This is a list of my 100 favorite short films of all time. This is an ever changing list, but this is the list as of February 2026.

This list was first made in February of 2023. For this revision of the list, a total of 13 films dropped out from the original. The highest ranking film to drop was Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6 from 32. Of the films that joined in, the highest ranking one is Film (16). All 13 films to join the list were first time watches since February 2025.

The newest film on this list is Adult Swim's The Elephant (28). The oldest film on this list is Cinderella (85)

13 films have kept their placement with the highest being It's Such a Beautiful Day (1) and the lowest being Black Panthers (84). The film that moved down the most spots was Kung Fury (22) which moved down 16 spots. The film that moved up the most spots was Vincent (51) which moved up 45 spots.

Every decade starting from the 1890's is represented on this list:
1890's: 1
1900's: 4
1910's: 5
1920's: 4
1930's: 7
1940's: 7
1950's: 11
1960's: 7
1970's: 3
1980's: 4
1990's: 8
2000's: 5
2010's: 17
2020's: 17
Along with this, 2013, 2020, 2022, and 2025 are the most represented years with 4 films.

13 countries are represented on this list:
USA: 65
France: 10
Australia: 7
Japan: 4
Canada: 3
UK: 3
Russia: 2
Brazil: 2
Sweden: 1
Hungary: 1
Belgium: 1
Ireland: 1
Switzerland: 1

93 directors are represented on this list. The following are directors with multiple films on the list:
Chuck Jones: 8 (What's Opera Doc, Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, Rabbit Fire, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Duck! Rabbit, Duck!, Rabbit Seasoning)
Don Hertzfeldt: 7 (It's Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime, ME, I Am So Proud Of You, World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts, Everything Will Be OK, World of Tomorrow)
Georges Méliès: 4 (A Trip to the Moon, The Merry Frolics of Satan, Joan of Arc, Cinderella)
Adam Elliot: 4 (Harvie Krumpet, Brother, Cousin, Ernie Biscuit)
Charlie Chaplin: 3 (The Tramp, Behind the Screen, The Cure)
Joseph Barbara: 2 (Heavenly Puss, The Cat Concerto)
William Hanna: 2 (Heavenly Puss, The Cat Concerto)
Jonas Mekas: 2 (Song of Avignon, Notes on the Circus)
Kunihiko Yuyama: 2 (The Uncut Story of Mewtwo’s Origin, Pikachu's Vacation)
Fritz Freleng: 2 (Speedy Gonzales, A Star is Bored)
Dave Fleischer: 2 (Minnie the Moocher, Swing You Sinners!)
Robert Clampett: 2 (Porky in Wackyland, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery)
Wladyslaw Starewicz: 2 (The Cameraman's Revenge, The Mascot)

These films earned a total of 16 Oscar nominations and won 7 of them.

The average length of the list is 13.8 minutes with the longest film being God is the Bigger Elvis (47) at 37 minutes and the shortest being Short Subject (61) at 1 minute.

The average letterbox score of the list is 3.79 with the highest rated film being Duck Amuck (6) with a 4.3 and the lowest rated film being Short Subject (61) with a 3.2. I personally gave the top 52 of these films 5 stars and the rest 4.5.