Curated list of animated short films

This page serves as a small database of animated short films from all over the world and from many different time periods. Students planning their graduation films may use this page to find inspiration and influence on their projects. This page is a work in progress.

2D Digital

• AH, HE'S SICK by Yugo Limbo (Narrative)
  
• Cavity by Andrea Reyes (Narrative)
  
• Wednesday with Goddard by Nicolas Ménard (Narrative)
  
• War For Dogs by Felipe Di Poi Tamargo (Narrative)
• Knockstrike by Genis Rigol Alzola, Pau Anglada and Marc Torices (Non-narrative)
• MADE IN CHINA by Vincent Tsui (Non-narrative)
• David Blaine "Spectacle of The Real" by Buck (Non-narrative)
• The Mechanism of Spring by Atsushi Wada (Non-narrative)
• Fight by Steven Subotnick (Non-narrative)
• こうこう by Takashi Ohashi (Non-narrative)
• HEDGE by Amanda Bonaiuto (Non-narrative)
• I Like Girls by Diane Obomsawin (Narrative)

2D Traditional/Mixed Media

• Goodbye Forever Party by Jonni Phillips (Narrative)
  
• Hot Dog Hands by Matt Reynolds (Narrative)
  
• Nailbiter by Laura Hodkin(Narrative)
  
• We're Having a Party and Everyone's Invited by Arius Zaiee (Narrative)
  
• Velodrool by Sander Jool (Narrative)
• A Story of North America by Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore (Narrative)
• Travels of an Ant by Eduard Nazarov (Narrative)
• Manivald by Chintis Lundgren (Narrative)

3D Digital

• TIDES by Arthur Chaumay (Narrative)
  
• Fest by Nikita Diakur (Non-narrative)
  
• Jill by Lilli Carre (Non-narrative)
  
• It Is My Fault by Liu Sha (Narrative)
• RGB XYZ by David O'Reilly (Non-narrative)

Stop-Motion

• Negative Space by Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata (Narrative)
• Bath House by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (Narrative)
• My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes by Charlie Tyrell (Narrative)
• Hedgehog's Home by Eva Cvijanović (Narrative)

Other Experimental Mediums

• Lueur d'espoir by Damien Tran (Non-narrative)
• Divisional Articulations (4:33) by Max Hattler (Non-Narrative)
• Utsukushiki Tennen by Romane Granger (Non-narrative)
• Guaxuma by Nara Normande (Narrative)
• Facing It by Sam Gainsbourough (Narrative)

Older Animated Shorts (Pre-2000)

• Lichtspiel Opus by Walther Ruttmann (1921) (Non-narrative)
• An Optical Poem by Oskar Fischinger (1938) (Non-narrative)
• Taiga Tale by Olga Khodataeva (1951) (Narrative)
• Neighbours by Norman McLaren (1952) (Narrative)
• Arnulf Rainer by Peter Kubelka (1960) (Non-narrative)
• Allures by Jordan Belson (1961) (Non-narrative)
• Fine Feathers by Evelyn Lambart (1968) (Narrative)
• Bambi Meets Godzilla by Marv Newland (1969) (Narrative)
• Matrix by John Whitney (1971) (Non-narrative)
• Hot Stuff by Zlatko Grgic (1971) (Narrative)
• The Midnight Parasites by Yuji Kuri (1972) (Non-narrative)
• Hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein (1975) (Narrative)
• Dogs by Jonathan Hodgson (1981) (Non-narrative)
• The Big Snit by Richard Condie (1985) (Narrative)
• BUZZ BOX by David Daniels (1985) (Non-narrative)
• Face Like a Frog by Sally Cruikshank (1987) (Non-narrative)
• Two Sisters by Caroline Leaf (1991) (Narrative)
• Lunch by Jan Švankmajer (1992) (Narrative)