Enigma's favorite shorts
by Mellilla | created - 23 Jan 2016 | updated - 23 Jan 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. I'm Here (2010)
31 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A young man faces the abrupt loss of his friend.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Lyle Kanouse, Nancy Munoz, Sienna Guillory
Votes: 7,935
2. Partly Cloudy (2009)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Babies both human and beast are created up in the stratosphere, by the clouds themselves. One cloud specializes in "dangerous" babies, creating a challenge for his loyal stork that has to deliver them.
Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Tony Fucile, Lori Richardson
Votes: 23,436
3. Validation (2007)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: T.J. Thyne, Vicki Davis, Dave Kuhr, Pam Cook
Votes: 4,500
4. Signs (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Romance
Where do you find love? Sometimes all you need is a sign.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Nick Russell, Kestie Morassi
Votes: 4,700
5. The House of Small Cubes (2008)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
Director: Kunio Kato | Star: Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 11,655
6. Skhizein (2008)
13 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
Director: Jérémy Clapin | Stars: Julien Boisselier, Théo Grimmeisen, Mado Debrus
Votes: 4,322
7. Storm (2011)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the confines of a London dinner party, Tim Minchin does verbal battle with a new-age guest named Storm.
Director: Daniel Charles Turner | Star: Tim Minchin
Votes: 407
8. Rabbit and Deer (2012)
Not Rated | 17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The friendship of Rabbit and Deer is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension...
Director: Péter Vácz | Stars: Dániel Czupi, Adrienn Mórocz
Votes: 1,227
9. The Danish Poet (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Romance
A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.
Director: Torill Kove | Star: Liv Ullmann
Votes: 2,558
10. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
The epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time.
Director: Richard Gale | Stars: Paul Clemens, Brian Rohan, Melissa Paladino, Michael James Kacey
Votes: 6,654
11. Boundin' (2003)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sheep dances proudly in his southwestern landscape, until one day his wool is sheared and he is left naked. He's depressed and shy, until a cheerful jackalope comes along and shows him how to leap proudly and not to be ashamed.
Directors: Bud Luckey, Roger Gould | Star: Bud Luckey
Votes: 14,747
12. Day & Night (2010)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Day encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.
Director: Teddy Newton | Stars: Muneer Lyati, Wayne Dyer
Votes: 20,064
13. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Votes: 9,023
14. La Luna (2011)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?
Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Tony Fucile, Krista Sheffler, Phil Sheridan
Votes: 17,013
15. Presto (2008)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
Director: Doug Sweetland
Votes: 25,736
16. For the Birds (2000)
G | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.
Director: Ralph Eggleston | Star: Ralph Eggleston
Votes: 34,005
17. Mei and the Kitten Bus (2002)
13 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Kittenbus puppy, the cat-shaped bus that is one of the protagonists of My Neighbor Totoro, becomes a great friend of little Mei and with her has an incredible night adventure in the forest.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Chika Sakamoto
Votes: 1,698
18. Lifted (2006)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
Director: Gary Rydstrom | Star: Sheb Wooley
Votes: 20,802
19. Paperman (2012)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
Director: John Kahrs | Stars: John Kahrs, Kari Wahlgren, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Turley
Votes: 35,388
20. The Snowman (1982 TV Movie)
G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.
Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Dianne Jackson | Stars: David Bowie, Raymond Briggs, Mel Smith
Votes: 16,843
21. BlinkyTM (2011)
13 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young boy living in the near future looks for an escape from a home with arguing parents. As a way to cope with the recent arguments from his parents he receives a robot companion that he ends up abusing.
Director: Ruairi Robinson | Stars: Max Records, Jenni Fontana, James Nardini, Joe Childs
Votes: 2,288
22. Monmon the Water Spider (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Akiko Yano
Votes: 432
23. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,874
24. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The witch Baba Yaga keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces her to do hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a batch of kneaded dough comes to life and befriends the Egg Princess.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Votes: 891
25. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,885
26. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,890
27. The Lady and the Reaper (La dama y la muerte) (2009)
TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Action
On her deathbed, a sad, white-haired woman yearns to reunite with her beloved late husband. However, the road to the afterlife can be long, and today's modern medicine works miracles.
Director: Javier Recio Gracia | Stars: Miguel Angel Perez, Eva Molina
Votes: 2,696
28. Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A Soviet version of Winnie-the-Pooh. His first adventure is a desperate attempt to get to honey in a bee hollow. He is ready to take decisive action.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Vladimir Osenev
Votes: 4,816
29. Mickey's Trailer (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Mickey and Donald ride in a trailer pulled by Goofy, who doesn't realize his car has separated from the trailer as they travel down a mountain.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Richard Edwards, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,632
30. Genre (1996)
Unrated | 5 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A hapless cartoon character is dragged through a spectrum of cinematic situations by his frustrated animator.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Votes: 1,641
31. Food (1992)
16+ | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Ludvík Sváb, Bedrich Glaser, Jan Kraus, Pavel Marek
Votes: 3,588
32. A Chairy Tale (1957)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
Directors: Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren | Star: Claude Jutra
Votes: 1,190
33. Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
21 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Vinni-Pukh is trying to help his friend donkey with huge depression which happened to be on his birthday
Directors: Fyodor Khitruk, Gennadiy Sokolskiy | Stars: Vladimir Osenev, Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Erast Garin
Votes: 3,430
34. The Parlor (2001)
11 min | Comedy, Short
A group of people are gathered in a room, which is a "live" depiction of a typical Internet chat room. Some pretends to be much younger than they are, to chat up minors. Two of them falls victim of their own scam in a surprising way.
