-~My Favorite Animated shorts~-
by ja_kitty_71 | created - 11 Aug 2011 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicAll of my favorite cartoons from various people/studios. The only NFB short not on IMDb:
"The Man, The Snake and the Fox" (1978)
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1. The Brave Tin Soldier (1934)
8 min | Animation, Short
A musical rendition of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale where a brave tin soldier with only one leg and a toy ballerina find happiness.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster
Votes: 145
2. Puss in Boots (1934)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When the kittens of Puss in Boots are saved from drowning by a bagpiper, the cat offers to help the man rescue a princess as repayment of his debt.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster
Votes: 88
3. The Headless Horseman (1934)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short
Ichabod Crane has been invited to Katrina Van Tassel's Party while reading about the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster
Votes: 146
4. Balloon Land (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
The inhabitants, including the trees and rocks, of Balloon Land are made entirely of balloons. They come under attack from the evil Pincushion Man. With the help of a quickly inflated army, they manage to fend off the attack.
Director: Ub Iwerks | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Leone Le Doux, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 493
5. Hoola Boola (1941)
9 min | Animation, Short
A shipwrecked Jim Dandy's raft washes up on a tropical island, where he meets a beautiful hula dancer and is later captured by a tribe of cannibals.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Pat McGeehan, Eloise Rawitzer, Victor Jory, Rex Ingram
Votes: 78
6. Sky Princess (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A prince in a flying ship sails up to a castle in the clouds in order to rescue a beautiful sleeping princess from a wicked witch. A big-eared guard named Hocus finds himself unwilling to thwart true love.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Lottie Salisbury
Votes: 43
7. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Dix Davis, Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 113
8. A Hatful of Dreams (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Stars love-struck Punchy and Judy in their first Puppetoon. Down-on-his-luck Punchy obtains a magical straw hat from a plucky talking horse to win over Judy and in the process transforms into Aladdin and Superman © Arnold Leibovit
Director: George Pal | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Paul Hilton, Jack Mather, Allan Watson
Votes: 16
9. Tubby the Tuba (1947)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In this puppetoon, the tuba is dissatisfied with his role in an orchestra of self-playing instruments; he meets a bullfrog who gives him some good advice.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 317
10. Christmas Carols (1947)
11 min | Animation, Short
A Christmas carol singalong filmed in 1947.
Votes: 30
11. The House-Cat (1948)
8 min | Animation, Short
A male house cat contends with a male alley cat for the love of a female cat.
Director: Bert Felstead | Star: Richard Goolden
Votes: 54
12. The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
This short re-tells the old Inuit myth about how the Raven came to have its black feather colour as a result of a disagreement with the Owl.
Director: Co Hoedeman | Stars: Alootook Ipellie, Toojatogak Itoacheak, Elatak Nakashook
Votes: 53
13. The Little Mermaid (1974)
26 min | Animation, Short
Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the Little Mermaid who gave her life for the one she loved is brought to life with beautiful animation and narration by Richard Chamberlain.
Director: Peter Sander | Star: Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 100
14. Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz (1979)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A short illustrating a traditional Canadian folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility for her boyfriend, the log driver.
Director: John Weldon | Stars: Anna McGarrigle, Kate McGarrigle
Votes: 481
15. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (1980)
5 min | Animation, Short, Family
Based upon an Aesop fable, this simple story tells the tale of two mice with different lifestyles, suggesting that it is far better to live simply and in peace than to live in luxury amidst danger.
Director: Evelyn Lambart
Votes: 38
16. The Practical Princess (1980)
9 min | Animation, Short
Director: Sam Weiss | Stars: Tammy Grimes, Arte Johnson
17. The Adventures of Curious George (1982)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short
Contains two stop-motion animation episodes featuring Margret & H.A. Rey's inquisitive monkey: 'Curious George' and 'Curious George Goes to the Hospital'.
Director: John Clark Matthews | Stars: June Foray, Ruth Buell, Corey Burton, Bobbie Spiedel
Votes: 68
For the first story. I love that one
18. The Old Lady's Camping Trip (1983)
9 min | Animation, Short, Family
The old lady leaves her shoe and takes her brood (10 - 23, depending on the scene) camping; cousin Jim comes along a bit later. The old lady is very safety conscious; Jim is careless, ... See full summary »
Director: Les Drew | Stars: Derek Lamb, Henry Ramer, Michel Labelle, Sandra Suissa
Votes: 32
19. Hochu lunu (1984)
10 min | Animation, Short, Family
The sick princess promises the king to recover if he gets the moon from the sky. A resourceful buffoon easily finds a way out.
Directors: Mayya Buzinova, Iosif Douksha | Stars: Georgiy Vitsin, Igor Yasulovich, Olga Ostroumova, Aleksandr Lenkov
Votes: 21
20. Summer Legend (1987)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A film telling of a Mic Mac legend of how the mythic hero Glouscap freed his people from the grip of Winter.
Director: Françoise Hartmann | Stars: Tex Konig, Margo MacKinnon
Votes: 14
21. The White Heron (1987)
17 min | Animation, Short
For the whim of the fashionista Isolda, the hunters almost exterminated the beautiful birds. And then Isolda herself turned into a white heron.
Directors: Mayya Buzinova, Iosif Douksha | Stars: Valentin Gaft, Liya Akhedzhakova, Albert Filozov, Yuriy Medvedev
Votes: 21
22. The Dingles (1988)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Dingles are Doris and her three cats. Life is idyllic, until the day a big windstorm threatens to blow the cats away, but Doris ties the cats to her apron and manages to get inside. ... See full summary »
Director: Les Drew | Star: Emma Levine
Votes: 85
23. Mouse Soup (1993)
26 min | Animation, Short
A mouse caught by a hungry weasel must think of ways to delay the prospect of becoming lunch. Includes all four stories from the book: 'Bees & the Mud', 'Two Large Stones', 'The Crickets' and 'The Thorn Bush'.
Director: John Clark Matthews | Stars: Buddy Hackett, Will Ryan, Hal Rayle, Pat Musick
Votes: 57
24. Lord of the Sky (1993)
13 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Eugen Spaleny, Ludmila Zeman | Stars: Alex Nelson, Marian Newman, Daniel Whetung
Votes: 21
25. The Long Enchantment (1993)
11 min | Short, Animation
Director: Françoise Hartmann | Stars: Margot Campbell, Susan Fletcher
26. When the Dust Settles (II) (1997)
10 min | Animation, Short
Two dirt loving groundhogs accidentally burrow into each other's tunnels with hilarious results.
Director: Louise Johnson | Star: Sarah Doherty
Votes: 23
27. The Girl Who Hated Books (2006)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A book hating girl must discover the power of reading when the characters of the books her family owns spill out of their books and infest the house.
Director: Jo Meuris | Stars: Thor Bishopric, Elizabeth Lofranco, Michael Rudder, Harry Standjofski
Votes: 62
28. Piper (2016)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family
A hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
Director: Alan Barillaro
Votes: 31,882
29.
SparkShorts (2018–2024)
Episode:
Burrow
(2020)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A rabbit attempts to dig a burrow and learns there's no shame in asking for help.
Director: Madeline Sharafian
Votes: 6,970
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