darkshort films

Shorts that go to the uncomfortable places and stay there a while. Not for the faint of heart.

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Horror
This Place is a Sh*thole

Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying

4 min · dark · intense
Drama
Feige

A worker reads tarot, reflecting how work devoured him

4 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

35 min · dark · emotional
Sci-fi
Wired

A woman is gaslit by her AI wellbeing smart hub

18 min · dark · futuristic
Dark Comedy
Wendy & Vee

A daughter decides to do something about her mother's abusive boyfriend

20 min · dark · hilarious
Sci-fi
Decksdark

In a dystopian surveillance state, a solitary rebel bonds with his neural implant

16 min · atmospheric · dark
Horror
Shame On You

A troubled young outcast is haunted by a tormenting doppelgänger

13 min · dark · intense
Romance
L+T

A woman makes a heart-breaking love confession to a stranger in a bar

17 min · dark · intimate
Drama
The World Beyond Me

Trapped in Mumbai’s red-light district, a woman dreams of freedom

15 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Crack Shot

A former squash champ gets caught in a toxic father-son relationship

14 min · dark · intense
Thriller
Little Games

A little girl reveals her sinister plan to a stranger

14 min · atmospheric · dark
Dark Comedy
Floater

A troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father dies

13 min · dark · emotional
Horror
The Red City

When his blood supply runs dry, a vampire is forced back into the hunt

10 min · atmospheric · dark
Crime
Mascagni’ Symphony ♱ Inno all’Infamia

Two criminals confront their inner demons in a lawless, unforgiving world

8 min · cinematic · dark
Horror
IPSA

An ancient Indian tale about infertility driving a wife to seek a sage

25 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
Flesh & Spirit

The fate for those who steal from black artists

12 min · controversial · dark
Dark Comedy
Wesley Loses His Penis

This film happens to be about a man who loses his penis

18 min · atmospheric · cerebral
Horror
What’s in the Forest

Psychedelics blur reality as friends are hunted by unseen horrors

18 min · dark · mysterious
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

A gay couple is attacked. Why? Because they taste the best

10 min · dark · gory
Horror
Queen of Prey

A shy young man meets a mysterious older woman at a sex party

9 min · dark · mysterious
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Comedy
Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor

Who can you trust to find your dream apartment?

8 min · comic · dark
Romance
A Best Man

Everything goes smoothly for the Best Man

12 min · dark · intimate
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Horror
Bad Penny

An antiques dealer is haunted by a cursed object

8 min · dark · mysterious
Drama
Rooftop

Two strangers meet at the rooftop of a hotel building

15 min · controversial · dark
Dark Comedy
Shallow

Being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel

10 min · controversial · dark
Crime
True Value

A student engages in an unusually deadly part-time job

13 min · dark · mysterious
Comedy
Thank You So Much

'Clap for Carers' neighbours are challenged by the nurse next door

13 min · controversial · dark
Animation
The Corridor

A man struggling with his mental health is trapped in an endless corridor

5 min · dark · reflective
Dark Comedy
David French is a Piece of Shit and I Want Him Dead

Twins devise an evil plan to help their lead singer find new inspiration

11 min · dark · gory
Documentary
Chasing The Vein

A doc exploring the life of a woman's addiction to heroin from the age of 15

22 min · dark · intimate
Documentary
The Number

A doc that looks at the myths and markings of prison gangs

13 min · atmospheric · dark
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darkshort films

Shorts that go to the uncomfortable places and stay there a while. Not for the faint of heart.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Horror
This Place is a Sh*thole

Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying

4 min · dark · intense
Drama
Feige

A worker reads tarot, reflecting how work devoured him

4 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

35 min · dark · emotional
Sci-fi
Wired

A woman is gaslit by her AI wellbeing smart hub

18 min · dark · futuristic
Dark Comedy
Wendy & Vee

A daughter decides to do something about her mother's abusive boyfriend

20 min · dark · hilarious
Sci-fi
Decksdark

In a dystopian surveillance state, a solitary rebel bonds with his neural implant

16 min · atmospheric · dark
Horror
Shame On You

A troubled young outcast is haunted by a tormenting doppelgänger

13 min · dark · intense
Romance
L+T

A woman makes a heart-breaking love confession to a stranger in a bar

17 min · dark · intimate
Drama
The World Beyond Me

Trapped in Mumbai’s red-light district, a woman dreams of freedom

15 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Crack Shot

A former squash champ gets caught in a toxic father-son relationship

14 min · dark · intense
Thriller
Little Games

A little girl reveals her sinister plan to a stranger

14 min · atmospheric · dark
Dark Comedy
Floater

A troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father dies

13 min · dark · emotional
Horror
The Red City

When his blood supply runs dry, a vampire is forced back into the hunt

10 min · atmospheric · dark
Crime
Mascagni’ Symphony ♱ Inno all’Infamia

Two criminals confront their inner demons in a lawless, unforgiving world

8 min · cinematic · dark
Horror
IPSA

An ancient Indian tale about infertility driving a wife to seek a sage

25 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
Flesh & Spirit

The fate for those who steal from black artists

12 min · controversial · dark
Dark Comedy
Wesley Loses His Penis

This film happens to be about a man who loses his penis

18 min · atmospheric · cerebral
Horror
What’s in the Forest

Psychedelics blur reality as friends are hunted by unseen horrors

18 min · dark · mysterious
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

A gay couple is attacked. Why? Because they taste the best

10 min · dark · gory
Horror
Queen of Prey

A shy young man meets a mysterious older woman at a sex party

9 min · dark · mysterious
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Comedy
Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor

Who can you trust to find your dream apartment?

8 min · comic · dark
Romance
A Best Man

Everything goes smoothly for the Best Man

12 min · dark · intimate
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Horror
Bad Penny

An antiques dealer is haunted by a cursed object

8 min · dark · mysterious
Drama
Rooftop

Two strangers meet at the rooftop of a hotel building

15 min · controversial · dark
Dark Comedy
Shallow

Being a good person, in a forest, with a shovel

10 min · controversial · dark
Crime
True Value

A student engages in an unusually deadly part-time job

13 min · dark · mysterious
Comedy
Thank You So Much

'Clap for Carers' neighbours are challenged by the nurse next door

13 min · controversial · dark
Animation
The Corridor

A man struggling with his mental health is trapped in an endless corridor

5 min · dark · reflective
Dark Comedy
David French is a Piece of Shit and I Want Him Dead

Twins devise an evil plan to help their lead singer find new inspiration

11 min · dark · gory
Documentary
Chasing The Vein

A doc exploring the life of a woman's addiction to heroin from the age of 15

22 min · dark · intimate
Documentary
The Number

A doc that looks at the myths and markings of prison gangs

13 min · atmospheric · dark
For filmmakers

Have a short film?
Share it with the world.

Klipist is where short films find their audience. Hand-curated, independently run, watched in 190 countries. If you’ve made something great, we want to see it.

Submit your film
Curator’s note

Dark short films for when you want it uncomfortable

Dark is a temperature, not a genre. It is the cold settling in your chest when a story stops protecting you, the sense that the floor could give at any moment. These short films go to the bleak and grim places and stay there, trading comfort for honesty about how ugly things can get.

True Value sends a student into an unusually deadly part-time job, and This Place is a Sh*thole lets the grime of communal living spiral into something genuinely horrifying. Wendy & Vee watches a daughter decide to do something about her mother's abusive boyfriend, while Wired traps a woman inside the slow gaslighting of her own AI wellbeing hub.

For the films that really hold their nerve, What's in the Forest blurs reality with psychedelics as unseen horrors hunt a group of friends, and The World Beyond Me traps a woman in Mumbai's red-light district dreaming of a freedom that may never come. Free to stream, no subscription, picked with care by editors who do not mind the dark. Watch with the lights low.