Oscar Winners - Shorts
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1. Six Shooter (2004)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
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....
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan
Votes: 14,309
2. Skin (I) (2018)
R | 21 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Danielle Macdonald, Ashley Thomas, Jackson Robert Scott
Votes: 5,387
3. The Red Balloon (1956)
Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
Votes: 20,119
4. If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)
PG | 13 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child.
Directors: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Votes: 21,027
5. Wasp (2003)
26 min | Short, Drama
A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Natalie Press, Danny Dyer, Jodie Mitchell, Molly Griffiths
Votes: 5,545
6. The Accountant (2001)
TV-14 | 35 min | Comedy, Short
The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.
Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Eddie King, Gary Richardson
Votes: 1,203
7. The Silent Child (2017)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
Director: Chris Overton | Stars: Rachel Fielding, Philip York, Rachel Shenton, Maisie Sly
Votes: 2,901
8. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Jon Walmsley
Votes: 5,459
9. The Neighbors' Window (2019)
21 min | Short, Drama
It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Director: Marshall Curry | Stars: Maria Dizzia, Greg Keller, Juliana Canfield, Bret Lada
Votes: 5,884
10. Sing (2016)
25 min | Short, Drama, Music
'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
Director: Kristóf Deák | Stars: Dorka Gáspárfalvi, Dorottya Hais, Zsófia Szamosi, Borbála Karádi
Votes: 5,867
11. Peter and The Wolf (2006)
G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
Director: Suzie Templeton
Votes: 4,321
12. Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ferdinand is a quiet, gentle bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. After he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight.
Director: Dick Rickard | Stars: Don Wilson, Walt Disney, Milt Kahl
Votes: 3,627
13. The Music Box (1932)
Approved | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dinah, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 8,024
14. Trevor (1994)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Upon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.
Director: Peggy Rajski | Stars: Brett Barsky, Judy Kain, John Lizzi, Jonah Rooney
Votes: 1,628
15. The Old Mill (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
Directors: Graham Heid, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 4,853
16. Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) (2019)
TV-MA | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (If You're A Girl) is the story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write-and skateboard-in Kabul.
Director: Carol Dysinger | Stars: Fatima, Kashida
Votes: 1,091
17. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Kafka's constantly being interrupted by knife-selling strangers, party noise, girls, fancy dress costumes, and other strange, dreamlike visions.
Director: Peter Capaldi | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Crispin Letts, Ken Stott, Elaine Collins
Votes: 1,203
18. The Lost Thing (2010)
Not Rated | 15 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.
Directors: Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan | Star: Tim Minchin
Votes: 3,714
19. Ugly Duckling (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A baby duckling is shunned by his family because he is different. He is also rejected by all of the other birds and animals. Finally a mother swan adopts him as one of her brood.
Directors: Jack Cutting, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Clarence Nash, Amanda Cewel, Tom Cotry
Votes: 3,619
20. The Battle of Midway (1942)
TV-PG | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Logan Ramsey, James Roosevelt
Votes: 2,270
21. The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
20 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 4,576
22. Flowers and Trees (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington
Votes: 3,786
23. The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Big race. Hare, fast and in lead, stops to loaf and show off to girl bunnies. Tortoise, plodding along at steady, slow pace, wins, although hare tries a last minute burst of speed.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Eddie Holden
Votes: 3,577
24. Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, Short
Indian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi | Stars: Ajeya, Anita, Gouri Choudari, Healthy Emmie
Votes: 6,553
25. Logorama (2009)
R | 16 min | Animation, Short, Action
Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.
