Top 250 Most-Acclaimed Short Films of All Time

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I compiled this list from many different polls, lists, and awards, using a weighted point system to rank the shorts. I'm defining short as any film with a runtime of 45 minutes or less.

This list focuses more on animation than the Brief Encounters list. It includes many acclaimed animated shorts which are missing from Brief Encounters, most notably The Man Who Planted Trees and Ruka.

Missing from IMDb: The Magic Fox (1982) (it would've been ranked #132)

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  1. 37 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
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    Le mélomane

    1903 — a.k.a. The Music Lover, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 157 -

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. An Impossible Voyage, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 248 -

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    1906, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 217 -

    Le tunnel sous La Manche ou Le cauchemar...

    1907 — a.k.a. Tunneling the English Channel, in 4 top lists Check
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    Fantasmagorie

    1908 — a.k.a. A Fantasy, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 104 -

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Girl and Her Trust

    1912, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    1912, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 208 -

    The Old Actor

    1912, in 1 top list Check
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    The Mothering Heart

    1913, in 1 top list Check
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    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
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    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 159 -

    The Cure

    1917, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 80 -

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 249 -

    Neighbors

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
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    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 226 -

    The Play House

    1921, in 6 top lists Check
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    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
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    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
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    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
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    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 158 -

    Ménilmontant

    1926, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 244 -

    Now You Tell One

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 149 -

    La coquille et le clergyman

    1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check
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    Steamboat Willie

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
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    Two Tars

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
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    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
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    Black and Tan

    1929, in 3 top lists Check
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    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Skeleton Dance

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
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    Wrong Again

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
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    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Dentist

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  39. 97 -

    L'idée

    1932 — a.k.a. The Idea, in 2 top lists Check
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    Minnie the Moocher

    1932, in 1 top list Check
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    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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    Fétiche

    1933 — a.k.a. The Mascot, in 2 top lists Check
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    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
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    Snow-White

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 115 -

    Three Little Pigs

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
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    La joie de vivre

    1934, in 1 top list Check
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    The Song of Ceylon

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Band Concert

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
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