An ordinary Lego character joins a team of heroes to fight a government-backed crony capitalist, who intends to destroy the creative potential of the Lego world by gluing everything into place. [ The Lego Movie credits: Dir: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller/ Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks/ 100 min/ Animated, Comedy/ Anti-Regulation] External Reviews “There’s one … [Read more...]
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS In the name of saving the children from obscene language, the parents of the South Park kids go to all extremes—including censorship, mind-controlling implants, executions, and finally war on Canada. [ South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut credits: Dir: Trey Parker/ (voices of) Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman/ 80 min/ Comedy, … [Read more...]
Antz (1998)
An individualist ant saves his colony. [ Antz credits: Dir: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson/ (voices of) Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman/ 87 min/ Animated, Action-Adventure/ Individualism] Ants are collectivist by nature. Throughout their lives, they work and die for the colony, mindlessly sacrificing themselves for the greater good. However, the protagonist ant at the … [Read more...]
Yertle the Turtle (1992)
Desire for greater power drives Yertle the Turtle, "king of the pond," to elevate himself on a tower made of his turtle subjects. Based on the Dr. Seuss story. [Dir: Ray Messecar/ Narrator: John Lithgow/ 8 min/ Power corrupts] Long before Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, wrote childrens' stories, he was a political cartoonist. His early cartoons mocking fascism … [Read more...]
Animal Farm (1954)
An animated adaptation of the George Orwell novel, in which farm animals overthrow their owner and adopt socialism — with predictable results. [ Animal Farm credits: Dir: John Halas, Joy Batchelor/ 72 min/ Animated, Drama/ Britain/ Anti-Socialism, Power Corrupts] Note: the full film can typically be found online via YouTube or Google search. George Orwell, like most … [Read more...]
I, Pencil
The spontaneous order of the marketplace is illustrated in the simple example of how a pencil is created. Based on the original I, Pencil essay by Leonard Read. [6 min/ Econ 101, Pro-capitalism] Awards for I, Pencil Grand Prize, Manning Centre and the Free Thinking Film Society Reason Foundation Video Prize 2013 Anthem Film Festival, Short Documentary, Best … [Read more...]
Government Explained
An ordinary person tries to explain the concept of government to a freshly-arrived alien visitor from another planet in this humorous animated short. [9 min/ Law & the individual] … [Read more...]
The Kronies ‘Super-Heroes’ Rescue the Export-Import Bank
Two naive senators are persuaded by the Kronies to continue funding of the Export-Import Bank. [1 min/ Corrupt government] … [Read more...]
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Quantitative Easing Explained
This hilarious explanation of quantitative easing by two straight-talking cartoon-characters questions the wisdom of relentless money supply expansion. It has been viewed on YouTube more than 6 million times. [6 min/ Econ 101, Incompetent government] "Any system which gives so much power and so much discretion to a few men, [so] that mistakes — excusable or not — can … [Read more...]