List of independent short films

This is a list of notable independent short films. A short film refers to a film that is generally anywhere under 1 hour in length.

List of notable independent short films

2020s

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producers(s)
Fireflies in the Dusk	2025	Jonathan Hammond	Jonathan Hammond, Ryan Roach	Martin Spanjers	[1]
Johanne Sacreblu		Camila Aurora González, Gladys L. Grantt	Camila Aurora González		[2]
Out for Delivery		Chelsea Christer		Clinton Trucks, Alexa Rocero, David B. Lyons	[3]
Ade (On a Sunday)	2024	Theja Rio		Theja Rio, Dan Pusa, Nancy Nisa Beso	[4]
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?		Bec Pecaut		Emily Harris	[5]
Cura sana		Lucía G. Romero		Ruth Porro Gisbert, Borja Nández	[6][7]
Deck 5B		Malin Ingrid Johansson		Andrea Gyllenskiöld, Adam Holmström, Joel Rostmark	[8]
One Day This Kid		Alexander Farah		Joaquin Cardoner	[9]
Tea		Blake Winston Rice		Gabriella Piazza, Michael Cejovic, Blake Winston Rice	[10]
The Vanishing of S.S. Willie		Nick Lives			[11]
A Lien	2023	David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz		Tara Sheffer, Rebecca Eskreis, Sam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-Kreutz	[12]
The Last Butterflies		Patrick Rea	Whitney Wegman-Wood	Cooper Andrews, Jake Jackson, Whitney Wegman-Wood, John Wood	[13]
The Big Pelvis		Joseph Jeavons	Joseph Jeavons, Owen Swift	Joseph Jeavons
The One Note Man		George Siougas		George Siougas, Luke Carroll, Michael Stevenson	[14]
Red, White and Blue		Nazrin Choudhury		Nazrin Choudhury, Sara McFarlane, Samantha Bee
Cherries	2022	Vytautas Katkus		Marija Razgutė, Brigita Beniušytė	[15][16]
How Not to Date While Trans		Nyala Moon		Eileen Makak, Chien-Yu Wang	[17]
Parasocial		Joseph Jeavons	Joseph Jeavons, Owen Swift, Bala Brown	Joseph Jeavons
Touch		Justin Burquist		Evette Betancourt, Christopher Holloway	[18]
A Rodeo Film	2021	Darius Dawson		Ryan Binse	[19]
Burros		Jefferson Stein		Liz Cardenas, Russell Sheaffer, Jefferson Stein, Douglas Riggs	[20]
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma		Topaz Jones, Simon Davis, Jason Sondock		Julien Berlan, Patrick Milling Smith	[21]
Leylak		Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos	Mustafa Kaymak	Scott Aharoni, Mustafa Kaymak, Dennis Latos	[22][23]
Libertyville		Devin Scott	Suzana Norberg	Robert Norberg, Suzana Norberg, Wally Schlotter, Jeanne Scott	[24]
Pulp Friction		Mark Atkinson, Tony Olmos	Mark Atkinson		[25]
We All Die Alone		Jonathan Hammond	Jonathan Hammond, Ryan Roach	Ryan Binse, Jonathan Hammond, Carla Nell, Yasmin Preciado, Shannon Taylor	[26]
Dirty	2020	Matthew Puccini		Cecilia Delgado, Matthew Puccini, Jeremy Truong
Laura Hasn't Slept		Parker Finn		Jessica Bonander, Tristan Borys, Sean Dacanay, Jonathan Fass, Parker Finn, Lew Temple	[27]
Leave 'em Laughing		Chris Cashman	Chris Cashman, Carlo Coppo, Christopher Lusti	Mark Atkinson, Dave Branfman, Chris Cashman, Carlo Coppo, Christopher Lusti, Annie Willett	[28]
Taar		Pankaj Sonawane		Sandeep Patil, Abhijeet Mhetre, Namita Gogate	[29]
The Power Agent		Mark Atkinson			[30]
Things We Dig		Pia Thrasher		Courtney Eastman, Jeremy Katz, Stephen Mickelsen, Miguel Rodriguez, J.R. Thrasher, Pia Thrasher	[31]

