Taking Flight (2015)

(6) based on 10 votes
Taking Flight is a short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. In this fictional tribute to Pasin's legacy, what begins as a small boy's over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe. Through the power of imagination and epic adventure, a boy learns to be a kid, a father learns to be a dad, a grandpa reminds all of us what childhood is all about.
Directors
Release Date
Sep 18, 2015
Runtime
00h 06m
Available in streaming on

Taking Flight is a short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. In this fictional tribute to Pasin's legacy, what begins as a small boy's over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe. Through the power of imagination and epic adventure, a boy learns to be a kid, a father learns to be a dad, a grandpa reminds all of us what childhood is all about.

Movies like Taking Flight

Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san

Based on the previous 'Final Chapter', world history has now been modified and reconstructed. Although Kudo was able to release himself from the curse caused by demon soldiers, he now has no money. Despite losing the memory of the previous world, Kudo, Ichikawa and Tashiro continue to work together in producing a horror documentary.
Search similar movies
5.7
Senritsu+Kaiki+File+Super+Kowa+Too%21+Fear+Adventure%3A+Kokkuri-san
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san

2015

Search similar movies
Fien & Teun gaan op schattenjacht

Join Fien, Teun, Sem and all their animal friends on a real pirate adventure in their latest movie! With lots of fun - well-known and new - songs! Nephew Sem is coming to stay with Fien and Teun on the farm and they are super excited! The three of them are going on an adventure and of course the animals are allowed to come along too. When they are just on their way, they already make a big discovery. They find an old boat with a chest full of pirate clothes and ... a treasure map! That can only mean one thing: It's time for a treasure hunt!
Search similar movies
5.2
Fien+%26+Teun+gaan+op+schattenjacht
Fien & Teun gaan op schattenjacht

2025

Search similar movies
Night of the Beast (From Twenty Zillion Years Ago)

A prehistoric two-headed dinosaur continues its adventures and battles a gigantic brine shrimp.
Search similar movies
9.0
Night+of+the+Beast+%28From+Twenty+Zillion+Years+Ago%29
Night of the Beast (From Twenty Zillion Years Ago)

2015

Search similar movies
Xavier

Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
Search similar movies
6.8
Xavier
HELPLESS IN WEISSENSEE, It can happen to anyone!

Edeltraut celebrating into her birthday. But the next morning is not a picnic.
Search similar movies
10.0
HELPLESS+IN+WEISSENSEE%2C+It+can+happen+to+anyone%21
HELPLESS IN WEISSENSEE, It can happen to anyone!

2016

Search similar movies
Central Park

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
Search similar movies
5.2
Central+Park
Central Park

1932

Search similar movies
The Big Boss: Return to Thailand

Film Director Matt Routledge presents and narrates this 'Then and Now' documentary on Bruce Lee's first feature film 'The Big Boss', featuring new interviews and eye witness reports of the original filming.
Search similar movies
10.0
The+Big+Boss%3A+Return+to+Thailand
The Big Boss: Return to Thailand

2023

Search similar movies
The Black Island

Tintin is out on a peaceful walk. But the comfortable atmosphere will not last long. When an aircraft with an engine failure lands, Tintin does his part to help, but he is shot and ends up in hospital.
Search similar movies
6.6
The+Black+Island
The Black Island

1991

Search similar movies
Savages

Zolja, Jasmin and Mali set out to rob a gas station in order to get money for a trip to the World Cup finals. Fleeing the police, they cross the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and wander into a terrorist camp in the woods.
Search similar movies
7.0
Savages
The Vivero Letter

A man in Central America finds his brother's murdered body. It turns out that his brother has been murdered because he knows the whereabouts of a lost city in the jungle. The man teams up with a search expedition and goes off to hunt for these ancient ruins. Unfortunately, almost every member of the group has plans to double-cross the others. All is resolved in bloody fashion in the middle of the jungle wilderness.
Search similar movies
5.3
The+Vivero+Letter
The Vivero Letter

2000

Search similar movies
Piaf: Without love we are nothing at all

Born a hundred years ago, Edith Piaf remains the embodiment of popular song and passionate love, the painful poetry of the Parisian pavement.
Search similar movies
9.0
Piaf%3A+Without+love+we+are+nothing+at+all
Piaf: Without love we are nothing at all

