Some short films I like.
by celes-t | created - 22 Sep 2015 | updated - 21 Feb 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Alice in Wonderland (1903)
9 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.
Directors: Cecil M. Hepworth, Percy Stow | Stars: May Clark, Cecil M. Hepworth, Blair, Geoffrey Faithfull
Votes: 2,885
2. The House of Ghosts (1906)
16+ | 6 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 1,516
3. The Unchanging Sea (1910)
Not Rated | 14 min | Drama, Short
In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford
Votes: 879
4. Strekoza i muravey (1913)
5 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
All summer, the grasshopper sings and plays music with friends. Meanwhile, the ant works hard collecting food and building a shelter. The grasshopper makes fun of the ant's efforts, but when winter comes, things are much different.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 511
5. Easy Street (1917)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy
A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 5,815
6. The Immigrant (1917)
Unrated | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 9,198
7. Brumes d'automne (1929)
15 min | Short, Drama
A woman--a pained expression on her face--burns letters in a stove.
Director: Dimitri Kirsanoff | Star: Nadia Sibirskaïa
Votes: 699
8. À Propos de Nice (1930)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
Directors: Boris Kaufman, Jean Vigo
Votes: 4,628
9. Taris (1931)
Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Jean Vigo films the talents of great swimming champion Jean Taris performing different acts. Vigo film technique allied with Taris swimming style are intertwined with grace and effect.
Director: Jean Vigo | Star: Jean Taris
Votes: 2,507
10. Zero for Conduct (1933)
Not Rated | 47 min | Drama
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre, Du Verron
Votes: 9,357
11. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,197
12. Reason and Emotion (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A film about the need for emotional control for the war effort.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Dessie Flynn, Frank Graham, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 564
13. Witch's Cradle (1944)
12 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Marcel Duchamp, Pajorita Matta
Votes: 878
14. People of the Po Valley (1947)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Votes: 965
15. Inspiration (1949)
11 min | Animation, Short
An artist takes inspiration from the rain outside.
Director: Karel Zeman | Star: Karel Zeman
Votes: 606
16. Blood of the Beasts (1949)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Bucolic scenes from the outskirts of Paris are contrasted with stark footage from slaughterhouses.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle
Votes: 2,595
17. Blue jeans (1958)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Recapturing a spontaneous moment in time witnessed by the director, when a couple of free wheeling youths on their scooters in the summer of the Riviera try to pick up a girl or two.
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Rene Ferro, Francis De Peretti, Elisabeth Klar, Laure Coretti
Votes: 345
18. Cat's Cradle (1959)
6 min | Short
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 985
19. The Wonder Ring (1955)
6 min | Short
A short film by Stan Brakhage in which New York City's Third Avenue elevated train is filmed before its destruction.
Directors: Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell
Votes: 712
20. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker-Spang Larsen, Stéphane Fey
Votes: 4,260
21. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 37,049
22. Rhinoceros (1964)
10 min | Animation, Short
A short monochrome animated film. The animation is predominantly drawn, with a short sequence made of photographic images. The sound track is mainly musical, with some spoken words.
Director: Jan Lenica
Votes: 120
23. Paparazzi (1964)
18 min | Short
Paparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers attempting to photograph her while she works on the set of Jean-Luc Godard's film Le Mépris (Contempt).
Director: Jacques Rozier | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jean Lescot, David Tonelli, Jicky Dussart
Votes: 389
24. Renaissance (1963)
10 min | Animation, Short
To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate - and a bomb...
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Votes: 616
25. Elégia (1966)
19 min | Short, Drama
From time immemorial, man has enjoyed the horse in all manners, as an art object, a speed racer, a cart-puller, and in circus acts. Cars are taking the horses' place in transportation, and ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Huszárik
Votes: 530
26. Et Cetera (1966)
8 min | Animation, Short
A small, animated figure learns how to use a whip, a pair of wings and a house.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 966
27. Tramway (1966)
5 min | Short, Drama
A boy shyly watches a girl on a tram. Only when he exits the tram, and its too late, does he realize that he must meet her.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Maria Janiec, Jerzy Braszka
Votes: 1,237
28. Pavoncello (1969 TV Movie)
27 min | Drama, Romance
In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Joanna Kasperska, Mieczyslaw Milecki, Stefan Friedmann, Jerzy Zelnik
Votes: 153
29. The Alphabet (1969)
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Reavey
Votes: 8,544
30. The Flat (1968)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Ivan Kraus, Juraj Herz
Votes: 1,851
31. Jabberwocky (1971)
14 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Lewis Carroll's poem is read and followed by a free-form animated depiction of images and toys from childhood, repeatedly overturned by a live cat.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,506
32. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
Not Rated | 10 min | Animation, Short
A surreal, dreamlike experimental film blending baroque, Victorian and space age imagery with odd sound effects.
