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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  1. 16 -

    The Wrong Trousers

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 164 -

    A Close Shave

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    What's Opera, Doc?

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    Duck Amuck

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 50 -

    Steamboat Willie

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 125 -

    Rabbit of Seville

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 49 -

    One Froggy Evening

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 43 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 60 -

    Snow-White

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 39 -

    Red Hot Riding Hood

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 27 -

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 106 -

    Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 38 -

    The Old Mill

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 245 -

    Feed the Kitty

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 41 -

    The Band Concert

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 6 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 61 -

    Porky in Wackyland

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 23 -

    King-Size Canary

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 64 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 62 -

    Gerald McBoing-Boing

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 243 -

    Brave Little Tailor

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  23. 15 -

    Moznosti dialogu

    1983 — a.k.a. Dimensions of Dialogue, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 54 -

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 142 -

    Clock Cleaners

    1937, in 1 top list Check
  26. 35 -

    Bad Luck Blackie

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 132 -

    Little Rural Riding Hood

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 80 -

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 59 -

    The Big Snit

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 143 -

    Simón del desierto

    1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 250 -

    Northwest Hounded Police

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  32. 113 -

    Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom

    1953 — a.k.a. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, in 1 top list Check
  33. 230 -

    Zhil-byl pyos

    1982 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog, in 1 top list Check
  34. 154 -

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 184 -

    Harvie Krumpet

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  36. 226 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 193 -

    Le mélomane

    1903 — a.k.a. The Music Lover, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 34 -

    Neighbours

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 249 -

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 63 -

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 52 -

    Creature Comforts

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  42. 98 -

    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 159 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 121 -

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 119 -

    Broken Down Film

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  46. 175 -

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower...

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 190 -

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 235 -

    Out of the Inkwell

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 145 -

    The Dentist

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  50. 153 -

    Two Tars

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
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