Shorts Watchlist
by max-schwarz23 | created - 30 Mar 2018 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicA list of the short films that I need to see
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1. Bear (1993)
10 min | Short, Drama
Bear (10 minutes, 35 seconds) was Steve McQueen's first major film. Although not an overtly political work, for many viewers it raises sensitive issues about race, homo eroticism and ... See full summary »
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Vernon Douglas, Steve McQueen
Votes: 73
2. Five Easy Pieces (1995)
7 min | Short
A woman with a tightrope.
Director: Steve McQueen
Votes: 24
3. Mr. Burberry (2016)
3 min | Short
Two people are passionately in love and go off on a dirty weekend in London's Hotel Café Royal.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Josh Whitehouse, Amber Anderson
Votes: 178
4. Ashes (VI) (2014)
10 min | Short
We see footage of Ashes, a young Grenadian man sitting on the prow of a fishing boat at sea, at times smiling and grinning at the Super 8 camera filming him. The story on the soundtrack is ... See full summary »
Director: Steve McQueen | Star: Ashes
Votes: 51
5. Giardini (2009)
30 min | Short
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Giorgio Basile, Ignazio Cortivo, Paolo Franciosi, Umberto Meneghetti
Votes: 28
8. Stage (II) (1996)
6 min | Short
Two actors, a black man and a white woman seem to be stalking each other but never meet. Their inquisitive glances could imply that they are pursuing each other, but could also suggest that they are just looking.
Director: Steve McQueen | Star: Margaret Kinnon
Votes: 18
12. Deadpan (1997)
5 min | Short
Steve McQueen multiply remakes the most famous shot of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), in which the façade of a house collapses and Keaton is saved by being in exactly the right... See full summary »
Director: Steve McQueen | Star: Steve McQueen
Votes: 73
13. Drumroll (1998)
22 min | Short
Director Steve McQueen attached three cameras to the front and each end of an oil drum and rolled it through the streets of Manhattan. The results are projected onto three walls of an enclosed space.
Director: Steve McQueen
Votes: 18
15. Little Postman (2011)
3 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The world's first painting animation in 3-D. A precociously fresh and appealing way of using 3-D, Little Postman tells a touching story set in World War II of a little boy who is delivering... See full summary »
Director: DK Welchman
Votes: 21
16. A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
4 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A man dances in several locations, edited to have a fluent effect.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Talley Beatty
Votes: 1,725
17. Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
6 min | Short
Maya Deren's unfinished short film from 1951, "Ensemble for Somnambulists", set to DeVotchKa's "How It Ends".
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Cynthia Barret, Terry Chapman, Frank Ionson, Brian MacDonald
Votes: 245
18. Carne y arena (2017)
7 min | Short, Drama
Based on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast space and thoroughly live a fragment of the refugees' personal journeys.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Hector Luis Bustamante, Toy Lei, Christopher Abram, Omar Castaneda
Votes: 296
19. GirlLikeMe (2009)
12 min | Short, Drama
Lucy is young, Lucy is damaged, Lucy likes to play. Everything changes for 13yr old Lucy when she sends sexually provocative text messages to an unknown 16 yr old boy and arranges a date.
Director: Rowland Jobson | Stars: Steven Elder, Georgia Bourke, Maria Burgess, Tara Ellis
Votes: 48
20. Snowbird (2016)
12 min | Short
Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have tapped independent American film-maker Sean Baker ('Tangerine') to write and direct an original short film featuring the brand's Spring collection for men and women.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Abbey Lee, Clarence Williams III, Mary Woronov, Cameron Gentry
Votes: 266
21. The Meaning of Life (2005)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The evolution of humanity, through countless eons.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Murwarid Abdiani, Jaden Alexander, Lance Anderson, Karin Anger
Votes: 1,946
22. Witch's Cradle (1944)
12 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Marcel Duchamp, Pajorita Matta
Votes: 878
23. Meditation on Violence (1949)
Not Rated | 12 min | Documentary, Short
The setting with the low walls and river views is located in a private area of The Cloisters museum.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Chao Li Chi
Votes: 1,084
24. Lily and Jim (1997)
Unrated | 13 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Lily and Jim are interviewed about their disastrous blind date.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Robert May, Karin Anger
Votes: 1,841
25. The Twenty Second Plastic Love Affair (1993)
13 min | Short
Director: Robbie Ryan | Stars: Mark Byrne, Stella Feehilly, Catherine Siggins
Votes: 6
26. At Land (1944)
15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Silently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: John Cage, Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, Hella Heyman
Votes: 3,343
27. Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Fantasy
An experiment with editing techniques that distort space and time in order to further contextualize an image.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Rita Christiani, Maya Deren, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook
Votes: 1,830
28. The Very Eye of Night (1955)
15 min | Short, Drama
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing... See full summary »
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrier, Bud Bready
Votes: 1,113
30. Flagpole Special (1998 Video)
17 min | Short
Two guys talk about a seminar where they learn how to pick up chicks, both are seen from the waist down only, one is playing acoustic guitar. Related to the Frank TJ Mackie seminars shown in the film Magnolia.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Chris Penn, John C. Reilly
Votes: 90
31. Everything Will Be Ok (2006)
17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Star: Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 3,073
32. The Killers (1956)
19 min | Short, Drama
Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
Directors: Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Yuliy Fayt, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Vadim Novikov
Votes: 3,745
33. The House Is Black (1963)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
Director: Forugh Farrokhzad | Stars: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri
Votes: 5,567
34. The Master: Deleted Scenes - Back Beyond (2013 Video)
20 min | Short
A montage of unused scenes, shots and takes from P. T. Anderson's The Master (2012).
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rami Malek
Votes: 758
35. The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Two cats have a litter of 5 kittens and then nurse, teach and play with them.
