Best Short Movies

  • Cloverfield

    Cloverfield (PG-13, 2008)

    Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
    Producer J.J. Abrams teams with writer Drew Goddard and director Matt Reeves for this frenetic tale ... read moreof a powerful destructive force that descends upon New York City, and the four desperate people who put their lives on the line to embark on a perilous rescue mission. Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) is a young American professional who has recently been offered a coveted new job in Japan. Eager to send his older sibling off in style, Rob's younger brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), and his girlfriend, Lily (Jessica Lucas), organize a surprise going-away party to take place the night before Rob boards his Eastern-bound flight. As the party gets underway, Rob's longtime friend and current love interest, Beth (Odette Yustman), shows up with another man as the dejected guest of honor's best-pal Hud (T.J. Miller) encourages partygoer Marlena (Lizzy Caplan) to wish him an on-camera farewell despite the fact that they barely know one another. Moments after Beth storms out following a bitter skirmish with Rob, the entire New York City skyline goes dark. Power is quickly restored, prompting partygoers to turn their attention toward the news, where they learn that a freight tanker has been overturned in New York Harbor. Racing to the rooftop in hopes of getting a better look at the situation, the group is terrified to witness a massive explosion that rains debris across midtown Manhattan, causing mass chaos and unparalleled destruction. But the worst is yet to come, because it soon becomes apparent that this is not the work of a terrorist or an act of war, but a massive creature beyond human comprehension. Now, as the military moves in and the streets of New York City become a virtual war zone, Rob, Lily, Marlena, and Hud race to rescue Beth and get out of the city before the powers that be unleash the ultimate weapon of mass destruction on one of the most populated cities on the planet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • phubbs1
      phubbs1: . Effective in short bursts but for a whole film it becomes tough going on the eyes.

      The actors are all very good
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
    • WrenchLT
      WrenchLT: . It is a very short film though with the end credits starting to roll at the 71 minutes mark and the opening 17 mi
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
    • JosephMonahan
      JosephMonahan: The acting is generally good, which helps to make the film believeable and the effects are nothing short of perfect.
      With none stop action from form the moment the monster arrives, this is a film th
      Reviewed 21 months days ago
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (PG-13, 2005)

    Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
    Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcl... read moreiffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it, however, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry is introduced to yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher: the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), a former dark wizard catcher who agreed to take on the infamous "DADA" professorship as a personal favor to Headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skillfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community. As difficult as it is to deal with his schoolwork, friendships, and the tournament at the same time (not to mention his feelings toward the ever unfathomable Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Harry doesn't realize that the most feared wizard in the world, Lord Voldemort, is anticipating the tournament, as well. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
    • fb1652493341
      fb1652493341: They left out so much and made it way to short and it jumped around alot.
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
    • 0xana
      0xana: . A lot of tension runs under the skin.

      To my delight, there were a lot of short moments with Fred and George Weasley - my current favorites. Severus Snape also had a little p
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
    • fb1341060139
      fb1341060139: Falls short of the 3rd movie but has some spectacular action sequences in it. Could have afforded to be s
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
  • 9

    9 (PG-13, 2009)

    Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly
    The time is the too-near future. Powered and enabled by the invention known as the Great Machine, th... read moree world's machines have turned on mankind and sparked social unrest, decimating the human population before being largely shut down. But, as our world fell to pieces, a mission began to salvage the legacy of civilization; a group of small creations was given the spark of life by a scientist in the final days of humanity, and they continue to exist post-apocalypse. One of these creations, 9, emerges to display leadership qualities that may help them survive and possibly even thrive. It is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like himself taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.
    • ironclad1609
      ironclad1609: Based on the similarly themed animated short film this dark and visually stunning adventure follows a number of puppet-like creatures that
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
    • biggayal1980
      biggayal1980: . short, but brilliant.
      Reviewed 2 months days ago
    • fb504361667
      fb504361667: . Should have remained a short film
      Reviewed 4 days days ago
  • Awake

    Awake (R, 2007)

    Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Christopher McDonald
    Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, and Terrence Howard star in first-time director/screenwriter Joby ... read moreHarold's nerve-jangling psychological thriller about a man who experiences the frighteningly common surgical phenomenon known as "anesthetic awareness," in which those laid out on the operating table remain acutely aware of what is going on around them despite remaining completely paralyzed and unable to cry out for help. When a successful young man (Christensen) goes under the knife and realizes that the anesthesia hasn't quite done its job, the horror quickly sets in as his worried wife (Alba) waits anxiously and a terrifying drama unfolds in the operating room. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • fb8363636
      fb8363636: Good cast, twist, and plot! A little short but great movie
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • jrmmusic
      jrmmusic: ... BUT, I was let down with the not so climatic ending. The movie fell short of giving me something to make it worth my watching. I was left with this feeling of "That's i
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • fb684389820
      fb684389820: . It's not a great movie, but at a pretty short hour and a half, it at least doesn't drag on for longer than needed. It gets to the point whi
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • The Darjeeling Limited

