Horton Hears a Who
Filed under: animation, Color, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Chuck Jones Ted Geisel Earl Jonas (Production manager)
Release Date: 19/03/1970
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Filed under: animation, 1900s, Silent, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Release Date: 06/04/1906
"Often considered to be the earliest surviving U.S. animated film. The film follows chalkboard sketches that seemingly come to life."
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali-Episode 1: The Great Alligator
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Farmhouse Films, Floyd Norman, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Janis Diamond Fred Calvert (executive producer)
Release Date: 10/09/1977
I Can Remember
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Racial representation, Sesame Street, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Sesame Street
Release Date: 15/11/1972
"An animated short from season four, episode eight of Sesame Street, a young girl is instructed by her mother to purchase a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter from the grocery store. "
I Love to Singa
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animation Series, Color, Merrie Melodies, Musical, Technicolor, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 18/07/1936
""A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.""
In the Jungle There is Much to Do (En la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) (1973)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, collage, Color, Musical, Technicolor, Uruguay, Walter Tournier
Release Date: ?/?/1973
"Inspired by a Uruguayan political prisoner’s letter to his daughter, In the Jungle There is Much to Do (El la Selva hay Mucho por Hacer) is a stop-motion musical animated short using the jungle animals' struggle for survival as a metaphorical expla..."
Interplanetary Revolution
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Cultural Industries, Russia, Stop Motion
Release Date: 08/18/1924
"Comrade Kominterov undertakes an intergalactic mission to defeat the capitalists and fascists of Mars, and beyond, in this experimental parody of Aelita (Protazanov, 1924)."
Kaleidoscope
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Direct Animation, Dufaycolor, Experimental, Gasparcolor, GPO Film Unit, Latin, Len Lye, London Film Society, New Zealand, Painted Animation, U.K.
Producer(s): Gerald Noxon
Release Date: 27/10/1935
"Premiered at the London Film Society in 1935, Kaleidoscope is an early example of experimental animator Len Lye’s pioneering direct or “cameraless” animation techniques. The film’s notable use of stencil work illustrates Lye’s textile-like ..."
Ko-Ko Trains ‘Em
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Alfred Weiss
Release Date: 09/05/1925
"Ko-Ko becomes jealous of Max's attention to his young ward and her dog, and tries to create a circus by training animals, then fleas."
Koko’s Earth Control
Filed under: animation, Koko the Clown
Producer(s): Alfred Weiss Max Fleischer
Release Date: 31/03/1928
""Koko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control.""
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Animated film history and criticism, Krazy Kat, Silent, U.S.A.
Producer(s): William Randolph Hearst
Release Date: 17/03/1916
"While at the circus, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse enter into a rivalry over whether cats or mice are braver."
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Early Sound, Krazy Kat, U.S.A., Vitagraph Studios
Release Date: 29/02/1916
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Color, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 08/02/1952
"Lambert, a lion cub mistakenly delivered to a lonely ewe by a stork, struggles to fit in with a flock of sheep. Despite his ferocious appearance, the other lambs bully him, and he grows up shy, sensitive, and easily frightened. But his temperament is..."
Le songe d’un garçon de café / The Hasher’s Delirium
Filed under: animation, France
Release Date: 21/05/1910
"Emile Cohl's delightful animation explores the inebriated state of a drunken man, using a white plate to showcase the inner "deliriums" of his mind. The images mutate, transform, associate becoming more and more frightening for the man, until he burs..."
Legend of the White Serpent (白蛇伝)(1958)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Japan, Technicolor, Toei Animation Studio
Producer(s): Hiroshi Ôkawa
Release Date: 22/10/1958
"Legend of the White Serpent, also known as Hakujaden (白蛇伝), is the first feature-length animation produced by Toei Animation in Japan. Inspired by classical Chinese folklore, Hakujaden is a romantic tale of a white snake demon, Bai Niang, and a..."
Les Cartes Vivantes / The Living Playing Cards
Filed under: animation,
Producer(s): Georges Méliès
Release Date: 1905
""With a brand-new deck of playing cards in his hand, an elegantly-attired thaumaturge, by fire and the pure power of illusion, transforms a plain nine of spades card into a full-size Queen of Hearts.""
