top 50 greatest live action short films
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- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinahLike the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekKim AllenHaving reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsJ. Carrol NaishDonald WoodsRosina GalliThree cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient see a distant bright light, and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young expectant couple.
- DirectorBenjamin ClearyStarsMatthew NeedhamChloe PirrieEric RichardA man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
- DirectorPeggy RajskiStarsBrett BarskyJudy KainJohn LizziUpon hitting puberty, a high-school boy realizes he is homosexual and faces prejudice from his parents and friends.
- DirectorJochen Alexander FreydankStarsJulia JägerCedric EichTamay Bulut ÖzvatanA German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerKjeld JacobsenThe lives of black bears in Yellowstone National Park.
- DirectorRay McKinnonStarsRay McKinnonWalton GogginsEddie KingThe O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.
- DirectorPepe DanquartStarsSenta MoiraPaul OutlawStefan MerkiA young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge.
- DirectorLuke MathenyStarsLuke MathenyMarian BrockChristopher HirshA lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsNatalie PressDanny DyerJodie MitchellA struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
- DirectorAdam DavidsonStarsScotty BlochClebert FordBernard JohnsonA woman misses her train and buys lunch in a café. When she returns to her table, a man is eating her salad.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenJens Jørn SpottagJohn MartinusOn his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
- DirectorChuck WorkmanA montage of nearly 500 film clips from eight decades of American movies, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Director's Guild of America.
- DirectorRobert P. DavisStarsEzra R. BakerAn extremely funny film of abstract-expressionist painting.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonRúaidhrí ConroyDavid WilmotA black and bloody Irish comedy about a sad train journey where an older man, whose wife has died that morning, encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball....
- DirectorMat KirkbyStarsSally HawkinsJim BroadbentEdward HoggHeather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call center. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
- DirectorWilliam FertikAllan MillerStarsZubin MehtaMerrit BuxbaumRobert DivalThe first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
- DirectorPeter CapaldiStarsRichard E. GrantCrispin LettsKen StottWhile trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Kafka's constantly being interrupted by knife-selling strangers, party noise, girls, fancy dress costumes, and other strange, dreamlike visions.
- DirectorAri SandelStarsBen NewmarkNoureen DeWulfA.J. TannenA musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of dueling falafel restaurants on the West Bank.
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsCasper CrumpPelle Falk KrusbækMarijana JankovicA young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world - told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerThe first of the True-Life Adventure featurettes. Fur seals arrive on the Pribilof Islands for the purpose of mating. The older seals are known as bulls and have "harems" of females which they protect very seriously. The younger male seals get together, train themselves to fight, and then help each other overthrow the bulls to become the new masters of the harems.
- DirectorFlorian GallenbergerStarsEmilio PerezLuis Fernando PeñaChacoThe paths of two orphan brothers drastically change over the years, beginning when they were just boys living on the streets of Mexico City.
- DirectorJean-Claude CarrièrePierre ÉtaixStarsGeorges LoriotNono ZammitLucien FrégisA woman is preparing a romantic dinner for two for her and her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Her husband is out running a series of errands, most of his stops to pick up anniversary gifts for his wife. But the anti-anniversary Gods seem to be working against him as Paris traffic and other problems at each stop seem to be holding him up from getting in and out and to home on time for dinner. Meanwhile, his wife has no idea what has happened to her husband. Will it still be a happy anniversary by the time he makes it home?