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Best short films

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From little things, big things grow, and plenty of excellent feature films started as shorts. Taika Waititi’s Two Cars, One Night begat Boy. Alive in Joburg became District 9. Monster transformed into The Babadook. Whiplash became Whiplash, Thunder Road, er, Thunder Road. The Last Black Man in San Francisco’s characters grew out of American Paradise. Even the Safdies are returning to the form. With modern feature films stretching the limits of our bladders, it’s time to celebrate the art of the short. Live-action or animated, Oscar-nominated or not, list your ten favorite short films of all time.

Most mentioned

  • La Jetée
  • A Trip to the Moon
  • Un Chien Andalou
  • World of Tomorrow
  • The Wrong Tros
  • Meshes of the Afternoon
  • Kitbull
  • Paperman
  • Night and Fog
  • WHAT DID JACK DO?
  • Too Many Cooks
  • Anima
  • Hair Love
  • Rejected
  • The Red Balloon
  • One Week
  • Duck Amuck
  • Geri's Game
  • A Grand Day Out
  • Bao

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Sally Jane Black 747 films
HeHateCans
HeHateCans 100 films
Shane Barlow
Shane Barlow 290 films
berry 🐻
berry 🐻 116 films
Ruth Scouller
Ruth Scouller 26 films
Franchescanado
Franchescanado 104 films
Parbon Mazhar
Parbon Mazhar 26 films
Tom W
Tom W 109 films
DemyGod(ard)
DemyGod(ard) 48 films
Nandhan Manoharan
Nandhan Manoharan 158 films
ayame113
ayame113 40 films
Alphonse Elric
Alphonse Elric 355 films
jharpel
jharpel 28 films
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a 16 films
Jim Raison
Jim Raison 43 films
Joke Peralta
Joke Peralta 79 films
Nicolasz
Nicolasz 14 films
saffron
saffron 89 films
Nicolasz
Nicolasz 13 films
evan
evan 38 films
Y2K
Y2K 10 films
David Cuevas
David Cuevas 21 films
Austin Green
Austin Green 10 films
Paul Dilger
Paul Dilger 10 films
Jules🥨
Jules🥨 11 films
Daniel Charchuk
Daniel Charchuk 10 films
Andreas K
Andreas K 19 films
JTFX
JTFX 9 films
Zane
Zane 8 films
Matthew
Matthew 10 films
stunad19
stunad19 10 films
Trevor Duhon
Trevor Duhon 10 films
funnybair
funnybair 4 films
Dave
Dave 9 films
kjkirk
kjkirk 10 films
Joseph Reid
Joseph Reid 13 films
deepbluefunk
deepbluefunk 10 films
Zheddy
Zheddy 10 films
aobh
aobh 11 films
AharonLuger
AharonLuger 9 films
Mitch K.
Mitch K. 16 films
radnom_
radnom_ 9 films
Zolidus
Zolidus 6 films
DonJohn80
DonJohn80 10 films
Marina Rossi
Marina Rossi 10 films
sco Quario
sco Quario 12 films
Zayne
Zayne 10 films
Em
Em 10 films
🌸 ilona 🌸
🌸 ilona 🌸 12 films
aidan
aidan 10 films
GhostfaceKillah
GhostfaceKillah 10 films
Thomas
Thomas 109 films
Parker Lyman
Parker Lyman 10 films
Scott Kelly
Scott Kelly 30 films
henry_vega
henry_vega 9 films
Mark
Mark 10 films
S_Low
S_Low 10 films
Adam William
Adam William 10 films
Angelo Cordeiro
Angelo Cordeiro 10 films
actionberg
actionberg 10 films
Ryan Terry
Ryan Terry 20 films
CarsonHiggins
CarsonHiggins 12 films
DonDraper
DonDraper 15 films
John Barlow
John Barlow 56 films
Darryl Thompson
Darryl Thompson 10 films
maddy
maddy 10 films
DungeonSkramz
DungeonSkramz 40 films
b_conrado
b_conrado 19 films
Lewis
Lewis 10 films
Eduardo Ramírez
Eduardo Ramírez 119 films
Matthias_S
Matthias_S 10 films
EmilyAvocado
EmilyAvocado 4 films
Kurosawa
Kurosawa 30 films
mikayla
mikayla 10 films
Daniel Earney
Daniel Earney 10 films
patty hearst
patty hearst 3 films
Cassandra Nez
Cassandra Nez 13 films
beatlestw
beatlestw 7 films
Forrest With2Rs
Forrest With2Rs 10 films
Chris Hanley
Chris Hanley 10 films
Arianna Hronec
Arianna Hronec 11 films