Top 250 Most-Acclaimed Short Films of All Time
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I compiled this list from many different polls, lists, and awards, using a weighted point system to rank the shorts. I'm defining short as any film with a runtime of 45 minutes or less.
This list focuses more on animation than the Brief Encounters list. It includes many acclaimed animated shorts which are missing from Brief Encounters, most notably The Man Who Planted Trees and Ruka.
Missing from IMDb: The Magic Fox (1982) (it would've been ranked #132)
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège
1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check -
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Duck Amuck
1953, in 11 top lists Check -
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Moznosti dialogu
1983 — a.k.a. Dimensions of Dialogue, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Wrong Trousers
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
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What's Opera, Doc?
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
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King-Size Canary
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
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Gertie the Dinosaur
1914, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Street
1976, in 1 top list Check -
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Neighbours
1952, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bad Luck Blackie
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Old Mill
1937, in 2 top lists Check -
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Red Hot Riding Hood
1943, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Band Concert
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Cat Concerto
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
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One Froggy Evening
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
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Steamboat Willie
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Creature Comforts
1989, in 1 top list Check -
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The Music Box
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Big Snit
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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Snow-White
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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Porky in Wackyland
1938, in 2 top lists Check -
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Gerald McBoing-Boing
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
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Easy Street
1917, in 6 top lists Check -
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Cops
1922, in 10 top lists Check -
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Atama-yama
2002 — a.k.a. Mount Head, in 1 top list Check -
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The Immigrant
1917, in 7 top lists Check -
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One A.M.
1916, in 4 top lists Check -
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Moonbird
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936, in 3 top lists Check -
113 -
Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom
1953 — a.k.a. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, in 1 top list Check -
119 -
Broken Down Film
1985, in 1 top list Check -
121 -
Big Business
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
125 -
Rabbit of Seville
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
132 -
Little Rural Riding Hood
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
142 -
Clock Cleaners
1937, in 1 top list Check -
143 -
Simón del desierto
1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check -
145 -
The Dentist
1932, in 1 top list Check -
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O Dreamland
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
153 -
Two Tars
1928, in 4 top lists Check -
154 -
Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora
1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check -
159 -
The Cure
1917, in 5 top lists Check -
164 -
A Close Shave
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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Girls Night Out
1987, in 1 top list Check -
170 -
Surogat
1961 — a.k.a. The Substitute, in 0 top lists Check -
175 -
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower...
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
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Harvie Krumpet
2003, in 1 top list Check -
190 -
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le mélomane
1903 — a.k.a. The Music Lover, in 2 top lists Check -
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La vieille dame et les pigeons
1997 — a.k.a. The Old Lady and the Pigeons, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 31, 2011; source