2010s

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producers(s)
Balloon	2019	Jeremy Merrifield	Jeremy Merrifield, Dave Testa	Christina Cha	[32]
The Critic		Stella Velon		Jean Gabriel Kauss, Stella Velon	[33]
Feeling Through		Doug Roland		Doug Roland, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Phil Newsom, Sue Ruzenski	[34]
The Flourish		Shannon Taylor	Brit Taylor, Anthony Maze	Anthony Maze, Shannon Taylor	[35]
Lavender		Matthew Puccini		Casey Bader, Corey Deckler, Tyler Rabinowitz
Miller & Son		Asher Jelinsky		Kate Chamuris	[36][37]
The Neighbors' Window		Marshall Curry		Marshall Curry, Jonathan Olson, Julia Kennelly, Elizabeth Martin	[38]
Rendezvous		Seth Kozak, Damian Veilleux	Seth Kozak	Seth Kozak, Bob Kovacs	[39]
What Daphne Saw		Lizz Marshall		Marine Delorme, Lizz Marshall, Cory Russell, Alex Winkler	[40]
The Color of Me	2018	Sreejith nair	Sreejith Nair, Fahima Mohamood	Rohit Gupta, Sreejith Nair	[41]
Daisy Belle		William Wall		Caroline Amiguet, Ginger Holland, Beryl Huang, Jean-Francois Cavelier, Marisa Kapavik, Matt Sivertson, Edward Wall, Kimberly Wall	[42]
The Dark Resurgence: A Star Wars Story		Michael McCumber			[43]
Deviant		Benjamin Howard	Benjamin Howard, James Hall	Brian DeGour, Benjamin Howard, Ricardo Osuna, Wally Schlotter, Rich Underwood	[44]
The Fifth of November		Javier Augusto Nunez	Qurrat Ann Kadwani, Javier Augusto Nunez	Christopher Holloway, Qurrat Ann Kadwani, Javier Augusto Nunez	[45]
Assumption	2017	Anthony Leone		Luke Pensabene	[46]
Mum		Akash Mihani	Jackie R Bala	Akash Mihani
My Nephew Emmett		Kevin Wilson Jr.		Lauren L. Owen, Kevin Wilson Jr.	[47]
Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead		Mark Vizcarra			[48]
The Silent Child		Chris Overton	Rachel Shenton	Rachel Shenton, Chris Overton, Rebecca Harris, Julie Foy	[49]
12 Kilometers	2016	Mike Pecci			[50]
Bardo		Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos	Petros Georgiadis	Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos	[51]
Facing the Wall		Aalam-Warqe Davidian		Naomi Levari, Saar Yogev	[52][53]
Fletcher and Jenks		Tony Olmos	Jordan Jacobo	Ryan Binse, Jodi Cilley, Tony Gorodeckas, George Jac, Allie Lennox, Kelly Potts	[54]
Hush		Michael Lewis Foster		Eric Casalini, Michael Lewis Foster, Ghadir Mounib	[55]
Nocturne in Black		Jimmy Keyrouz		Marc Fadel, Ellie Foumbi, Felecia Hunter, Jimmy Keyrouz	[56][57]
Our Barrio		Ryan Casselman	Ryan Casselman, Yvette Angulo		[58]
The Phantom Hour		Brian Patrick Butler		Brian Patrick Butler, Luke Pensabene	[59]
Red		Branko Tomovic	Branko Tomovic, Paul D. Clancy	Adrian Carswell, Branko Tomovic, Dina Vickermann, Khaled Kaissar, Tobias Huber
Thunder Road		Jim Cummings		Mark Vashro	[60]
Undocumented		Chris Cashman	Chris Cashman, Michael Pancer	Chris Cashman, Enrique Morones, Michael Pancer, Guadalupe Valencia, Riley Wood	[61]
Reformation	2015	Hoyon Jung		Joshua Fulton
Adventures of Malia		Shubhavi Arya
Prego		Usher Morgan
Baari		Jatinder Preet	Balram	Iqbal Lahar
Everything Will Be Okay		Patrick Vollrath			[62]
Boudoir	2014	Gina Lee Ronhovde		Angela Barrett, Josh Eisenstadt
The Case of Evil		Jana Hallford, Neal Hallford			[63]
The Gunfighter		Eric Kissack	Kevin Tenglin	Christopher Northup, Sarah Platt	[64]
Stark Electric Jesus		Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly		Hyash Tanmoy, Arindam Biswas
Tom in America		Flavio Alves	Jeffrey Solomon, Scott Alexander Hess, Flavio Alves	Roy Gokay Wol, Greg Starr
The A.R.K. Report	2013	Shmuel Hoffman	Asher Crispe, Harry Moskoff, Layla O'Shea	Harry Moskoff
Alfie		Thomas Mathai		Thomas Mathai, Sreeraj Nadarajan
An Obsolete Altar		Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly		Hyash Tanmoy
I Love Her		Darya Perelay
Naked		Sean Robinson	VP Boyle	VP Boyle, Becky Froman	[65]
The Puritans		Sean Robinson		Paul Warner, Martina Rojas Chaigneau	[66]
Whiplash		Damien Chazelle		Jason Blum, Nicholas Britell, Helen Estabrook
Ninety Seconds	2012	Gerard Lough		Gerard Lough, Michael Parle
Curfew		Shawn Christensen		Damon Russell, Mara Kassin, Andrew Napier
Shabbat Dinner		Michael Morgenstern		Eleni
Witness 11		Sean Mitchell		Helen Jang Mitchell, Sean Mitchell	[67][68]
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons	2011	Ari Aster		Alejandro De Leon	[69][70]
I'm Here	2010	Spike Jonze		Vincent Landay
The Heiress Lethal		Michael Brueggemeyer	Marianne Bates	Tony Mingee	[71]
Sleeping with Charlie Kaufman		J Roland Kelly		Xtranormal Osipa Media