Director: Larry Jordan
Votes: 410
33. Lisa i zayats (1973)
12 min | Animation, Short, Family
The tale about mad fox which scared all the inhabitants of the forest.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Star: Viktor Khokhryakov
Votes: 672
34. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Stars: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Aleksey Batalov
Votes: 8,075
35. Dog's Dialogue (1977)
22 min | Short
A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like series of stills.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Eva Simonet, Robert Darmel, Silke Humel, Frank Lesne
Votes: 524
36. The Sand Castle (1977)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
On a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves.
Director: Co Hoedeman
Votes: 1,167
37. Hospital (1977)
20 min | Documentary, Short
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Votes: 757
38. Harpya (1979)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus
Votes: 1,064
39. Down to the Cellar (1983)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated form.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Monika Belo-Cabanová, Olga Vronská, Aleksandr Letko
Votes: 1,147
40. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,887
41. Ghost (1984)
5 min | Short, Horror
Haunting light and haunted spaces, otherworldly movement and abstracted time. A ghost visits an apartment complex.
Director: Takashi Itô | Star: Bin Shimada
Votes: 604
42. Balance (1989)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Votes: 5,666
43. Meat Love (1989)
1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two pieces of meat fall in love.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 2,380
44. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,877
45. Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave (1990)
16 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which explores inside caves and outside the surrounding area.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 229
46. World of Glory (1991)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
After witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Klas-Gösta Olsson, Lennart Björklund, Christer Christensen, Bernard Eiger
Votes: 2,815
47. Stellar (1993)
G | 3 min | Short
Stan Brakhage's artistic view of the cosmos.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 940
48. Black Ice (1994)
3 min | Short
A lateral descent through the midnight blues and blacks of ice and the refracted colors from absorbed oils.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,088
49. Szél (1996)
Not Rated | 6 min | Drama, Short
During a film course lead by Yvette Biro at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and film in 1995, the director students were shown a black-and-white photo taken by Lucien Herve in 1952, and they... See full summary »
Director: Marcell Iványi | Stars: Szilvia Czobor, Ilona Somogyi, Margit Gyovai
Votes: 1,189
50. Mermaid (1997)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Star: Evgeniya Smolyaninova
Votes: 1,212
51. Persian Series #2 (1999)
2 min | Short
An experimental short film from the Persian series made by Stan Brakhage.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 395
52. Father and Daughter (2000)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Star: James Laufer
Votes: 6,922
53. Adazhio (2000)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The animated story of a leader and innovator who is undone by the distorted actions of the followers.
Director: Garri Bardin
Votes: 648
54. The Cat with Hands (2001)
16+ | 4 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
The dark, surreal story of a cat who wants to be human.
Director: Robert Morgan | Stars: Livy Armstrong, Daniel Hogwood-Kane, Victoria Hayes
Votes: 2,036
55. Destino (2003)
PG | 7 min | Animation, Short
Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney's Destino features the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, and a mortal woman as they seek each other out across surreal landscapes.
Director: Dominique Monfery | Stars: Dora Luz, Jennifer Esposito
Votes: 5,989
56.
Ani*Kuri15 (2007–2008)
Episode:
Ohayo (Good Morning)
(2007)
1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Follows a woman as she becomes fully awake.
Directors: Yoshihiro Akase, Satoshi Kon
Votes: 693
57. Alma (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow-covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.
Director: Rodrigo Blaas
Votes: 2,967
58. Ashes (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
She paints her nails by the swimming pool. He waits lying on the sofa. The boat leaves.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Star: Chaisiri Jiwarangsan
Votes: 603
59. Luisa no está en casa (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Luisa's washing machine has stopped working. After the initial misfortune this will represent, it will actually become her perfect alibi to slip away from her slow daily routine. To her ... See full summary »
Director: Celia Rico Clavellino | Stars: Asunción Balaguer, Fernando Guillén, María Alfonsa Rosso
Votes: 112
60. Solipsist (II) (2012)
11 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
SOLIPSIST is a three part experimental fantasy short film about otherworldly beings whose minds and bodies converge into one entity. Filled with elaborate costumes, stunning visual effects,... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Thomas Huang | Stars: Dustin Edward, Mary Elise Hayden, Marissa Merrill
Votes: 176
61. The Hedgehog (2013)
7 min | Short, Drama
A lone boy dressed as his favourite video game hero encounters a strangely familiar man in a desolate suburban town.
Directors: Chris Lee, Paul Storrie | Stars: Peter Brookes, Philip Herbert
Votes: 175
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