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. 1 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 16 -

    The Wrong Trousers

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 9 -

    Duck Amuck

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 164 -

    A Close Shave

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 20 -

    What's Opera, Doc?

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 49 -

    One Froggy Evening

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 125 -

    Rabbit of Seville

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 15 -

    Moznosti dialogu

    1983 — a.k.a. Dimensions of Dialogue, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 143 -

    Simón del desierto

    1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 6 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 43 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 64 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 184 -

    Harvie Krumpet

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  14. 245 -

    Feed the Kitty

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 34 -

    Neighbours

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 50 -

    Steamboat Willie

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 154 -

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 39 -

    Red Hot Riding Hood

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 38 -

    The Old Mill

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 60 -

    Snow-White

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 61 -

    Porky in Wackyland

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 41 -

    The Band Concert

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 80 -

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 27 -

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 54 -

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 35 -

    Bad Luck Blackie

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 249 -

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 226 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 230 -

    Zhil-byl pyos

    1982 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog, in 1 top list Check
  30. 23 -

    King-Size Canary

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 52 -

    Creature Comforts

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  32. 59 -

    The Big Snit

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 106 -

    Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 63 -

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 62 -

    Gerald McBoing-Boing

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 142 -

    Clock Cleaners

    1937, in 1 top list Check
  37. 250 -

    Northwest Hounded Police

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  38. 243 -

    Brave Little Tailor

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  39. 175 -

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

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 113 -

    Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom

    1953 — a.k.a. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, in 1 top list Check
  41. 121 -

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 119 -

    Broken Down Film

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  43. 193 -

    Le mélomane

    1903 — a.k.a. The Music Lover, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 132 -

    Little Rural Riding Hood

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 196 -

    La vieille dame et les pigeons

    1997 — a.k.a. The Old Lady and the Pigeons, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 98 -

    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 159 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 246 -

    A légy

    1980 — a.k.a. The Fly, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 70 -

    Atama-yama

    2002 — a.k.a. Mount Head, in 1 top list Check
  50. 247 -

    Barres

    1984, in 1 top list Check
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