Bill Plympton Movies

The life and times of a neglected stoplight.

A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings a ballad to his love, “Your Face Is Like a Song,” to simple piano...

A day in the life of the world's unluckiest guy. Starting the morning off with a shaving nick from hell, he endures fires, mad dogs, rampaging vacuum...

The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.

Twelve skits in six minutes: the first one and the final three are about sex, in between are sketches of blood, death, murder, truck crashes, a tough...

A parking lot attendant loses his temper when his working place is invaded by a blade of grass. A furious battle ensues.

12 little Christmas tales from Bill Plympton.

A young and earnest Tiffany makes her fashion debut in an attempt to be the most unlikely of super models and rejoin her beloved male model Conrad.

A narrator tells us the story of a ceiling fan, ensconced in the spare room of a house occupied by an old woman. The fan is lonely, and its life...

Directed by animator and filmmaker Bill Plympton, this 1997 documentary provides a glimpse into the life of poet Walt Curtis, on whose memoir MALA...

A restaurant opens for the night. The diners include: A man dining alone, who orders a plate of spaghetti that becomes his dining companion. A...

It's the little things that really hurt.

An Elvis-like dog sings an ode to his hairstyle.

A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love. Preserved by the Academy Film...

A man sings an ode to a lost love, his nose.

Three athletes race to win the heart of a woman.

"Mexican Standoff" is a Bill Plympton cartoon set to the music of Dutch band Parson Brown. The story is about a 3-sided love affair that goes...

A southern preacher sings an ode to Jesus and auto racing, with a religious choir backing him up.

'No Snow for Christmas' is an animated Christmas carol about the effects of climate change.

The pseudo-spiritual ramblings of a self-proclaimed ‘wiseman’ are interspersed by bizarre things happening to his head.