2000s

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producers(s)
Amanecer	2009	Alvaro D. Ruiz		Luci Temple, Janet Duncan[72]
The Butterfly Circus		Joshua Weigel	Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel	Angie Alvarez, Joshua Weigel, Rebekah Weigel
No Through Road (web series)		Steven Chamberlain		Indrancole3
The Old Man and the Seymour		Giancarlo Fiorentini, Jonathan Grimm		Giancarlo Fiorentini, Jonathan Grimm, Kevin Hill
Saber		Adam Green		Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt
Shrove Tuesday: The Legend of Pancake Marion		Lee Andrew Matthews
Mapule's Choice	2008	Kaizer Matsumunyane		Tumelo Matobako
Veenavaadanam		Sathish Kalathil
1000 Year Sleep	2007	Adam Wingard	Adam Wingard E. L. Katz	Adam Wingard
Laura Panic
The Sons of Eilaboun		Hisham Zreiq
Grace (short)		Paul Solet		Rebecca Perry Cutter
Oculus: Chapter 3 - The Man with the Plan	2006	Mike Flanagan	Mike Flanagan, Jeff Seidman	Sea Cerveny, Amy Winter
Chabiwali Pocket Watch		Vibhu Puri		Film and Television Institute of India
Nicky's Game	2005	John-Luke Montias	Peter Alson	Matthew Parker, Matthew Strauss
Twitch		Leah Meyerhoff		Sean Warner
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story	2004	John Esaki		Amy E. Kato
The Last Farm		Rúnar Rúnarsson		Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson
Day of Independence	2003	Chris Tashima	Chris Tashima, Tim Toyama	Lisa Onodera
Two Soldiers		Aaron Schneider		Chris Tashima, Tim Toyama, Bob Ducsay, Kate Miller, Betsy Pollock, Andrew J. Sacks, Aaron Schneider
Barrier Device	2002	Grace Lee		Caroline Libresco, Rosie Wong
The $5 Movie	2001	Devin Scott		Jeanne Scott, Wally Schlotter	[73]
Remembrance		Stephanie Morgenstern	Stephanie Morgenstern, Mark Ellis	Paula Fleck
Rejected	2000	Don Hertzfeldt
A Sense of Entitlement		Mark L. Feinsod		Scott J. Kemper
Shooter		Mark Morgenstern	Denis McGrath

1990s

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producers(s)
Reflections	1999	Pogus Caesar		Windrush Productions UK
Sleeping Beauties		Jamie Babbit		Andrea Sperling, Victoria Robinson
Me and the Big Guy		Matt Nix		Matt Nix, Max Stubblefield
Express: Aisle to Glory	1998	Jonathan Buss		Jonathan Buss, Stephen Goldstein, Michael Sarner
Visas and Virtue	1997	Chris Tashima	Chris Tashima, Tom Donaldson	Chris Tashima, Tim Toyama
Cutting Moments	1996	Douglas Buck
An Eye on X	1995	Pogus Caesar
Multi-Facial		Vin Diesel
Requiem		Elizabeth Sung	Peter Tulipan	Mel M. Metcalfe III
Denko	1993	Mohamed Camara		Dominique Andreani

Pre-1990s

Film	Year	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producers(s)
The Lunch Date[74]	1989	Adam Davidson		Garth Stein
Where's Pete[75]	1986	Jim Purdy		Michael J. F. Scott
Rally of The Giants[76]	1980	Beryl Armstrong[77]
Within the Woods	1978	Sam Raimi		Rob Tapert
Lanton Mills	1969	Terrence Malick		John Roper
The Secret Cinema	1966	Paul Bartel		Paul Bartel, Bob Schulenberg
1:42.08		George Lucas		University of Southern California
Ars	1959	Jacques Demy		Jean-Pierre Chartier, Philippe Dussart