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. 70 -

    Atama-yama

    2002 — a.k.a. Mount Head, in 1 top list Check
  2. 35 -

    Bad Luck Blackie

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 41 -

    The Band Concert

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 247 -

    Barres

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  5. 121 -

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 59 -

    The Big Snit

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 243 -

    Brave Little Tailor

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  8. 119 -

    Broken Down Film

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  9. 43 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 142 -

    Clock Cleaners

    1937, in 1 top list Check
  11. 164 -

    A Close Shave

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 64 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 52 -

    Creature Comforts

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  14. 159 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 145 -

    The Dentist

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  16. 175 -

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

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 9 -

    Duck Amuck

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 190 -

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 245 -

    Feed the Kitty

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 62 -

    Gerald McBoing-Boing

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 169 -

    Girls Night Out

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  24. 184 -

    Harvie Krumpet

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  25. 80 -

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 241 -

    J'attendrai le suivant...

    2002 — a.k.a. I'll Wait for the Next One..., in 0 top lists Check
  27. 23 -

    King-Size Canary

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 246 -

    A légy

    1980 — a.k.a. The Fly, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 132 -

    Little Rural Riding Hood

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 193 -

    Le mélomane

    1903 — a.k.a. The Music Lover, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 154 -

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 103 -

    Moonbird

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 15 -

    Moznosti dialogu

    1983 — a.k.a. Dimensions of Dialogue, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 54 -

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 249 -

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 34 -

    Neighbours

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 250 -

    Northwest Hounded Police

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  38. 244 -

    Now You Tell One

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 146 -

    O Dreamland

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 38 -

    The Old Mill

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 240 -

    Omnibus

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 98 -

    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 49 -

    One Froggy Evening

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 235 -

    Out of the Inkwell

    1938, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 226 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 106 -

    Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 61 -

    Porky in Wackyland

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 221 -

    Quiet Please!

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 125 -

    Rabbit of Seville

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 39 -

    Red Hot Riding Hood

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
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