List of animated feature films

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This list of animated feature films compiles animated feature films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release (the year the completed film was first released to the public). Theatrical releases as well as made-for-TV (TV) and direct-to-video (V) movies of all types of animation are included. Currently the list doesn't recognize one release form from another. In order to qualify for this list, films must be "over 40 minutes long and have animation in at least 75% of their running time, or have at least 40 minutes of animation in total." This list chooses to use the AFI, AMPAS and BFI definitions of a feature film. For marionette films like Team America: World Police, or films featuring non-animated puppets, see Films featuring puppetry. Also, primarily live-action films with heavy use of special effects are not included.

1910s-1930s

List of animated feature films: Pre 1940

1940s

List of animated feature films: 1940s

1950s

List of animated feature films: 1950s

1960s

List of animated feature films: 1960s

1970s

List of animated feature films: 1970s

1980s

List of animated feature films: 1980s

1990s

List of animated feature films: 1990s

2000s

List of animated feature films: 2000s

2010s

List of animated feature films: 2010s

Firsts in animated feature films

First in techniques

• 1917: Cel animation, El Apóstol
• 1926: Silhouette animation (Stop-motion), The Adventures of Prince Achmed
• 1931: Synchronized sound, Peludópolis
• 1935: Puppet animation (Stop-motion), The New Gulliver
• 1937: Technicolor, hand drawn, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1955: Widescreen, Lady and the Tramp
• 1961: Xerography (replaced hand inking), One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• 1976: Hand-drawn animation done solely by one person, Zbojník Jurko
• 1981: 3-times stereophonic sound, The Fox and the Hound
• 1983: Computer-generated imagery, Rock and Rule
• 1985: Fully clay-animated, The Adventures of Mark Twain
• 1985: 3D, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
• 1990: Produced without camera, The Rescuers Down Under
• 1995: Fully computer-animated film, Toy Story
• 2004: Cel-shaded animation, Appleseed and Steamboy. First Motion Capture animation, The Polar Express
• 2005: Shot with a digital still camera, Corpse Bride
• 2007: Computer-animated solely by one person, Flatland
• 2008: Designed, created and released exclusively in 3D, Fly Me to the Moon
• 2009: Character animated using rapid prototyping, Coraline

Lost/unfinished films

Film	Country	Notes
Pacala on the Moon Păcală în Lună	Romania	1920: the first Romanian animated movie created by the animator Aurel Petrescu, unfortunately lost.
The Adventures of Pinocchio	Italy	1936: Was supposed to be Italy's first animated feature, but it was never finished and is now thought to be lost.
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda Сказка о попе и о его работнике Балде (Skazka o pope i o yego rabotnike Balde)	USSR	1933-36: Directed by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, with music composed by Shostakovich. It would have been the USSR's first traditionally-animated feature film, but it was abandoned shortly before its completion due to various production difficulties. Most of the film was lost in WW2, and the 6-minute market scene stands alone as a classic of Russian animated films.
Hong Gil Dong	South Korea	1967: South Korea's first animated feature (traditional animation). It was known that none of the prints of the film are known to exist in present time, but recently, two copies have been found in Japan. It was being displayed at the gallery, but no one have had noticed that it was considered lost since these days.
The Thief and the Cobbler	US	1960s-1990s: film was taken away from director Richard Williams and released as Arabian Knight and The Princess and the Cobbler; heavily edited versions with much of the already-filmed footage cut out. Unofficial restorations of the original film are available.
The Works	US	1970s-1980s: It was meant to be the first computer animated feature in the world, but was never completed.
Train Arrival Прибытие поезда (Pribytiye poyezda)	Russia	A watercolour-animated feature film begun in 1986 by Aleksandr Tatarskiy - part of the reason for the formation of PILOT Studio, the first private animation studio in the USSR. About 40 minutes were finished before hyper-inflation hit Russia in the late 1990s. The unfinished film was highly praised by several masters of Russian animation who saw it (including Fyodor Khitruk, Yuriy Norshteyn, Eduard Nazarov, Igor Kovalyov and others), before the film materials were lost to three consecutive floods in late 2005.

See also

• Adult animation
• Animated television series
• History of animation
• List of animated package films
• List of animated short series
• List of animated television series
• List of animation studios
• List of children's films
• List of Chinese animated films
• List of computer-animated films
• List of Disney theatrical animated features
• List of stop-motion films
• List of traditional animated feature films
• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film

External links

• Spanish animated features
• List of Hungarian animated feature films
• A Chronology of Animation
• Animation feature films produced and released in Western and Central Europe
• List of Russian animated films
• The Big Cartoon DataBase and Forum
• List of animated features theatrically released in the US, compiled by Jerry Beck
• a shorter list of recent and upcoming Russian features (from CGwiki)
• Danish animated features
• List of French animated films
• List of Czech animated films
• Toonarific
• British animated features
• The Big movie DataBase and Forum