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Best Animated Short Film Academy Awards
 60  7.3  7.6 (1931-1932)
 An evil tree stump, jealous of two trees in love, starts a forest fire. Nominees: ▪ Mickey's Orphans ▪ It's Got Me Again! 
103 7.3 7.5 (1933-1934)
 Three pigs set off to set up housekeeping, and learn to deal with life and wolves. Nominees: ▪ Building a Building ▪ The Merry Old Soul 
64 7.1 7.4  A retelling of Aesop's fable where the hare learns that slow and steady wins the race. Nominees: ▪ Holiday Land ▪ Jolly Little Elves 
40 7.4 7.1  Three kittens are heartlessly abandoned during a snowstorm. They try to take refuge in a nearby house and playfully begin to tear the house apart. Nominees: ▪ The Calico Dragon ▪ Who Killed Cock Robin? 
27 5.8 7  Abner is invited by his cousin Monty to leave Podunk behind and move to the big city. But he soon learns that the hidden dangers of big city life are not all they are cracked up to be. Nominees: ▪ Old Mill Pond ▪ Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor 
67 7.6 7.9  A triumph of mood over plot, the short shows the inhabitants of an ancient, abandoned mill preparing for nightfall and an approaching storm. Nominees: ▪ Educated Fish ▪ The Little Match Girl 
40 7.2 7.3  Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight ring. Nominees: ▪ Brave Little Tailor ▪ Mother Goose Goes Hollywood ▪ Good Scouts ▪ Hunky and Spunky 
54 8 7.8  A remake of an earlier Silly Symphony retells the story of an outcast duckling who turns out to become a beautiful swan. Nominees: ▪ Detouring America ▪ Peace on Earth ▪ The Pointer 
17 6.8 6.7  Three kittens, denied milk as punishment for misbehaving, sail up into the Milky Way in a hot air balloon. Once in the Milky Way, they find it a land of natural milk springs and gushers. Nominees: ▪ Puss Gets the Boot ▪ A Wild Hare 
30 6.9 7  Pluto's conscience becomes the battleground when he saves a small kitten from drowning and then has second thoughts when Mickey welcomes it into his home. Nominees: ▪ Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B ▪ Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt ▪ How War Came ▪ The Night Before Christmas ▪ Rhapsody in Rivets ▪ The Rookie Bear ▪ Rhythm in the Ranks ▪ Superman ▪ Truant Officer Donald 
137 7.3 7.7  Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime. Nominees: ▪ All Out for 'V' ▪ Blitz Wolf ▪ Juke Box Jamboree ▪ Pigs in a Polka ▪ Tulips Shall Grow 
19 7.1 7.6  Per custom, Tom and Jerry wage war against each other, this time primarily with fireworks. Nominees: ▪ The Dizzy Acrobat ▪ 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins ▪ Greetings, Bait ▪ Imagination ▪ Reason and Emotion 
20 7.2 7.7  Tom receives a how-to book on mouse-catching, but all of its recommended tactics prove ineffective against the eager-to-outwit Jerry. Nominees: ▪ And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street ▪ Dog, Cat and Canary ▪ Fish Fry ▪ How to Play Football ▪ My Boy, Johnny ▪ Swooner Crooner 
24 6.6 7.6  Tom and Jerry's usual cat and mouse antics are complicated by the presence of a testy bulldog, whom Tom is careful not to disturb. Nominees: ▪ Donald's Crime ▪ Jasper and the Beanstalk ▪ Life with Feathers ▪ Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life ▪ The Poet and Peasant ▪ Rippling Romance 
65 7.5 8.1  Jerry intrudes upon Tom's fancy piano concert and both of them wind up getting quite the musical workout. Nominees: ▪ Musical Moments from Chopin ▪ John Henry and the Inky-Poo ▪ Squatter's Rights ▪ Walky Talky Hawky 
15 5.9 7.1  In this first pairing of Tweety Bird and Sylvester, the black cat (called Thomas here) tries to terrorize the yellow bird after he's brought into the cat's home. Tweety stays one step ahead. Nominees: ▪ Chip an' Dale ▪ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse ▪ Pluto's Blue Note ▪ Tubby the Tuba 
31 7 7.8  A tiny but hungry orphan named Nibbles shows up as Jerry's guest for Thanksgiving. The two sample the abundant table offerings while trying to steer clear of Tom. Nominees: ▪ Mickey and the Seal ▪ Mouse Wreckers ▪ Robin Hoodlum ▪ Tea for Two Hundred 
