All Shorts on iCM Lists
by mymovieslists | created - 10 Mar 2012 | updated - 15 Jan 2015 | PublicI'm no longer sorting this list each time I update it because it takes too long to reorder lists on IMDb.
However, the iCM list is still sorted by runtime.
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101. Devo: Mongoloid (1978 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
A documentary film exploring the manner in which a determined young man overcame a basic mental defect and became a useful member of society. Insightful editing techniques reveal the dreams... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Conner | Stars: Devo, Gerald Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale
Votes: 529
102. Mothlight (1963)
4 min | Short
A "found foliage" film composed of insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between two strips of perforated tape.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 2,857
103. Olympiad (II)
4 min | Animation, Short
An experimental short film depicts images and color of a man running.
Directors: Ken Knowlton, Lillian Schwartz
104. Process Red (1966)
4 min | Short
An experimental short film which displays the various contrasts in colors.
Director: Hollis Frampton
Votes: 426
105. Rainbow Dance (1936)
4 min | Short, Musical, Animation
The film was made by colorful printing of footage combined with drawing directly on film. The bouncy music drives home the message heard at the end of the film, promoting the GPO (General ... See full summary »
Director: Len Lye | Star: Rupert Doone
Votes: 774
106. Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Drama, Short
The fourth of eight short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson in which he chronicles the story of Rip Van Winkle. In this film, Rip encounters several other dwarf-like mountain-dwellers.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Joseph Jefferson
Votes: 562
107. Tarantella (1940)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short
Colorful abstract shapes and lines move exuberantly to the syncopated modernistic piano music of Edwin Gershefsky.
Directors: Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth
Votes: 520
108. Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog (1930)
4 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which documents an experimental canine surgery.
Director: Jean Painlevé
Votes: 327
109. The Wall (1966)
4 min | Animation, Short
A gentleman sits near a fortified wall and watches another man's attempts to climb over it.
Director: Ante Zaninovic
Votes: 231
110. Carrots & Peas (1969)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton which compares and contrasts the colors of carrots and peas.
Director: Hollis Frampton
Votes: 370
111. Comingled Containers (1997)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage focusing on flashing light and photographic images.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 863
112. Dow Rahehal Baraye yek Massaleh (1975)
5 min | Short
When one boy tears another boy's book, it is up to the two of them to decide how to handle it.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Saeid, Hamid
Votes: 1,191
114. The Chair (1964)
5 min | Animation, Short
A short animated film about fighting over seating in an auditorium.
Director: Daniel Szczechura
Votes: 239
115. Free Radicals (1958)
5 min | Animation, Short, Music
Display the graph that follows traditional African music's voice strains of sway, between music and graphics so mix and so gave the impression of beauty in the melting pot of musical art and graphics.
Director: Len Lye
Votes: 1,207
116. Glimpse of the Garden (1957)
5 min | Documentary, Short
An exploration of a garden, accompanied by birdsong.
Director: Marie Menken
Votes: 437
117. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (1937)
5 min | Short, News
Film of the famous airship explosion.
Stars: Graham McNamee, Herbert Morrison
Votes: 542
118. Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I (1975)
5 min | Short
An experimental short by Hollis Frampton who films the female form during various activities.
Director: Hollis Frampton
Votes: 223
120. Lemon (1969)
7 min | Short
A lemon is disclosed by lighting, then slowly disappears back into shadow.
Director: Hollis Frampton
Votes: 673
121. Now (1965)
5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A documentary short about racism in the United States.
Director: Santiago Álvarez | Star: Lena Horne
Votes: 759
122. Vomit-Action (1969)
5 min | Short
A subversive and experimental film by Otmar Bauer centered around a man vomiting.
Director: Otmar Bauer
Votes: 154
124. Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909)
Unrated | 5 min | Comedy, Short, Fantasy
A drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Paul Panzer, Gladys Hulette
Votes: 1,025
125. Scratch and Crow (1995)
5 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film from Helen Hill which documents the life cycle of a group of chickens.
Director: Helen Hill
Votes: 233
126. Skullduggery (1962)
5 min | Animation, Short
A subversive experimental short against the ruling class.
Director: Stan Vanderbeek
Votes: 134
128. Studie II: Hallucinationer (1952)
5 min | Short
A short film comprised of twelve scenes derived from group of drawings.
