Best Oscar Winning Animated Short Film Since 2000
by Dibyayan_Chakravorty | created - 11 Mar 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicWhich 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
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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