Director: Geoffrey Haley | Stars: Ian Vogt, Reggie Lee, Scott Alan Smith, Jan Hoag
Votes: 1,120
35. In the Last Moment (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama
We meet three people in different stages of life in three locations in Europe - Provence, Berlin and Oslo. All of them in the moment of their last gasp, and all of them seen through the eyes of Death.
Director: Øystein Stene | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Wenche Foss, Cecilie A. Mosli, Beatrice Murmann
Votes: 29
36. My Mom Is an Airplane! (2013)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A young boy imagines his mother to be an airplane who travels to exotic lands.
Director: Yulia Aronova
Votes: 77
37. The Landlord (I) (2007)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy
An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant.
Directors: Drew Antzis, Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Pearl McKay
Votes: 5,126
38. The Wave (1981 TV Movie)
TV-G | 46 min | Drama
An experiment in an American High School where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany. Based on a true story.
Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch, Johnny Doran
Votes: 3,389
39. The Butterfly Circus (2009)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A circus troupe brightens the spirits of audiences in Depression-era America and inspires hope in a limbless man from a sideshow.
Director: Joshua Weigel | Stars: Eduardo Verástegui, Nick Vujicic, Doug Jones, Matt Allmen
Votes: 3,610
40. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,258
41. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid, Justin Fletcher, Peter Hawkins
Votes: 43,427
42. Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
TV-PG | 29 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Gromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins
Votes: 57,413
43. Burn-E (2008 Video)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
If BURN-E (a welding robot) had known how much trouble he'd be caused by WALL-E's pursuit of EVE, then he'd have taken the day off.
Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Angus MacLane, Tessa Swigart
Votes: 12,584
44. More (1998)
6 min | Sci-Fi, Short, Animation
A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
Director: Mark Osborne
Votes: 6,117
45. Song of Love (1950)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Director: Jean Genet | Stars: Bravo, Jean Genet, Java, Coco Le Martiniquais
Votes: 3,709
46. Creature Comforts (1989)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
Director: Nick Park | Star: Julie Sedgewick
Votes: 6,878
47. The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
20 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 4,580
48. Noah (2013)
18 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Noah's relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse.
Directors: Patrick Cederberg, Walter Woodman | Stars: Sam Kantor, Caitlin McConkey-Pirie, Nina Iordanova, Nahan Fahey
Votes: 864
49. The Cat Concerto (1947)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Votes: 4,828
50. 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
51. Balance (1989)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Votes: 5,668
52. The Black Hole (2008)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?
Directors: Philip Sansom, Olly Williams | Star: Napoleon Ryan
Votes: 4,285
53. Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.
Directors: Ward Kimball, Charles Nichols | Stars: The Mellowmen Quartet, Loulie Jean Norman, Charlie Parlota, Bill Thompson
Votes: 1,556
54. Head Over Heels (2012)
TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, the couple must face their equilibrium.
Director: Timothy Reckart | Stars: Nigel Anthony, Rayyah McCaul
Votes: 2,381
55. The Old Mill (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
Directors: Graham Heid, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 4,860
56. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 2,084
57. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Daffy Duck tries to usurp Porky Pig's job through devious means in this wild blend of live action and animation.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Leon Schlesinger, Henry Binder, Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 1,756
58. A Unicorn in the Garden (1953)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A henpecked husband sees a unicorn outside his window--or does he?
Director: William T. Hurtz | Stars: John Brown, Colleen Collins
Votes: 769
59. The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Robert Morley
Votes: 1,641
60. The Flat (1968)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Ivan Kraus, Juraj Herz
Votes: 1,852
61. 25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989)
5 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.
Director: Bill Plympton | Star: Bill Plympton
Votes: 931
62. Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Winnie the Pooh and Piglet visit their friend the rabbit. After a hearty breakfast of honey, Pooh finds it hard to leave.
Director: Fyodor Khitruk | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Iya Savvina, Anatoliy Shchukin, Vladimir Osenev
Votes: 3,843
63. The Cookie Carnival (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, The Four Blackbirds, Marcellite Garner, The Guardsmen
Votes: 878
64. Sjuende far i huset (1966)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Norwegian fairy-tale about a young man trying to find shelter for the night.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Harald Heide Steen, Rolf Just Nilsen
Votes: 1,099
65. Loops (1940)
3 min | Short, Animation
An experimental animated short in which images are drawn directly onto the film using a pen.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 482
66. Manipulation (1991)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A discarded cartoon character and some spilt ink combine and interact as if the cartoonist had drawn their actions. Discovering them, the cartoonist then joins in the interaction.
Director: Daniel Greaves
Votes: 627
67. Jumping (1984)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Votes: 1,313
68. The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1955)
13 min | Short, Animation, Family
A Norwegian puppet animation adaptation of H. C. Andersen's fairy tale about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Don Hanmer, Mogens Wieth
Votes: 767
69. Oppressed Majority (2010)
11 min | Short, Drama
A day in the life of a man suffering from everyday sexism in a world ruled by women.
Director: Eléonore Pourriat | Stars: Pierre Benezit, Tom Colomer, Josie Borrelly-Llop, Céline Porcel
Votes: 566
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