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Best Short TV Series of the 2020s

454 Short series that started in the 2020s, ranked by popularity

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454 series

Queen of the Night

★ 8.8
6 2021–present
Short

Summer Love

★ 7.3
6 3 2024–present
Comedy · Drama · Short

ELF Academy

★ 5.2
6 2021–2021
Animation · Comedy · Short

'The Life and Times of a Unicorn'

★ 6.0
6 8 2023–present
Drama · Short

De Férias com o Ex Caribe: Cenas Censuradas

★ 6.6
6 2022–present
Reality-TV · Short

A Day in the Life of Zootopia

★ 5.3
6 4 2025–2025
Animation · Comedy · Short

Deadbeat Ends Meet

★ 9.4
6 4 2025–present
Animation · Short

Z archiwum N

★ 7.8
5 8 2022–present
Comedy · Short

Kaltstart

★ 6.6
5 6 2022–present
Family · Mystery · Short

Kuhinje svijeta

★ 8.2
5 5 2021–present
Short

Fu Hua Meng

★ 9.4
5 2024–present
Short

Taghaf

★ 1.0
5 2022–present
Documentary · Short

Hell on earth

★ 9.0
5 2024–present
Animation · Horror · Short

Mahjong Soul Pon

★ 5.0
5 2022–2022
Animation · Short

Stupidly Stupid

★ 7.8
5 11 2025–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Go Fun Yourself

★ 6.4
5 10 2020–present
Reality-TV · Short

Silently Yours

★ 8.0
5 2025–present
Romance · Short

School Trip: Joined a Group I'm Not Close to After Story

★ 8.8
5 2 2025–2026
Romance · Short

Bu Bu Shen Xian

★ 8.0
5 2024–present
Short

Merci de ne pas toucher!

★ 7.6
5 10 2020–2020
Comedy · Short

Silicon Fucking Valley

★ 6.4
5 6 2024–2024
Documentary · Short

Qi Yue 999 Tian

★ 7.8
5 2025–2025
Drama · Romance · Short
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