Top 50 short thriller films
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1. The Maiden (2016)
9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A real estate agent tries to sell a haunted house.
Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Alia Raelynn, Penny Orloff, Brian Knudson, Sunnie Pelant
Votes: 451
2. Jason Voorhees vs. Michael Myers (2015)
10 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Micheal and Jason fight against each over using water bending skills.
Director: Trent Duncan | Stars: Cheyenne Hess, Ryan LeMonnier, Rebecca Rose Goodman, Shelly Gene Latane Alexin
Votes: 165
3. Let's Go Down (2019)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
On the night of her 30th birthday party a young woman makes an important decision in the wake of a traumatic experience.
Director: Phil Davis | Stars: Kate Siegel, Jeremy Radin, Tyler Seiple, Ren Montoro
Votes: 31
4. Saw (2003)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder, Katrina Mathers, Dean Francis
Votes: 12,512
5. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
28 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, Angela Bullock, Danièle Watts
Votes: 9,802
6. Carne (1991)
40 min | Short, Crime, Drama
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain, Marie Berto
Votes: 7,843
7. The Piano Tuner (2010)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama, Music
A pianist finds himself once again facing the performance anxiety demons that he so desperately tries to evade.
Director: Olivier Treiner | Stars: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Danièle Lebrun, Grégory Gadebois, Emeline Gue
Votes: 2,327
8. The Nightmare Ends on Halloween II (2011)
8 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Freddy Krueger squares off in a savage battle against his peers Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Leatherface. Can Freddy survive this ordeal? Or will Pinhead reclaim Freddy's demonic soul?
Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: Roberto Lombardi, Kevin Lennon, Chris R. Notarile, Josh Rothman
Votes: 361
9. The Countdown (2018)
9 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"The Countdown" can best be described as a tale of hope or the story of survival of humanity. It's an experimental film in the Sci-Fi Thriller genre, in which an astronaut stuck on an ... See full summary »
Director: M.S.N. Karthik | Stars: D. Chanakya Sharma, M.S.N. Karthik
Votes: 55
10. Happy Home (I) (2017)
TV-14 | 11 min | Short, Thriller
A fed up young woman decides to take revenge on child predators, but can she actually go through with it?
Director: Ryan Condercuri | Stars: Lelia Symington, Sean Dillingham, Emily Rey, Alan Simpson
11. Withorwithout (2018 Music Video)
8 min | Short, Music, Thriller
Horror music video for the song Withorwithout by Parcels.
Director: Benjamin Howdeshell | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Carsten Norgaard, Jules Crommelin, Anatole Serret
Votes: 131
12. Vinashi (2018)
TV-MA | 3 min | Short, Thriller
Nature has continued to offer and human has continued to take. There is an imbalance in this nature-human relationship. What happens if nature decides enough is enough?
Director: Abhilash Shetty | Star: Abhilash Shetty
Votes: 62
13. Condemned (2011)
27 min | Short, Action, Drama
Damien walks into an old theater for the delicious popcorn, only to find out that he is trapped inside with another stranger.
Directors: Natalia Wong, Joshua Lang | Stars: Alexander Crews, Monica Moon, Will Morrison, David Scott
Votes: 8
14. Beauty2018 (2018)
7 min | Short, Thriller
"Beauty" is a romantic and suspenseful story of what happens when a rich ugly woman marries a handsome man, and finds herself being avoided by the man due to her ugliness and drawn into her... See full summary »
Director: Rajasekhar Sudmoon | Stars: Roja, Naresh Varma
Votes: 10
15. Within (V) (2018)
10 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Gemma Milne | Stars: Duncan Woodruff, Toby Mitchell, Tom Morgan, Nikita O'Grady
Votes: 16
16. The Game (V) (2017)
15 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Abhinay Sharma | Stars: Anup Ingale, Arif Mirza, Monica Singh
Votes: 63
17. Nicotine (II) (2016)
Short, Crime, Thriller
Two 'Sweeney' looking chaps are sat waiting in a car. Tony, chain-smokes to calm himself from the headaches and stress caused by Pete's none stop chatter about nothing important. But what are they waiting for?
Director: Joshy Lee | Stars: James Reynard, Tom W. Arnold, Emilio Salerno
Votes: 14
18. Meeting MacGuffin (2017)
9 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
In the post-apocalyptic future a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race. They meet a groundhog climatologist who prepares them for their mission to restore balance to the decimated Earth.