Director: Peter Weiss | Stars: Eugen Albán, Lars Forssell, Lars Fredin, Daniel Helldén
Votes: 183
129. Diagonal Symphony (1924)
7 min | Animation, Short, Music
A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The ... See full summary »
Director: Viking Eggeling
Votes: 1,479
130. Thanatopsis (1963)
5 min | Short
Introducing some innovative film techniques, Emshwiller won a Special Award at the Brussels Experimental Film Festival for this expression of internal anguish. He described the film as "The... See full summary »
Director: Ed Emshwiller | Stars: Becky Arnold, Mac Emshwiller
Votes: 392
131. Thigh Line Lyre Triangular (1961)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film of flashing images made by Stan Brakhage.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 290
132. Tin Toy (1988)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Family
A one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
Director: John Lasseter
Votes: 11,679
133. Trade Tattoo (1937)
5 min | Short, Animation, Drama
Abstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music.
Director: Len Lye
Votes: 561
134. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which combines flashing light and images.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Robert Creeley, Michael McClure
Votes: 332
135. Valse Triste (1977)
5 min | Short
1950s found footage -- trains, everyday suburban life, industrial scenes, time-lapse photography of flowers -- cut to Valse triste by Jean Sibelius.
Director: Bruce Conner
Votes: 365
136. What Goes Up (2003)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Robert Breer which combines animation and live action in referencing his childhood dreams of flying.
Director: Robert Breer
Votes: 151
137. A Noite (1999)
6 min | Short, Animation
It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the ... See full summary »
Director: Regina Pessoa
Votes: 253
138. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,704
140. Cat's Cradle (1959)
6 min | Short
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 985
141. Crack Glass Eulogy (1992)
6 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which captures various flashing lights, colors, and images.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 567
142. Cristaux liquides (1978)
6 min | Documentary, Short
A microscopic view of liquid crystals morphing into various shapes.
Director: Jean Painlevé
Votes: 439
143. Dog Star Man: Part IV (1964)
6 min | Drama, Short
The fourth and final part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 1,176
144. How a Mosquito Operates (1912)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
Director: Winsor McCay | Star: Winsor McCay
Votes: 1,346
145. Jamestown Baloos (1957)
6 min | Short
An experimental short film from Robert Breer with animated and live-action scenes cut together.
Director: Robert Breer
Votes: 167
146. La poulette grise (1947)
6 min | Animation, Short, Musical
An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 353
148. Life of an American Fireman (1903)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action
A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Edwin S. Porter, Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James H. White
Votes: 2,708
149. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 1,366
150. Magical Maestro (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Tex Avery, Carlos Ramírez
Votes: 1,229
151. The Machine (1961)
6 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film in which many men work many years on a machine which is revealed to be something very common.
Director: Daniel Szczechura
Votes: 130
152. More (1998)
6 min | Sci-Fi, Short, Animation
A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
Director: Mark Osborne
Votes: 6,117
153. Nebula 2 (1971)
6 min | Short
As the ever-changing circular patterns become more complex and change in increasingly rapid fashion, the incessant bombardment of our senses with flicker effects, visual transmogrifications... See full summary »
Director: Robert Frerck
154. New York Subway (1905)
Unrated | 6 min | Short, Documentary
In one long take, the camera shows us the journey of a subway train as it makes its way from Union Square to the old Grand Central Station.
Director: G.W. Bitzer
Votes: 814
155. No. 4 (1966)
6 min | Short
This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.
Directors: Anthony Cox, Yoko Ono | Stars: Susannah Campbell, Philip Corner, Anthony Cox, Kyoko Ono Cox
Votes: 253
156. Out of the Inkwell (1938)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At the Fleischer studio, a black janitor, learning to hypnotize, conjures Betty Boop out of the inkwell and tries some suggestions on her. But two can play at that game...
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Bonnie Poe, Oscar Polk
Votes: 398
157. Pianissimo (1963)
6 min | Animation, Short
An experimental animated short film in which a piano plays a song and the keys, hammers, and various other parts of the piano are different colors.
Director: Carmen D'Avino
Votes: 224
158. Puce Moment (1949)
6 min | Short
A soundtrack plays folk rock as a woman prepares, at noon, to take her Borzois for a walk. She goes through her dresses, all 1920s style flapper gowns, holding them one at a time, shaking ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Anger | Star: Yvonne Marquis
Votes: 1,873
159. Runaway (1969)
6 min | Animation, Short
An animated short in which a group of dogs run back and forth reacting to something happening off screen.
Director: Standish Lawder
Votes: 114
160. Samadhi (1967)
6 min | Animation, Short
An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.
