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United States short films

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How To Drag a Body

How To Drag a Bodyby Connor McNamara

A man with no memory is promised “the Answer” to all of life’s questions

14 min·cerebral · cinematic

Be Back By 3

Be Back By 3by Aliyah Dominique Jefferies

Two secret lovers reach a tipping point in West Philadelphia

20 min·atmospheric · intimate

The Lost Camp

The Lost Campby Connor Etter

Three campers discover an abandoned town haunted by a vengeful spirit

16 min·scary · suspenseful

shelf life

shelf lifeby Jordan Exum

Two women grapple with maintaining an interracial friendship

15 min·intense · reflective

Helpline

Helplineby John Alen

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

3 min·intense · suspenseful

Big Cats

Big Catsby Vishnu Akella

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

18 min·heartwarming · hilarious

5 Ways I Didn’t Marry You

5 Ways I Didn’t Marry Youby Tom Dunn

In five parallel universes, Bernadette does not marry her lover

15 min·entertaining · intimate

Hope Chest

Hope Chestby Dycee Wildman & Jennifer Bonior

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

4 min·satirical · thought-provoking

42 Seconds

42 Secondsby Steve Anderson

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

16 min·emotional · intense

The Ferberizing of Coral

The Ferberizing of Coralby Patrick Flynn

New parents are haunted by the voices from their baby monitor

10 min·comic · meaningful

Off the Face of the Earth

Off the Face of the Earthby Michael Pantozzi

A photographer captures a vanished woman on camera

18 min·atmospheric · mysterious

Paint Me Blue

Paint Me Blueby Ari Veach

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

19 min·atmospheric · intimate

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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 all 193 countries, with no subscription. Press play and dig in.

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