Great Films Under 90 Minutes

An evening-sized film can still feel like a proper night at the pictures. These choices favour lively comedies, tense thrillers, imaginative animation and documentaries, with a few welcoming older discoveries. Start with Rye Lane for a lift, The Guilty for pressure or Kedi for gentler company. The later dramas and experimental films ask for a quieter kind of attention, and the horror stretch is deliberately intense. This is a route through different moods, rather than a ranking. Times include credits and are rounded to the nearest minute, except where an exact duration helps; each selected full-length version finishes before 90 minutes. Standard cinema releases are meant unless an edition is named. Transfers and later cuts can vary, so check your chosen version if the deadline is firm.