I'm Not a Robot (2025)

Lara, a music producer, fails one CAPTCHA test too many and starts to wonder whether the box she cannot tick is telling her the truth about herself. Victoria Warmerdam wrote and directed this 22-minute Dutch short, which plays its premise with a straight face and lets it turn genuinely unsettling, so it suits anyone who likes Black Mirror but wants something lighter on its feet. It won the 2025 Oscar for Best Live Action Short, the first Dutch short to take that award, and The New Yorker distributes it free online.