Director: Catya Plate | Stars: Richard Steven Horvitz, Misty Lee, John McBride
Votes: 70
19. Whisper of the dead forest (2018)
4 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
4 October 2018 this video was found at mobile phone in Moscow oblast.
Director: Sergey A. | Star: Sergey A.
Votes: 40
20. Penom (2018)
4 min | Short, Action, Comedy
One scientist came up with the living waters. He called her Penom. Then Penom escaped to start revenge on the people.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Mykola Yeriomin
Votes: 52
21. Bodzilla (2018)
10 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Ancient Russian monster named Bodzilla asleep and began destroy Russia.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Evgeniy Mishukhin, Mykola Yeriomin
Votes: 154
22. Paint the Picture (2018)
8 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
High-school student Alex, enters into a world of social media addiction and drugs.
Director: K.J. Chaves Santos | Stars: Keven Santos, Jason Santos, Daniela Chaves, Liliana Chaves Santos
Votes: 42
23. Zemin Kat (2014)
14 min | Short, Action, Thriller
A fictional short movie about a person locked up in an elevator, where his secret will soon be revealed.
Director: Fatih Yürür
Votes: 76
24. Guarded Angels (2017)
17 min | Short, Thriller
A woman goes missing. Her sister (Jane) arrives in New York to find her. Her only lead - a tattoo on the wrist of her sister in the most recent photo. An emotional "twisted Alice in ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Sarafis | Stars: Francesca Shipsey, Vincent Chan, Tia Link, Bailey Newman
Votes: 7
25. Trentside (2017)
30 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
After discovering a disturbing Super 8 film reel, a troubled skateboarder's world starts to fall apart as he becomes unable to differentiate reality from hallucination.
Director: Charlie Delaney | Stars: Josh Barrett, Dean Morris, Olivier van de Braak, Anita Dashwood
Votes: 23
26. The Missing Trailer (2007)
1 min | Short, Thriller
'The Missing' is a teaser trailer for Penguin Books' novel entitled The Missing released in the UK in May 2007.
Director: Liam Garvo | Stars: Drew Kidger, Claudia Lander-Duke
27. Chrono (II) (2018)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A Chronological set of events concerning a smartphone addicted Teenager.
Director: Vivek Anand B | Stars: Tejus Kashyap, Praveen Kashyap, Rakshith Vp, Monica Devi
Votes: 42
28. 9 to 6 (2018)
16 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A working class guy teared apart between his responsibilities and dreams meets a person from his past who tries to convince him to follow his dreams.
Director: Sachin Kunder | Stars: Sachin Kunder, Prathap, Abhilash Shetty
Votes: 59
29. Cable car (2018)
4 min | Short, Drama, Horror
In the mountain fog suddenly Kislovodsk's cable car stopped. Nobody knows what's happening. Later, through the fog passengers of cable car looking light.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Mykola Yeriomin
Votes: 36
30. Faded Souls (2017)
8 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A woman finds herself in a situation where her husband and daughter is murdered. Repeating projections of her subconscious lets her seek what happened to them.
Director: Dulanka Devendra | Stars: Vishmi Anjana, Ruvin De Silva, Tracy Jayasingha
Votes: 8
31. AsphyxiA (2016)
Short, Thriller
''AsphyxiA'' is a short film about suppressed memories. A man who doesn't have the power to confront his oppressive memories and trauma; in a mysterious way, he finally gets a chance for ... See full summary »
Director: Evi Minou | Stars: Giannis Drosos, Maria Kompatsiari, Lenia Kokkinou, Katerina Ioannidou
Votes: 9
32. Under the Rock (2017)
Short, Thriller
I'll not reveal the plot but I must say it's an awesome movie and everyone must watch this.
Director: Amit Mishr
Votes: 28
33. Oracle (V) (2016)
15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A simple blogger, a usual college student, Vivek's life was normal like any teenager. But soon things started turning worse as one after another event made him realise about the unknown ... See full summary »
Directors: Taral Almoula, Kaustubh Shinde | Stars: Taral Almoula, Kirti Bansod, Shivani Dave, Ajay Krishna
Votes: 21
34. Afraid of the Night (2016)
10 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A woman lives alone in a remote house nestled deep in the woods. Each day she goes through her daily routines. Each night, she goes to sleep. One morning, she discovers a camera with photos... See full summary »
Director: Larry Rosen | Star: Jade Kedrick
Votes: 48
35. Inevitable (I) (2016)
8 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
A writer with drinking issues, suffers after the break-up with his girlfriend and he has trouble staying focused on his writing. Memories and illusion melt together in an agonizing experience.
