English romantic short films

13 min · English · Drama · Romance

What do you hold on to when everything is changing? Try this for a teenager's search for meaning at the end of high school.

22 min · English · Romance · Comedy

Joe Gillette's English romantic dramedy: a melancholy best man escapes the wedding crowd and meets Jessie. A sweet, witty twenty-two minutes about how strangers really connect.

13 min · English · Romance · Drama

Arthur is sure that love at first sight is real the moment he meets Ruth. Settle in with John Hurt and Phyllida Law for a tender British romance about love that refuses to run out of time.

14 min · English · Romance · Drama

A journey to recreate an old photograph becomes a chance to begin something new. Try Reappear for an English-language romantic short connecting a father's memory with a son's next chapter.

16 min · English · Romance · Comedy

An arranged date is a meeting of expectations as much as people. Try this if you enjoy stories about belonging, family and finding a connection.

11 min · English · Romance · Drama

Two people nobody would have paired find themselves drawn together. Eleven minutes of sincere, small-scale romance.

15 min · English · Science fiction · Romance · Drama

Space becomes the setting for a search for connection after loss. Try this if you like science fiction that makes room for memory and love.

13 min · English · Comedy · Romance

BAFTA nominee Amit Shah plays a struggling actor whose health scare makes him rethink his life and love, in Sam Baron's award-winning English romantic comedy-drama.

11 min · English · Romance · Drama

Two strangers, one chance meeting in a London cafe: settle in for a tender romance that weighs what it costs to let someone in.

17 min · English · Comedy · Romance

A parking attendant who validates tickets with heartfelt compliments discovers how much a small kindness can change a life, including his own. Sixteen feel-good minutes.

10 min · English · Romance

Charles Wahl's English sci-fi romance for DUST: George has a ring in his pocket, Lori has a time machine that goes back ten minutes. Nine charming minutes of second chances.

9 min · English · Drama · Romance

Jeremy decides to tell his best friend Evelyn that he loves her, uncertain whether they will ever see one another again.

4 min · English · Animation · Romance

A shy painter's pictures have opinions of their own. Try this animated romance for a playful story about finding the courage to show your feelings.

8 min · English · Animation · Fantasy · Romance

One grand ball, and very little time to find love. Try this puppet fairytale, narrated by Stephen Fry, for a story about making the most of the time we have.

6 min · English · Drama · Romance

A deaf girl meets a boy who is paralysed from the waist down, and neither knows the other's difference. A five-minute English teen film that won best of show and audience choice at the Reel Short Teen Film Festival, per its makers.

4 min · English · Romance · Drama

Rain may be unwelcome at a wedding, but it can hold memories too. Try Downpour for a brief romantic reflection on the moments that lead two people together.

17 min · Tamil · English · Romance · Drama

A job interview becomes a meeting across a language divide. Try this short romance for Ragu and Aaradhya's effort to understand more than one another's words.

9 min · English · Drama · Romance

Uli Meyer's elegant English ghost story, written with Michael Marshall Smith: an amateur artist keeps sketching the same woman in a churchyard and decides she must be a ghost. Eight quietly romantic minutes.

11 min · English · Science fiction · Romance · Comedy

Dating is complicated enough without a visitor from the future. Try this for a playful collision between romance and time travel.

8 min · English · Romance · Drama

A brief train encounter opens the door to a whole imagined life. Watch for a romance about connection, possibility and the moments we might let pass.

14 min · English · Romance

In a French village, the baker is told to make his bread inedible to drive off English tourists. A gentle romance follows when his daughter meets one of them.

14 min · English · Animation · Romance · Drama

Miss Todd has the imagination to fly—but the world has other expectations. Watch for a stop-motion musical about determination and making room for a woman's ambition.

9 min · English · Comedy · Romance

A first date in a hip coffee shop goes off the rails when Steve, an actor, insists on following a literal script. An eight-minute English comedy about control and connection.

9 min · English · Romance · Drama

Jay Diaz's English romance with Corina Calderon and Noah Baron: two estranged lovers meet again after years apart. Its makers report a best screenplay win at the Mexican American Film & TV Festival 2023.

16 min · English · Comedy · Romance

A quiet New Year's Eve gets a visitor with very big problems. Try this time-travel comedy for friendship, awkward possibilities and the fate of the universe.

12 min · English · Romance · Comedy

Finding a perfect date may be the wrong goal. Try this for a playful look at the quirks that can make two people right for each other.

14 min · English · Drama · Romance

Sometimes a dog makes the first introduction. Watch this English short for an unlikely meeting and the possibility of human connection.

12 min · English · Comedy · Romance

A London pub, a break-up that won't happen and a compulsory game of chess. This sharp English comedy turns every move on the board into a move in the relationship.