Best Short Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Short Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: humorous, feel good, light, christmas special, captivating and not serious. Plot: escapades, friends, friendship, rivalry, imaginary, danger, disorder, christmas, christmas movie and holiday. Genre: Comedy, Animation and Family. Country: USA, UK and Germany.
Best Short Movies
Best Short Movies
TOP Movies: 7 Days in Hell (2015), The Cosmopolitans (2014), The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013), Young Hyacinth (2016), My Best Friend's Birthday (1987), Tour de Pharmacy (2017), Brexageddon?! (2016), Down Dog (2015), The Gruffalo (2009), Matted (2010), Witches in Stitches (1997), The Light Before Christmas (2007), Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014), Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007), The Gruffalo's Child (2011), Toy Story of Terror (2013), The Snowman (1982), Prep & Landing (2009), Which Witch is Which (1984), Room on the Broom (2012).

List of Best Movies

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 20K
7 Days in Hell (2015)
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, stylized, light, not serious ...
Plot: tennis, adaptation, redemption, storytelling, irreverent, technology, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, satire, tennis player, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Cosmopolitans (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story: A look at the lives and loves of a group of young ex-patriates living in Paris. Part of Amazon's Pilot Season, in which viewers, after watching the pilot episode, get to vote on which show they want to return for more episodes. "The ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, talky, witty
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love affair, love and romance, city life, twentysomething life, love, failed pilot, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle (2016)
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: satire, humour, drug, hung over, warehouse, mayor, trapped, interview, countryside, youth, dog, supermarket ...
Place: manchester
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
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: not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: doctor who, exodus, actor, actor's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, filmmaking, joke, actor playing himself
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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 5.8
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Young Hyacinth (2016)
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, family relations, aspiration, sister sister relationship, employer employee relationship, intoxication, bike, cycling, boat ride, man with glasses, cheating wife ...
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My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
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: visual, cult classic
Plot: gang, multiple storylines, friend, gay slur, elvis presley, call girl, radio station, cocaine, pub
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Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
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 nudity, male objectification, doping, male pubic hair, stoner, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, obsession ...
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Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005)
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: captivating, light, computer animated
Audience: family friendly
Plot: halloween, nightmare, old dark house, monster, human versus monster, good versus evil, holiday, holiday horror, showdown, werewolf, lycanthropy, skeleton ...
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Brexageddon?! (2016)
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: captivating, feel good, funny, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot: prank, politician, humour, satire, social satire, political satire, british politics, british, british humour
Time: year 2016
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 5.2
 312
Down Dog (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
Story: A handsome, carefree yoga instructor has breezed through life, women, and jobs, but when he breaks up with his girlfriend -- who's also his partner at their successful yoga studio -- he's forced to face reality for the first time. A ...
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: friends, disorder, buddies, workplace, workplace situations, fish out of water, twentysomething life, silly humor, dog, business partner, policewoman, female police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.5
 8K
The Gruffalo (2009)
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: not serious, humorous, christmas special, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, toddlers
Plot: snake, mouse, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, squirrel, woods, anthropomorphic animal, forest, love ...
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 7.4
 15
Matted (2010)
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, disturbing, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, teenage girl, girl, friendship, transgender, teenage boy, teacher, school, student, small town, father daughter relationship, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Witches in Stitches (1997)
Genre: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story: Ready for a hilarious adventure? Hop aboard a broomstick for this tale of two dim-witted witches who accidentally turn their sister into a jack-o-lantern on Halloween...and that's just the beginning of the story. Join the silly sisters as they ...
Plot: halloween, magic, halloween party, witch, spell, pumpkin, halloween costume, jack o'lantern, flying broom
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The Light Before Christmas (2007)
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 ...
Plot: christmas, santa claus, children, magic, stop motion, christmas eve, old man, mouse, christmas present, christmas movie, candle
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Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
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, sweet, christmas special, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: toys, christmas, friendship, good versus evil, imaginary, danger, getting home, escapades, toy story, talking animal, dinosaur, friends ...
Place: usa
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Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)
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: light, humorous, feel good, captivating, not serious ...
Audience: kids, toddlers
Plot: farmer, countryside, animal life, friendship, adventurer, friends, imaginary, escapades, pets, goofy hero, farm, dog ...
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story: Fans of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" and the Star Wars movie franchise won't want to miss this collection of 30 sketches. This hilarious compilation features an array of skits -- such as "Darth Vader's Collect ...
Style: parody, witty, humorous, not serious, spoof ...
Audience: teens
Plot: star wars, superhero, space travel, good versus evil, space and aliens, escapades, partner, fighting crime, heroic mission, battles, goofy hero, rescue ...
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Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
Genre: Animation, Short
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, anime, gothic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, vampire, high school life, friendship, werewolf, contests and competitions, supernatural ability, teenage life, strong female presence, monster high, magical power, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were ...
Style: funny, sincere, 3d animation, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dragon, christmas, friendship, friendship between teens, family relations, parents and children, teenager, tradition, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, misunderstanding ...
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The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
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, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, toddlers
Plot: parents and children, adventurer, forest, danger, animal life, escapades, youth, wilderness, warning, family relations, woods, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: 21st century
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Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking Naughty Kid! Desperate to prevent Christmas from ...
Style: christmas special, computer animated
Audience: kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, santa claus, naughty child, mission, computer hacker, flashback, robot dog, brother brother relationship, saving christmas, jealous brother, remote control ...
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (2008)
Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
Story: Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up more hilarious Star Wars-inspired satire in this second compilation of sketches featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken." Gary the stormtrooper deals with ...
Style: parody, feel good, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: star wars, alien, fictional war, absurd humor, lightsaber, laser gun, space battle, space wars, bounty hunter, escapades, battles, space and aliens ...
Place: space western
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Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015)
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, spoof, dark comedy, absurd
Plot: superhero, friendship, absurd humor, fight, dark humor, group of friends, multiverse, adult humor, villain, stop motion, aquaman, wonder woman ...
Time: 2010s
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Toy Story of Terror (2013)
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: humorous, computer animated, witty, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool, horror for children
Plot: halloween, toy story, superhero, cowboy, friendship, good versus evil, happy ending, little girl, dark and stormy night, objects come to life, friends, escapades ...
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The Snowman (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
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: christmas classics, sweet, sad, heartbreaking, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, winter, xmas, snow, christmas spirit, cold, new year's eve, ice, dance ...
Time: 1900s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: antarctic, brighton, england
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
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, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, dog, winter, obsession, snow, christmas eve, fish out of water, imaginary, social misfits, xmas, change of heart ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
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Prep & Landing (2009)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, exciting, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, rookie, workplace, partner, escapades, workplace situations, imaginary, partnership, christmas season, snowstorm, job promotion ...
Time: 21st century
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Which Witch is Which (1984)
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.
Plot: halloween, halloween party, park ranger, burglar, ranger, fox, bear, witch costume, costume, trick or treating
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Room on the Broom (2012)
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: feel good, semi serious, humorous, christmas special, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: dragon, pets, witch, cat, friendship, woods, friends, animal life, animal, help, teamwork, assistant ...
Time: 21st century
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Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2010)
Genre: Short, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 8 min.
Story: MORTAL KOMBAT: REBIRTH is a short film released by Kevin Tancharoen (Director) in 2010. It was originally made as a proof of concept for Tancharoen's pitch to Warner Brothers for a reboot movie franchise. This 8-minute short features an ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, anime ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial artist, martial arts, master warrior, fight to the death, good versus evil, heroes, rivalry, hitman, tough heroes, working undercover, escapades, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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