My Top 25 Favorite Short Films
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- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsSydney ArnoldGuy BertrandAndrew BicknellA group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
- DirectorTodor DinovThis wordless cartoon short features an uptight little character who tries, with increasing fury and forcible methods, to cut down a daisy.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldIn his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsDan NachtsheimJoy CarmichaelDavid MunsonWhile monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsTerry GilliamA short comedy animation about human endeavors in flight.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanNatalie PortmanWaris AhluwaliaA prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsTilda SwintonAgustín AlmodóvarMiguel AlmodóvarA woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsJohnny SimmonsNate LangJ.K. SimmonsA ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPeter BernuthIn the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
- DirectorTerry GilliamA bizarre comedy short by Terry Gilliam telling various absurdly comic stories.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsIra RubinSam DeFazioAndrea MartinNow middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger, and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it all, he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately, the only one who blindly believes that Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray himself, because it's obvious to everyone else that Joe not only back-stabs him at every chance, but is also sleeping with his wife.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsPeggy ReaveyA woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
- DirectorLior GellerStarsDaniel ChernishWaseem Nur HabshiHaled Mayer MarwatThirteen-year-old Ismayil works for the most powerful drug dealer in the city of Lod; Daniel, a traumatized Israeli ex-soldier, often buys drugs from Ismayil, trying to escape his own reality. When Ismayil's little brother is hired to help him with a sell, he decides he's had enough, and in a frantic encounter deep in the city slums, Ismayil and Daniel find in each other a way out of their respective hells.
- DirectorRu KuwahataMax PorterStarsAlbert BirneyEven though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorRyan ConnollyStarsJosh ConnollyThe lifelong dream of a UFO enthusiast clashes with reality when he encounters a flying saucer.
- DirectorBoris DespodovAndrey PaounovStarsIossif SurchadzhievIlka ZafirovaZlatina TodevaTime has passed, but nothing has changed in the home of Prozorovs. Andrey takes care of his sisters as usually. With the help of a number of innovative technical devices he succeeds in maintaining their physical and psychic health. Everything is about to change when a mosquito appears in the November sky.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRonald MlodzikJon LidoltTania ZoltyIn a dystopic world where a plague is killing off pubescent human females, an esoteric researcher seeks his missing mentor while trying to retain morality in the sex-obsessed society he lives in.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsCristiana CapotondiDouglas DeanNicolas ConnollyAn American family in the streets of Naples.