrant MarshallTracey ThornMusic 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.