An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise, or author. Sometimes each one is directed by a different film director or written by a different author, or may even have been made at different times or in different countries. Anthology films are distinguished from "revue films" such as Paramount on Parade (1930)—which were common in Hollywood in the early decades of sound film, , and .
Anthology films are often mistaken with hyperlink cinema. Hyperlink cinema shows parts of many stories throughout a film, whereas anthology films show story segments of one at a time. Some mistaken examples include Pulp Fiction (1994) and Amores Perros (2000), distributing their storylines non-chronologically, separated by segments.
Films
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Intolerance (1916)
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If I Had a Million (1932)
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Fantasia (1940)
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Tales of Manhattan (1942)
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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
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Dead of Night (1945)
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L'Amore (1948)
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Quartet (1948)
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Trio (1950)
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Encore (1951)
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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
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Actors and Sin (1952)
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Love in the City (1953)
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Siamo donne (1953)
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Invitation to the Dance (1956)
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Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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Love at Twenty (1962)
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Mondo Cane (1962)
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Black Sabbath (1963)
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The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1963)
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Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
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Countersex (1964)
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My Wife (1964)
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
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Kwaidan (1964)
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Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965)
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Le bambole (1965)
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
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Six in Paris (1965)
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4x4 (1965)
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Sex Quartet (1966)
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Chithramela (1967)
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The Witches (1967)
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The Illustrated Man (1968)
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Spirits of the Dead (1968)
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The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
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Asylum (1972)
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
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Tales from the Crypt (1972)
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How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)
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The Vault of Horror (1973)
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From Beyond the Grave (1974)
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Trilogy of Terror (1975)
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It Can't Be! (1975)
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Germany in Autumn (1978)
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Heavy Metal (1981)
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The Monster Club (1981)
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Creepshow (1982)
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The Adventures of Monica and Friends (1982)
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Nightmares (1983)
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(1983)
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Kaos (1984)
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
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Shake, Rattle & Roll series (1984–present)
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Cat's Eye (1985)
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The New Adventures of Monica and Friends (1986)
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Aria (1987)
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Creepshow 2 (1987)
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Rimini Rimini (1987)
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Moonwalker (1988)
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Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988)
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Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo (1988)
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New York Stories (1989)
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Mystery Train (1989)
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Dreams (1990)
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(1990)
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Montreal Stories (1991)
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Night on Earth (1991)
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Necronomicon (1993)
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Twenty Bucks (1993)
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Chungking Express (1994)
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Four Rooms (1995)
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Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
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Tales from the Hood (1995)
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Cosmos (1996)
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Troublesome Night series (1997–2017)
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The Red Violin (1998)
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Fantasia 2000 (1999)
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The Animatrix (2003)
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Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
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Eros (2004)
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(2004)
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Sin City (2005)
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Hood of Horror (2006)
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Paris, je t'aime (2006)
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Wag Kang Lilingon (2006)
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Dus Kahaniyaan (2007)
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(2008)
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Cu4tro (2009)
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Kerala Cafe (2009)
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Cinco (2010)
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Please Do Not Disturb (2010)
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The Road (2011)
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24/7 in Love (2012)
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V/H/S (2012)
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Movie 43 (2013)
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Bombay Talkies (2013)
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Shorts (2013)
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All Hallows' Eve (2013)
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5 Sundarikal (2013)
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D Company (2013)
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Tuhog (2013)
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V/H/S/2 (2013)
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The Chain (2014)
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Japy Ending (2014)
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(2014)
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(2014)
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Wild Tales (2014)
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Madly (2016)
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A Gift (2016)
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Bleed. Scream. Beat! (2017)
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Solo (2017)
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
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Lust Stories (2018)
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Kathasangama (2019)
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Ghost Stories (2020)
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(2020)
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Unpaused (2020)
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
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Paava Kadhaigal (2020)
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Pitta Kathalu (2021)
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Ankahi Kahaniya (2021)
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Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
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The French Dispatch (2021)
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The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
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Aanum Pennum (2021)
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V/H/S/94 (2021)
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V/H/S/99 (2022)
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The House (2022)
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We Are Still Here (2022)
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Lust Stories 2 (2023)
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Rain (2023)
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V/H/S/85 (2023)
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My Melbourne (2024)
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From Ground Zero (2024)
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Kinds of Kindness (2024)
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V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
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The Follies (2025)
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Homo Argentum (2025)
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(2025)
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V/H/S/Halloween (2025)
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