intimateshort films

Small, close, and quietly honest. Shorts about two people and what passes between them.

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Comedy
And Now I Lay Me Down

A once-famous actress arranges her perfect day; it doesn't go as planned

25 min · cinematic · hilarious
Comedy
Cuticles and Follicles

Come spend some time with the girls at the beauty salon

11 min · feel-good · intimate
Documentary
San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales

A doc about rural Mexico, where heritage and modern forces reshape coexistence

27 min · intimate · nostalgic
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

8 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
Forgive Me

The ambition of a promising fighter becomes the cause of his heartbreak

7 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
L+T

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

17 min · dark · intimate
Drama
Just Another Day

In trying to outrun his grief, Rui is forced to face the one thing he can’t escape

11 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
The Night We Called It A Day

Two ex-lovers reunite for one last gig, confronting past wounds and lingering desires

14 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
GhostofYou.

Miranda struggles to move on as fragments of her past love resurface

5 min · intimate · nostalgic
Drama
Egg and Chips

A young daughter steals a chicken to help provide for their family

13 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
Love, 9 to 5

A bouncer, who has just got broken up with, has a shift on Valentine’s Day

15 min · entertaining · intimate
Romance
Requiem (With A Side of Fries)

A divorcing couple enjoy a final dinner together

16 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Smudged Smile

A joyful teen with a happy image struggles with depression

18 min · emotional · intimate
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Darlings

An estranged son returns to see his dying grandmother

26 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
A Best Man

Everything goes smoothly for the Best Man

12 min · dark · intimate
Drama
Exhale

A woman’s journey of self-improvement hits a bumpy road

12 min · atmospheric · intimate
Dark Comedy
Gym Patriot

A white man's unease escalates when he hears Arabic singing

7 min · intimate · quirky
Drama
All Through The Night

A son is determined to stir his dad's memory while facing his own

21 min · intimate · reflective
Drama
A Moral Man

A controversial spotlight on assisted suicide

18 min · controversial · intimate
Drama
The Lighter

He seeks closure from their past

3 min · intimate · mysterious
Drama
Within These Walls

Two musicians delve into their feelings for each other

21 min · intimate · reflective
Documentary
Plantman

The intimately captured story of a humble gardener

9 min · heartwarming · intimate
Drama
Hey You

Is who's top or bottom all they should be worried about?

4 min · controversial · intimate
Drama
These Matterless Things

Emotional complexities of love poetically explored through everyday moments

9 min · atmospheric · intimate
Drama
Myrtle

A mother with one meal to prepare and no way out

14 min · intimate · mysterious
Drama
Skin

Tom Sturridge (The Sandman) plays a man grappling with grief

11 min · cerebral · emotional
Documentary
Artificial Dreams

A documentary about a filmmaker's dilemma of being commercially successful

16 min · intimate · reflective
Romance
One Night Stand

One night stand marks the beginning and end of a relationship

12 min · intimate · romantic
Documentary
The Night is Black and the Day is White

A doc about a family's experiences of living with an autistic child

7 min · emotional · intimate
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
Drama
Him & Her

Highschool sweethearts hit a crossroads, when Alex starts embracing himself

14 min · atmospheric · emotional
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

intimateshort films

Small, close, and quietly honest. Shorts about two people and what passes between them.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Comedy
And Now I Lay Me Down

A once-famous actress arranges her perfect day; it doesn't go as planned

25 min · cinematic · hilarious
Comedy
Cuticles and Follicles

Come spend some time with the girls at the beauty salon

11 min · feel-good · intimate
Documentary
San Esteban: Freedom, Mysticism and Nopales

A doc about rural Mexico, where heritage and modern forces reshape coexistence

27 min · intimate · nostalgic
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

8 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
Forgive Me

The ambition of a promising fighter becomes the cause of his heartbreak

7 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
L+T

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

17 min · dark · intimate
Drama
Just Another Day

In trying to outrun his grief, Rui is forced to face the one thing he can’t escape

11 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
The Night We Called It A Day

Two ex-lovers reunite for one last gig, confronting past wounds and lingering desires

14 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
GhostofYou.

Miranda struggles to move on as fragments of her past love resurface

5 min · intimate · nostalgic
Drama
Egg and Chips

A young daughter steals a chicken to help provide for their family

13 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
Love, 9 to 5

A bouncer, who has just got broken up with, has a shift on Valentine’s Day

15 min · entertaining · intimate
Romance
Requiem (With A Side of Fries)

A divorcing couple enjoy a final dinner together

16 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Smudged Smile

A joyful teen with a happy image struggles with depression

18 min · emotional · intimate
Comedy
Murphy’s Law

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong

24 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Darlings

An estranged son returns to see his dying grandmother

26 min · emotional · intimate
Romance
A Best Man

Everything goes smoothly for the Best Man

12 min · dark · intimate
Drama
Exhale

A woman’s journey of self-improvement hits a bumpy road

12 min · atmospheric · intimate
Dark Comedy
Gym Patriot

A white man's unease escalates when he hears Arabic singing

7 min · intimate · quirky
Drama
All Through The Night

A son is determined to stir his dad's memory while facing his own

21 min · intimate · reflective
Drama
A Moral Man

A controversial spotlight on assisted suicide

18 min · controversial · intimate
Drama
The Lighter

He seeks closure from their past

3 min · intimate · mysterious
Drama
Within These Walls

Two musicians delve into their feelings for each other

21 min · intimate · reflective
Documentary
Plantman

The intimately captured story of a humble gardener

9 min · heartwarming · intimate
Drama
Hey You

Is who's top or bottom all they should be worried about?

4 min · controversial · intimate
Drama
These Matterless Things

Emotional complexities of love poetically explored through everyday moments

9 min · atmospheric · intimate
Drama
Myrtle

A mother with one meal to prepare and no way out

14 min · intimate · mysterious
Drama
Skin

Tom Sturridge (The Sandman) plays a man grappling with grief

11 min · cerebral · emotional
Documentary
Artificial Dreams

A documentary about a filmmaker's dilemma of being commercially successful

16 min · intimate · reflective
Romance
One Night Stand

One night stand marks the beginning and end of a relationship

12 min · intimate · romantic
Documentary
The Night is Black and the Day is White

A doc about a family's experiences of living with an autistic child

7 min · emotional · intimate
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
Drama
Him & Her

Highschool sweethearts hit a crossroads, when Alex starts embracing himself

14 min · atmospheric · emotional
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 sit close

Intimate is not the same as quiet. It is the feeling of being let inside, of watching something private that was never meant for a crowd. Within These Walls lets two musicians inch toward what they feel for each other, and These Matterless Things draws love out of the smallest everyday moments, almost too tender to name.

The closeness often arrives through grief and reckoning. Skin gives Tom Sturridge a man undone by loss, The Night We Called It A Day reunites two ex-lovers for one last gig and every wound that comes with it, and Smudged Smile sits with a cheerful teen whose smile hides depression. These are films to watch alone, late, with no subscription between you and them.