Movies Similar to The Skid Kid

Panic High School(1976)

A high school student has a mental breakdown and brings a gun to class. A standoff against the police ensues.

Super 8(2011)

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

Everybody Dies(2021)

Utilizing super 8mm and an economical shooting method of quick, short shots building idiosyncratic rhythms via rapid editing techniques, time, nature, and even the body folds in on itself. Everybody Dies (2020) is a poetic journey into the desert. It’s a reflection on the nature of death as something not to be feared, but embraced as a part of a personal and universal human experience. Super 8mm.

Ninja Dream(2019)

Ripped from Super 8MM comes the lost surreal action film by Carl J. Sukenick. Terrorist agent known as the Black Scorpions have stolen NASA's gamma ray weapon. With its power Lord Scorpio plans to conquer the earth. The only survivor of these attacks is Carl J. Sugar-King of the DoD. He must train within his unconscious to fight or we may all perish to the hand of doom!

Lemonade Stand-Off(2023)

A sunny day at the park becomes a duel to the death when two lemonade sellers turn to guerrilla warfare in a battle for customers.

The Black Crystal(1990)

A young man incidentally acquires a mysterious and much sought-after crystal which is, apparently, a source of immensely awesome power...and a potentiality for danger in evil hands.

Buscando Tesoro (Seeking Treasure)(2023)

A super 8 film. A woman in search of precious items left behind by someone special. Una mujer en busca de objetos preciosos dejados por alguien especial.

Exposure(2025)

Set in an alternate, post-apocalyptic 1976, a filmmaker follows a worn and disillusioned photographer who, despite the circumstances, continues to make pictures.

A.I. Mama(2022)

A post-cyberpunk short film featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can input childhood memories with the help of her diary.

Lou Believers(1988)

Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lou Reed roam the streets of Los Angeles searching for James Woods.

Diary of an abandoned extraterrestrial(2025)

Between 7,000 and 11,000 years ago, a group of extraterrestrial visitors landed on the Chubut River for a picnic. For unknown reasons, they abandoned (or perhaps forgot?) one of their own. This abandoned extraterrestrial is recording his last days on Earth.

The Jaunt(1993)

While waiting to go to the planet Mars, a father tells his family about the invention of 'The Jaunt' - a method of teleportation - and what happens when a family like them go on it. Based on a short story by Stephen King. Transfer from Super 8 film.

Constipação(2022)

Environmental Training(2016)

The silent film is about a depressive lady of the last century who travels through time to a beach of current times, but ends up coming across a completely polluted environment.

Piaf intime(2013)

Once Upon A Time In Germany(2022)

Indifferent landscapes, refracting light, some lonely bird and the window to the sebum-laden living room made of patterned wallpaper and trivialities. Cut. Tenacious sequences inflate moments to cliff-hangers and shatter their tremulous spectatorship. Thundering leitmotifs – in constant intoxication by German disinterest – with no backrest or lederhosen. Black-red-gold at full mast, the cinema is dead.

Notes of Resistance and Erasure(2021)

This experimental short traces the lifespan of the graffiti and murals present at the occupation of NYC’s City Hall in June and July of 2020. The encampment formed to demand the abolishment of the NYPD and the reallocation of its resources to housing, education, and other social programs.

Reflection(2014)

Eerie images of landscapes after the Fukushima nuclear disaster shot on black and white 8mm.

Metal Days(1986)

A group of punks steal weapons from a military base.

Maria by Callas(2017)

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.