99 Minutes or Less

Not just the best movies that happen to be short, but movies that are a specific type of fun or engaging in a tiny package. These are either quick-hit satisfaction (built for short flights!) or demonstrate a breadth of filmmaking vision and/or economy of storytelling in a limited runtime.

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Duel (1971)

Blood Simple (1984)

Stand By Me (1986)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Breakdown (1997)

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Once (2007)

Youth In Revolt (2009)

Frances Ha (2012)

Only God Forgives (2013)

Locke (2013)

Blue Ruin (2013)

Enemy (2013)

Krisha (2015)

The Witch (2015)

Thoroughbreds (2017)

Support The Girls (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018)

I Lost My Body (2019)

Shiva Baby (2020)

Luca (2012)

Funny Pages (2022)

Rye Lane (2023)

Fallen Leaves (2023)