Movie shorts, or short animations are a unique form of art, which can inspire and enlighten just like any other art form. Sometimes even more so. Here is a selection of inspiring, or for some reason amazing animated short movies, here shown in their original full length.

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The below movies are not sorted in any particular order. Click on a thumbnail below to open the movie and player.

French Toast
Written and directed by Fabrice O. Joubert

The Lady and the Reaper
Written and directed by Javier Recio Gracia

Get Out
By Charlotte Boisson, Julien Fourvel, Pascal Han-Kwan, Tristan Reinarz and Fanny Roche

Granny O'Grimm
Directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films

Oktapodi
By Julien Bocabeille, Francois-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi

Big Buck Bunny
Created by the Peach Open Movie project

Life Line
Created by Tomek Ducki

The Cathedral
Created by Tomek Baginski

Father and Daughter
Created by Michael Dudok de Wit

Ryan
Created by Chris Landreth

Preguntas Hermosas
A Süperfad production. Directed by David Viau, narrated by Gabriel Puerto. Adapted from poems by Pablo Neruda and Carl Sandburg.

The Saga Of Biorn
A film by B. J. Kousholt, D. D. Christensen, M. L. Christensen, J. A. Jensen, J. K. Doctor, S. Lyhne, P. Orum-Nielsen, F. Bjerre-Poulsen, J. Georgakakis.

Lightheaded
A film by Mike Dacko. Music by Thievery Corporation.

The Cat Piano
Directed by Eddie White & Ari Gibson, poem written by Eddie White. Narrated by Nick Cave.

Alma
Written and directed by Rodrigo Blaas

HolyMonks
Created by DigitalRebel

Les Dangereux
Created by Daniel Klug

En Tus Brazos
Directed by Francois-Xavier Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour

The Nightingale
Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Adapted by Gareth Williams

A Gentlemen's Duel
Created by Blur Studio

Geri's Game
Created by Pixar

The Passenger
Created by Chris Jones

Kiwi
Created by Dony Permedi

Sebastian's Voodoo
Created by Joaquin Baldwin