Directors: Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
Votes: 1,113
36. I Am So Proud of You (2008)
22 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Dark shadows are cast over Bill's recovery, in this second chapter to "Everything Will Be OK".
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Star: Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 1,965
37. World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (2017)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Emily is visited by a backup clone of herself from the even-more distant future, as they must venture into each other's psyches in order to restore the clone's deteriorating mind.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Julia Pott, Winona Mae, Jesse Cilio
Votes: 1,450
38. Last Day of Freedom (2015)
32 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police. Living Condition: Bill's Story is an animated account of his decision to... See full summary »
Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman | Star: Bill Babbitt
Votes: 389
39. The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
Not Rated | 32 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of Dirk Diggler.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Michael Stein, Robert Ridgely, Eddie Delcore, Rusty Schwimmer
Votes: 1,181
40. A Day in the Country (1946)
Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, André Gabriello
Votes: 7,103
41. Chronos (1985)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.
Director: Ron Fricke
Votes: 3,844
42. White Mane (1953)
Approved | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan, Pascal Lamorisse
Votes: 2,319
43. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
A documentary film about Haitian vodou.
Directors: Maya Deren, Cherel Ito, Teiji Ito | Stars: John Genke, Joan Pape
Votes: 514
44. Junun (2015)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Music
Musician Jonny Greenwood travels to Rajasthan, where he performs with a multitude of Indian musicians.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Jonny Greenwood, Ehtisham Khan Ajmeri, Nihal Khan, Nathu Lal Solanki
Votes: 2,227
45. 2048: Nowhere to Run (2017)
5 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Gentle Sapper, a replicant, unleashes his true power when he sees his loved ones in trouble.
Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Dave Bautista, Gerard Miller, Bijan Daneshmand, Gaia Ottman
Votes: 7,764
46. Utazás az Alföldön (1995)
35 min | Short
Revisits of locations on the Great Hungarian Plain - the puszta - that were used in Tarr's Sátántangó and Werckmeister harmóniák. Recitations of short lyric poems by Hungary's national poet Sándor Petofi. The film is shot in color.
Director: Béla Tarr | Star: Mihály Vig
Votes: 322
47. Saute ma ville (1971)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young girl shuts herself away in her apartment and goes about her business in a strange way, as she wastes the night in her apartment.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Chantal Akerman
Votes: 1,225
48. My Josephine (2003)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Aadid tells us his life in seven minutes. He's an Arabic-speaking young man working the night shift at a laundromat and dry cleaners somewhere in the United States. In the aftermath of 9/11... See full summary »
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Basel Hamdan, Saba Shariat, Marc Levi, Karl Cooke
Votes: 432
49. Locks (2009)
6 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Darnell Byrd, Trestin George, Larry Gray, Kiev Harris
Votes: 212
50. Fig (2010)
15 min | Short, Drama
In South Los Angeles, a young mother's love for her daughter is put to the test.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Jontille Gerard, Jessica Tomé, Charline St. Charles, Janae Burney
Votes: 151
51. Brigitte (2019)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Framed round a candid conversation between the photographer Brigitte Lacombe and the film maker discussing their process and fascination with images as well as Brigitte's close relationship... See full summary »
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Brigitte Lacombe, Lynne Ramsay, Daniel Blumberg, Michelle Tiwo
Votes: 142
52. Wake Up (II) (2020)
11 min | Short, Music
A woman is forced to rediscover her humanity in an increasingly digital world.
Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Judy Bennett, Cricket Brown, Charles Massey
Votes: 453
53. Play the Wind (2019)
8 min | Short
A sensuous art film with no dialogue, Play the Wind follows a brooding man in a beat-up car (Dimitri Chamblas) as he takes a nostalgic drive through Los Angeles, lost in a world that feels ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Prager | Stars: Riley Keough, Dimitri Chamblas, Frankie Dale, Frankie Dale Vernail Jacobs Sr.
Votes: 17
54. As Told To G/D Thyself (2019)
24 min | Short
Directors: Terence Nance, Jenn Nkiru, Marc Thomas, Kamasi Washington, Bradford Young | Stars: Ephraim Dorsey, Edahn Goodridge, Kirby Griffin Jr., Jr.
Votes: 16
55. The Tell-Tale Heart (I) (2008)
21 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Within the chambers of a desolate house, a solitary servant tends to his invalid master. Tangibly detailed period design and hauntingly lifelike puppetry unearth the dreamworld of Poe.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Carrington Vilmont, Richard Easton, Dan Charlton, Nathan Allison
Votes: 490
56. Italianamerican (1974)
Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary
Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 3,702
57. Necktie (2013)
2 min | Short, Comedy
5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Jessica Hoare, Mia Jenkins, Callum May, Spike White
Votes: 867
58. Incident by a Bank (2010)
12 min | Short, Action, Comedy
An attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh, Leif Edlund, Rasmus Lindgren
Votes: 2,253
59. Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005)
9 min | Short, Drama
A group of friends watches as one of them attempts to jump into the water from a bridge.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Anette Andersson, Ingela Borgström, Martin Byström, Elin Gradin
Votes: 818
60. Incoherence (1994)
31 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Three seemingly unrelated men commit petty crimes on the eve of an important televised discourse on social disorder in Korea.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Yeon-su Yu, Sang-hyo Lim, Yun Il-ju, Dong-hwan Shin
Votes: 584
61. White Man (1994)
18 min | Short, Drama
The story of one man's unusual reaction to discovering a severed index while on his way to work.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Ahn Nae-sang, Kim Roe-ha
Votes: 149
62. Memories in My Frame (1994)
5 min | Short, Drama
A little boy comes home from school and hears his dog barking, or does he?
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Votes: 148
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