Grief & Lossshort films

Loss that refuses a straight line. Shorts that sit in one room with it, long enough to recognise.

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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
Drama
42 Seconds

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

16 min · emotional · intense
Romance
Always for the First Time

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

19 min · intimate · romantic
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
Drama
Domestic Help

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

19 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Stray Dog

A Swiss street drama where loneliness, crime, and drugs tighten their grip

11 min · atmospheric · controversial
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

36 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

7 min · emotional · intimate
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

14 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Just Another Day

In trying to outrun his grief, Rui is forced to face the one thing he can’t escape

10 min · emotional · intimate
For filmmakers

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Grief & Lossshort films

Loss that refuses a straight line. Shorts that sit in one room with it, long enough to recognise.

Hand-picked Curated Free to watch
Filter by genre
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
Drama
42 Seconds

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

16 min · emotional · intense
Romance
Always for the First Time

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

19 min · intimate · romantic
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
Drama
Domestic Help

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

19 min · atmospheric · mysterious
Drama
Stray Dog

A Swiss street drama where loneliness, crime, and drugs tighten their grip

11 min · atmospheric · controversial
Drama
The Nightingale

A singer battles through PTSD after a sexual assault

36 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Fin

A grieving boy struggles to move forward without his best friend

7 min · emotional · intimate
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

14 min · dark · emotional
Drama
Just Another Day

In trying to outrun his grief, Rui is forced to face the one thing he can’t escape

10 min · emotional · intimate
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

Short films about grief and loss.

Grief does not move in a straight line, and short films know it. They do not try to resolve a loss in an hour; they sit in one room with it, long enough to recognise. These films are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Stories about carrying what is gone.

Darlings follows an estranged son returning to see his dying grandmother, and All Through The Night watches a son fight to stir his father's fading memory. And Now I Lay Me Down sits with a once-famous actress arranging a final perfect day, while A Moral Man turns its spotlight on the hardest goodbye of all.

The best short films about grief and loss offer company, not closure. Darkside follows an astronaut searching for a lost crew across the dark of space, and Billie sits at a poker table where a woman quietly dreams of revenge. Picked by our editors and free in 190 countries, no fee and no sign-up. Press play, and take it slowly.