intenseshort films

No room to breathe. Shorts that keep the pressure on from the first frame.

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Thriller
Vessel

A young disabled girl tries to escape the control of her religious mother

17 min · atmospheric · intense
Horror
This Place is a Sh*thole

Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying

4 min · dark · intense
Experimental
Get Milk

A dad's quick milk run hides darker secrets from his suspicious daughters

3 min · intense · mysterious
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

35 min · dark · emotional
Horror
Shame On You

A troubled young outcast is haunted by a tormenting doppelgänger

13 min · dark · intense
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
Horror
The Red City

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

10 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
Sins Unveiled

Small minds often resort to hate and violence when confronted with the unknown

13 min · emotional · intense
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

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

10 min · dark · gory
Comedy
Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor

Who can you trust to find your dream apartment?

8 min · comic · dark
Drama
The Truth Seekers

In the truth wars, the only side to take is your own

11 min · cerebral · intense
Sci-fi
Time Spent

A man struggling with the cost of living is offered an impossible choice

12 min · intense · mysterious
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Drama
Requiem

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, GoT) fighting for forbidden love

23 min · cinematic · emotional
Drama
Shadow Boxer

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

9 min · emotional · inspiring
Drama
Portrait

A model meets an abusive predatory photographer

13 min · controversial · intense
Drama
Tsunami

A young girl becomes witness to an unfolding school shooting

15 min · emotional · intense
Comedy
Damage Control

Shit hits the fan when a beloved comedian is accused of sexual assault

10 min · controversial · intense
Horror
Retch

A young woman's disturbing illness is turning her into something unexpected

4 min · gory · intense
Horror
The Relic

Adventurers make the worst discovery they can possibly imagine

13 min · gory · intense
Drama
Struck

A female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure

14 min · intense · intimate
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intenseshort films

No room to breathe. Shorts that keep the pressure on from the first frame.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Thriller
Vessel

A young disabled girl tries to escape the control of her religious mother

17 min · atmospheric · intense
Horror
This Place is a Sh*thole

Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying

4 min · dark · intense
Experimental
Get Milk

A dad's quick milk run hides darker secrets from his suspicious daughters

3 min · intense · mysterious
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

35 min · dark · emotional
Horror
Shame On You

A troubled young outcast is haunted by a tormenting doppelgänger

13 min · dark · intense
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
Horror
The Red City

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

10 min · atmospheric · dark
Drama
Sins Unveiled

Small minds often resort to hate and violence when confronted with the unknown

13 min · emotional · intense
Horror
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet

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

10 min · dark · gory
Comedy
Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor

Who can you trust to find your dream apartment?

8 min · comic · dark
Drama
The Truth Seekers

In the truth wars, the only side to take is your own

11 min · cerebral · intense
Sci-fi
Time Spent

A man struggling with the cost of living is offered an impossible choice

12 min · intense · mysterious
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Drama
Requiem

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, GoT) fighting for forbidden love

23 min · cinematic · emotional
Drama
Shadow Boxer

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

9 min · emotional · inspiring
Drama
Portrait

A model meets an abusive predatory photographer

13 min · controversial · intense
Drama
Tsunami

A young girl becomes witness to an unfolding school shooting

15 min · emotional · intense
Comedy
Damage Control

Shit hits the fan when a beloved comedian is accused of sexual assault

10 min · controversial · intense
Horror
Retch

A young woman's disturbing illness is turning her into something unexpected

4 min · gory · intense
Horror
The Relic

Adventurers make the worst discovery they can possibly imagine

13 min · gory · intense
Drama
Struck

A female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure

14 min · intense · intimate
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 tighten their grip

Intense is the feeling of forgetting to breathe. These films hold you at a pitch and refuse to release, the tension stacking until something has to give. Tsunami makes a young girl the witness to an unfolding school shooting, Time Spent offers a man crushed by the cost of living an impossible choice, and This Place is a Sh*thole watches communal squalor curdle into something horrifying.

The pressure comes from people pushed past their limit. Vessel follows a disabled girl trying to break her religious mother's grip, The World Beyond Me traps a woman dreaming of freedom inside Mumbai's red-light district, and The Truth Seekers drops you into a war over reality where the only side is your own. Free to stream in 190 countries, if your nerves can take it.