Neighbours
“Love your neighbor, meaning, to treat others as you would have them treat you.”
1952 · 8 min
Directed by 
Norman McLaren
Norman McLarenCast
Grant Munro Jean Paul Ladouceur
Credits
Written by: Norman McLaren
Cinematography: 
Wolf Koenig
Music: Norman McLaren
Produced by: Norman McLaren
Plot
Two neighbors in a peaceful garden start fighting over a flower, in a pixilation film that turns a small quarrel into a deadly war.
Sinekatalog’s take
A short, ferocious anti-war parable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (4,255 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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