Directors: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain | Stars: Bob Stephenson, Sherman Augustus, Aja Evans, Joel Michaely
Votes: 6,276
26. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Votes: 9,021
27. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
30 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
Director: Frédéric Back | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 6,113
28. 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
29. Stutterer (2015)
PG | 12 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
Director: Benjamin Cleary | Stars: Matthew Needham, Chloe Pirrie, Eric Richard, Richard Mason
Votes: 3,297
30. The Phone Call (2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Short, Drama
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
Director: Mat Kirkby | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Edward Hogg, Prunella Scales
Votes: 3,060
31. Curfew (I) (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Having reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal
Votes: 7,048
32. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
Director: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Asad Jamal, Saba
Votes: 1,866
33. The Shore (2011)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The story of Joe and Paddy, whose childhood friendship is shattered by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty five years later they are reunited.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Anthony Brophy, Conleth Hill, Packy Lee, Aidan McAteer
Votes: 1,069
34. God of Love (2010)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.
Director: Luke Matheny | Stars: Luke Matheny, Marian Brock, Christopher Hirsh, Emily Young
Votes: 1,919
35. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
TV-G | 15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
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.
Directors: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
Votes: 5,802
36. Mr Hublot (2013)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.
Directors: Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares
Votes: 5,221
37. A Christmas Carol (1971 TV Short)
28 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,924
38. Closed Mondays (1974)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life.
Directors: Bob Gardiner, Will Vinton | Stars: Todd Oleson, Holly Johnson
Votes: 807
39. Water Birds (1952)
Approved | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Family
From the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the vast oceans, experience the beauty and variety of these majestic birds, each perfectly designed for its habitat.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 320
40. Helium (II) (2013)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Family
A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world - told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Casper Crump, Pelle Falk Krusbæk, Marijana Jankovic
Votes: 2,506
41. The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
G | 21 min | Short, Western
The story of a young man (Johnny Crawford) who dreams of being a cowboy in the old west, but lives in a big city in present time.
Director: James R. Rokos | Stars: Johnny Crawford, Kristin Harmon, Ruth Hussey, Ricky Nelson
Votes: 325
42. Mouse Trouble (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sara Berner, William Hanna, Harry Lang
Votes: 2,306
43. The Two Mouseketeers (1952)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 17th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in the King's castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Francoise Brun-Cottan, Arthur Q. Bryan, William Hanna, The King's Men
Votes: 1,822
44. The Little Orphan (1948)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home has sent the orphan mouse, Nibbles, to spend Thanksgiving with Jerry. But Jerry's cupboard is bare, and Nibbles is always hungry. They start by raiding Tom's milk ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 1,975
45. Tweetie Pie (1947)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Thomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 1,552
46. Why Man Creates (1968)
29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.
Director: Saul Bass | Stars: Peter Hansen, Paul Saltman
Votes: 838
47. Spielzeugland (2007)
TV-PG | 14 min | Short, Drama, War
A German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank | Stars: Julia Jäger, Cedric Eich, Tamay Bulut Özvatan, Torsten Michaelis
Votes: 3,167
48. Twin Towers (2003)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Two brothers, one a firefighter, one a police officer, are remembered for their bravery in New York City on September 11.
Directors: Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port | Star: Tommy Buda
Votes: 284
49. Johann Mouse (1953)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom attempts to catch Jerry by playing music he dances to.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: Hans Conried
Votes: 1,668
50. The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
29 min | Comedy, Short
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings ... See full summary »
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Steven Wright, Rowan Atkinson, Laurie Metcalf, Carrotte
Votes: 548
51. The New Tenants (2009)
TV-14 | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A nosy neighbor, a drug dealer and an angry husband make for a move-in day that two men will never forget.
Director: Joachim Back | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Corrigan, Liane Balaban, Jamie Harrold
Votes: 1,558
52. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 2,084
53. Saving Face (2012)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.
Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Sarkar Abbas, Mohammad Jawad
Votes: 1,511
54. Colette (I) (2020)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In Nazi-occupied France, resistance took courage. Seventy-five years later, facing one's ghosts may take even more.
Director: Anthony Giacchino | Stars: Colette Marin-Catherine, Lucie Fouble
Votes: 1,574
55. The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (2013)
39 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Aliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.
Director: Malcolm Clarke | Stars: Aliza Sommer-Herz, Zdenka Fantlova, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Malcolm Clarke
Votes: 1,006
56. Hitler Lives (1945)
Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short
This short propaganda film, produced at the end of World War II, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas of racial hatred, violence and conquest live on in the German people, and in like-minded people in the United States.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Knox Manning, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 397
57. Tango (1981)
8 min | Animation, Short
Subsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
Director: Zbigniew Rybczynski
Votes: 3,035
58. Bunny (1998)
Unrated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An elderly widowed rabbit grieving her husband's death is encountered by a moth who invites her into the afterlife.