Director: Jordan Belson
Votes: 309
161. The Big Shave (1967)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Drama, Horror
In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Star: Peter Bernuth
Votes: 8,714
162. The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I (1977)
6 min | Short
A short film by Hollis Frampton centering around a bride and groom in a garden setting.
Director: Hollis Frampton
Votes: 271
163. The Dante Quartet (1987)
6 min | Animation, Short
Dante's Divine Comedy depicted as thousands of abstract paintings by Stan Brakhage himself.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,199
164. The Heart of the World (2000)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw
Votes: 3,604
165. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 6,295
166. The Wonder Ring (1955)
6 min | Short
A short film by Stan Brakhage in which New York City's Third Avenue elevated train is filmed before its destruction.
Directors: Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell
Votes: 713
167. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,875
168. Westinghouse Works (1904)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
Collection of 21 American short silent films. The films were taken from April 18, 1904 to May 16, 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and document various Westinghouse manufacturing plants.
Votes: 357
169. A La Mode (1959)
5 min | Animation, Short
An experimental short film centered around a collage of magazine and sound clips.
Director: Stan Vanderbeek
Votes: 181
171. Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs and Daffy tunnel to Baghdad where they find caves full of treasure and a guard named Hassan who wants only to "chop" them.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,274
172. Anemic Cinema (1926)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short
A spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Duchamp
Votes: 1,842
173. Arnulf Rainer (1960)
7 min | Short
An experimental short from Peter Kubelka in which the film flickers between periods of light and sound.
Director: Peter Kubelka
Votes: 950
174. Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: William Hanna, Harry Lang, Pat McGeehan, Tex Avery
Votes: 1,647
175. Balance (1989)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Votes: 5,667
176. Black Pudding (1971)
7 min | Animation, Short
A surreal animation of erotic images.
Director: Nancy Edell
177. Book Revue (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach
Votes: 1,538
178. Bully for Bugs (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs Bunny takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and winds up in a Mexican bullring fighting one heck of a big bullying bull.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 2,948
179. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
So White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Ivie Anderson, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge, Vivian Dandridge
Votes: 1,561
180. Desistfilm (1954)
7 min | Short, Romance
Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: A. Austin, Robert Benson, Yvonne Fair, Larry Jordan
Votes: 991
181. Dog Star Man: Part II (1963)
7 min | Short, Drama
The second part of Dog Star Man (1964), an experimental film wherein a man climbs a mountain along with his dog.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Star: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,193
182. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
Directors: Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter | Star: Jack Brawn
Votes: 1,993
183. Duck Amuck (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 9,436
184. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Duck Dodgers and Marvin Martian wage war over Planet X.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 6,438
185. Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
TV-Y7 | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The final installment of the "Hunting Trilogy" once again has Elmer out hunting, while Bugs and Daffy try to con him into shooting the other.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 3,600
186. Dumb-Hounded (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,217
187. En rachâchant (1982)
7 min | Short, Drama
The child Ernesto doesn't want to go to school any more because, as he says, all he is taught there is things he doesn't know.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olivier Straub, Nadette Thinus, Bernard Thinus, Raymond Gérard
Votes: 491
188. Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure (1929)
X | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adult
Eveready Horton and his behemoth penis venture through the country in search of the penetrable.
Director: E. Hardon
Votes: 545
189. Feed the Kitty (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc
Votes: 3,548
190. Jan 69 (1969)
7 min | Documentary, Short, History
A short film by Stanislav Milota which documents the funeral of Jan Palach which occurred on January 25, 1969.
Director: Stanislav Milota
Votes: 119
191. Jumping (1984)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Votes: 1,312
192. Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs, the Wolf and bobby-soxer Red chase each other around while Grandma is off working at Lockheed aircraft.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 2,068
193. Maria-Empfängnis-Aktion Hermann Nitsch (1969)
7 min | Short, Drama
An experimental short film from Ed and Irm Sommer.
Directors: Ed Sommer, Irm Sommer
Votes: 130
194. Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Frank Graham, William Hanna
Votes: 1,314
195. One Froggy Evening (1955)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: William Roberts
Votes: 6,108
196. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert Clampett, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 2,270
197. Rabbit of Seville (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 5,648
198. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 4,722
199. Rabbit's Moon (1950)
7 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Pierrot waxes romantic, entranced by the moon. Harlequin appears and bullies him, then uses a magic lantern to project an image of Columbine. Pierrot tries to court the illusory Columbine ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Claude Revenant, André Soubeyran, Nadine Valence
Votes: 2,001
200. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Elvia Allman, Sara Berner, Daws Butler, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 2,751
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