Anthology Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 21 films built from separate short stories, spanning 1940–2021. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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1985
Cat's Eye
New York City · Atlantic City · Wilmington · North Carolina — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
2000s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
1982
Creepshow
1980s
Rural · Suburbandir. George A. Romero
1990
Dreams
Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
1940
Fantasia
dir. Bill Roberts
1981
History of the World: Part I
Rome · Paris · Spain — Ancient · Medieval · 1700s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks
1964
I Am Cuba
Havana — 1950s
Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Mikhail Kalatozov
1965
Kwaidan
Kyoto — Timeless
Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi
1989
Mystery Train
Memphis — 1980s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
1989
New York Stories
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1991
Night on Earth
Los Angeles · New York City · Paris · Rome · Helsinki — 1990s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
1946
Paisan
Sicily · Naples · Rome · Florence — 1940s
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini
2005
Sin City
Timeless
Urbandir. Robert Rodriguez
1985
Tampopo
1980s
Urbandir. Jūzō Itami
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
1800s
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
France — 1970s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
2012
V/H/S
Arizona — 1990s · 2010s
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. David Bruckner
2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Japan — Near Future
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2014
Wild Tales
Argentina — 2010s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Damián Szifron
1963
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Naples · Milan · Rome — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica

Frequently asked

How many movies are built from separate short stories?

Kinora's catalogue lists 21 films built from separate short stories, spanning 1940–2021.

What are some movies built from separate short stories?

Films built from separate short stories in our catalogue include Cat's Eye (1985), Coffee and Cigarettes (2004), Creepshow (1982), Dreams (1990), and Fantasia (1940).

What is the oldest movie built from separate short stories?

Fantasia (1940) is the earliest film built from separate short stories in our catalogue; the most recent is Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021).