The 50 Greatest Animated Short Films of All Time

The following is an aggregate list based off of 29 different "Greatest Animated Shorts of All Time" lists (updated as of 12/8/25)

  1. Duck Amuck – Chuck Jones (1953)
  2. The Wrong Trousers – Nick Park (1993)
  3. The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres) – Frédéric Back (1987)
  4. Tale of Tales (Skazka skazok) – Yuri Norstein (1979)
  5. What's Opera, Doc? – Chuck Jones (1957)
  6. Dimensions of Dialogue (Možnosti dialogu) – Jan Švankmajer (1982)
  7. Hedgehog in the Fog – Yuri Norstein (1975)
  8. The Hand (Ruka) – Jiří Trnka (1965)
  9. Steamboat Willie – Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks (1928)
  10. One Froggy Evening – Chuck Jones (1955)
  11. Street of Crocodiles – Brothers Quay (1986)
  12. The World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt (2015)
  13. Father and Daughter – Michaël Dudok de Wit (2000)
  14. Gertie the Dinosaur – Winsor McCay (1914)
  15. Rabbit of Seville – Chuck Jones (1950)
  16. Crac! – Frédéric Back (1981)
  17. The Street – Caroline Leaf (1976)
  18. The House of Small Cubes – Kunio Katō (2008)
  19. Tango – Zbigniew Rybczyński (1981)
  20. The Old Mill – Walt Disney (1937)
  21. Balance – Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein (1989)
  22. Neighbours – Norman McLaren (1952)
  23. The Cat Concerto – William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (1947)
  24. Red Hot Riding Hood – Tex Avery (1943)
  25. The Band Concert – Wilfred Jackson (1935)
  26. Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt (20025)
  27. A Night on Bald Mountain (Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve) – Alexander Alexeieff, Claire Parker (1933)
  28. Duo (Pas de deux) – Norman McLaren (1968)
  29. Betty Boop in Snow White – Dave Fleischer (1933)
  30. When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis (1999)
  31. King-Size Canary – Tex Avery (1947)
  32. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century – Chuck Jones (1953)
  33. Creature Comforts – Nick Park (1989)
  34. Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955)
  35. Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
  36. A Close Shave – Nick Park (1995)
  37. Begone Dull Care – Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart (1949)
  38. Luxo Jr. – John Lasseter (1986)
  39. A Colour Box – Len Lye (1935)
  40. Rabbit Seasoning – Chuck Jones (1952)
  41. Paperman – John Kahrs (2012)
  42. Day & Night - Teddy Newton (2010)
  43. A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit – Nick Park (1989)
  44. Bad Luck Blackie – Tex Avery (1949)
  45. Harvie Krumpet - Adam Elliot (2003)
  46. The Snowman - Dianne Jackson (1982)
  47. Hunger (La Faim) - Peter Foldes (1974)
  48. Old Man and the Sea – Aleksandr Petrov (1999)
  49. The Big Snit – Richard Condie (1985)
  50. Satiemania – Zdenko Gašparović (1978)

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