List of short live-action films

This is a list of live-action short films.

1880s

Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) – directed by Louis Le Prince; this two-second film is the oldest surviving motion picture
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) – another early Louis Le Prince film
Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (1889)

1890s

London's Trafalgar Square (1890)
Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)
Dickson Greeting (1891)
Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop (1891)
Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891)
Duncan Smoking (1891)
Men Boxing (1891)
Monkey and Another, Boxing (1891)
Newark Athlete (1891)
Blacksmith Scene (1893) – first film publicly exhibited by Kinetoscope; sometimes listed as the first film to employ actors; selected for the National Film Registry
Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894) – first motion picture copyrighted in the United States
The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895) – sometimes listed as the first film to employ actors and the first film to use special effects
Robetta and Doretto (1895)
Watering the Gardener (1895)
Interrupted Lover (1896)
The Kiss (1896) – first on-screen kiss; one of the first films to be exhibited commercially; selected for the National Film Registry
In a Chinese Laundry (1897)
The Milker's Mishap (1897)
New Pillow Fight (1897)
Young America (1897)
The Inquisitive Girls (1898)
Little Willy and the Minister (1898)
The Minister's Wooing (1898)
The Nearsighted School Teacher (1898)
The Old Maid and the Burglar (1898)
Armor vs. Armour (1899)
An Exciting Finish (1899)

1900s

Above the Limit (1900)
The Burglar-Proof Bed (1900)
I Had to Leave a Happy Home for You (1900)
A Joke on Grandma (1901)
A Trip to the Moon (1902) – first science-fiction film
I Want My Dinner (1903)
The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903)
The Magic Lantern (1903)
The Magical Tramp (1903)
A Narrow Escape (1903)
Everybody Works but Father (1905)
The Little Train Robbery (1905)
Raffles the Dog (1905)
Rescued by Rover (1905)
Ah! La Barbe (1906)
Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium (1906)
College Chums (1907)
A Calamitcus Elapment (1908)
A Dash for Liberty (1908)
The Painter's Revenge (1908)
The House of Ghosts (1908) – directed by Segundo de Chomón; one of the first films with a haunted house premise^[1]
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
The Thieving Hand (1908)
Cohen at Corey Island (1909)
A Corner in Wheat (1909) – directed by D. W. Griffith; selected for the National Film Registry
The New Cop (1909)
Tag Day (1909)

1910s

Davy Jones and Captain Bragg (1910)
Making a Man of Him (1910)
Money to Burn (1911)
Making a Man of Her (1912)
A Near-Tragedy (1912)
The New Neighbour (1912)
O'Brien's Busy Day (1912)
Nursery Favorites (1913)
Between Showers (1914)
A Busy Day (1914)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) – first released film in which Charlie Chaplin plays his Tramp character
Making a Living (1914)
The New Janitor (1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
A Night in the Snow (1915)
Ragtime Snap Shots (1915)
A Woman (1915)
Behind the Screen (1916)
The Fireman (1916)
The Floorwalker (1916)
Easy Street (1917)
The Immigrant (1917) – Charlie Chaplin film; selected for the National Film Registry
The Cook (1918)
Good-Night, Nurse! (1918)
O, It's Great to Be Crazy (1918)
Back Stage (1919)
The Hayseed (1919)
Hoot, Moon! (1919)
Short Hustling for Health (1919)

1920s

The Garage (1920)
One Week (1920)
Among Those Present (1921)
The Idle Class (1921)
The Lucky Dog (1921)
Now or Never (1921)
Cops (1922) – Buster Keaton comedy; selected for the National Film Registry
Glad Bags (1922)
Mixed Nuts (1922)
Our Gang (1922)
Pay Day (1922)
The Ballonaric (1923)
Gas and Air (1923)
Kill or Cure (1923)
The Love Nest (1923)
A Powder Romance (1923)
Portage Due (1924)
Duck Soup (1927)
Love 'em and Weep (1927)
Hats Off (1928)
Big Business (1929) – Laurel and Hardy comedy; selected for the National Film Registry
The Carnival Man (1929)

1930s

Brats (1930)
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
Teacher's Pet (1930)
So Quiet on the Canine Front (1930)
County Hospital (1932)
The Hollywood Handicap (1932)
The Music Box (1932) – Academy Award-winning Laurel and Hardy comedy; selected for the National Film Registry
Running Hollywood (1932)
The Voice of Hollywood No, 13 (1932)
Busy Bodies (1933)
Me and My Pal (1933)
The Poor Fish (1933)
Wrongorilla (1933)
Woman Haters (1934)
Smoked Hams (1934)
Little Boy Blue (1936)

1940s

1950s

The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)
The Red Balloon (1956) – only short film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; winner of the Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or
Pull My Daisy (1959) – written by Jack Kerouac; features members of the Beat Generation; selected for the National Film Registry