2004

Search similar movies
The Mill Killers

Four girls return home to a ghost town but find themselves being followed. By someone who knows what they did? Or just their guilty conscience? There's more to each girl than meets the eye.
Search similar movies
5.7
The+Mill+Killers
The Mill Killers

2024

Search similar movies
My Daughter's Psycho Friend

A devious and psychotic student tries to frame a new girl at school for a teen's accidental death at a party.
Search similar movies
6.1
My+Daughter%27s+Psycho+Friend
My Daughter's Psycho Friend

2020

Search similar movies
Stepan's Remembrance

The heiress of a gem mage travels to St. Petersburg to fulfill her father's dream and her destiny.
Search similar movies
6.0
Stepan%27s+Remembrance
Stepan's Remembrance

1976

Search similar movies
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby

A couple accused of a murder go on the run, leaving their baby in the care of bookshop owner & amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey. Can Samantha look after the baby and solve the case?
Search similar movies
6.8
Mystery+Woman%3A+Oh+Baby
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby

2006

Search similar movies
Deliver Us from Evil

André and his sister Lucille come from a wealthy family. Both seem attached to Georges, be charismatic, exuberant, charming and self-centered. A vicious man who hates his life and seems to take pleasure in manipulating others in squalid perverse games.
Search similar movies
4.3
Deliver+Us+from+Evil
Deliver Us from Evil

1966

Search similar movies
Hello

During one of their night stays, three college teens play a silly prank where they randomly call people and tell them that they know who that person is and what they have done. What will happen when things take a dangerous turn?
Search similar movies
6.3
Hello
Shaky Shivers

Two young women find themselves at an abandoned camp in the woods with a book of magical spells surrounded by classic monsters in this comedic send up of '80s horror films.
Search similar movies
6.0
Shaky+Shivers
Shaky Shivers

2023

Search similar movies
Dancing Girl

In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness.
Search similar movies
6.0
Dancing+Girl
Dancing Girl

1957

Search similar movies
Sock a Doodle Do

A prize-fighting banty rooster, so slap-happy that he goes into a punching spree whenever he hears a bell, falls out of a truck and onto the farm where Foghorn Leghorn is in the midst of his usual sparring match with the barnyard dog. Foghorn and the dog use the fighter-rooster's manic punching against each other by ringing a bell once the rooster is within striking distance of their intended victim.
Search similar movies
6.3
Sock+a+Doodle+Do
Sock a Doodle Do

1952

Search similar movies
A Carol Christmas

Carol Cartman, a tempestuous talk show host, is a high-heeled, high-maintenance Scrooge. This insensitive, self-centered and stingy woman is about to experience a holiday she'll never forget.
Search similar movies
5.6
A+Carol+Christmas
A Carol Christmas

2003

Search similar movies
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

Feature-length documentary about the making of Clerks II.
Search similar movies
6.9
Back+to+the+Well%3A+%27Clerks+II%27
Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

2006

Search similar movies
Real Life

Tristan found a dead cat on the corner of his street, hit by a car and left there in the gutter to rot in the rain. The young man is shaken, and the image of the dead cat begins to haunt him.
Search similar movies
3.0
Real+Life
Dandelion

Based on the philosophical fairy tale “Dandelion Boy and Three Keys” by Alexander Sharov about the meaning of life and about the boy to whom the gnomes gave three keys. He had to manage them correctly and open the right lock.
Search similar movies
Dandelion
Batman: Strange Days

A lost tale from Batman's past, the Dark Knight tracks a strange giant to the mysterious lair of Hugo Strange.
Search similar movies
7.0
Batman%3A+Strange+Days
Batman: Strange Days

2014

Search similar movies
Chang-ok's Letter

Housewife Eun-ha is busy every day: In addition to taking care of her husband who doesn’t help out at all and her willful daughter and son, she has to care for her nagging mother-in-law, who is nearly bedridden.
Search similar movies
5.0
Chang-ok%27s+Letter
Chang-ok's Letter

2017

Search similar movies
Leon in Wintertime

One winter, a ravenous ogre terrorizes the land of King Balthasar. Meanwhile, a blizzard is brewing in Léon’s heart. Braving the cold, this adopted bear cub runs away from home. Léon has many an adventure during his travels. He befriends a hedgehog and an elephant, confronts an ogre, and sets Princess Molly Gingerbread free. His courage and integrity eventually lead him back to his family. In the end, the cub earns everybody’s respect.
Search similar movies
7.7
Leon+in+Wintertime
Leon in Wintertime

