Comedy is the hardest thing to pull off in a short film and the most obvious when it works. There is no room to warm up, no second act to find the joke, just a premise, a turn, and a landing. These comedy shorts are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Films that are actually funny, not only quirky.
For something gleefully strange, Hangover Food: Vampire Influencer follows Lee's bid to become the world's first vampire influencer, and Road Rage! strands a man late for a Cardiff interview inside a time loop. The Infinite Alternate Realities of Larry Sherman volunteers poor Larry for a one-way trip to another dimension, while Quiet Carriage turns one commuter's small moral dilemma into the longest train ride of his life.
The best comedy short films travel, but they also stay close to home. Geheimtipp strands two Swiss farmers who have gone viral overnight, and And Now I Lay Me Down watches a once-famous actress try to stage one perfect day that refuses to cooperate. Every film here was chosen by our editors and streams free in all 193 countries, with no subscription. Press play and let something make you laugh.
