United Statesshort films

Curated by conviction, not by metrics. Hand-picked by the Klipist editors.

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Two women grapple with maintaining an interracial friendship

15 min · intense · reflective
Drama
Helpline

A young psychology student takes his first call at a suicide hotline

3 min · intense · suspenseful
Comedy
Big Cats

Vishnu explores masculinity, faith, and family through a special friendship

18 min · heartwarming · hilarious
Romance
5 Ways I Didn’t Marry You

In five parallel universes, Bernadette does not marry her lover

15 min · entertaining · intimate
Crime
Hope Chest

Raised on murder TV, Eve dreams of the detective who mourns her

4 min · satirical · thought-provoking
Drama
42 Seconds

Months after a mass shooting, survivors return to the diner where it happened

16 min · emotional · intense
Comedy
The Ferberizing of Coral

New parents are haunted by the voices from their baby monitor

10 min · comic · meaningful
Mystery
Off the Face of the Earth

A photographer captures a vanished woman on camera

18 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Romance
Paint Me Blue

A Painter and a Muse fall in love, create art, and escape reality

19 min · atmospheric · intimate
Romance
Always for the First Time

Memories of love and trauma intertwine in ways she never saw coming

19 min · intimate · romantic
Documentary
Breaking Glass

Three glass artists forge a new future for their craft

18 min · cinematic · inspiring
Documentary
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles

A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer

6 min · heartwarming · inspiring
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United Statesshort films

Curated by conviction, not by metrics. Hand-picked by the Klipist editors.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Drama
shelf life

Two women grapple with maintaining an interracial friendship

15 min · intense · reflective
Drama
Helpline

A young psychology student takes his first call at a suicide hotline

3 min · intense · suspenseful
Comedy
Big Cats

Vishnu explores masculinity, faith, and family through a special friendship

18 min · heartwarming · hilarious
Romance
5 Ways I Didn’t Marry You

In five parallel universes, Bernadette does not marry her lover

15 min · entertaining · intimate
Crime
Hope Chest

Raised on murder TV, Eve dreams of the detective who mourns her

4 min · satirical · thought-provoking
Drama
42 Seconds

Months after a mass shooting, survivors return to the diner where it happened

16 min · emotional · intense
Comedy
The Ferberizing of Coral

New parents are haunted by the voices from their baby monitor

10 min · comic · meaningful
Mystery
Off the Face of the Earth

A photographer captures a vanished woman on camera

18 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Romance
Paint Me Blue

A Painter and a Muse fall in love, create art, and escape reality

19 min · atmospheric · intimate
Romance
Always for the First Time

Memories of love and trauma intertwine in ways she never saw coming

19 min · intimate · romantic
Documentary
Breaking Glass

Three glass artists forge a new future for their craft

18 min · cinematic · inspiring
Documentary
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles

A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer

6 min · heartwarming · inspiring
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

The best American short films, free to watch.

American short film swings wide, from broad comedy to quiet heartbreak to genre with real bite. It is one of Klipist's deepest national shelves. The films below are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch.

Love Less Likely throws together a cursed woman, a mouthy teen, and a pile of dead guys, and Things I've Made My Roommate Do parks its hero firmly in the friend zone again. The Lost Weekend pushes a freshly single Charlie into the strange world of online dating, while A Smaller Big Bang ends a relationship the way it started, with a bang.

The best American short films are not afraid to feel. Squeeze puts a wrestling coach and an autistic student in the same hopeful corner, and Bliss hands its characters a mysterious video carrying a life-altering message. Every film here was chosen by our editors and streams free in 190 countries, with no subscription. Press play and dig in.