List of short live-action films

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This is a list of live-action short films:

Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) -- directed by Louis Le Prince, this 2-second film is the oldest surviving motion picture
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) -- another early Louis Le Prince film

Dickson Greeting (1891)
Blacksmith Scene (1893) -- first film publicly exhibited by Kinetoscope; sometimes listed as the first film to employ actors; selected for National Film Registry
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) -- first motion picture copyrighted in the United States
Robetta and Doretto (1895)
The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895) -- sometimes listed as the first film to employ actors and the first film to use special effects
Watering the Gardener (1895)
The Kiss (1896) -- first on-screen kiss; one of the first films to be exhibited commercially; selected for National Film Registry
Interuppted Lover (1896)
In a Chinese Laundry (1897)
The Milker's Mishap (1897)
New Pillow Fight (1897)
Young America (1897)
The Inquisitive Girls (1898)
The Minister's Wooing (1898)
The Nearsighted School Teacher (1898)
The Old Maid and the Burglar (1898)
Little Willy and the Minister (1898)
Armor vs. Armour (1899)
An Exciting Finish (1899)

I Had to Leave a Happy Home For You (1900)
The Burglar-Proof Bed (1900)
Above the Limit (1900)
A Joke on Grandma (1901)
A Trip to the Moon (1902) -- first science fiction film
I Want My Dinner (1903)
A Narrow Escape (1903)
The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903)
The Magic Lantern (1903)
The Magical Tramp (1903)
Raffles the Dog (1905)
Everybody Works But Father (1905)
The Little Train Robbery (1905)
Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium (1906)
College Chums (1907)
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
The Thieving Hand (1908)
The Painter's Revenge (1908)
A Calamitcus Elapment (1908)
A Corner in Wheat (1909) -- directed by D. W. Griffith; selected for National Film Registry
Tag Day (1909)
The New Cop (1909)
Cohen at Corey Island (1909)

Making a Man of Him (1910)
Davy Jones and Captain Bragg (1910)
Money to Burn (1911)
O'Brien's Busy Day (1912)
The New Neighbor (1912)
A Near-Tragedy (1912)
Making a Man of Her (1912)
Nursey Favorites (1913)
Between Showers (1914)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) -- first released film in which Charlie Chaplin plays his Tramp character
The New Janitor (1914)
Making a Living (1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
A Busy Day (1914)
A Woman (1915)
A Night in the Snow (1915)
Ragtime Snap Shots (1915)
The Fireman (1916)
Behind the Screen (1916)
The Floorwalker (1916)
The Immigrant (1917) -- Charlie Chaplin film, selected for National Film Registry
Easy Street (1917)
The Cook (1918)
Good-Night, Nurse! (1918)
O, It's Great to Be Crazy (1918)
Short Hustling For Health (1919)
The Garage (1919)
The Hayseed (1919)
Hoot, Moon! (1919)
Backstage (1919)

One Week (1920)
A Lucky Dog (1921)
Now or Never (1921)
The Idle Class (1921)
Among Those Present (1921)
Cops (1922) -- Buster Keaton comedy selected for National Film Registry
Mixed Nuts (1922)
Glad Bags (1922)
Our Gang (1922)
Pay Day (1922)
The Ballonaric (1923)
Gas and Air (1923)
Kill or Cure (1923)
The Love Nest (1923)
A Powder Romance (1923)
Portage Due (1924)
Duck Soup (1927)
Love'em and Weep (1927)
Hats Off (1928)
Big Business (1929) -- Laurel and Hardy comedy selected for National Film Registry

Brats (1930)
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
Teacher's Pet (1930)
County Hospital (1932)
The Music Box (1932) -- Academy Award-winning Laurel and Hardy comedy, selected for National Film Registry
The Hollywood Handicap (1932)
Running Hollywood (1932)
The Voice of Hollywood No, 13 (1932)
Busy Bodies (1933)
Me and My Pal (1933)
The Poor Fish (1933)
Wrongorilla (1933)
Smoked Hams (1934)
Little Boy Blue (1936)

The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)
The Red Balloon (1956) -- only short film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or for Short Film
Pull My Daisy (1959) -- written by Jack Kerouac and featuring members of the Beat Generation; selected for the National Film Registry

La Jetée (1962) -- science fiction film directed by Chris Marker, remade in 1995 as Twelve Monkeys
Castro Street (1966) -- selected for National Film Registry
The Dove (1968) -- Academy Award-nominated spoof of Ingmar Bergman films

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) -- Academy Award winner, edited and with music composed by John Carpenter
To Fly! (1976) -- first film in IMAX format; selected for National Film Registry

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