swap_horiz Smash and Grab Alternatives

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The Wrong Trousers

The Wrong Trousers is Nick Park's 1993 Wallace and Gromit short, introducing Feathers McGraw and winning the animated sh...

Animation British Oscar Aardman

9.6 Brilliant

2

The Man Who Planted Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees is a 1987 Canadian animated short by Frederic Back, notable for adapting Jean Giono and winnin...

Animation Canadian 1980S Oscar

9.2 Excellent

3

Everything Will Be OK

Everything Will Be OK is Don Hertzfeldt's 2006 animated short about Bill's mental decline, winner of the Sundance short-...

American Drama Animation Hertzfeldt

9.1 Excellent

4

A Close Shave

A Close Shave is Nick Park's 1995 Wallace and Gromit stop-motion short, notable for introducing Shaun the Sheep and winn...

Animation British Oscar Aardman

9.0 Excellent

5

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Jr. is Pixar's 1986 computer-animated short by John Lasseter, the first CGI film nominated for an Academy Award and...

Computer Animation Pixar 1980S

8.9 Great

6

The Cat Concerto

The Cat Concerto is a 1947 MGM Tom and Jerry short by Hanna and Barbera, built around Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 a...

Animation 1940S Mgm Oscar

8.8 Great

7

The Big Snit

The Big Snit is Richard Condie's 1985 NFB animated short, a dark comic domestic argument set against nuclear war and an...

Animation Canadian Comedy Nfb

8.7 Great

8

I Am So Proud of You

I Am So Proud of You is Don Hertzfeldt's 2008 animated short, continuing Bill's fragmented biography with stick-figure d...

American Drama Animation Hertzfeldt

8.7 Great

9

The Old Mill

The Old Mill is Disney's 1937 Silly Symphony, a storm-set showcase for the multiplane camera that won the animated short...

Animation Disney 1930S Oscar

8.5 Great

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For the Birds

For the Birds is Ralph Eggleston's 2000 Pixar animated short, released with Monsters, Inc. and winner of the 2002 animat...

Pixar Comedy Animated Oscar

8.4 Great

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A Grand Day Out

A Grand Day Out is Nick Park's 1989 British stop-motion debut for Wallace and Gromit, later nominated for the animated s...

Animation British Aardman Wallace Gromit

8.4 Great

12

Crac

Crac is a 1981 animated short by Canadian filmmaker Frederic Back, notable for winning an Oscar with a Quebec rocking-ch...

Animation Canadian Oscar Nfb

8.4 Great

13

Piper

Piper is a 2016 Pixar animated short by Alan Barillaro, noted for winning the Oscar and its detailed depiction of a hung...

Nature Pixar Animated Oscar

8.3 Great

14

Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care is a 1949 NFB film by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, painting directly on film to visualize Oscar P...

Animation Canadian Jazz Nfb

8.3 Great

15

The Cat Came Back

The Cat Came Back is Cordell Barker's 1988 NFB animated short, an Oscar-nominated comic adaptation of Harry S. Miller's...

Animation Canadian Comedy Nfb

8.3 Great

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Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs is a 1933 Disney Silly Symphony directed by Burt Gillett, a major hit that won the 1934 animated short...

Animation Disney 1930S Oscar

8.3 Great

17

Tin Toy

Tin Toy is Pixar's 1988 computer-animated short by John Lasseter, the first CGI film to win the Academy Award for animat...

Animation Pixar 1980S Oscar

7.6 Good

18

Purl

Purl is a 2019 Pixar SparkShort by Kristen Lester about a yarn ball entering a male-dominated office, notable as the pro...

Animation Pixar 2010S Sparkshorts

7.1 Good

19

Party Central

Party Central is a 2013 Pixar short directed by Kelsey Mann, a Monsters University spin-off first released theatrically...

Animation Pixar Comedy 2010S

6.8 Fair

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Nona

Nona is a 2021 Pixar SparkShort by Louis Gonzales about a wrestling fan grandmother and her granddaughter, released as t...

Animation Pixar 2020S Sparkshorts

6.6 Fair