Let’s Celebrake!
Filed under: animation, Early Sound, Popeye, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 1938
""Popeye invites Olive's grandmother along for a New Year's Eve party.""
Little Nemo/Watch Me Move
Producer(s): Winsor McCay
Release Date: 08/04/1911
"Also called Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics, the cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style."
Little School Mouse
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Technicolor, Tom and Jerry
Producer(s): Fred Quimby William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Release Date: 29/05/1954
"With a diploma in outwitting cats in his arsenal, Jerry attempts to teach a younger mouse who keeps finding other means to achieve the tasks he is given."
Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Anime, Japan
Producer(s): Nihon Doga Toho Kyoiku Eiga
Release Date: 25/09/1947
""A family of cats find a homeless kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her.""
Machi Uri no Shōjo
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Japan, Stop Motion, Toei Animation Studio
Producer(s): Matsue Jinbo
Release Date: 1967
"Machi Uri no Shōjo / The Little Match Girl / マッチ売りの少女 (1967) is based on Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 fairy tale of the same name. The tragic tale depicts a young girl trying to sell matches on the street with her fat..."
Madeline
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Children's film, Classical, Jazz, Madeline, Technicolor, U.S.A., United Productions of America (UPA)
Producer(s): John Hubley, Stephen Bosustow
Release Date: 27/11/1952
"An adaptation of Ludwig Bemelmans’ 1939 children’s novel of the same name, Madeline is a light-hearted animated short that follows twelve little girls attending a Paris boarding school under the care of a strict but well-meaning nun, Miss Clavel...."
Making ‘Em Move
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
Release Date: 1931
"A classic 1931's cartoon from Van Beuren Studios, Make 'Em Move depicts a mischievous female character whom stumbles in onto the scene of a cartoon factory bursting with drawings and jazz music. The animals depicted create animation much like themsel..."
Medvezhonok i tot kto zhivet v rechke/The Bear and The One Who Lives In the River
Filed under: animation, Kievnauchfilm, Ukraine
Producer(s): Ippolit Lazarchuk Irina Gurvich
Release Date: 1966
""The bear cub saw a reflection in the river and got scared. He took a stick, but the one who lives in the river also took a stick. The wise Hedgehog advised the Bear cub to smile and make friends with those who live in the river.""
Midnight Frolics
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Columbia Pictures, Technicolor, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks
Producer(s): Charles Mintz
Release Date: 24/11/1938
""A mouse and a cuckoo bird, skeptical about the existence of ghosts, are startled by a midnight visit from a sextet of spirits, all men who once wooed a Florador show-girl.""
Minnie the Moocher
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Jazz, Max Fleischer, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 11/03/1932
"“Minnie the Moocher” begins with a live action performance by Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Cab Calloway of “St. James Infirmary Blues,” which segues into the Betty Boop cartoon. The cartoon begins with a typical mealtime setting i..."
Motor Mania
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Goofy, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
Producer(s): Walt Disney
Release Date: 30/06/1950
"In this Goofy cartoon from the 50's, a Jekyll and Hyde dynamic illustrates how Mr. Walker, who is friendly and normally mild tempered turns into Mr. Wheeler, a crazed maniac who experiences road rage when behind the wheel of an automobile. An intere..."
Mr.Nanguo (南郭先生)(1981)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, China, Papercut, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Stop Motion, Technicolor
Release Date: ?/?/1981
"The papercut stop-motion animated short is inspired by an ancient Chinese folktale of Mr. Nanguo, a man who pretended he could perform yü (竽), a type of wind instrument. Once upon a time, there was a king who loved listening to yü's performances...."
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)-Grow, O Tree, Grow
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 16/04/1988
"As two young sisters moved to the countryside to visit their mother with long-term sickness, they encountered animistic creatures, including the well-known Totoro, whom they befriended. The sisters underwent a series of adventures with Totoro as they..."
Neighbours
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren, Pixilation, Stop Motion
Producer(s): Norman McLaren
Release Date: 01/01/1952
Nezha Conquers the Dragon Kings (哪吒闹海)(1979)-Battle Scene
Filed under: animation, 1970s, China, Color, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor
Producer(s): Liu Jiamei (刘佳美)
Release Date: 19/05/1979
"Inspired by the tale of the boy-god Nezha from a sixteenth-century Chinese novel Investiture of Gods (封神演义), this animated film tells the origin story of Nezha fighting against four tyrannical dragon kings, rulers of the seas who demanded hu..."