Director: Savvas Christou | Stars: Abe Cohen, Maria Segenova
Votes: 66
36. Don Ron (2016)
4 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
A snitch is presented to a dangerous mob boss who appears less intimidating the more he speaks.
Director: Tin Meze | Stars: Dominik Bosnjak, Lovro Preprotnik, Dan Miletic, David Polhe
Votes: 57
37. Off the Grid (2016)
22 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Four strangers wake up in a unfamiliar area. All four individuals are given cell phones that places them into a situation of crime, mystery and betrayal once they answer the call. They must follow the rules or find the truth on their own.
Directors: Malcolm Dwain Carter, Eric Hunter | Stars: Ahad Nawaz Thalho, Holly Day, John Charles Dickson, Mercedes Alanis
Votes: 19
38. Child for Child (2017)
TV-MA | 11 min | Short, Crime, Thriller
The life of a Venezuelan Kidnapper takes an unexpected turn on his last job.
Director: Juan Avella | Stars: Andrith Aguilar, Ernesto Campos, Alejandro Furth, Maria Antonieta Hidalgo
Votes: 41
39. Faithless (2017)
23 min | Short, Thriller
A burned out Detective exacts revenge for the murder of his eighteen year old daughter.
Director: Steve McCarten | Stars: Sean Gilder, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Jake Davies, Jack Gordon
Votes: 123
40. The Priest (III) (2015)
16 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
The visit of a priest triggered untouched feelings between Joseph and Mary McWilliams, parents to a young girl whose sudden change in health was believed to be symptoms of demonic possession.
Director: Pedro Pimentel | Stars: Craig Capone, Michael Anthony Coppola, Isabella Rose Coulombe, Mary C. Ferrara
Votes: 12
41. The Visit (VI) (2015)
8 min | Short, Fantasy, Thriller
A dying woman gets a ghostly visit.
Director: Ray Bengston | Stars: Judy McMillan, Eric Reinholt, Alysia Lucas, Charlie Weiner
Votes: 28
42. Pravosudie Elmera (2014)
35 min | Short, Action, Drama
Director: Viktor Murzikov | Stars: Konstantin Ageev, Vadim Akchurin, Konstantin Akhmatov, Sergey Akinichev
Votes: 36
43. Dead Drop (2013)
6 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Carter Ferguson | Stars: Tam Hetherton, Bryan Larkin, Patrick O'Brien, Lindsey Lee Wilson
Votes: 18
44. My Angel's Home (2014)
2 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Erica, who is in a halfway home, falls into a relapse with only Darren there to help her.
Director: Toy Lei | Stars: Erica Allseitz, Kevin Herrmann, Toy Lei
Votes: 10
45. Barcelona (I) (2014)
Short, Thriller
A girl finds herself amusedly immersed in a fantasy world until someone starts stalking her with the intention of revealing her a dark secret.
Director: David Azar | Stars: Joselyn Amaya, Israel Elizalde, Brenda Góngora, William Oramas
Votes: 15
46. Afairesis (2014)
30 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller
Panic and terror embrace twelve college students as they get murdered one after another in an isolated house in the woods; until an unpredictable twist of events gets the hopeless victims by surprise.
Director: Savvas Christou | Stars: Myria Argyroy, Dimos Christodoulou, Costas Constantinou, Demetris Hadjipavlou
Votes: 18
47. S i n (2014)
Short, Thriller
A short film depicting the 7 deadly sins as people: Wraith, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, & Pride." A girl in the grasp of schizophrenia starts to see the seven deadly sins as people,... See full summary »
Director: Casey Naranjo | Stars: Morgan Page, Robin Johnson, Elizabeth Pryce Davies, Natalie Trent
Votes: 7
48. The Raven (1980)
20 min | Short, Thriller
A faithful dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's immortal poem, shot in a Spanish-style Catholic church in Harlan, Iowa.
Director: Scott Allen Nollen | Star: Jeff Clothier
Votes: 12
49. Tata (I) (2016)
25 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Set against the backdrop of Late-Nineties Belgrade, "Tata" tells the story of Marko, a widower and single father, who is struggling to survive in the post war economic crisis. His main goal... See full summary »
Director: Markus Mueller | Stars: Jovana Stojiljkovic, Adnan Haskovic, Goran Susljik, Marko Grabez
Votes: 25
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