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This list is a ranked list of the top 250 shorts as compiled by the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They website as a companion to their Top 1000 films. This follows a project originally started and abandoned in 2009 to do the same, the preliminary list for which was the original source of this list.

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  1. 132 new

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    1903, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 189 -152

    Centuries of June

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 29 +61

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 27 +174

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 32 +67

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 47 +204

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 9 +108

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 12 +89

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 161 -41

    Méditerranée

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 5 +136

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 34 -33

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 89 new

    Weather Diary 3

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  13. 205 new

    Cocks and Cunts

    1963 — a.k.a. Christmas on Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 11 +75

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 20 +96

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 178 new

    Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer

    1897, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 19 +89

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 160 -38

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 157 +99

    Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 37 -32

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 148 new

    Barque sortant du port

    1895 — a.k.a. La sortie du port, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 164 new

    Di Cavalcanti

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 75 -2

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 216 -114

    LBJ

    1968, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 126 +13

    Now

    1965, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 245 new

    Eureka

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  27. 30 new

    Aguaespejo granadino

    1955 — a.k.a. Water-Mirror of Granada, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 31 +106

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 82 new

    Par desmit minutem vecaks

    1978 — a.k.a. Ten Minutes Older, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 64 +103

    Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 102 new

    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise...

    1900, in 1 top list Check
  32. 115 new

    De l'origine du XXIe siècle

    2000 — a.k.a. Origins of the 21st Century, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 98 +61

    Powers of Ten

    1977, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 60 new

    Les statues meurent aussi

    1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 167 +90

    Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George...

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  36. 199 new

    Appunti su un fatto di cronaca

    1953, in 1 top list Check
  37. 22 -15

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 170 +58

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 17 new

    Vremena goda

    1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 52 -1

    Der Lauf der Dinge

    1987 — a.k.a. The Way Things Go, in 1 top list Check
  41. 44 new

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 169 +6

    San Pietro

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 113 new

    Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 76 -74

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 139 new

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 41 +11

    Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner

    1974 — a.k.a. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 218 new

    Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del...

    1960 — a.k.a. Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright), in 5 top lists Check
  48. 103 new

    Rien que les heures

    1926 — a.k.a. Nothing But Time, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 101 +129

    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 53 +181

    Tire dié

    1958 — a.k.a. Toss Me a Dime, in 3 top lists Check
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