This article is the list of short film series since the inception of filmmaking in the 19th century.
19th century
1890s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s) 1896 Melbourne Cup Carnival Lumière 15 Arrivée d’un train à Melbourne Présentation du vainqueur Documentary English cricket team in Australia in 1897–98 Falk Studios 4 Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets New South Wales Cricket team leaving the field Documentary
20th century
1910s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s) Sherlock Holmes Éclair 8 The Speckled Band (1912) The Copper Beeches (1913) Live actionColonel Heeza LiarBray Studios 58 Colonel Heeza Liar In Africa (November 23, 1913) Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (December 1, 1924) Animation The Police DogBray Studios 12 The Police Dog (November 21, 1914) The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (February 25, 1918) Animation Bobby BumpsBray Studios 75 Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat (1915) Bobby Bumps and Company (1925) Animation Fresh Fish (1922) includes live-action
1920s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)Aesop's FablesFable Studios, Inc. N/A The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (May 13, 1921) N/A Animation Brownie the Wonder DogCentury Film Company N/A Brownie's Little Venus (1921) Little Johnny Jones (1923) Live-action Bray MagazineBray Studios 4 Strap Hangers If We Reversed (1923) Animation Alice ComediesDisney Company 57 Alice's Wonderland (1923) Alice in the Big League (1927) Live action and animation Let George Do ItUniversal Pictures 40 George The Winner (1926) The Cut-Ups (1929) Live action
1930s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)Spooney MelodiesWarner Bros. 5 Cryin' for the Carolines (December 1930) For You (December 1931) Live action PuppetoonsGeorge Pal 40 Midnight (1932) Sweet Pacific (1948) Stop-motion and puppeteering
1940s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)GabbyFleischer Studios 8 King for a Day (October 18, 1940) It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day (August 15, 1941) Animation Stone Age CartoonsFleischer Studios 12 Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points (26 January 1940) Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (26 September 1940) Animation SupermanParamount Pictures 17 Superman (September 26, 1941) Terror on the Midway (August 28, 1942) Animation Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 303-305. .
1950s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s) Mr. Magoo United Productions of America 56 Trouble Indemnity (September 14, 1950) Terror Faces Magoo (July 9, 1959) Animation Casper the Friendly Ghost Famous Studios 52 Casper's Spree Under the Sea (October 27, 1950) Casper's Birthday Party (July 31, 1959) Animation Kartunes Famous Studios 12 Vegetable Vaudeville (November 9, 1951) No Place Like Rome (July 31, 1953) Animation Gerald McBoing Boing United Productions of America 3 Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony (July 15, 1953) Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (July 9, 1959) Animation Spike and TykeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2 Give and Tyke (March 29, 1957) Scat Cats (July 26, 1957) Animation Modern MadcapsFamous Studios 65 Right Off the Bat (November 17, 1958) The Blacksheep Blacksmith (1967) Animation
1960s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)World Wide AdventuresWarner Bros. 38 A Touch of Gold (October 1962) A Walk Through the Sounds of Switzerland (July 1, 1970) Live-action Liebman, Roy Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts 2003 McFarland & CompanyRed Asphalt California Highway Patrol 5 Red Asphalt (1964) Red Asphalt V (2006) Live-action DocumentariesThe InspectorDePatie–Freleng Enterprises 34 The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (December 21, 1965) Carte Blanched (May 14, 1969) Animation
1970s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)The Three FoolsDonyo Donev 11 The Three Fools (June 27, 1970) The Three Fools Non-stop (June 10, 1990) Animation Donyo Donev biographical documentary by the Bulgarian National TVThe Blue RacerDePatie–Freleng Enterprises 17 Hiss and Hers (July 3, 1972) Little Boa Peep (January 16, 1974) Animation The DogfatherDePatie–Freleng Enterprises 17 The Dogfather (June 27, 1974) Medicur (April 30, 1976) Animation
1980s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)Sweet DisasterChannel 4 5 Babylon (1986) Death of a Speechwriter (1986) Animation Roger RabbitDisney 3 Tummy Trouble (June 23, 1989) Trail Mix-Up (March 12, 1993) Animation and live-action
1990s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)The Spirit of ChristmasAvenging Conscience 2 Jesus vs. Frosty (December 8, 1992) Jesus vs. Santa (December 1, 1995) Animation The Fairly OddParentsNickelodeon 10 The Fairly OddParents! (September 4, 1998) Super Humor (March 23, 2001) Animation
21st century 2000s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)The HireBMW 13 Ambush (2001) The Escape (2016) Live-action 893239 24 As for the Fingers (2006) Yakuza's Delivery (2007) Live-action Assassin's Creed: LineageUbisoft 3 One (26 October 2009) Three (2009) Animation
2010s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)DC ShowcaseWarner Bros. Animation 9 The Spectre (February 23, 2010) Adam Strange (May 19, 2020) Animation Toy Story ToonsPixar 3 Hawaiian Vacation (June 24, 2011) Partysaurus Rex (September 14, 2012) Animation Marvel One-ShotsMarvel Studios 5 The Consultant (September 13, 2011) All Hail the King (February 4, 2014) Live-action The Grasslands ProjectNational Film Board of Canada 10 A Rancher’s View (May 6, 2016) Les Fransaskois (May 14, 2016) Live-action DocumentariesTeam ThorMarvel Studios 3 Team Thor (July 23, 2016) Team Darryl (February 20, 2018) Live-action Mocumentaries
2020s Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)Short CircuitDisney 14 Puddles (January 24, 2020) Reflect (September 14, 2022) Animation
See also Lists of feature film series List of animated short film series
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