The 10 best live action short films of all time, according to me.
by MehdiTaba | created - 10 Mar 2022 | updated - 10 Mar 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Two & Two (2011)
8 min | Short, Drama
What happens when in an attempt to re-educate the masses everything you have been taught is proclaimed false and your whole universe of values crumbles violently before your eyes?
Director: Babak Anvari | Stars: Bijan Daneshmand, Ravi Karimi, Pouyan Lotfi, Kourosh Shirazi
Votes: 1,124
2. Casa de Carne (2019)
2 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
On a night out with friends, Eric tries a new restaurant that takes the dining experience full circle.
Director: Dustin Brown | Stars: Joe Lemieux, Mantas Valantiejus, Gintare Bandinskaite, Ryan Sherman
Votes: 59
3. Feeling Through (2019)
18 min | Short, Drama
A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.
Director: Doug Roland | Stars: Steven Prescod, Robert Tarango, Francisco Burgos, Alestair Shu
Votes: 2,037
4. 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: 2,903
5. Je suis donc tu es (2019)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
We all have desires that we leave aside or that we do not listen.
Director: Maylis de Poncins | Stars: Maylis de Poncins, Sabine de Poncins, Husky Kihal, Laurence Porteil
Votes: 26
6. 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: 5,872
7. Dissonance (I) (2015)
17 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A mentally-ill but very musically gifted man lives trapped in the surreal world of his own imagination. When reality is visible, the only thing he wants is to see his beloved daughter, but he isn't permitted to.
Director: Till Nowak | Stars: Roland Schupp, Nina Petri, Hannah Heine, Klaus Zehrfeld
Votes: 619
Includes some animated parts.
8. 8 (2010)
9 min | Short, War
In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of Tic-Tac-Toe, until they find themselves outplayed by karma.
Director: Acim Vasic | Stars: Nicky Naudé, Guillaume Tavi
Votes: 1,219
9. 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: 5,390
10. 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: 5,889
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