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Best Movies Under 90 minutes

Films whose runtime is under 90 minutes, ranked by TMDB rating (500+ votes). Useful when the evening, not the mood, decides.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 1,121 titlesavg ★ 6.54 avg 77 min Comedy Animation Family Adventure

Under 90 minutes 90 to 120 minutes 2 to 2½ hours Over 2½ hours

#1 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) · ★ 8.4 · 6,595 votes · 1h 29m · drama, animation, war
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with t…
#2 The Lion King (1994) · ★ 8.3 · 20,171 votes · 1h 29m · drama, animation, family
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to…
#3 Modern Times (1936) · ★ 8.3 · 4,209 votes · 1h 27m · comedy, romance, drama
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..…
#4 Paths of Glory (1957) · ★ 8.3 · 3,391 votes · 1h 28m · drama, history, war
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.…
#5 Perfect Blue (1998) · ★ 8.3 · 3,376 votes · 1h 21m · thriller, animation
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up…
#6 The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026) · ★ 8.3 · 2,283 votes · 0h 51m · action, drama, crime
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.…
#7 Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) · ★ 8.3 · 1,970 votes · 1h 27m · action, fantasy, drama
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of h…
#8 Hotarubi no Mori e (2011) · ★ 8.3 · 1,242 votes · 0h 45m · fantasy, romance, animation
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of mak…
#9 Counterattack (2025) · ★ 8.3 · 863 votes · 1h 25m · action, adventure, thriller
When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.…
#10 Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) · ★ 8.3 · 804 votes · 0h 14m · thriller, horror, music
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, br…
#11 Night and Fog (1956) · ★ 8.3 · 590 votes · 0h 32m · history, war, documentary
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.…
#12 Bicycle Thieves (1948) · ★ 8.2 · 2,763 votes · 1h 29m · drama
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is do…
#13 City Lights (1931) · ★ 8.2 · 2,534 votes · 1h 27m · comedy, romance, drama
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.…
#14 Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) · ★ 8.2 · 884 votes · 1h 23m · comedy, fantasy, adventure
Two years after bringing peace to the galaxy, Steven Universe sees his past come back to haunt him in the form of a deranged Gem who wants to destroy the Earth.…
#15 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) · ★ 8.2 · 788 votes · 1h 17m · adventure, science-fiction
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches i…
#16 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) · ★ 8.2 · 777 votes · 0h 35m · fantasy, adventure, drama
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.…
#17 Look Back (2024) · ★ 8.2 · 662 votes · 0h 58m · drama, animation
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant reclus…
#18 BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020) · ★ 8.2 · 531 votes · 1h 19m · music, documentary
Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.…
#19 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · ★ 8.1 · 9,112 votes · 1h 26m · fantasy, animation, family
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits o…
#20 Flow (2024) · ★ 8.1 · 3,053 votes · 1h 25m · fantasy, adventure, animation
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.…
#21 The Kid (1921) · ★ 8.1 · 2,453 votes · 1h 8m · comedy, drama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.…
#22 Persona (1966) · ★ 8.1 · 2,414 votes · 1h 25m · drama
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisa…
#23 Piper (2016) · ★ 8.1 · 1,778 votes · 0h 6m · animation, family
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.…
#24 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) · ★ 8.1 · 1,521 votes · 1h 20m · action, fantasy, animation
After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinist…
#25 Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ (2020) · ★ 8.1 · 1,135 votes · 1h 1m · action, fantasy, adventure
Marinette's class is headed to New York, the city of superheroes, for French-American Friendship Week. But the arrival of Hawk Moth will complicate everything.…
#26 Prayers for Bobby (2009) · ★ 8.1 · 653 votes · 1h 29m · tv-movie, drama, history
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling…
#27 The Young and the Damned (1950) · ★ 8.1 · 562 votes · 1h 22m · drama, crime
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.…
#28 Toy Story (1995) · ★ 8.0 · 20,575 votes · 1h 21m · comedy, adventure, animation
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz.…
#29 The Iron Giant (1999) · ★ 8.0 · 6,397 votes · 1h 26m · adventure, drama, science-fiction
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their…
#30 Flipped (2010) · ★ 8.0 · 3,417 votes · 1h 29m · romance, drama
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsi…
#31 Rashomon (1950) · ★ 8.0 · 2,620 votes · 1h 28m · drama, crime, mystery
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.…
#32 Paperman (2012) · ★ 8.0 · 1,844 votes · 0h 7m · comedy, fantasy, romance
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.…
#33 Sherlock Jr. (1924) · ★ 8.0 · 1,216 votes · 0h 45m · action, comedy, mystery
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.…
#34 How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 1,144 votes · 0h 22m · action, fantasy, adventure
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared…
#35 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) · ★ 8.0 · 1,136 votes · 1h 21m · drama, history
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc…
#36 In a Heartbeat (2017) · ★ 8.0 · 1,037 votes · 0h 4m · comedy, romance, animation
A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.…
#37 Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018) · ★ 8.0 · 718 votes · 1h 27m · tv-movie, drama, crime
On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped. She manages to talk her attacker into re…
#38 Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) · ★ 8.0 · 641 votes · 1h 28m · comedy, drama
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.…
#39 Paris Is Burning (1991) · ★ 8.0 · 571 votes · 1h 18m · history, documentary
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African A…
#40 Mulan (1998) · ★ 7.9 · 10,701 votes · 1h 28m · adventure, animation, family
When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing…

Questions

What are the best movies under 90 minutes?

Grave of the Fireflies (1988, 89 min) rates highest at 8.4/10, followed by The Lion King and Modern Times.