Night on Bald Mountain
Filed under: animation, Pinscreen
Release Date: 08/1938
"The very first pinscreen animation, Night on Bald Mountain is set to Mussorsgky's work of the same name. It features an eerie play of shadows and animal forms, merging the pastoral with the terrifying monstrosity of the mountain and the witches' Sabb..."
Novogodnyaya noch
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Color, Russia
Producer(s): N. Tsofnas
Release Date: 1948
"With a few days left before the New Year, Father Forest ventures into the forest in search of a Christmas tree. There he meets Wood Goblin, with whom they have an argument over what is better: a carpet-plane or a real plane. Wood Goblin loses the arg..."
Oswald – All Wet
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Oswald, Silent, U.S.A., Universal Studios
Producer(s): Charles Mintz George Winkler
Release Date: 31/10/1927
"Oswald has a hotdog stand that is plagued by mice. He closes the stand to pursue Fanny romantically. After Fanny rejects Oswald's advances, he bribes a lifeguard to let him take over in order that Oswald can impress Fanny. After Fanny notices Oswald ..."
Peetrikese unenägu/Little Peeter’s Dream
Filed under: animation, Color, Estonia, Nukufilm, Stop Motion, Talinnfilm
Release Date: 1958
Permutations
Filed under: animation, 1960s, U.S.A.
Release Date: 1968
"In this early experiment with computer animation, shapes and lines move around on a dark background in rhythm with Padre Antonio Soler's Sonatas."
Pigs is Pigs
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 30/01/1937
"This 1937 Merrie Melodies short stereotypes pigs as gluttonous, insatiable beings whose mortal sins have explosive consequences. Piggy has a hunger that cannot be fulfilled, and much to the chagrin of his mother all he does throughout the day is fant..."
Popeye the Sailor
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures, Popeye, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 14/07/1933
"This Popeye The Sailor cartoon features Betty Boop, as well as a live action intro featuring Popeye on the cover of a real newspaper. In this cartoon short Olive and Popeye go to the fun fare, and play games in attempt to win prizes, only to be usu..."
Popeye the Sailor: Seasin’s Greetinks!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Dave Fleischer, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Musical, Popeye, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 17/12/1933
"Popeye and Olive Oyl go for a skate on a chilly winter day. Bluto tries to spoil their fun, but of course he's no match for Popeye and his spinach. "
Porky’s Romance
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 03/04/1937
"Porky attempts to woo Petunia with flowers and candy. Though she initially spurns him, she invites him in when she sees the chocolate. Porky proposes to her, only to be cruelly rejected. He attempts to hang himself, only for the branch to break under..."
Professor Balthazar – Izumitelj cipela/The Inventor of Shoes
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Professor Balthazar, Technicolor, Yugoslavia (Croatia), Zagreb Film
Producer(s): B. Šicar
Release Date: 15/05/1967
"The episode begins by the narrator juggling back and forth on which of two stories he should tell: that of a long camel, or a creature named "Double Bertie," before abandoning both to tell a third: the story of an eccentric inventor named Professor B..."
Puddle Pranks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Celebrity Productions, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks Pat Powers
Release Date: 1930
"Flip and his sweetheart ride a cricket drawn wagon only to be pursued by a relentless stork."
Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Color, Sally Cruikshank, Technicolor, U.S.A.
Release Date: 09/11/1975
"A couple, Quasi and Anita, visit a psychedelic amusement park with bizarre attractions such as a television that reveals the visitors' shining moments from their memories, mirrors that reflect one's appearance throughout the ages, a painter who can d..."
Rakvickarna/Punch and Judy
Filed under: animation, Czech Republic, Krátký Film, Stop Motion
Producer(s): Erna Kmínková Jirí Vanek
Release Date: 1966
""Two puppets, Punch and Joey, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.""
