# List of short film series

This article is the list of short film series since the inception of filmmaking in the 19th century.

## 19th century
### 1890s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
| 1896 Melbourne Cup Carnival | Lumière | 15 | Arrivée d’un train à Melbourne | Présentation du vainqueur | Documentary | | |
| English cricket team in Australia in 1897–98 | Falk Studios | 4 | Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets | New South Wales Cricket team leaving the field | Documentary | | |

## 20th century
### 1910s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) |
| Sherlock Holmes | Éclair | 8 | The Speckled Band (1912) | The Copper Beeches (1913) | Live action | |
| Colonel Heeza Liar | Bray Studios | 58 | Colonel Heeza Liar In Africa (November 23, 1913) | Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (December 1, 1924) | Animation | |
| The Police Dog | Bray Studios | 12 | The Police Dog (November 21, 1914) | The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (February 25, 1918) | Animation | |
| Bobby Bumps | Bray Studios | 75 | Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat (1915) | Bobby Bumps and Company (1925) | Animation | Fresh Fish (1922) includes live-action |

### 1920s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium |
| Aesop's Fables | Fable Studios, Inc. | N/A | The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (May 13, 1921) | N/A | Animation |
| Brownie the Wonder Dog | Century Film Company | N/A | Brownie's Little Venus (1921) | Little Johnny Jones (1923) | Live-action |
| Bray Magazine | Bray Studios | 4 | Strap Hangers | If We Reversed (1923) | Animation |
| Alice Comedies | Disney Company | 57 | Alice's Wonderland (1923) | Alice in the Big League (1927) | Live action and animation |
| Let George Do It | Universal Pictures | 40 | George The Winner (1926) | The Cut-Ups (1929) | Live action |

### 1930s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
| Spooney Melodies | Warner Bros. | 5 | Cryin' for the Carolines (December 1930) | For You (December 1931) | Live action | | |
| Puppetoons | George Pal | 40 | Midnight (1932) | Sweet Pacific (1948) | Stop-motion and puppetering | | |

### 1940s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium |
| Gabby | Fleischer Studios | 8 | King for a Day (October 18, 1940) | It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day (August 15, 1941) | Animation |
| Stone Age Cartoons | Fleischer Studios | 12 | Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points (26 January 1940) | Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (26 September 1940) | Animation |
| Superman | Paramount Pictures | 17 | Superman (September 26, 1941) | Terror on the Midway (August 28, 1942) | Animation |

### 1950s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium |
| Kartunes | Famous Studios | 12 | Vegetable Vaudeville (November 9, 1951) | No Place Like Rome (July 31, 1953) | Animation |
| Spike and Tyke | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2 | Give and Tyke (March 29, 1957) | Scat Cats (July 26, 1957) | Animation |
| Modern Madcaps | Famous Studios | 65 | Right Off the Bat (November 17, 1958) | The Blacksheep Blacksmith (1967) | Animation |

### 1960s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) |
| World Wide Adventures | Warner Bros. | 38 | A Touch of Gold (October 1962) | A Walk Through the Sounds of Switzerland (July 1, 1970) | Live-action | |
| Red Asphalt | California Highway Patrol | 5 | Red Asphalt (1964) | Red Asphalt V (2006) | Live-action | Documentaries |
| The Inspector | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises | 34 | The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (December 21, 1965) | Carte Blanched (May 14, 1969) | Animation | |

### 1970s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium |
| The Three Fools | Donyo Donev | 11 | The Three Fools (June 27, 1970) | The Three Fools Non-stop (June 10, 1990) | Animation |
| The Blue Racer | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises | 17 | Hiss and Hers (July 3, 1972) | Little Boa Peep (January 16, 1974) | Animation |
| The Dogfather | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises | 17 | The Dogfather (June 27, 1974) | Medicur (April 30, 1976) | Animation |

### 1980s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
| Sweet Disaster | Channel 4 | 5 | Babylon (1986) | Death of a Speechwriter (1986) | Animation | | |
| Roger Rabbit | Disney | 3 | Tummy Trouble (June 23, 1989) | Trail Mix-Up (March 12, 1993) | Animation and live-action | | |

### 1990s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
| The Spirit of Christmas | Avenging Conscience | 2 | Jesus vs. Frosty (December 8, 1992) | Jesus vs. Santa (December 1, 1995) | Animation | | |
| The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | 10 | The Fairly OddParents! (September 4, 1998) | Super Humor (March 23, 2001) | Animation | | |

## 21st century
### 2000s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium |
| The Hire | BMW | 13 | Ambush (2001) | The Escape (2016) | Live-action |
| 893239 | | 24 | As for the Fingers (2006) | Yakuza's Delivery (2007) | Live-action |
| Assassin's Creed: Lineage | Ubisoft | 3 | One (26 October 2009) | Three (2009) | Animation |

### 2010s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) |
| DC Showcase | Warner Bros. Animation | 9 | The Spectre (February 23, 2010) | Adam Strange (May 19, 2020) | Animation | |
| Toy Story Toons | Pixar | 3 | Hawaiian Vacation (June 24, 2011) | Partysaurus Rex (September 14, 2012) | Animation | |
| Marvel One-Shots | Marvel Studios | 5 | The Consultant (September 13, 2011) | All Hail the King (February 4, 2014) | Live-action | |
| The Grasslands Project | National Film Board of Canada | 10 | A Rancher’s View (May 6, 2016) | Les Fransaskois (May 14, 2016) | Live-action | Documentaries |
| Team Thor | Marvel Studios | 3 | Team Thor (July 23, 2016) | Team Darryl (February 20, 2018) | Live-action | Mocumentaries |

### 2020s

| Name | Studio | Instalments | First | Last | Medium | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
| Short Circuit | Disney | 14 | Puddles (January 24, 2020) | Fetch (January 24, 2020) | Animation | | |