Anthology films

Grand Hotel (1932)

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious Berlin hotel and their respective dramas. It is possibly the first portmanteau film and is noted to be culturally, historically and aesthetically significant. It won the Oscar for Best Film. They don’t make like these anymore.

Six in Paris (1965)

French anthological film made by six of the leading directors of the French new Wave collaborating to direct six segments.

The Illustrated Man (1969)

Based on the book by Ray Bradbury by the same name, it comprises of three science fiction stories as the protagonist recounts how he got some of the tattoos on his body.

Four Rooms (1995)

An omnibus film, originally intended to be Five Rooms, tells four stories set in Hotel Mon Signor in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino being two among the four directors of the segments.

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

A series of 11 vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.

Three ..Extremes (2004)

An East Asian horror film, with three segments coming from Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, it can be unsettling to many. The three segments are Dumplings, Cut and Box in that order.

Paris Je’Taime (2006)

Features 18 shorts stories, each set in a different part of Paris .It was originally meant to have 20 stories, one for each of Paris’ arrondissements. Two shorts were dropped. However, it spawned New York, I Love you in the series of ‘The cities of Love’ with films for Rio, Shanghai and Jerusalem being planned.

New York, I Love You (2009)

Comprised of 10 shorts, it is a tribute to the city of New York and a sister film to Paris Je T’Aime. Works both as a romance film as also a seductive travelogue.

V/H/S (2012)

A group of misfits hired by an unknown third party to burglarise a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape. They find more found footage than they bargained for.

From India

Darna Mana Hai (2003)

Six stories narrated by friends among themselves over bonfire as they are stuck in forest as they find shelter in an abandoned house. All stories have a supernatural or eccentric element to them.