Reason and Emotion
Filed under: animation, Walt Disney
Romance of Transportation in Canada
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Canada, Color, National Film Board of Canada
Producer(s): Tom Daly
Release Date: 1952
""A light-hearted animated short about how Canada's vast distances and great obstacles were overcome by settlers. The story is told with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness and takes us from the intrepid trailblazers of long ago to the aircraft of today and..."
Rooty Toot Toot
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Jazz, John Hubley, Racial representation, United Productions of America (UPA)
Producer(s): Stephen Bosustow John Hubley
Release Date: 24/06/1951
">This cartoon depicts with transfiguring lines and shapes a courtroom-style musical drama. Characters are called up to the stand, each telling their side of the story, flashing back to each scene punctuated by the musical script. The opening sequ..."
Running a Cinema (1921)
Filed under: animation, 1920s, Britain, Durdley Buxton, Silent, U.K.
Release Date: ?/?/1921
"Running a Cinema is a black-and-white silent animated short making fun of film theatre operations of its time. The projection of an animated sequence within the animated theatre demonstrates an interplay of medium self-reflexivity. The short was c..."
Rusalochka/The Little Mermaid
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Russia, Soyuzmultfilm
Producer(s): Fyodor Ivanov
Release Date: 1968
Sen noci svatojánské (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Classical, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fantasy, Jiři Trnka, Jiří Trnka Studio, Puppetoons, Stop Motion, Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu, Válclav Trojan
Release Date: 25/09/1959
"Sen noci svatojánské directed by Jiří Trnka, is a Czech animated puppetry film based on Shakespeare’s famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film was the last feature-length film directed by Trnka, but one of the most remarkable (Osmon..."
Shaman
Filed under: animation, 2010s, Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Painted Animation
Producer(s): Kat Baulu
Release Date: 2017
"An Inuk shaman turns a terrifying polar bear into stone."
Shiver Me Timbers!
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Popeye
Producer(s): Fleischer Studios
Release Date: 27/07/1934
"Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways."
Silly Scandals
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Betty Boop, Early Sound, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Release Date: 23/05/1931
"This cartoon marks the origin of Betty Boop (at least the name anyway, the character, or at least one with an uncanny resemblance, had appeared before). Bimbo sneaks into a vaudeville theater to see Betty perform. He is enthralled with her performanc..."
Sinkin’ In The Bathtub
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, U.S.A., Warner Bros.
Producer(s): Leon Schlesinger
Release Date: 19/04/1930
"Both racist and a blatant ripoff of Mickey Mouse, this is the first Looney Tunes cartoon. It follows Bosko bathing and then having an adventure on a tiny anthropomorphic train, during this he courts Honey. "
Snow Child (雪孩子)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, China, Painted Animation, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Technicolor
Release Date: 1980
"A rabbit mother piled up a snow child as companion to her bunny before going out. The snow child and the bunny became friends, skiing and dancing on icy lake. Later, when the house was accidentally on fire, the snow child rescued the sleepy bunny out..."
Snow White
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Anime, Betty Boop, Betty Boop series, Dave Fleischer, Early Sound, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer, Musical, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Max Fleischer
Release Date: 31/03/1933
"A slim musical adaptation of Snow White's tale. Despite the queen's order to behead Betty (Snow White), the two guards, Bimbo and Koko, rescued Betty and entered a cave where Koko's renowned dancing rotoscoped from Cab Calloway. The evil queen pursue..."
Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) (1981)-Kingdom Restored
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Hungarian animation, Hungary, Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Studio, psychedelic animation, Technicolor
Producer(s): Román Kunz
Release Date: 22/10/1981
"Based on a Hungarian folktale of the same name, Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia) tells the story of three sons of a white mare—Fanyüvö the Treeshaker, Kömorzsoló the Stonecrumbler, and Vasgyúyó the Ironrubber—who restored a lost kingdom..."
Soul (2020)-Jazz Performance Scene
Filed under: animation, 2020s, 3D Animation, Jazz, Pixar Animation Studios, U.S.A.
Producer(s): Dana Murray
Release Date: 11/10/2020 (BFI Fest), 25/12/2020 (Disney+)
"Soul is a story about Joes, a middle-school band teacher, who finds the true meaning of life after encountering journey in another realm. The clip above shows Joe finally fulfilling his dream of playing jazz by performing with Dorothea, the saxphonist. "