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

### 2010s

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

### 2000s

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

### 1990s

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

### Pre-1990s

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