Director: Chris Wedge | Star: Bosmuend Pike
Votes: 2,084
59. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,881
60. Freeheld (2007)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In the last weeks of her life, Lieutenant Laurel Hester has one goal - to leave her hard-earned pension to her life partner Stacie. Without it, Stacie will lose their house. For once the law is not on Laurel's side. Time is running out.
Director: Cynthia Wade | Stars: Laurel Hester, Stacie Andree, Dane B. Wells, Steven Goldstein
Votes: 363
61. Ryan (2004)
TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb
Votes: 2,998
62. For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pepe Le Peu chases a female cat in a perfume shop until she turns the tables on him.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,943
63. Black Rider (1993)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Senta Moira, Paul Outlaw, Stefan Merki, Klaus Tilsner
Votes: 1,898
64. Lend a Paw (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jealous of Mickey's kitten, Pluto's devil-self argues with his angel-self over whether or not to rescue the kitten when it falls into a well.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Teddy Barr, Pinto Colvig, John Dehner, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,928
65. Teenage Father (1978)
25 min | Short
This film explores the life of a 17-year-old senior boy who is a soon to be father with his girlfriend, a 15 year old sophomore. They evaluate the decisions about how they got here, and the decisions on what they will do next.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jeannie Dimter Barton, Susan Cronkite, Suzanne Crough, Gary Mathew
Votes: 95
66. Why Korea? (1951)
30 min | Documentary, Short
This film examines the reasons why the United States decided to engage in the Korean War. Scenes describe Russia's attempt to gain power following World War II (Korea included), and its ... See full summary »
Star: Joe King
Votes: 45
67. Quicker'n a Wink (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
In this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events ... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Harold E. Edgerton, Clarence Curtis, Tex Harris, Charles Lacey
Votes: 379
68. Of Pups and Puzzles (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Short
This short film showcases how the war department utilized animals to assist with aptitude testing to match people with suitable jobs in the national defense effort prior to the USA entering World War II.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: John Nesbitt, Eddy Chandler, Mark Daniels, William Forrest
Votes: 173
69. Toward Independence (1948)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary short about the rehabilitation of people living with spinal cord injuries following World War II.
Director: George L. George
Votes: 54
70. A Year Toward Tomorrow (1966)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program.
Director: Edmond Levy | Star: Paul Newman
Votes: 68
71. Grandad of Races (1950)
Not Rated | 9 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena is highlighted in all its color, pomp, and pageantry.
Director: André de la Varre | Star: Art Gilmore
Votes: 167
72. Wings Over Everest (1934)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the first flight over Mt Everest.
Directors: Geoffrey Barkas, Ivor Montagu | Stars: Alexander John, David Timson, Michael Kilgarriff
Votes: 129
73. Main Street on the March! (1941)
Approved | 20 min | Short, History
The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Raymond Gram Swing, Neville Chamberlain, H.V. Kaltenborn
Votes: 176
74. Women - for America, for the World (1986)
30 min | Documentary, Short
22 prominent American women discuss their activism for nuclear disarmament and their motivations in seeking the end of the arms race.
Director: Vivienne Verdon-Roe | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Betty Bumpers, Shirley Chisholm
Votes: 63
75. First Steps (1947)
10 min | Documentary, Short
United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film deals with modern techniques of ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Seltzer
Votes: 80
76. Deze kleine wereld (1972)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about antique mechanical toys.
Director: Charles Huguenot van der Linden
Votes: 59
77. Leisure (1976)
14 min | Animation, Short
A short course of boring history about how not to die of boredom.
Director: Bruce Petty | Star: Alexander Archdale
Votes: 447
78. I'll Find a Way (1977)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Nadia DeFranco lives in Toronto and she has spina bifida. This film follows her through some of her daily activities as she goes to school, works with her therapists, visits her relatives and lives life with her family.
