25 Greatest Animation Short Films Of All Time
Working with a panel of 9 experts and admirers of animated shorts (and assisted by other regulars at the IMDb Classic Film message board), I recently led the development of a list of 25 greatest animated shorts of all time.
My goal is simply to select some of the greatest animated short films for those who are looking forward to watch the best animated short films of all time. I have considered the rating, the animation quality, the subject of the film and how the fact that the film is groundbreaking or not. I have personally watched all of these short films before rating them.
My goal is simply to select some of the greatest animated short films for those who are looking forward to watch the best animated short films of all time. I have considered the rating, the animation quality, the subject of the film and how the fact that the film is groundbreaking or not. I have personally watched all of these short films before rating them.
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- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit 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.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace'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.
- DirectorDomee ShiStarsSindy LauKai LiSharmaine YeohA Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.
- DirectorChristian De VitaWes AndersonStarsBob BalabanKara HaywardThis is a preview to the movie Moonrise Kingdom, In which Bob Balaban describes Suzy's books and Suzy reads from them. There is also some animation involved when Suzy reads from each book.
- DirectorDick RickardStarsDon WilsonWalt DisneyMilt KahlFerdinand is a quiet, gentle bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. After he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancJeanne DunneThe Hollywood Choir BoysTwo baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when they hear everyone singing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.
- DirectorAlan BarillaroA hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
- DirectorAkshay SharmaStarsAkshay SharmaDavid WitkowerThe battle between Coronavirus monster and Humanity on Earth, depicted on a chess board symbolizing humanity's fight against Covid-19 in the year 2020. The Coronavirus monster was winning the war, killing 800,000 humans across the globe and was on the verge of wiping out entire humanity. Humanity had to come up with the moves which could stop the virus as soon as possible or it would be a Checkmate, game over.
- DirectorDean Fleischer CampStarsJenny SlateMarcel the shell gives an outline of their life.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsSegundo de ChomónJulienne MathieuAn enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerWilliam PennellPopeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero.
- DirectorCarrie CheneyYarrow CheneyStarsAndy GriffithSteve TwitchellMaddie TaylorThe story of the birth of Jesus Christ from the views of the three kings.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsTamoriA diving bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider.
- DirectorSuzie TempletonAn animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsMel BlancJeanne DunneThe Hollywood Choir BoysTwo baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when they hear everyone singing of "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsKarel ZemanAn artist takes inspiration from the rain outside.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsHarald Heide SteenAnniken KolstadEven RognlienA young man named Ashlad is getting out on a journey in which he attempts to win both the king's daughter and half the kingdom. But it shall be more difficult than he had imagined.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitA plump and exuberant monk goes fishing, and a playful fish eludes him. First the monk uses a rod and reel, then a net; over and over, he ends up fish-less and wet. Sleepless, he tries luring the fish at night with a bank of candles. He tries a bow and arrow. The tireless and insouciant fish leads the monk through a viaduct, over irrigated steppes, across cisterns, down canals. Suddenly, the monk's chase and the fish's teasing flight become a spiritual journey.
- DirectorMark OsborneA worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorGarri BardinThe animated story of a leader and innovator who is undone by the distorted actions of the followers.
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo 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.