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Best Fiction Short Movies (non-animated)

All Rankings

Top rated Live-Action Short Movies on Filmaffinity

1

Threat Level Midnight: The Movie Threat Level Midnight: The Movie

episodeshort film

2019

Tucker Gates

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms ...

7.9

1,015
2

One Week One Week

short film

1920

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts

7.7

2,854
3

A Trip to the Moon A Trip to the Moon

short film

1902

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, Henri Delannoy, Jeanne d'Alcy

7.7

22,532
4

The Butterfly Circus The Butterfly Circus

short film

2009

Joshua Weigel

Eduardo Verástegui, Nick Vujicic, Doug Jones, Matt Allmen, Mark Atteberry ...

7.6

10,460
5

Monty Python: International Philosophy Monty Python: International Philosophy

short film

1972

Terry Jones

John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

7.5

4,640
6

The Immigrant The Immigrant

short film

1917

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Tom Wilson, John Rand ...

7.5

3,076
7

Neighbors Neighbors

short film

1920

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton, Edward F. Cline, James Duffy

7.4

1,761
8

Pay Day Pay Day

short film

1922

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin ...

7.4

1,943
9

An Andalusian Dog An Andalusian Dog

short film

1929

Luis Buñuel

Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Salvador Dalí

7.4

28,624
10

Meshes of the Afternoon Meshes of the Afternoon

short film

1943

Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

7.4

2,951
11

The Goat The Goat

short film

1921

Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward F. Cline ...

7.3

853
12

The Scarecrow The Scarecrow

short film

1920

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton

7.3

1,149
13

The Natural Route The Natural Route

short film

2004

Àlex Pastor

Pere Ventura, Albert López-Murtra, Albert Capdevila, Carlota Ribes, Lucas Zamora

7.3

5,279
14

Mother (Madre) Mother (Madre)

short film

2017

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Marta Nieto, Blanca Apilánez, Álvaro Balas, Miriam Correa

7.2

5,489
15

The High Sign The High Sign

short film

1921

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Al St. John

7.2

774
16

Cops Cops

short film

1922

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Edward F. Cline

7.2

1,090
17

The Piano Tuner The Piano Tuner

short film

2010

Olivier Treiner

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Danièle Lebrun, Grégory Gadebois

7.2

682
18

Suspense Suspense

short film

1913

Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber

Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard, Sam Kaufman, Lon Chaney

7.2

1,144
19

The Electric House The Electric House

short film

1922

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton, Joe Roberts ...

7.2

1,165
20

Validation Validation

short film

2007

Kurt Kuenne

T.J. Thyne, Richard Kuenne, Courtney Kleinmann, Dave Kuhr, Karen Zumsteg ...

7.2

2,638
21

Easy Street Easy Street

short film

1917

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Leo White ...

7.2

1,321
22

A Song of Love A Song of Love

short film

1950

Jean Genet

Lucien Sénémaud, Coco Le Martiniquais, André Reybaz. Mouloudji

7.1

765
23

The Crimson Permanent Assurance The Crimson Permanent Assurance

short film

1983

Terry Gilliam

Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell, Myrtle Devenish, Ross Davidson ...

7.1

2,765
24

World of Glory World of Glory

short film

1991

Roy Andersson

Klas-Gösta Olsson, Lennart Björklund, Christer Christensen, Bernard Eiger, Rolf Engström ...

7.1

1,116
25

True True

short film

2004

Tom Tykwer

Melchior Beslon, Natalie Portman

7.1

2,716
26

The Playhouse The Playhouse

short film

1921

Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Joe Murphy

7.1

748
27

The Bakery Girl of Monceau The Bakery Girl of Monceau

short film

1963

Éric Rohmer

Barbet Schroeder, Michèle Girardon, Claudine Soubrier, Michel Mardore, Fred Junk

7.1

1,297
28

I Don't Want to Go Back Alone I Don't Want to Go Back Alone

short film

2010

Daniel Ribeiro

Ghilherme Lobo, Tess Amorim, Fabio Audi, Júlio Machado, Nora Toledo

7.1

814
29

The Cure The Cure

short film

1917

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, John Rand, Albert Austin ...

7.1

913
30

Curfew Curfew

short film

2012

Shawn Christensen

Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal, Kirsten Holly Smith

7.1

931

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