29 6.8 7.3  The black feline enlisted to rid a perfume shop of the odoriferous Pepe Le Pew must put up with the suave, self-confident skunk's romantic advances. Nominees: ▪ Hatch Up Your Troubles ▪ Magic Fluke ▪ Toy Tinkers 
31 6.8 7.2  A little boy, Gerald McCloy, discovers at the age of two, that he can say 'boing -boing' and nothing else. He runs away from school and is found by a radio executive, who makes him world famous. Nominees: ▪ Jerry's Cousin ▪ Trouble Indemnity 
26 7.2 7.6  In France, Jerry and younger mouse Nibbles (later Tuffy) help themselves to a royal banquet. They find opposition in defensive guard Tom. Nominees: ▪ Lambert the Sheepish Lion ▪ Rooty Toot Toot 
13 7.1 7.6  Jerry is Johann Mouse, a wall resident who waltzes in the home of famous musician Johann Strauss. When Strauss is away, his cat (Tom) learns to play piano, only to help his ongoing efforts to catch the mouse. Nominees: ▪ Little Johnny Jet ▪ Madeline ▪ Pink and Blue Blues ▪ The Romance of Transportation in Canada 
22 6.3 7.2  A History of music through the ages, from prehistoric man to the modern symphony orchestra. Nominees: ▪ Christopher Crumpet ▪ From A to Z-Z-Z-Z ▪ Rugged Bear ▪ The Tell-Tale Heart 
7 6.3 6.8  Mr Magoo mistakenly boards an airliner in the belief that he is attending a movie. Instead of a film he sees a real detective mystery. Nominees: ▪ Crazy Mixed Up Pup ▪ Pigs Is Pigs ▪ Sandy Claws ▪ Touché, Pussy Cat! 
26 6.3 7.4  Mexican mice enlist Speedy Gonzales to sneak across the American border and secure cheese for them. His fast forays outwit and irritate Sylvester, the cat who's patrolling the international divide. Nominees: ▪ Good Will to Men ▪ The Legend of Rockabye Point ▪ No Hunting 
6 5.5 6  Mr. Magoo has an underwater journey with his old car, confuses sharks with Cadil lacs but regains the surface undisturbed. Nominees: ▪ Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo ▪ The Jaywalker 
24 7.1 7.8  At another cat's urging, Sylvester attends a meeting of the support group Birds Anonymous, only to find that kicking the habit isn't so easy with Tweety always around. Nominees: ▪ One Droopy Knight ▪ Tabasco Road ▪ Trees and Jamaica Daddy ▪ The Truth About Mother Goose 
22 6.8 7.6  At King Arthur's order, Round Table jester Bugs Bunny reclaims the fabled singing sword from the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam). But Sam isn't going to let it go without a fight. Nominees: ▪ Paul Bunyan ▪ Sidney's Family Tree 
12 4.8 5.7  Two boys' adventure with a Moonbird in the middle of night. Nominees: ▪ Mexicali Shmoes ▪ Noah's Ark ▪ The Violinist 
11 7.1 7.3  A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. Nominees: ▪ Goliath II ▪ High Note ▪ Mouse and Garden ▪ A Place in the Sun 
18 5.9 7  Simple story about the man who comes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs. Nominees: ▪ Aquamania ▪ Beep Prepared ▪ Nelly's Folly ▪ The Pied Piper of Guadalupe 
10 6.1 6.6  Two construction workers discuss about the possibility of accidents and their consequences, leading to the necessity of disarmament to prevent a super-accidental disaster.  Nominees: ▪ Icarus Montgolfier Wright ▪ Now Hear This ▪ Self Defense ... for Cowards ▪ Symposium on Popular Songs 
20 7.3 7.1  Short satire on audience reactions to 'art' films. Nominees: ▪ Automania 2000 ▪ The Game ▪ My Financial Career ▪ Pianissimo 
45 7.5 7.7  A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink. Little does he guess that the Pink Panther is repainting all his work. Nominees: ▪ Christmas Cracker ▪ How to Avoid Friendship ▪ Nudnik No. 2 
30 6.9 7.7  A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him. Nominees: ▪ Clay or the Origin of Species ▪ The Thieving Magpie 
7 6 6.5  A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored brass ensemble. Nominees: ▪ The Drag ▪ The Pink Blueprint 
6 6 6.2  An old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. Nominees: ▪ Hypothese Beta ▪ What on Earth! 
