Movies like Take Five
If Take Five's mix of jazz, optical and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Take Five's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Destino
2003 · Directed by Dominique Monfery · 7 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and music
Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of…
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Sing: Thriller
2024 · Directed by Garth Jennings · 11 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and music
Buster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" films.
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Flowers and Trees
1932 · Directed by Burt Gillett · 8 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and music
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
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Boundin'
2003 · Directed by Bud Luckey · 5 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and music
On a high mountain plain lives a lamb with wool of such remarkable sheen that he breaks into high-steppin' dance. But there comes a day when he loses his lustrous coat and, along with it, his pride.
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Far from the Tree
2021 · Directed by Natalie Nourigat · 7 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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Day & Night
2010 · Directed by Teddy Newton · 6 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot.
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No Time for Nuts
2006 · Directed by Chris Renaud · 7 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
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DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020 · Directed by Brandon Vietti · 31 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
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Groot's Pursuit
2022 · Directed by Kirsten Lepore · 6 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
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Mike's New Car
2002 · Directed by Pete Docter · 3 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets.
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Ferdinand the Bull
1938 · Directed by Dick Rickard · 8 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals.
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Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2017 · Directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton · 22 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.