2008

Search similar movies
Something to Remember

A bittersweet look at life’s many challenges, albeit as experienced by furry, feathered, and slimy creatures who sound and feel all too human.
Search similar movies
5.2
Something+to+Remember
Something to Remember

2019

Search similar movies
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

In this decidedly cheeky and deliriously fun animation, a decent, hard-working wolf must rely on his physical gifts in order to make ends meet for the sake of his family.
Search similar movies
6.9
Toomas+Beneath+the+Valley+of+the+Wild+Wolves
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

2019

Search similar movies
Why Slugs Have No Legs

Slugs have a hard time keeping up with the pace of life in the city of insects. When a financial crisis hits, the industrious bees only see one solution. Droll imagery and a jaunty soundtrack converge in this clever modern parable.
Search similar movies
6.0
Why+Slugs+Have+No+Legs
Why Slugs Have No Legs

2019

Search similar movies
Secret Identity

When a young Autistic boy, suddenly manifests superpowers on his 9th Birthday, he and his family are forced to deal with the potential ramifications.
Search similar movies
Secret+Identity
Secret Identity

2024

Search similar movies
Birdboy

A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Search similar movies
6.8
Birdboy
Francis

Francis is a short story written by american novelist Dave Eggers. This is the story of a young boy growing up in the suburbs of chicago. He spent his vacations in Quetico Provincial Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Canada. But he won't be going back any day soon, not after what happened to a girl called Francis Brandywine.
Search similar movies
6.2
Francis
Urbanissimo

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
Search similar movies
6.0
Urbanissimo
Urbanissimo

1967

Search similar movies
Minion Scouts

When Margo, Agnes and Edith return from Badger Scout camp, three of the Minions are entranced by the girls' merit badges. Their own attempt at scout camp results in attracting a bear, eating poison berries and eventually blowing up a dam, creating a massive flood. But, when they arrive back home, the girls share their badges, encouraging the rest of the Minions to try their hand at scouting.
Search similar movies
7.2
Minion+Scouts
Minion Scouts

2019

Search similar movies
The Sad House

The story of a family told through objects found in junk shops and flea markets.
Search similar movies
5.0
The+Sad+House
The Sad House

2013

Search similar movies
One Day Before Our Era

Montage of still photos with lighting effects.
Search similar movies
7.0
One+Day+Before+Our+Era
One Day Before Our Era

1977

Search similar movies
The Golden-Horned Deer

Screen adaptation of Dmytro Pavlychko's tale-poem of the same name. The shepherd Vasylko saves his friend, the magical golden-horned deer, from the greedy king and his army.
Search similar movies
5.5
The+Golden-Horned+Deer
The Golden-Horned Deer

1979

Search similar movies
Ivasyk-Telesyk

The animation is based on a Ukrainian fairy tale about an old married couple, who had no children. One day the woman asked her husband to cut down a log and put it in a cradle for a night. The old man did what she had asked him to do. Next morning, a surprise was waiting for them.
Search similar movies
4.5
Ivasyk-Telesyk
Ivasyk-Telesyk

1989

Search similar movies
How the Hedgehog and the Bear-Cub Changed the Sky

Hedgehog and Bear shivered from cold at the leaves strewn yard where shrill and angry wind was blowing. Friends decided to go to an abandoned house, where they found a lot of interesting things. They saw a sheet of paper on which a sunny and hot day was painted. Spreading it, they found summer and after taking the sunbath, Hedgehog and Bear continued their fascinating experiments with the weather.
Search similar movies
6.7
How+the+Hedgehog+and+the+Bear-Cub+Changed+the+Sky
How the Hedgehog and the Bear-Cub Changed the Sky

1985

Search similar movies
How Wives Sold Husbands

This cartoon is based on a humorous Ukrainian folk song about how wives decided to sell their disgraced husbands. One wife wants to get rid of the reveler, the other - from the drunkard, the young woman is tired of the old man, the worker is lazy, and the tall - the husband is too small in stature.
Search similar movies
8.0
How+Wives+Sold+Husbands
How Wives Sold Husbands

1972

Search similar movies
How a Cossack Sought Happiness

A Cossack wandered in search of a better life, and his lifelong dream was a fast and beautiful horse. He had to meet him on the way a fortune-teller and a swamp waterman, which traded a horseshoe to a bunch of red peppers with the Cossack; and he had to beat the devil in cards and eventually find peace of mind in the family life with a beautiful Ukrainian girl.
Search similar movies
6.2
How+a+Cossack+Sought+Happiness
How a Cossack Sought Happiness