68 7.7 7.8 Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood
Nominees: ▪ The House That Jack Built ▪ The Magic Pear Tree ▪ Windy Day 
8 6.5 6.9 Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3Nominees: ▪ Of Men and Demons ▪ Walking 
9 6 6.7  The world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right." Nominees: ▪ The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two ▪ The Shepherd 
9 5.9 5.6  A woman buys a pet bird for her husband, who has a negative attitude about everything. Nominees: ▪ Evolution ▪ The Selfish Giant 
9 5 6.6 Satire about contemporary middle-class life in America. Intended for upper secondary and further education. Nominees: ▪ The Legend of John Henry ▪ Pulcinella 
14 5.8 6.9 A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life. Nominees: ▪ The Family That Dwelt Apart ▪ Hunger ▪ Voyage to Next ▪ Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! 
5 6 7.2 Animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century.
Nominees: ▪ Kick Me ▪ Monsieur Pointu ▪ Sisyphus 
6 5.5 6.6  Animated film emphasising the use of leisure time as an important aspect of life in modern society. Nominees: ▪ Dedalo ▪ The Street 
19 6.4 7.2 On a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves. Nominees: ▪ The Bead Game ▪ A Doonesbury Special ▪ Jimmy the C 
11 6 7.4 Black comedy about the aftermath of the death of a mailman who slips on the icy steps which a wife has asked her husband to sweep. Nominees: ▪ Oh My Darling ▪ Rip Van Winkle 
16 5.8 6.7  An abandoned baby is repeatedly left on a series of doorsteps in a well to do community, only to be rejected by each in turn until the infant arrives at the one social group that shows any concern and compassion. Nominees: ▪ Dream Doll ▪ It's so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House 
59 7.5 7.7 A fine day in the life of a fly presented completely from the fly's point of view. A fine day until something dreary happens, that is. Nominees: ▪ All Nothing ▪ History of the World in Three Minutes Flat 
29 7.2 7.5 The industrialization of Montreal, as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair. Nominees: ▪ The Creation ▪ The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin |
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etrehumain
Posted: 4 years, 10 months ago at Jul 26 17:28
Amazing list ! Many of those titles are difficult to find.
Valerie
Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Jan 11 20:12
the cute list arouses my childhood memory...:)
Shaun
Posted: 3 years, 1 month ago at May 11 12:56
Some of these are hard to find, but a certain DVD production company called Magnolia I think, puts out a disc each year of all the nominees and winner and for some of the live action ones too. I really liked The Danish Poet (2006), made me wonder how my ancestors might of met and how it will happen for me some day.
Scottish
Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Apr 18 10:00
I really enjoyed your list and some of the comments are awesome!
Victorian Fantasy
Posted: 7 months, 2 weeks ago at Oct 30 19:36
I really like the old ones here, pre-1960. I wish there was a list for all those cartoons :)
JPHOLT
Posted: 7 months, 2 weeks ago at Nov 1 8:28
Brought back a lot of good memories! Thanks.
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