Best Oscar Winning Animated Short Film Since 2000

by Dibyayan_Chakravorty | created - 11 Mar 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | Public

Which of the Oscar winners for Best Animated Short Film since 2000 is the best in your opinion?

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1. Father and Daughter (2000)

8 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Star: James Laufer

Votes: 6,924

73rd Academy Awards.

2. For the Birds (2000)

G | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.

Director: Ralph Eggleston | Star: Ralph Eggleston

Votes: 34,008

74th Academy Awards.

3. The Chubbchubbs! (2002)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.

Director: Eric Armstrong | Stars: Brad Simonsen, Mortonette Jenkins, Jeff Wolverton, Peter Lurie

Votes: 4,205

75th Academy Awards.

4. Harvie Krumpet (2003)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.

Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth

Votes: 9,027

76th Academy Awards.

5. Ryan (2004)

TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.

Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb

Votes: 3,002

77th Academy Awards.

6. The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005)

G | 28 min | Animation, Short, Biography

The Moon and the Son, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of father/son relationships as seen through Canemaker's own ... See full summary »

Director: John Canemaker | Stars: Eli Wallach, John Turturro, Mary Bringle, Peter Schlosser

Votes: 686

78th Academy Awards.

7. The Danish Poet (2006)

15 min | Animation, Short, Romance

A woman ponders over the strange coincidences that made her forefathers and -mothers meet and create the premises for her becoming the person that she is.

Director: Torill Kove | Star: Liv Ullmann

Votes: 2,558

79th Academy Awards.

8. Peter and The Wolf (2006)

G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.

Director: Suzie Templeton

Votes: 4,324

80th Academy Awards.

9. The House of Small Cubes (2008)

Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Drama

To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.

Director: Kunio Kato | Star: Masami Nagasawa

Votes: 11,656

81st Academy Awards.

10. Logorama (2009)

R | 16 min | Animation, Short, Action

Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.

Directors: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain | Stars: Bob Stephenson, Sherman Augustus, Aja Evans, Joel Michaely

Votes: 6,280

82nd Academy Awards.

11. The Lost Thing (2010)

Not Rated | 15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

Directors: Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan | Star: Tim Minchin

Votes: 3,716

83rd Academy Awards.

12. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)

TV-G | 15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.

Directors: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg

Votes: 5,806

84th Academy Awards.

13. Paperman (2012)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.

Director: John Kahrs | Stars: John Kahrs, Kari Wahlgren, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Turley

Votes: 35,392

85th Academy Awards.

14. Mr Hublot (2013)

11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.

Directors: Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares

Votes: 5,225

86th Academy Awards.

15. Feast (I) (2014)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The love life of a man as told through the meals he gives his adopted dog, Winston.

Director: Patrick Osborne | Stars: Steve Apostolina, Kirk Baily, Ben Bledsoe, David Cowgill

Votes: 24,036

87th Academy Awards.

16. Bear Story (2014)

G | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

An old, lonesome bear tells the story of his life through a mechanical diorama.

Director: Gabriel Osorio Vargas

Votes: 3,574

88th Academy Awards.

17. Piper (2016)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family

A hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.

Director: Alan Barillaro

Votes: 31,880

89th Academy Awards.

18. Dear Basketball (2017)

Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Biography

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's poem 'Dear Basketball'.

Director: Glen Keane | Star: Kobe Bryant

Votes: 6,069

90th Academy Awards.

19. Bao (2018)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.

Director: Domee Shi | Stars: Sindy Lau, Kai Li, Sharmaine Yeoh, Tim Zhang

Votes: 33,242

91st Academy Awards.

20. Hair Love (2019)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A father tries to do his daughter's hair for the first time.

Directors: Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., Bruce W. Smith | Star: Issa Rae

Votes: 7,073

92nd Academy Awards.

[Added on February 10, 2020]

21. If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)

PG | 13 min | Animation, Short, Drama

In the aftermath of tragedy, two grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child.

Directors: Michael Govier, Will McCormack

Votes: 21,049

93rd Academy Awards.

[Added on May 2, 2021]

22. The Windshield Wiper (2021)

15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?". A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desired conclusion.

Director: Alberto Mielgo | Stars: Eboni Adams, Kara Dyan Whitfield, Fanny Rosen, Charlie Bean

Votes: 2,943

94th Academy Awards.

[Added on April 4, 2022]

23. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)

TV-G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

75 Metascore

Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy's search for home.

Directors: Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy | Stars: Jude Coward Nicoll, Tom Hollander, Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne

Votes: 17,327

95th Academy Awards.

[Added on March 13, 2023]

24. War Is Over! (2023)

11 min | Animation, Short, War

At a World War I front, a carrier pigeon delivers moves messages between two soldiers playing a chess game, unaware they are on opposite sides.

Director: Dave Mullins | Star: Jake McLean

Votes: 1,219

96th Academy Awards.

[Added on March 12, 2024]



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