Animated short films are an art course that has been effectually for almost as long equally the film itself, with entries into the genre ranging from children'south cartoons to absurdist artworks, to introspective emotional pieces. In 1932, at the fifth Annual Academy Awards, the Oscars began recognizing animated shorts for the works of creative genius that they can exist, with the beginning-ever recipient being the Airheaded Symphony film Flowers and Trees.

Each of the 89 Oscar-winning animated shorts is a work of dazzler in its own right, with a wide multifariousness of tone, story, and animation styles amongst them. Even so, according to users on the popular film website IMDb, 10 films rise in a higher place the residue.

'For The Birds' (2000)

For The Birds (2000)

Premiering before Monsters Inc. in cinemas, Pixar's For The Birds is a three-and-a-half-minute moving picture that depicts a large, boisterous bird trying to befriend a group of smaller birds it finds sitting on a power line. Despite their laughs and jeers, the bird joins them on the wire, and every bit they attempt to milk shake it off they quickly realize that they demand information technology to go along themselves balanced.

For The Birds is short and symbolic, with a very clear message about karma, and treating others with kindness rather than judgment. As such, it's no surprise that information technology sits with a solid 8.0/x rating on IMDb.

'The Quondam Man and the Sea' (1999)

The Old Man and the Sea Short Film

The Old Man and the Sea is a curt film adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel of the aforementioned proper name, telling the tale of an erstwhile fisherman who sets off to sea and vows non to return without a big grab in hand. In his isolation, he recollects moments from his by, as he waits to reel in his prey.

This Russian production is twenty minutes long and stands out due to its gripping score and unique art style, with each frame presenting an individual painting. The short is beautiful and melancholic and currently stands with a firm viii.1/10 rating on IMDb.

'A Close Shave' (1995)

A Close Shave

A Close Shave is one of two Aardman Animation Studios productions to have won Best Blithe Short with their Wallace and Gromit series. In this tale, Wallace finds love with a local wool shop owner, while his true-blue dog Gromit finds a criminal sheep-farming conspiracy.

With a thirty-minute run time, A Close Shave utilizes end-motion animation to depict the heady story and has a firm 8.i/10 rating on IMBb.

'Banquet' (2014)

DIsney's Feast

Disney's Banquet takes the audience on a journey through a man'due south dear life, as seen through the eyes of his pet Boston Terrier. The rescued pup experiences life forth with him, through an evolution of meals, slid into his bowl, until one day his owner meets a new lady friend and his leftovers become more green than greasy.

One of many Disney shorts now bachelor on Disney+, Feast is sweetness and full of love. The picture has a pleasant run fourth dimension of only six minutes and has an IMDb rating of 8.2/10.

'The Cat Concerto' (1946)

The Cat Concerto

Tom and Jerry have been entertaining audiences for generations, in animated shorts, total-length films, and most recently in an up-and-coming series for HBO Max. In this eight minute cartoon, Tom attempts to play a classic Franz Litsz piece for a concert audience, all the while being terrorized by Jerry who wreaks havoc from within, underneath, and on top of the m piano.

A Hanna-Barbera classic, The Cat Concerto is a fun musical experience that can be appreciated past all ages and has a strong eight.two/x rating on IMDb.

'The House of Pocket-size Cubes' (2008)

The House of Small Cubes Short Film

The House of Small Cubes depicts a man living in one of the few remaining homes of a flooded town, who wakes one morning time to observe he must build another layer onto his towering home to avoid the rising bounding main. As he works, the homo swims down to the very bottom to retrieve his lost pipe, and with each story of the belfry comes some other story of his life.

As well known every bit La Maison en Petits Cubes, this Japanese-made brusque movie explores loneliness and loss as the graphic symbol reminisces about the family he once had to share his home with. It is a swell 12 minutes long and has an IMDb rating of eight.2/10

'Paperman' (2012)

Paperman Short Film

Paperman is the story of an office worker in the big city who meets a girl on his daily commute. The man loses sight of the woman, continues to his lifeless task, only to notice her in a window across the way. With this 2d risk at connection, the man turns his corporate paperwork into airplanes that he tries to fly across the way, in an endeavor to get the woman's attention over again.

The brusque is 7 minutes long and artistically animated entirely in black and white, relieve for the adult female's red lipstick on a piece of paper. This film is a Disney short, which premiered originally in cinemas before screenings of Wreck-It-Ralph, and currently has a rating of viii.3/10 on IMDb.

'The Wrong Trousers' (1993)

The Wrong Trousers Short Film

Another xxx minutes short from Aardman Animation Studios, The Wrong Trousers sees a combination of a penguin housemate and some robot canis familiaris-walking pants throw Wallace and Gromit into utter chaos. While Wallace is focused on his newly invented trousers and innocently oblivious to the goings-on of his household, Gromit feels abased by his possessor and leaves domicile — simply to render upon discovering the penguin is a criminal.

The Incorrect Trousers is a hilarious classic, equally most Wallace and Gromit cartoons are, and it stands business firm with a rating of viii.3/10 on IMDb.

'Piper' (2016)

Piper Short Film

Piper is very elementary that follows a babe bird as information technology explores the big wide globe of the seashore. The infant sandpiper hunts for food under the sand but is soon hit past a wave that crashes on the embankment and is scared back to the nest. Afterward making friends with a hermit crab, the bird learns to burrow amid the sand to stay steady underwater and finds a whole new perspective to see and savor the globe through.

A companion piece in cinemas to Finding Dory, Piper is a sweetness 6-minute story with beautiful animation and has a loftier IMDb rating of 8.4/10.

'The Man Who Planted Trees' (1987)

The Man Who Planted Trees Short Film

The Man Who Planted Trees is based on a curt story by French writer Jean Giono, and follows a narrator as he travels beyond a businesswoman land with a desolate community, where he meets a secluded shephard. The human selflessly takes the narrator in and gives him housing for the night, where he watches every bit the shepherd begins sorting acorns to plant equally trees in a nearby valley. The narrator returns 10 years later to notice the mural, previously eviscerated by neglect, is at present blooming and thriving with the shepherd's hard work. Every bit the narrator continually checks in, the shepherd continues resuscitating the valley over thirty years, completely transforming both the natural land and the lives of the people who live nearby.

This Canadian-fabricated curt was released in both French and English language, with the latter having narration performed by Christopher Plummer. With a rating of 8.v/10, The Man Who Planted Trees is the highest-rated animated short to win an Academy Laurels on IMDb.

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