    The Darjeeling Limited (R, 2007)

    Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky
    Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody as thre... read moree brothers who, at the insistence of the oldest, take a train ride through India together in order to strengthen their bond. Even though the vacation goes wrong in ways they do not anticipate, the strangeness of their setting and some revealing honesty produces some surprising changes between them all. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
    • ifitz
      ifitz: ou but i'm going to spray you with pepperspray!" Oh too much fun! And remember to watch it with the short 'Hotel Chevalier' before; it's boring but it helps!
      Reviewed 14 months days ago
    • sanjurosamurai
      sanjurosamurai: . a wonderful script but for my only criticism of this film, which is that despite its short running time it seemed to be creating unnecessary space by the end. the three leads were grea
      Reviewed 11 months days ago
    • kurosawian
      kurosawian: . Plus, how can you not like a movie that includes a short film with Natalie Portman looking quite ravishing.
      Reviewed 11 months days ago
  • Rush Hour 3

    Rush Hour 3 (PG-13, 2007)

    Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow
    In this third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris... read more Tucker) and Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) book a flight for Europe and prepare to clean up the streets of Paris after discovering that Chinese triads have extended their criminal influence to the City of Lights. Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) is in Los Angeles and about to reveal the details of a clandestine triad conspiracy to the World Criminal Court when an assassin takes aim and pulls the trigger. Though Carter has been demoted to directing traffic at the time of the shooting, Lee is acting as a bodyguard to Han when the bullets begin to fly. Lee quickly gives chase, but hesitates when he realizes that the gunman is Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), his old friend from the orphanage. When triads steal an envelope containing vital information regarding the conspiracy from Soo Yung's (Zhang Jingchu) Chinatown kung fu studio, Carter and Chief Inspector Lee race to reach Genevieve (Noémie Lenoir), an underground entertainer who could prove the key to bagging the bad guys. During the course of their investigation, however, triads clash with the French police, threatening to turn the romance capitol of Europe into an explosive hotbed of crime and violence. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • regenial
      regenial: This is getting better and better, the movie felt short, but they're still soo freakin' funny xD
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • wanderingmoviewatcher
      wanderingmoviewatcher: . It was also short, and did not bring any dramatic conclusion to the series. Don't tell me there's gonna be anot
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • natasha34
      natasha34: This movie was really funny but short.The outtakes at the very end are worth the wait!
      Reviewed 5 years days ago
  • Phone Booth

    Phone Booth (R, 2003)

    Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
    One man's life is thrown into turmoil by picking up a telephone in this claustrophobic thriller. Stu... read more Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a brash, cynical, and self-centered public relations man who juggles a busy career with both a wife, Kelly (Radha Mitchell), and a mistress, Pamela (Katie Holmes). Stu steps into a phone booth on a busy New York street to make a call to Pamela without Kelly being the wiser, but as soon as Stu hangs up, the phone begins to ring. Curious, Stu picks it up -- and a stranger on the other end (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) informs him that if he hangs up the phone, he'll be shot. The red dot of an infrared rifle scope convinces Stu that the caller means business, and when another man tries to make his way into the booth, he's shot mere inches from Stu, calling the attention of the police. Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker) naturally assumes that Stu was the killer, as Stu struggles to find a way to convince the police of what's happening before more lives are lost, without leaving the booth and putting his own life on the line. At one time proposed as a vehicle for Jim Carrey, Phone Booth was directed by Joel Schumacher, from a screenplay by exploitation icon Larry Cohen. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
  • Paris Je T'aime

    Paris Je T'aime (R, 2007)

    Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Marianne Faithfull
    Twenty acclaimed filmmakers from around the world look at love in the City of Lights in this omnibus... read more feature. Paris, Je T'Aime features 18 short stories, each set in a different part of Paris and each featuring a different cast and director (two segments were produced by two filmmakers in collaboration). In "Faubourg Saint-Denis," Tom Tykwer directs Natalie Portman as an American actress who is the object of affection for a blind student (Melchior Belson). Christopher Doyle's "Porte de Choisy" follows a salesman (Barbet Schroeder) as he tries to pitch beauty aids in Chinatown. Nick Nolte and Ludivine Sagnier are father and daughter in "Parc Monceau" from Alfonso Cuarón. Animator Sylvain Chomet turns his eye to a pair of living, breathing mimes in "Tour Eiffel." An interracial romance in France is offered by Gurinder Chadha in "Quais de Seine." In "Le Marais" from Gus Van Sant, a man (Gaspard Ulliel) finds himself falling for a handsome gent (Elias McConnell) who works in a print shop. Isabel Coixet tells the tale of a man (Sergio Castellitto) who is making his final choice between his wife (Miranda Richardson) and his lover (Leonor Watling) in "Bastille." Juliette Binoche plays a grieving mother in Nobuhiro Suwa's "Place des Victoires," in which she's greeted by a spectral cowboy (Willem Dafoe). Richard LaGravanese's "Pigalle" finds a long-married man (Bob Hoskins) turning to a prostitute for advice on pleasing his wife (Fanny Ardant). Gérard Depardieu and Frédéric Auburtin direct Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara as longtime marrieds meeting for one final pre-divorce encounter in "Quartier Latin." Steve Buscemi learns a lesson about local etiquette in the Paris Metro in "Tuileries" from Joel and Ethan Coen. In "Loin du 16ème" by Walter Salles, a housekeeper (Catalina Sandino Moreno) longs for her own child as she tends to the infant of her wealthy employer. Elijah Wood stars in "Quartier de la Madeleine," a vampire tale from Vincenzo Natali. Wes Craven presents another fantasy in "Père-Lachaise," in which an engaged young man (Rufus Sewell) receives romantic advice from the spirit of Oscar Wilde (Alex Payne). A postal worker from Colorado (Margo Martindale) shares her thoughts on her visit to Paris in mangled French in Alexander Payne's witty "14th Arrondissement." Other segments include "Place des Fêtes" from Oliver Schmitz, Bruno Podalydès' "Montmartre," and "Quartier des Enfants Rouges" by Olivier Assayas, which stars Maggie Gyllenhaal. Paris, Je T'Aime received its world premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • fb1462546845
      fb1462546845: It is actually pretty neat how they combined all those 5 minute short films into a big 2 hour movie
      Reviewed 3 months days ago
    • fb100003378959225
      fb100003378959225: It's alright, original but drags on a bit and no real connection between the short stories.
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
    • fb100001961209899
      fb100001961209899: A beautiful & quirky collection of short films by French & American directors. These short vignettes capture amazing depth of emotion,
      Reviewed 4 months days ago
  • Jumper

    Jumper (PG-13, 2008)

    Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane
    Following up his blockbuster action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman turns to an entirely... read more new genre -- sci-fi -- for this tale of an underground world of teleporters. Based on the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper concerns David (Hayden Christensen), a young man who quite literally wills himself away from his grim family life by teleporting to another place with the power of his mind. Years later, David is using his powers to raid bank vaults, seduce girls in London, lunch on the pyramids, and surf in Fiji. But he soon discovers that he is not the only one bestowed with this unique gift, and all is not well in the world of jumpers. There are people out there, such as Roland (Samuel L. Jackson), who view jumpers as a threat to all humankind, and have made it their mission in life to eliminate them. After jumping back to Michigan to get reacquainted with his long lost love, Millie (Rachel Bilson), David makes the acquaintance of experienced jumper Griffin (Jamie Bell). Informed by Griffin of a secret between jumpers and a shadowy group that seeks to destroy them, the pair soon finds themselves facing off against a legion of murderous opponents who won't stop fighting until every last jumper has been eliminated. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
    • fb512199078
      fb512199078: Too short, obvious that there's a LOT more to the story that isn't relayed in the film.
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
    • khan27052
      khan27052: awful movie ..... have seen it on TV ... don't know i'll be up for a full review but a definite Sho
      Reviewed 18 months days ago
    • craigmckenzie4909
      craigmckenzie4909: mentioned above is the only character who is almost likeable in the film but still manages to fall short.

      As for the story it was terrible. It was unclear what was going on most of the time, the fil
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • Vantage Point

    Vantage Point (PG-13, 2008)

    Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Edgar Ramirez
    Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, and Matthew Fox star in director Pete Travis' Rashomon-... read morestyle thriller in which an assassination attempt on the president of the United States is detailed from five unique perspectives. As the president arrives in Salamanca, gunshots ring out. An American tourist (Whitaker) has captured footage of the would-be assassin on videotape, and now, as the stories of the other four witnesses unfold, each essential piece of the puzzle quickly falls into place. Only when all of the stories are told will the chilling truth to this shocking crime finally emerge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • fb1092288494
      fb1092288494: They made what should have been a 40 minute short film into an hour and a half film. It was an alright rental though.
      Reviewed 15 months days ago
    • gash46
      gash46: Sadly forgettable and a bit short, Vantage Point is exciting throughout most of it. The experiment of showing the different poin
      Reviewed 21 months days ago
    • SamuelMoon
      SamuelMoon: They made what should have been a 40 minute short film into an hour and a half film. It was an alright rental though.
      Reviewed 2 years days ago

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