Best Short Movies
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Best Short Movies
TOP Movies: 7 Days in Hell (2015), The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013), Brexageddon?! (2016), Young Hyacinth (2016), Tour de Pharmacy (2017), My Best Friend's Birthday (1987), Matted (2010), The Light Before Christmas (2007), Wavelength (1967), Trouser Bar (2016), M.O.P.Z. (2016), Which Witch is Which (1984), The Snowman (1982), The Security Men (2013), Little Amy (1962), Spooky Bats and Scaredy Cats (2009), The Gruffalo (2009), Zog (2018), The Gruffalo's Child (2011), Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Style:
parody, funny, mockumentary, light, stylized ...
Plot:
tennis, satire, adaptation, irreverent, redemption, technology, storytelling, tennis player, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, nudity ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
A star studded special written and directed by Peter Davison. With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the 'Classic' Doctors are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
Style:
humorous, entertaining, satirical, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
doctor who, actor, filmmaking, space exploration, space adventure, outer space, space, space travel, satire, exodus, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
Story:
One-off comedy satirising the EU Referendum and its effects in which a cast of comedy characters interact with the real-life campaign pranking prominent figures within the Leave and Remain camps.
Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, british politics, prank, politician, social commentary, humour, satire, social satire, media satire, irreverent, campaigning, national identity ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
united kingdom, britain, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
Alan leaves behind his comfortable existence and heads to the north to ask whether, in this once united kingdom, a 'schasm' has formed between north and south, between the have's and have-nots.
Style:
cult classic, mockumentary
Plot:
humour, satire, drug, driver, trapped, basketball, controversy, party, hiking, dog, house party, mayor ...
Place:
manchester
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.
Plot:
maid, drunkard, aspiration, sister sister relationship, employer employee relationship, intoxication, family relations, bike, cycling, unfaithful husband, deception, castle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
Story:
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
cycling, bicycle, cyclist, male pubic hair, doping, male objectification, stoner, athlete's life, dishonesty, obsession, ambition, rivalry ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
Halloween is an exciting time of year for Hannah Marie who is joined by her Scary Godmother and all sorts of new friends including kooky monsters, friendly vampires and silly skeletons. It's a journey to the Fright Side she'll never forget ...
Style:
light, captivating, lighthearted, colorful, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
halloween, monster, holiday, nightmare, old dark house, children, vampire, good versus evil, holiday horror, human versus monster, showdown, imagination ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film. The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minutes of the film survived. It is about Mickey, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, and ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, comedy drama, experimental, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, birthday party, celebration, male friendship, character study, slice of life, intimate, gang, urban, coming of age, friend, birthday ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
Story:
Rose Lee is just a typical high school student trying to figure things out. Her dream is to join the boy's wrestling team, but no one is making it easy for her. Along the way, she'll discover that her most difficult opponent may be herself.
Style:
tense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, teenage girl, friendship, girl, transsexuality, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, sexism, loneliness, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas eve, two children, Katie and Makean are rescued by their friend, the Candleman, an old sage who imparts wisdom, hot chocolate, and stories. Opening a weathered book, he begins reading the classic ...
Style:
semi serious, fairy tale, feel good, christmas special, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, children, winter, santa claus, magic, stop motion, christmas present, old man, christmas eve, christmas season, christmas spirit, xmas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this would presumably refer to the three “character” scenes. Snow’s intent for the film was “a ...
Style:
experimental, contemplative, underground film, surreal, avant garde ...
Plot:
art, fetish, underground, estrangement, introspection, human nature, dealing with death, boredom, symbolism, confusion, pretense, elitism ...
Time:
year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
Story:
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship surrenders DC Comics' multitude of Super Heroes and Super-Villains to the demented whims of the award-winning Robot Chicken for a triumphant third time. This time around, Batman and ...
Style:
adult animation, dark comedy, spoof, absurd, parody
Plot:
superhero, absurd humor, group of friends, dark humor, fight, friendship, multiverse, villain, adult humor, stop motion, wonder woman, superman ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Short, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
Story:
According to producer David McGillivray, "John Gielgud was obsessed with trousers, loved corduroy and leather. And so he wrote a film set in a menswear shop." Screenplay was originally penned for the late filmmaker Peter de Rome.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, melancholic, sexy, bleak ...
