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My Top 20 Animated Short Films

by candleinthewind • Created 4 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
P.S. direct to video as well as TV shorts do not count towards this list.
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  • The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)

    1. The Man Who Planted Trees

    198730mShort
    8.5 (6.3K)
    The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
    DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher Plummer
  • The House of Small Cubes (2008)

    2. The House of Small Cubes

    200812mNot RatedShort
    8.2 (12K)
    To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
    DirectorKunio KatôStarMasami Nagasawa
  • Blind Vaysha (2016)

    3. Blind Vaysha

    20168mPG-13Short
    7.3 (2.5K)
    The tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.
    DirectorTheodore UshevStarCaroline Dhavernas
  • Happiness (2017)

    4. Happiness

    20175mShort
    7.7 (2.4K)
    An analogy to life on Earth, Happiness tells the story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
    DirectorSteve Cutts
  • More (1998)

    5. More

    19986mShort
    8.1 (6.3K)
    A factory worker creates a pair of goggles that puts its wearer in a state of bliss. But is that true happiness?
    DirectorMark Osborne
  • If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)

    6. If Anything Happens I Love You

    202013mPGShort
    7.8 (23K)
    In the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child.
    DirectorsMichael GovierWill McCormack
  • Late Afternoon (2017)

    7. Late Afternoon

    20179mShort
    7.4 (2.1K)
    An elderly woman drifts back through her memories. She exists between two states, the past and the present.
    DirectorLouise BagnallStarsFionnula FlanaganNiamh MoylesLucy O'Connell
  • Save Ralph (2021)

    8. Save Ralph

    20214mTV-PGShort
    8.4 (6.6K)
    Ralph, a bunny being interviewed for a documentary, goes through his daily routine as a "tester" in a lab.
    DirectorSpencer SusserStarsZac EfronRicky GervaisTricia Helfer
  • World of Tomorrow (2015)

    9. World of Tomorrow

    201517mGShort
    8.1 (11K)
    A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
    DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara Cushman
  • Estória do Gato e da Lua (1997)

    10. T.R.A.N.S.I.T.

    199812mShort
    7.3 (228)
    A passionate love story in the 1920s, told through a series of flashbacks around the world.
    DirectorPiet KroonStarJohn Debney
  • Destino (2003)

    11. Destino

    20037mPGShort
    7.5 (6.4K)
    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.
    DirectorDominique MonferyStarsDora LuzJennifer Esposito
  • The Cow (1989)

    12. The Cow

    198910mShort
    7.4 (1.1K)
    In the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used to have a cow, how this cow fed everyone with milk and how she suffered when the calf was sold for meat.
    DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsNikolai GusarovLyubov TeplovaKostya Panov
  • The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Part 3 (2017)

    13. The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Part 3

    201729mShort
    7.7 (604)
    Chise tells of a time right after her mother's death about a book she received.
    DirectorsAtsushi KobayashiNorihiro NaganumaStarsAtsumi TanezakiRyôta TakeuchiKôki Uchiyama
  • Invention of Love (2010)

    14. Invention of Love

    201010mShort
    7.0 (1.1K)
    An inventor tries to impress the woman he loves. Will she love him back?
    DirectorAndrey Shushkov
  • Avarya (2019)

    15. Avarya

    201920mShort
    7.6 (343)
    Embarked on a spaceship in the hope of finding a new habitable planet, the human trapped in his own ship after the robot overseer finds every single candidate planet unsuitable.
    DirectorGökalp GönenStarsSermet YesilDamla Çay
  • Le Mans 1955 (2018)

    16. Le Mans 1955

    201815mShort
    7.1 (294)
    The 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955. 300.000 spectators are watching from the sidelines. It is 6:00 PM when Pierre Levegh's car ploughs into the spectator stands, scattering the crowd with his car engine's hot debris.
    DirectorQuentin BaillieuxStarsNathan WillcocksJoe SheridanNicholas Mead
  • Memorable (2019)

    17. Memorable

    201912mShort
    8.0 (1.9K)
    An aging painter and his wife struggle increasingly to cope with his advancing dementia.
    DirectorBruno ColletStarsDominique ReymondAndré Wilms
  • The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)

    18. The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    196510mApprovedShort
    7.5 (1.7K)
    A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
    DirectorsChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarRobert Morley
  • Crac (1980)

    19. Crac

    198015mShort
    7.4 (1.7K)
    The industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.
    DirectorFrédéric Back
  • Us Again (2021)

    20. Us Again

    20217mGShort
    7.8 (7.6K)
    An elderly couple regain their youth in the rain.
    DirectorZach Parrish

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