Best Oscar Winning Live Action Short Film Since 2000
by Dibyayan_Chakravorty | created - 11 Mar 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicWhich of the Oscar winners for Best Live Action Short Film since 2000 is the best in your opinion?
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1. Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
35 min | Short, Drama
The paths of two orphan brothers drastically change over the years, beginning when they were just boys living on the streets of Mexico City.
Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Emilio Perez, Luis Fernando Peña, Chaco, Mario Zaragoza
Votes: 365
73rd Academy Awards.
2. The Accountant (2001)
TV-14 | 35 min | Comedy, Short
The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.
Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Eddie King, Gary Richardson
Votes: 1,204
74th Academy Awards.
3. This Charming Man (2002)
30 min | Comedy, Short
Lars Hansen is in a job training program. He finds a potential job at a print shop, but his paperwork gets mixed up with an El Hassan. He is scheduled for a Danish class, since he's ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Strange-Hansen | Stars: Martin Buch, Camilla Bendix, Farshad Kholghi, Martin Hestbæk
Votes: 715
75th Academy Awards.
4. Two Soldiers (2003)
Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Drama, War
Mississippi, just before Pearl Harbor. Two brothers, Pete, about 19 and Willie, about 10 years younger. They are clearly close friends. The news arrives, and Pete goes to enlist. Willie ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Jonathan Furr, Ben Allison, Ron Perlman, David Andrews
Votes: 416
76th Academy Awards.
5. Wasp (2003)
26 min | Short, Drama
A 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.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Natalie Press, Danny Dyer, Jodie Mitchell, Molly Griffiths
Votes: 5,547
77th Academy Awards.
6. Six Shooter (2004)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A 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....
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O'Sullivan
Votes: 14,309
78th Academy Awards.
7. West Bank Story (2005)
21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of dueling falafel restaurants on the West Bank.
Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Ben Newmark, Noureen DeWulf, A.J. Tannen, Joey Naber
Votes: 1,692
79th Academy Awards.
8. The Mozart of Pickpockets (2006)
31 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Richard and Philippe live hand to mouth, backing up a gang of Spanish pickpockets on the streets of Paris, posing as policemen who arrest a gang member while the others rifle the pockets ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Pollet-Villard | Stars: Matteo Razzouki-Safardi, Philippe Pollet-Villard, Richard Morgiève, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 964
80th Academy Awards.
9. Spielzeugland (2007)
TV-PG | 14 min | Short, Drama, War
A German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank | Stars: Julia Jäger, Cedric Eich, Tamay Bulut Özvatan, Torsten Michaelis
Votes: 3,167
81st Academy Awards.
10. The New Tenants (2009)
TV-14 | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A nosy neighbor, a drug dealer and an angry husband make for a move-in day that two men will never forget.
Director: Joachim Back | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Corrigan, Liane Balaban, Jamie Harrold
Votes: 1,558
82nd Academy Awards.
11. God of Love (2010)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.
Director: Luke Matheny | Stars: Luke Matheny, Marian Brock, Christopher Hirsh, Emily Young
Votes: 1,919
83rd Academy Awards.
12. The Shore (2011)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The story of Joe and Paddy, whose childhood friendship is shattered by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty five years later they are reunited.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Anthony Brophy, Conleth Hill, Packy Lee, Aidan McAteer
Votes: 1,069
84th Academy Awards.
13. Curfew (I) (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Having 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?
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal
Votes: 7,048
85th Academy Awards.
14. Helium (II) (2013)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Family
A 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.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Casper Crump, Pelle Falk Krusbæk, Marijana Jankovic
Votes: 2,506
86th Academy Awards.
15. The Phone Call (2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Short, Drama
Heather 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.
Director: Mat Kirkby | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Edward Hogg, Prunella Scales
Votes: 3,060
87th Academy Awards.
16. Stutterer (2015)
PG | 12 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.
Director: Benjamin Cleary | Stars: Matthew Needham, Chloe Pirrie, Eric Richard, Richard Mason
Votes: 3,297
88th Academy Awards.
17. Sing (2016)
25 min | Short, Drama, Music
'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
Director: Kristóf Deák | Stars: Dorka Gáspárfalvi, Dorottya Hais, Zsófia Szamosi, Borbála Karádi
Votes: 5,870
89th Academy Awards.
18. The Silent Child (2017)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
Director: Chris Overton | Stars: Rachel Fielding, Philip York, Rachel Shenton, Maisie Sly
Votes: 2,902
90th Academy Awards.
19. Skin (I) (2018)
R | 21 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Danielle Macdonald, Ashley Thomas, Jackson Robert Scott
Votes: 5,388
91st Academy Awards.
20. The Neighbors' Window (2019)
21 min | Short, Drama
It tells the story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Director: Marshall Curry | Stars: Maria Dizzia, Greg Keller, Juliana Canfield, Bret Lada
Votes: 5,886
92nd Academy Awards.
21. Two Distant Strangers (2020)
Not Rated | 32 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
Directors: Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | Stars: Joey Bada$$, Zaria, Vincent Mordente, Ana González
Votes: 20,203
93rd Academy Awards.
[Added on May 2, 2021]
22. The Long Goodbye (I) (2020)
13 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Riz and his family are in the middle of a typical family day in their house, whilst a far right march plays out on the telly in the background, which eventually arrives at their front door, leading to a devastating outcome.
Director: Aneil Karia | Stars: Carl Prekopp, Belal Sabir, Leon Ung, Raphael von Blumenthal
Votes: 3,230
94th Academy Awards.
[Added on April 4, 2022]
23. An Irish Goodbye (I) (2022)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers reunite following their mother's untimely death.
Directors: Tom Berkeley, Ross White | Stars: Seamus O'Hara, James Martin, Paddy Jenkins, Michelle Fairley
Votes: 3,395
95th Academy Awards.
[Added on March 13, 2023]
24. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
PG | 40 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
Chronicles a variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 69,565
96th Academy Awards.
[Added on March 12, 2024]
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