Awesome Commercials

Move over Susan Glenn, Kiefer Sutherland has got a new passion: cupcakes. That’s right, Jack Bauer’s moved on from peddling deodorant to selling dreams. Dreams and the Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook.

Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death in Finland. This chilling Finnish commercial for Lasinen lapsuus (“Fragile childhood”) imagines how inebriated adults appear to their children.

A commercial for Denmark’s public transportation department, encouraging people to take the bus. It’s in Danish, but you’ll still get the joke. Here’s a rough translation of the narration.

A mashup of footage from various James Bond movies that makes it seem like all six Bonds are after each other in one chaotic car chase. Made by Sky Movies to promote their 007 HD channel.

It’s no secret that the Lord of the Rings movies were shot in New Zealand. Its travel department leverages this connection with clever wordplay and makes it seem like the country really is magical.

This PSA was made in 1995 by students from the Ray Bjork Learning Center. To encourage children to use the Internet, the kids make predictions about its future uses, all of which have come true.

Not a oenophile or sommelier? Can’t tell the difference between $100 bottle of Bordeaux and a $10 bottle of table wine? Then go for the only obvious choice the next time you select a wine.

Adweek compiled the Cannes Lions awardees for 2011-2012. We’ve shared some of them, but we missed this series by Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi. It’s so true it’s not even funny.

Another ad for the 2012 Paralympics, this time for UK’s Channel 4. With what these people have been through, being an athlete is the easy part. The song is Harder Than You Think by Public Enemy.

A heart-wrenching commercial by Greenpeace for its Save The Arctic campaign. The polar bear is at risk of being driven away from the Arctic due to drilling, fishing and other human activities.

This commercial for a 7-Up promo in China is a few years old, and we’re well aware that it’s way too advanced for this year’s Holidays. But it’s time travel and not timing that matters in this case.

A speeding blue BMW M5 does its best job to recreate in full-scale the effect of a bullet slicing through an apple, balloons and other obstacles, all captured in glorious slow-motion.

A classic sketch from the comedy group Left of Center about a product that is actually practical, although short-sighted. The manufacturer should consider releasing other variants.

Ever heard of finger tutting? Let dancers JayFunk and Joey “Fiasko” Daniels show you how it’s done in this commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Watch their other commercials here.

(NSFW) A 6-year old goes to his parents bedroom first thing in the morning and stumbles upon them doing the dirty deed. A commercial for the Young Director Award made by BETC Paris.

Want to know more about your PC? Take lessons with Terry “Wolfman” Claut (Awoooo!). He’ll tell you about Intel progressors and HP Toshibas,  thanks to his years of knowing computer stuff.

As much as we enjoyed those Budweiser frog and chameleon commercials when they were popular, we much prefer the offbeat and dark humor in this hilarious Australian commercial produced for Ford.

AlmapBBDO spent 6 months putting together this 1-minute commercial for Getty Images and it’s easy to see why: the video is made from nothing but 873 stock photos from Getty Images’ archives.

This commercial for online flower store Flowers.NL reminds us that hell hath no fury like a wife ignored. Husbands, check your surroundings and your calendar right now. In that order.

This commercial for the Pingit money transfer app is pretty good at convincing folks to pay for any small debts they might have. Or else Barclays’ little friend just might say hello to them.

Old Uncle Drew is asked to play ball with the young blood, who are annoyed at first but then quickly remember not to judge a book by its cover. Especially if it really is just that: a cover.

A 90s commercial for a compilation CD simply titled PUNK, filled with hardcore punk songs to rock out to, like Don’t Dream It’s Over, Mickey, My Sharona and Talking in Your Sleep. Wait, what?

This commercial for MiO Liquid Water Enhancer goes through the tried and tested Old Spice routine to demonstrate how a squirt of MiO changes water. Changes you. Changes everything.