Acting is like anything in that success doesn’t come quickly. It’s why we can go back and watch old clips of Brad Pitt whoring for Pringles or Tina Fey talking about the interest rate at Mutual Savings Bank. You have to start somewhere, right? Same goes for motion pictures – for most actors, your first role is going to be some mediocre piece like Return To Horror High or Revenge Of The Creature – but every once in a while an actor or actress starts off at a high point. Here are such high points, awesome first films that you’d be proud to be a part of even if you never did another film ever again.

Why Watch? The early potential of filmmaking master Christopher Nolan shines through here along with the insanity of a man chasing something around his apartment with his shoes. Written, directed, edited and shot by the man who would go on to genre and blockbusting fame, it’s good to watch on the occasion of him speaking out in defense of 35mm movies and the limitations of 3D. What will it cost? Only 3 minutes. Skip Work. You’ve Got Time For More Short Films.