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The Red Balloon

Albert Lamorisse’s *The Red Balloon* is a poignant 1956 French short film depicting a boy's friendship with a sentient b...

Fantasy French 1950S Oscar

9.2 Excellent

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World of Tomorrow

Don Hertzfeldt’s *World of Tomorrow* presents a surreal and unsettling exploration of identity and existence through ani...

Sci Fi Adult Animated Oscar

9.1 Excellent

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World of Tomorrow Episode Two

World of Tomorrow Episode Two, subtitled The Burden of Other People's Thoughts, is a 2017 American animated science-fict...

Sci Fi Experimental Animated 2017

9.1 Excellent

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Robert Enrico’s 1961 short film, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, adapts Ambrose Bierce's famed story. The live-action...

French 1960S Live Action Oscar

8.8 Great

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Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

This animated short film from Wallace & Gromit features a chaotic encounter with a runaway lawnmower. Created by Aardman...

Comedy Animated Oscar Aardman

8.6 Great

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Letter from Siberia

"Letter from Siberia" (Lettre de Sibérie) is a 1957 French film directed by Chris Marker that blends documentary filmmak...

French Documentary Experimental 1950S

8.5 Great

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If Anything Happens I Love You

“If Anything Happens I Love You” explores profound themes of loss and remembrance through a poignant animated narrative....

Drama Netflix Animated Oscar

8.4 Great

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For the Birds

“For the Birds” is a 2000 Pixar short film directed by Ralph Eggleston. It tells the story of two crows attempting to st...

Pixar Comedy Animated Oscar

8.4 Great

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La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons

Sylvain Chomet’s “La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons” (1997) is a charming French animated short film. The story follows a s...

French Comedy Animated Oscar

8.0 Great

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Yuck!

Yuck! is a 2024 French animated short film directed by Loïc Espuche that explores themes of childhood innocence and firs...

French Animated Recent Oscar

7.6 Good

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Garden Party

Garden Party is a 2017 French animated short film created by six students from the French animation school MOPA. The sto...

French Animated Animals Oscar

7.5 Good

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Oktapodi

Oktapodi is a 2007 French computer-animated student short created at Gobelins, l'Ecole de l'Image. The dialogue-free sto...

French Comedy Animated Oscar

7.5 Good

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Pachyderme

Pachyderme is a 2022 French animated short film directed by Stéphanie Clément. The film uses a child's perspective and a...

French Animated Recent Oscar

7.4 Good

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Memorable

Memorable is a 2019 French animated short film directed by Bruno Collet. The film utilizes claymation and stop-motion an...

French Drama Animated Oscar

7.4 Good

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The Monk and the Fish

The Monk and the Fish is a 1994 French animated short film directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. Presented entirely without...

French Comedy Animated Oscar

7.4 Good

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Logorama

Logorama is a 2009 French animated short film created by the collective H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, and Ludovic...

French Satire Animated Oscar

7.3 Good

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French Roast

French Roast is a 2008 French animated short film written and directed by Fabrice Joubert. Set entirely within a Parisia...

French Comedy Animated Oscar

7.2 Good

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Madagascar, a Journey Diary

Madagascar, a Journey Diary is a 2009 French animated short film directed by Bastien Dubois. Framed like an artist's tra...

Travel French Animated Oscar

7.0 Good

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Even Pigeons Go to Heaven

Even Pigeons Go to Heaven is a 2007 French computer-animated short film directed by Samuel Tourneux. Its comic story con...

French Comedy Animated Oscar

7.0 Good

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La Salla

La Salla is an eight-minute Canadian animated short made by Richard Condie for the National Film Board of Canada and rel...

Canadian Experimental Animated Oscar

6.7 Fair