Retirement Plan (2024)

Seven minutes of an ordinary man listing everything he will finally do once he stops working, and somewhere in that list you realize the plans are really telling you who he is right now. Domhnall Gleeson voices Ray, and John Kelly's 2D animation keeps the jokes small and the sting quiet, which makes it the easiest film here to send to a friend who is counting the days to the end of a career. It was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2026 Oscars, and it streams free on The New Yorker's website as part of its Screening Room series.