Joel Potrykus Movies

A cautious woman, hindered by a language barrier, struggles to connect with her grandmother but discovers a bond through food and tradition.

A conversation about simulations leads to a collapse of realities, atypical antics ensue.

Set in 1979, three roommates come to blows after encountering a mysterious machine that informs them that they won't wake to see the next morning.

A disturbed cabdriver descends into madness while holding a young woman captive.

Gordon finds himself dead, lost, lonely, and stuck.

Self-made chemist Sean, a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at...

A womanizing man-child binges on sex and alcohol, experiments with ayahuasca for addiction therapy and comes to terms with past mistakes.

The Thing, The Woods, And I is a comedy where a group of filmmaking students attempt to make a movie, but face errors, mistakes, and more due to the...

A lowly comic book shop owner discovers a mysterious young woman loitering in his shop, leading to an unlikely friendship.

A gang of low-rent mob goons plot a heist, only to be forced to confront radioactive evil from beyond the grave.

A middle-aged woman must grapple with her hypersensitivity to noise as she prepares for the arrival of her son and his fiancé.

Short film by Joel Potrykus

Two friends are given the choice of immortality after meeting a mysterious stranger.

A love struck young mans life changes dramatically when he hires Cupid to help with a new love, but when Cupid's intern, Agape shows up instead, the...

In order to find balance between physical attractions, an obedient man stands before two deities.

Lost marketing footage of a 1980s McDonald’s taste test.

A band of teenagers get more than they bargained for when the initiation of their newest member takes an ugly turn.

Moving without control in 8mm.

Coming out of an accident with amnesia, Sophie Bauer tries to reshape herself in the eyes of those who knew her best.

After a series of haunting Polaroids begin appearing around her school, a college-bound senior is forced to confront a buried act of cruelty as...