Familyshort films

The first place we are shaped and the one we never fully leave. Shorts that hold the love and the damage at once.

Hand-picked· Curated· Free to watch
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Comedy
Big Cats

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

18 min · heartwarming · hilarious
Drama
Penny drops

A widowed man escapes into the countryside for one last weekend away

12 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Gaming for Love

A terminally ill gamer unites family and strangers worldwide

12 min · emotional · heartwarming
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
Documentary
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles

A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer

6 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Drama
Avocado Heart Girl

Invisible beside his disabled sister, a lonely boy finds friendship, identity and acceptance

19 min · emotional · heartwarming
Thriller
Vessel

A young disabled girl tries to escape the control of her religious mother

18 min · atmospheric · intense
Documentary
El Chapulin

After a decade in the U.S. and a fight with addiction, a man returns home to Mexico

16 min · heartwarming · meaningful
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
Experimental
Get Milk

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

3 min · intense · mysterious
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.

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Familyshort films

The first place we are shaped and the one we never fully leave. Shorts that hold the love and the damage at once.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
Comedy
Big Cats

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

18 min · heartwarming · hilarious
Drama
Penny drops

A widowed man escapes into the countryside for one last weekend away

12 min · emotional · heartwarming
Drama
Gaming for Love

A terminally ill gamer unites family and strangers worldwide

12 min · emotional · heartwarming
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
Documentary
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles

A lifelong hobby becomes a lifeline for an unexpected Twitch streamer

6 min · heartwarming · inspiring
Drama
Avocado Heart Girl

Invisible beside his disabled sister, a lonely boy finds friendship, identity and acceptance

19 min · emotional · heartwarming
Thriller
Vessel

A young disabled girl tries to escape the control of her religious mother

18 min · atmospheric · intense
Documentary
El Chapulin

After a decade in the U.S. and a fight with addiction, a man returns home to Mexico

16 min · heartwarming · meaningful
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
Experimental
Get Milk

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

3 min · intense · mysterious
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 family.

Family is the first place most of us are shaped, and the one we never fully leave. Short films are sharp at it because a single scene, one kitchen, one car ride, can hold a whole history. These films are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Stories about the people we are tied to.

All Through The Night follows a son determined to stir his dad's failing memory while facing his own, and Boy tells the story of Emilie, born a girl but always, inside, a boy. Bad Mother is an unnerving short about motherhood, while Crack Shot traps a former squash champ in a toxic father-son relationship.

The best short films about family hold the love and the damage in the same breath. And Now I Lay Me Down watches a once-famous actress arrange a perfect day that doesn't go as planned, and Chasing The Vein traces a woman's addiction back to the age of fifteen. Editor-selected and free in 190 countries with no account to create. Press play and call home.