The 10 best short documentaries 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. Night and Fog (1956)
TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History
The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 21,472
2. 73 Cows (2018)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.
Director: Alex Lockwood | Stars: Jay Wilde, Katja Wilde
Votes: 259
3. Life Overtakes Me (2019)
TV-PG | 39 min | Documentary, Short
In the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.
Directors: John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson | Stars: Henry Ascher, Nadja Hatem, Mikael Billing, Karl Sallin
Votes: 2,163
4. 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
5. 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: 6,557
6. Black Sheep (II) (2018)
26 min | Documentary, Short
After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.
Director: Ed Perkins | Stars: Kai Francis Lewis, Nikisha Lewis, Larry Olubamiwo, Cornelius Walker
Votes: 1,454
7. The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm (2018)
TV-PG | 19 min | Documentary, Short
A conversation between a boy and his great-grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, is woven with historical footage and animation to tell a heartbreaking story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe,... See full summary »
Director: Amy Schatz | Stars: Jack Feldman, Elliott Saiontz
Votes: 306
8. Victims of Indulgence (1991)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The video featured covertly obtained footage from Commonwealth Foie Gras of force-feeding, accompanied by experts describing the practice as inherently cruel and then followed by an appeal ... See full summary »
Stars: John Gielgud, Tatty Hodge, Mark Lerman, Ward Stone
Votes: 7
9. Fires of Kuwait (1992)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Man's emergency creativity can be seen at its best, after Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait oil wells lit up, as teams from all over the world fought those fires for months, and had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
Director: David Douglas | Star: Rip Torn
Votes: 581
10. 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: 1,512
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