Best Short Movies:The Ultimate List

A black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....

An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.

A young girl wakes up and tells her sister that their mother has returned home.

When therapist Dr. Leonard Stern discovers he has six weeks to live, he adopts a fresh method of treatment: brutal honesty.

A young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.

On a boring Halloween night alone, teenager Michael Sphenson and his two best friends, Greg and Dave, make an adolescent bet that throws the night into blood-sucking terror.

A man falls in love while in a subway station.

In a remote, windswept valley somewhere in the rugged landscapes of Iceland, a solitary elderly couple prepares for the forthcoming winter. However, the urge to work in such feverish haste remains unknown.

A young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.

Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.

A fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?

Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.

Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.

The Emersons are a theatrical family, of sorts - one son Samuel,17, is a street performer who recites Shakespeare while his brother Beckett, 19, picks pockets in the crowd. Their father Warrn, a has-been thespian, spends the take on booze and ponies. But Samuel wants to make like his comic book hero 'The Cardinal Comet' and split. And a visit from a murderous loan shark gives Samuel a chance at freedom -- but at a high price...

On her deathbed, a sad, white-haired woman yearns to reunite with her beloved late husband. However, the road to the afterlife can be long, and today's modern medicine works miracles.

A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.

Day encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.

Sheridan abducts a young girl in order to pay off his gambling debts.

A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.

A German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.

Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas - one blue, one not - fall eternally in love.

A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.

A janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.

The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase, the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation.

January 13, 2001. Times war photographer Harvey Jacobs is wounded while witnessing a massacre at Nuevo Colon by terrorists. In a desperate effort, the United Nations sends a vehicle to get him out, a BMW driven by the mysterious Driver.