--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FormatterBase.php
@@ -104,23 +104,88 @@
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns the cardinality setting of the field instance.
+   */
+  public function getCardinality() {
+    if ($this->fieldDefinition instanceof \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface) {
+      return $this->fieldDefinition->getFieldStorageDefinition()->getCardinality();
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public static function defaultSettings() {
+    return array(
+      'offset' => 0,
+      'limit' => 0,
+    ) + parent::defaultSettings();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function settingsForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    if ($this->getCardinality() == 0) {
-    return array();
-  }
+      return array();
+    }
 
+    $element['offset'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'number',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Skip items'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('offset'),
+      '#required' => TRUE,
+      '#min' => 0,
+      '#description' => $this->t('Number of items to skip from the beginning.')
+    );
+
+    $element['limit'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'number',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Display items'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('limit'),
+      '#required' => TRUE,
+      '#min' => 1,
+      '#description' => $this->t('Number of items to display. Set to 0 to display all items.')
+    );
+
+    return $element;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function settingsSummary() {
-    return array();
+    $summary = array();
+    $limit =  $this->getSetting('limit');
+    $offset = $this->getSetting('offset');
+
+    if ($this->getCardinality() == 0 || (empty($limit) && empty($offset))) {
+      return $summary;
-  }
+    }
 
+    $summary[] = $this->t('Display %limit items, skip %offset items.', array(
+      '%limit' => $limit,
+      '%offset' => $offset
+    ));
+
+    return $summary;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function prepareView(array $entities_items) { }
+  public function prepareView(array $entities_items) {
+    foreach ($entities_items AS $items) {
+      if ($this->getCardinality() != 0) {
+        $offset = $this->getSetting('offset');
+        $limit = $this->getSetting('limit');
+        if (!empty($limit)) {
+          $items->setValue(array_slice($items->getValue(), $offset, empty($limit) ? NULL : $limit));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns the array of field settings.


===================================================================
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/FileFormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/FileFormatterBase.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function prepareView(array $entities_items) {
+    parent::prepareView($entities_items);
+
     // Remove files specified to not be displayed.
     $fids = array();
     foreach ($entities_items as $items) {


===================================================================
--- a/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageFormatter.php
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@
       '#options' => $link_types,
     );
 
-    return $element;
+    return parent::settingsForm($form, $form_state) + $element;
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function settingsSummary() {
-    $summary = array();
+    $summary = parent::settingsSummary();
 
     $image_styles = image_style_options(FALSE);
     // Unset possible 'No defined styles' option.