Favorite Short Movies of 1930-70s?

The only one I could think of was made in the last 40 years, and with COVID-19, we could always use more recommendations.

Are you asking about "short movies" like a movie that's only about 90 minutes or less, or "short movies" like shorts that are under 30 minutes?

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Under 90 minutes.

Try Duck Soup by the Marx Brothers.



While it clocks in at only 69 minutes, it is a masterpiece.

I could think of a ton of B movies that were under 90 minutes, many are just about an hour long. But there's no sense in me randomly posting movie titles that no one will care about...so my best suggestion for short movies is to pick a subject matter you're interest in and use IMDBs advance search

There were a lot of those Cagney (and others) movies that were around 70-80 minutes long, but I don't think they were categorized as "shorts". I've seen a handful in the last 20 years, some good, some bad, and was wanting to compare. Part of this is also trying out something new, as I seem to be in (movie) slumps all the time.

These movies are 90 minutes or under:
The Gunfighter (1950) - 1h 25min
No Name on the Bullet (1959) - 1h 17min
The Red Badge of Courage (1951) - 1h 9min
The Awful Truth (1937) - 1h 30min
It Should Happen to You (1954) - 1h 26min
All That Heaven Allows (1955) - 1h 29min
The Clock (1945) - 1h 30min
One Touch of Venus (1948) - 1h 22min
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - 1h 27min
Laura (1944) - 1h 28min
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - 1h 29min
Wings in the Dark (1935) - 1h 15min
Rope (1948) - 1h 20min


These movies are just a little over 90 minutes:
The Enchanted Cottage (1945) - 1h 31min
His Girl Friday (1940) - 1h 32min
That Funny Feeling (1965) - 1h 33min
My Man Godfrey (1936) - 1h 34min
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) - 1h 35min