1960s

La Jetée (1962) – science-fiction film; directed by Chris Marker; remade in 1995 as Twelve Monkeys
The Peaches (1964)
Castro Street (1966) – selected for the National Film Registry
The Dove (1968) – Academy Award-nominated spoof of Ingmar Bergman films

1970s

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) – Academy Award winner; edited and with music composed by John Carpenter
No Lies (1972)
C'était un rendez-vous (1976)
Dear Phone (1976)
To Fly! (1976) – first film in IMAX format; selected for the National Film Registry

1980s

Reasons to Be Glad (1980)
Frankenweenie (1984) – directed by Tim Burton; stars Shelley Duvall and Daniel Stern
Captain EO (1986)
Precious Images (1986) – Academy Award-winning montage of classic movies; directed by Chuck Workman
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987) – Academy Award winner; cast includes Sam McMurray, David Rasche, Fred Willard and Robert Wuhl
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) – Academy Award winner; stars Steven Wright and Rowan Atkinson
Smooth Criminal (1988) – Grammy Award winner; stars Michael Jackson and Joe Pesci
Climb Dance (1989)

1990s

Angry George Irons (1992)
Omnibus (1992) – Academy Award and Short Film Palme d'Or winner
Swan Song (1992)
The Crane (1994)
Silver Surfer (1994)
Curtains (1995)
Requiem (1995)
Spindrift (1996)
Where's the Money, Ronnie? (final version) (1996)
Yellow (1996)
Coven (1997)
Little Red Riding Hood (1997)
Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
Visas and Virtue (1997)
Random Acts of Intimacy (1998)
Waiting for Woody (1998)

2000s

Le Cheval 2.1
Coming Out (2000)
Manic Ken
Shooter (2000)
Mean People Suck (2001)
My Other Wheelchair Is a Porsche (2001)
Red Gourmet Pellzik (2001)
Remembrance (2001)
Sweetnightgoodheart (2001)
On All Floors (2002)
Tag 26 (2002)
Day of Independence (2003)
Eve's Dropping In (2003)
Home Security (2003)
Journey Through the Night (2003)
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 (2003)
Right Here, Right Now (2003)
Saw (2003)
Wrestled (2003)
The Anniversary (2004)
Binta and the Great Idea (2004)
Der Blindgänger (2004)
Cashback (2004) – Academy Award nominee; remade as a feature film in 2006
A Cerebral Print Halloween Special (2004)
Lap (2004)
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004)
The Death of Salvador Dali (2005)
Éramos Pocos (2005)
Nicky's Game (2005)
The Seed (2005) – directed by Joseph Hahn from the rock band Linkin Park
West Bank Story (2005)
A Cold Blood (2006)
Credo (2006)
Helmer & Son (2006)
Ninja Star in the Eye (2006)
Supertwink (2006)
A Brief Theory on Mankind (2007)
Deface (2007)
Hotel Chevalier (2007)
I Love You, I'm Sorry, And I'll Never Do It Again (2007)
In the Name of the Son (2007)
Negativity (2007)
Testudo (2007)
A Thousand Words (2007)^[2]
Deviant (2008)
Out of My Intention (2008)
Mime Control (2008)
Los Partyculares (2008)
Purge (2008)
Watch Your Own Heart Attack (2008) – produced by the British Heart Foundation
Amanecer (2009)
A Cop Killer (2009)
A Day for a Dark Sky (2009)
Forgotten (2009)
Kimjongilia (2009)
Miracle Fish (2009)
Snuff (2009) by the band Slipknot
Winter Rain (2009)
Wish 143 (2009)

2010s

Anonymous (street meat) (2010)
Ay, Pavloba (2010)
Lab Rats (2010)
Red Balloon (2010)
Runaway (2010) – directed by Kanye West
Yuri Lennon's Landing on Alpha 46 (2010) – directed by Anthony Vouardoux^[3]
Admissions (2011) – directed by Harry Kakatsakis, produced by Gavin Behrman, written and produced by John Viscount
Blinky™ (2011) – directed by Ruairí Robinson
Departures (2011) – directed by Ali Yasin Akarçeşme
Dream Job (2011) – written and directed by Joe Lipari
Friends 4 Ever (2012) – written and directed by Shane Dawson
Zombie in a Penguin Suit (2011) – directed by Chris Russell
The Boxer (2012)
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) – directed by Shinji Higuchi and produced by Studio Ghibli
Limerence (2012) – written and directed by Giuseppe Rossi
Recoprem 10 mg (2012)
Alt (2013)
Shock Theatre (2013)
Tofael: The Tea Stall Boy (2013) – written and directed by Minhazur Rahman Nayan
The Gunfighter (2014) – directed by Eric Kissack
Wanderers (2014) – directed by Erik Wernquist and narrated by Carl Sagan
Chromotherapy (2016) – directed by Giuseppe Rossi
Dadcula (2016)

References

↑ G., Stef (2 October 2014). "Retropiece Theater: The Haunted House (1908)". GeekMundo. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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↑ "Film info: Yuri Lennon's Landing on Alpha 46". german-films.de. German Films. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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