Director: Beverly Shaffer | Star: Nadia De Franco
Votes: 103
79. The Redwoods (1967)
21 min | Documentary, Short
The film was produced for the Sierra Club as part of their campaign for a national park to protect the redwood forest.
Director: Trevor Greenwood | Stars: Kieth Griggs, William Turner
Votes: 56
80. Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970)
8 min | Animation, Short
The world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right."
Director: Lee Mishkin | Stars: Orson Welles, Diana Hale
Votes: 409
81. Who's Who in Animal Land (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Family
An Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Lilly | Stars: Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Harry Lang, Jack Mather
Votes: 80
82. A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
39 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A biography of Poet Norman Corwin, and the events surrounding his powerful radio broadcast commemorating VE Day on May 8, 1945.
Director: Eric Simonson | Stars: Robert Altman, Norman Corwin, Walter Cronkite, Norman Lear
Votes: 135
83. A Place to Stand (1967)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A multi-image large-format film showcasing life in Ontario without narration and dialogue.
Director: Christopher Chapman
Votes: 153
84. Wild Wings (1965)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
Directors: Patrick Carey, John Taylor | Star: Peter Scott
Votes: 58
85. Stairway to Light (1945)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Drama, History
The story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: John Nesbitt, Harry Cording, Lotte Palfi Andor, Dewey Robinson
Votes: 269
86. Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948)
Passed | 11 min | Short, Family
Oscar-winning short film has an adult looking back fondly at his childhood when he was taught in a one-room schoolhouse by Miss Turlock, a stern, but caring and respected teacher.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Nana Bryant, Fred Fisher, Norman Ollestad
Votes: 249
87. World of Kids (1951)
10 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Robert Youngson | Star: Dwight Weist
Votes: 30
89. Board and Care (1980)
27 min | Short
Two young people with Down's Syndrome desire to have a relationship. The film's two Down's Syndrome stars give the story a poignant relevance no professional actors could achieve. Enhanced ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Ellis | Stars: Richard Goss, Laura Jean Ellis, Luana Anders, Sunshine Parker
Votes: 59
90. Close Harmony (1981)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Family
A chorus of 4th- and 5th-graders at the Brooklyn Friends School and a chorus of elderly retirees at a Brooklyn Jewish seniors' center combine to give an annual joint concert. Practicing ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Noble | Star: Amy Israel
Votes: 54
91. Give Me Liberty (1936)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: John Litel, Nedda Harrigan, Carlyle Moore Jr., Robert Warwick
Votes: 260
92. Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of ... See full summary »
Director: Hilary Harris | Stars: Bryden Murdoch, Kenneth Kendall
Votes: 83
93. Karl Hess: Toward Liberty (1980)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A look at Karl Hess, libertarian intellectual and activist, from his background as a magazine editor in his youth to his work as a Republican speechwriter, as he became simultaneously a ... See full summary »
Directors: Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue | Stars: Karl Hess, Kevin Burns, Barry Goldwater, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 73
94. One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
15 min | Short, Comedy
A man and his dog go to walk.
Directors: Michel Leroy, Edmond Séchan | Stars: Paul Préboist, Marie Marc, Lyne Chardonnet
Votes: 93
95. Facing Your Danger (1946)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Part of the Warner Brothers Sports Parade series, this short film chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead. Led by ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin E. Olsen | Stars: Knox Manning, Norman Nevills, Edwin E. Olsen
Votes: 245
96. City of Wax (1934)
Not Rated | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Osacr-winning Live Action Short film about bees.
Directors: Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard | Star: Gayne Whitman
Votes: 98
97. Amphibious Fighters (1943)
10 min | Short
Director: Russell T. Ervin | Star: Ted Husing
Votes: 23
98. Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Directors: Robert Carlisle, Jerry Fairbanks | Stars: Ken Carpenter, Gayne Whitman, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Votes: 94
99. Light in the Window (1952)
Approved | 10 min | Short, History
An innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer.
Director: Jean Oser
Votes: 23
100. A Chance to Live (1949)
18 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short is part of The March of Time series. This one is about priest Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing setting up and running a Boys' Home in post-war Italy.
Director: James L. Shute
Votes: 56
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