Childhoodshort films

The first time everything is felt, before the words to name it. Shorts told from the edge of growing up.

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Drama
The Lost Weekend

James confronts toxic masculine friends on a trip to define his manhood

22 min · atmospheric · meaningful
Experimental
Get Milk

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

3 min · intense · mysterious
Drama
Domestic Help

A clown who wasn't funny enough, gets placed in a domestic help position

19 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Sprache ist Leben

A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead

5 min · emotional · inspiring
Comedy
Wo Milch und Honig fliesst

A father is a real superhero for his little girls

1 min · heartwarming · meaningful
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

8 min · emotional · intimate
Documentary
The Tides That Bind

A doc about Clint who finds messages in bottles and tracks down the senders

22 min · heartwarming · nostalgic
Comedy
Love Less Likely

A cursed woman, a mouthy teen, and a bunch of dead guys

16 min · entertaining · romantic
Drama
The World Beyond Me

Trapped in Mumbai’s red-light district, a woman dreams of freedom

15 min · dark · emotional
Thriller
Little Games

A little girl reveals her sinister plan to a stranger

14 min · atmospheric · dark
Dark Comedy
Floater

A troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father dies

13 min · dark · emotional
Documentary
The Leap Beneath

A tiny springtail embarks on a quest for survival beneath the forest floor

5 min · cinematic · entertaining
Drama
Egg and Chips

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

13 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
The Unexpected Expectant Father

A grandfather struggles with his abandoned grandson

14 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Smudged Smile

A joyful teen with a happy image struggles with depression

18 min · emotional · intimate
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Drama
Bad Mother

An unnerving short about motherhood

11 min · atmospheric · reflective
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
Drama
Boy

Emilie is born as a girl but inside she has always been a boy

15 min · emotional · heartwarming
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Childhoodshort films

The first time everything is felt, before the words to name it. Shorts told from the edge of growing up.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Drama
The Lost Weekend

James confronts toxic masculine friends on a trip to define his manhood

22 min · atmospheric · meaningful
Experimental
Get Milk

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

3 min · intense · mysterious
Drama
Domestic Help

A clown who wasn't funny enough, gets placed in a domestic help position

19 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Sprache ist Leben

A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead

5 min · emotional · inspiring
Comedy
Wo Milch und Honig fliesst

A father is a real superhero for his little girls

1 min · heartwarming · meaningful
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

8 min · emotional · intimate
Documentary
The Tides That Bind

A doc about Clint who finds messages in bottles and tracks down the senders

22 min · heartwarming · nostalgic
Comedy
Love Less Likely

A cursed woman, a mouthy teen, and a bunch of dead guys

16 min · entertaining · romantic
Drama
The World Beyond Me

Trapped in Mumbai’s red-light district, a woman dreams of freedom

15 min · dark · emotional
Thriller
Little Games

A little girl reveals her sinister plan to a stranger

14 min · atmospheric · dark
Dark Comedy
Floater

A troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father dies

13 min · dark · emotional
Documentary
The Leap Beneath

A tiny springtail embarks on a quest for survival beneath the forest floor

5 min · cinematic · entertaining
Drama
Egg and Chips

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

13 min · emotional · intimate
Drama
The Unexpected Expectant Father

A grandfather struggles with his abandoned grandson

14 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Smudged Smile

A joyful teen with a happy image struggles with depression

18 min · emotional · intimate
Animation
EDICIUS

A teen's suicide unraveled through past events

9 min · dark · intense
Drama
Bad Mother

An unnerving short about motherhood

11 min · atmospheric · reflective
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
Drama
Boy

Emilie is born as a girl but inside she has always been a boy

15 min · emotional · heartwarming
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 short films about childhood.

Childhood is where everything is felt for the first time, often without the words to name it, and short films catch that strange mix of innocence and unease. One small world, one young point of view, held just long enough to unsettle or move you. The films below are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Stories told from the edge of growing up.

Fin follows a grieving boy struggling to move forward without his best friend, and Egg and Chips watches a young daughter steal a chicken to help provide for her family. Little Games sees a little girl reveal her sinister plan to a stranger, while Get Milk turns a dad's quick milk run into something his suspicious daughters sense is darker than it seems.

The best short films about childhood remember how large the small world felt. Boy follows Emilie, born a girl but always a boy inside, and Bad Mother is an unnerving short about motherhood seen from uneasy ground. Each one was chosen by our editors and plays free in 190 countries with no subscription required. Tap play, and remember how it felt.