Plot:
gay interest, fetish, gay sex, gay, voyeurism, fetishism, obsession, exhibitionist, voyeur, naked in public, sex scene, caught having sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Is relevant?
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Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
Story:
A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work.
Style:
absurd, feel good, heartfelt, experimental
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
janitor, robot, laziness, creativity, slacker, blue collar, malfunction, inventor, killer robot, satire, underdog, workplace ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
The Ranger is throwing a big Halloween party and Buttons and Rusty wanna come, but instead they gotta thwart the evil plans of two criminals camping out in the park.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
halloween, children, friendship, park ranger, teamwork, party, rescue, heroes, ranger, good versus evil, chase, unhappiness ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas ...
Style:
christmas special, colorful, atmospheric, christmas classics, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, dog, obsession, christmas eve, change of heart, fish out of water, imaginary, social misfits, xmas, christmas season ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes the boy on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Style:
sweet, sad, christmas classics, heartbreaking, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, xmas, winter, snow, christmas spirit, cold, bittersweet, new year's eve, ice ...
Time:
year 1982, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
antarctic, england, brighton
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
Duckers, Jimmy and Ray are three work-shy security guards at a shopping mall who spend much of their time mocking their Jobsworth boss Kenneth. One night they bunk off to watch and bet on a boxing match at the electrical shop, only to find on their ...
Style:
humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, sitcom ...
Plot:
shopping mall, nightshift, workplace, workplace situations, working class, disorder, robbery, security guard, forgery, cover up, police investigation, scheming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Little Amy is a 1962 failed television pilot written by Norman Paul and starring Debbie Megowan. Other cast members include Bill Leslie, Shary Marshall, and Jack Nicholson in a small part as a football coach.
It was filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
Style:
feel good, light hearted, slapstick, sitcom
Plot:
american football, child protagonist, childhood love, young romance, coming of age, optimism, football, small town, determination, socially awkward, football team, country club ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
When Katie and Makean delay their trick or treating to deliver the Candleman's Halloween Party invitations, they find themselves caught up in a spooky adventure filled with macabre monsters.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, captivating, spooky
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
halloween, werewolf, frankenstein's monster, ghost, magic, supernatural, children, mischievous children, fantasy world, stop motion, wolfman, mummy ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
SKRM (Skultimate Roller Maze) is an annual tournament between Monster High and different monster high schools that consists of a roller derby of dangerous obstacles and mazes. Granite City High, a high school team of gargoyles and Monster ...
Style:
exciting, sincere, gothic, anime, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, vampire, high school life, monster high, werewolf, friendship, strong female presence, supernatural ability, contests and competitions, teenage life, magical power, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
Story:
Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, children, peanuts, child, schoolboy, school, friendship between boys, childhood, boyhood, boy, little boy, mischievous children ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
The magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut.
Style:
humorous, not serious, christmas special, 3d animation, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, toddlers
Plot:
snake, mouse, squirrel, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, danger, woods, anthropomorphic animal, forest, snow, crow ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to be helped by a kind young girl ...
Style:
fairy tale, christmas special, light, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, training, peril, foe turned friend, friends, teacher student relationship, bravery, talking animal, rescue, happy ending, school, imaginary kingdom ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else’s present?
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, christmas special, children's story
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, anthropomorphic animal, christmas present, animal, cold, animal that acts human, farm, christmas spirit, christmas season, saving christmas, wallace and gromit ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the ...
Style:
humorous, christmas special, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
forest, parents and children, adventurer, youth, danger, animal life, escapades, family relations, wilderness, woods, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sweet, light, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
escapades, toys, friendship, christmas, imaginary, getting home, danger, toy story, talking animal, halloween, dinosaur, heroes ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
In The Farmer's Llamas the wily sheep bluffs his dim-witted farmer master into bidding for three llamas at a county fair. Once they show up at the farm, however, they cause such chaotic destructive mayhem that Shaun has to carefully remove them ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, captivating, humorous, light ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers
Plot:
farmer, countryside, farm, animal life, adventurer, friendship, imaginary, friends, pets, goofy hero, escapades, llama ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
halloween, toy story, superhero, escape, dark and stormy night, friendship, good versus evil, danger, imaginary, escapades, friends, objects come to life ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, christmas special, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
dragon, pets, cat, witch, friendship, woods, animal life, friends, animal, assistant, help, teamwork ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
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