1969

Search similar movies
How The Cat And The Dog Washed The Floor

A cat and a dog lived together. They were very good friends, so when they saw that the floor in their house was dirty, they decided to clean up together. But an ordinary mop refused to deal with the task, so they have to wash and wipe the floor using each other. What will this novel idea lead to?
Search similar movies
7.0
How+The+Cat+And+The+Dog+Washed+The+Floor
How The Cat And The Dog Washed The Floor

1977

Search similar movies
The Turtle King

There was an island inhabited by turtles. Their king above all else loved all kinds of praise and flattery, so subjects always followed them trying to play along to him. One day he decided to climb very high, using a very unstable structure.
Search similar movies
8.0
The+Turtle+King
The Turtle King

1988

Search similar movies
The Physics of Sorrow

Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Physics+of+Sorrow
The Physics of Sorrow

2019

Search similar movies
The White Arena

Welcome to the circus arena, where all the characters are made of white paper.
Search similar movies
10.0
The+White+Arena
The White Arena

1987

Search similar movies
The Wizard Okh

The old Cossack had a dunce son. And one day he decides to send him for training and re-education to the wizard Okh for a whole year.
Search similar movies
7.0
The+Wizard+Okh
The Wizard Okh

1971

Search similar movies
The Bear And The One Who Lives In The River

A small funny brown bear paced joyfully in the woods. More recently, he did not leave his mother at all and now he came to the lakeon his own. Butwhat he saw there amazed him. Now he has to deal with his own reflection in the water, which can be both bad and friendly.
Search similar movies
9.0
The+Bear+And+The+One+Who+Lives+In+The+River
The Bear And The One Who Lives In The River

1966

Search similar movies
Autumn Fishing

In anticipation of cold weather, two bear cubs go fishing, which may be the last before the winter. The kids are watching the crumbling leaves, birds flying away and drifting clouds. They begin to think about how one can catch a cloud. Now they do not realize what an unusual catch in the form of a crescent and stars is in store for them. Or maybe they will have enough bait even for the sun?
Search similar movies
6.0
Autumn+Fishing
Autumn Fishing

1968

Search similar movies
Heavenly Vessel

The uneasy stasis of a space-dwelling Monarchy is shaken by the arrival of a hypnotic, luminous dwarf planet. Caught between the authoritarian Duke and the impulsive Prince, all will come to light.
Search similar movies
8.0
Heavenly+Vessel
Heavenly Vessel

2024

Search similar movies
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Madagascar+Penguins+in+a+Christmas+Caper
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

2005

Search similar movies
Felina

Felina, a woman capable of becoming a panther, or perhaps a panther capable of becoming a woman, lives in love with a blind pianist.
Search similar movies
5.0
Felina
Contract

Bearded contract employee goes on a "giant bouquet of flowers" planet and prefers friendship with the robot because all inhabitants are creepy psychos.
Search similar movies
5.9
Contract
Odd Is an Egg

Odd is terrified of his head, until one day he falls in love with Gunn who is both fearless and happy in life. Odd's life is turned upside down and he is freed from his worries in the most unexpected way.
Search similar movies
4.8
Odd+Is+an+Egg
Odd Is an Egg

2016

Search similar movies
Batman Beyond

This short celebrating 75 years of Batman from artist Darwyn Cooke returns fans to the world of Batman Beyond as Terry McGinnis' futuristic Dark Knight faces his most formidable foe of all - himself.
Search similar movies
7.0
Batman+Beyond
Batman Beyond

2014

Search similar movies
The Man Who Slept

A young woman lives with her sleeping husband. Prisoner of her loneliness, she refuses to accept that this man is only a memory.
Search similar movies
7.0
The+Man+Who+Slept
The Man Who Slept

2009

Search similar movies
The Elephant and Moska the Dog

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
The+Elephant+and+Moska+the+Dog
The Elephant and Moska the Dog

1941

Search similar movies
Boop-Beep

A strange night in a small town, illuminated by the town's lighthouse.
Search similar movies
Boop-Beep
The Pencil and the Eraser

A pencil and an eraser start to fight with each other.
Search similar movies
6.5
The+Pencil+and+the+Eraser
The Pencil and the Eraser

1960

Search similar movies