Joy of Stress

The Relaxed Wife

January 1957 •English

A husband who is unable to relax after work is advised by his wife on how to calm down. Promotional film for Pfizer tranquilizer Atarax.

The Skulls II

April 2002 •English

After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he gets to revealing the truth - the more dangerous life becomes.

The Front Page

November 1974 •English

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

March 1982 •English

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

Far Side of the Moon

September 2003 •French

After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his gay brother.

95

December 2017 •Finnish

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.

Ghost Town

September 2008 •English

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

Sorry, We're Dead

February 2024 •English

The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life crisis. At her lecture hall job, where aging white men wax on, self-involved, Lana accidentally frames her friend and co-worker when she destroys the only copy of an aging tech-bro’s high-profile lecture. Lana is forced to navigate stop motion animation, a secret admirer, and terrible bridge traffic to sort out a way forward to her destiny… kinda.

Flitterwochen

August 1980 •German

Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding reception, there's nothing but trouble.

Aggretsuko: We Wish You a Metal Christmas

December 2018 •Japanese

Red panda Retsuko, worked to the bone, unleashes her frustration in the form of death metal. Lately, though, she's found another joy—getting the most likes possible on her Instagram posts. In fact, it is said that social media attention can release endorphins. As Christmas falls upon the city, Retsuko's hunger for validation only grows, pushing her to find new ways to embellish and sugarcoat her otherwise drab life for the internet to see.

The Laughter Congress

December 1950 •French

13 Semester

October 2009 •German

When Momo leaves his small home town to go to university, he is full of enthusiasm and confidence, but slowly the pressures of study and campus living begin to grind him down. Half way through his course he finds himself at a crossroads with both his relationship and studies.

The Trouble with Girls

June 1969 •English

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.

Two in a Crowd

October 1936 •English

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.

Stronger by Stress

March 2022 •English

When conventional medicine is struggling to keep up with ever increasing stress levels in populations biohackers show us their holistic approach to life which not only increases their resilience against the stress, but also helps them to perform on higher level.

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

March 2006 •English

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.

Big Momma's House 2

January 2006 •English

FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father.

Operation War Thunder

September 2024 •English

Two estranged brothers return to their childhood home to find the will of their recently deceased father, what they discover there is much much worse.

Deconstructing The Beatles' Revolver

March 2017 •English

In Deconstructing The Beatles’ Revolver, composer/producer Scott Freiman takes Beatles fans young and old into the studio with The Beatles as they create their seminal 1966 album, Revolver.

Superstau

March 1991 •German

Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam.