inspiringshort films

Films that leave you wanting to do something. Shorts about people who didn't give up.

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Documentary
Sometimes It’s Happened

An inspiring doc about an old man telling some of his stories

21 min · entertaining · inspiring
Drama
Sprache ist Leben

A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead

5 min · emotional · inspiring
Documentary
My Journey to Switzerland

A doc about a search that lead a young Spanish to Switzerland

4 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Documentary
The Afghan Plasterer

A short doc about an Afghan finding work and goals in Switzerland

5 min · heartwarming · inspiring
War
Hawker

A true story of WW1 fighter pilots at the dawn of Aviation Combat

23 min · epic · historical
Drama
Squeeze

A high school wrestling coach recruits an outsider, a student with Autism

20 min · cinematic · emotional
Documentary
To Be Enjoyed

The unlikely story of a musician experiencing a life-changing opportunity

17 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Documentary
Karma Khazi

An artists becomes a connoisseur of toilet doors

12 min · inspiring · reflective
Documentary
Tanagokoro

How a Japanese chef sparked a fish revolution in the UK

30 min · inspiring · reflective
Drama
Shadow Boxer

One man's fight to break out of his father's shadow

9 min · emotional · inspiring
Documentary
Babyface

A super fun doc about a childhood dream of becoming a pro wrestler

6 min · entertaining · feel-good
Documentary
The Simplicity of Happiness

An inspiring doc about finding happiness in yourself

10 min · inspiring · reflective
Documentary
Games of Survival

A doc about the annual survival games in Alaska

15 min · epic · heartwarming
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inspiringshort films

Films that leave you wanting to do something. Shorts about people who didn't give up.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Documentary
Sometimes It’s Happened

An inspiring doc about an old man telling some of his stories

21 min · entertaining · inspiring
Drama
Sprache ist Leben

A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead

5 min · emotional · inspiring
Documentary
My Journey to Switzerland

A doc about a search that lead a young Spanish to Switzerland

4 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Documentary
The Afghan Plasterer

A short doc about an Afghan finding work and goals in Switzerland

5 min · heartwarming · inspiring
War
Hawker

A true story of WW1 fighter pilots at the dawn of Aviation Combat

23 min · epic · historical
Drama
Squeeze

A high school wrestling coach recruits an outsider, a student with Autism

20 min · cinematic · emotional
Documentary
To Be Enjoyed

The unlikely story of a musician experiencing a life-changing opportunity

17 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Documentary
Karma Khazi

An artists becomes a connoisseur of toilet doors

12 min · inspiring · reflective
Documentary
Tanagokoro

How a Japanese chef sparked a fish revolution in the UK

30 min · inspiring · reflective
Drama
Shadow Boxer

One man's fight to break out of his father's shadow

9 min · emotional · inspiring
Documentary
Babyface

A super fun doc about a childhood dream of becoming a pro wrestler

6 min · entertaining · feel-good
Documentary
The Simplicity of Happiness

An inspiring doc about finding happiness in yourself

10 min · inspiring · reflective
Documentary
Games of Survival

A doc about the annual survival games in Alaska

15 min · epic · heartwarming
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

Short films that make you want to begin

Inspiring short films do not lecture. They simply show someone refusing to quit, and let the lift come on its own. Shadow Boxer follows one man's fight to step out of his father's long shadow, Squeeze puts a high school wrestling coach behind a student with autism nobody else believed in, and To Be Enjoyed hands a musician the unlikely chance to change everything.

Many here are true, which is its own kind of fuel. Sprache ist Leben follows a deaf boy fleeing Syria for Switzerland and the wall of obstacles ahead of him, Tanagokoro tracks how a single Japanese chef sparked a fish revolution in the UK, and The Simplicity of Happiness goes looking for contentment in the one place we keep overlooking. All free, all chosen to leave you a little braver than you started.