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Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common...
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Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated family/buddy film, Directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The film was co-produced by Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold and was distributed by Buena Vista...

Initial release date:

  • 1995

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 30,000,000 (US$)

Mulan

Mulan is a 1998 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 19, 1998. The thirty-sixth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and a part of the Disney...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 19, 1998

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 88 min (53 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Aladdin

Aladdin is a 1992 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by John Musker and Ron...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 11, 1992

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Fantasia

Fantasia is a 1940 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and the third film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Fantasia features animation set to classical music and no dialogue—only spoken introductions by the host, American...

Initial release date:

  • 1940

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 120 min (72 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,280,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Gertie the Dinosaur

Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by Winsor McCay. Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The appearance of a true character...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 14, 1914

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 12 min (7.2 hs )

Screenplay by:

Magical Maestro

Magical Maestro is a 1952 animated short film directed by Tex Avery and produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. It tells the story of Poochini, a canine opera singer who spurns a magician. The magician is able to replace Poochini's...

Initial release date:

  • 1952

Directed by:

Produced by:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Steven Spielberg and based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures, under the Touchstone banner and co...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 70,000,000 (US$)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated feature based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced...

Initial release date:

  • 1937

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,488,000 (US$)

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1953 American animated short film directed by Ted Parmelee and narrated by James Mason. The screenplay by Bill Scott and Fred Grable is based on the 1843 short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. The plot focuses on...

Initial release date:

  • 1953

Directed by:

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986. The film was directed by Nelson Shin, who produced the original Transformers television...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 8, 1986

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

What's Opera, Doc?

What's Opera, Doc? is a 1957 animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones for Warner Bros. Cartoons. The Michael Maltese story features Elmer Fudd chasing Bugs Bunny through a 6:11 operatic parody of 19th century...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 6, 1957

Directed by:

Produced by:

The Lion King

The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story, which was...

Initial release date:

  • 1994

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 79,300,000 (US$)

The Castle of Cagliostro

The Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城, Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro, Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro) is a 1979 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is one of the master thief Lupin III films. The...

Initial release date:

  • 1979

Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Produced by:

The Tigger Movie

The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American/Japanese animated family film, directed by Jun Falkenstein. Part of the Winnie the Pooh series, this film features Pooh's friend Tigger in his search for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself. As such,...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 11, 2000

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 77 min (46 hs )

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel, who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine. With Ivan Reitman producing and Gerald Potterton directing, the work was expedited by having several animation...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 1981

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

A Goofy Movie

A Goofy Movie is an animated film, produced by DisneyToon Studios and released in theaters during Spring of 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film features characters from The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop. The film's plot revolves...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 7, 1995

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 78 min (47 hs )

An Extremely Goofy Movie

An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Douglas McCarthy, it is the sequel to A Goofy Movie, featuring the return of characters from the television series Goof Troop. The story...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 29, 2000

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 76 min (46 hs )

The Animatrix

The Animatrix​ (アニマトリックス) is a compilation of nine animated short films released on June 3, 2003, based on The Matrix film series. Development of the Animatrix project began when the film series' writers and directors, the Wachowski brothers, were...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special, directed by Steve Binder, is a two-hour television special (including commercials) set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy and was the first official Star Wars spinoff produced. It was broadcast in its entirety in the...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 17, 1978

Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,000,000 (US$)

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is an animated feature film based on the animated series DuckTales. It was released by The Walt Disney Company in 1990. Although it was a theatrically released animated film, it is not part of the Walt...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 3, 1990

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 74 min (44 hs )

John Henry

John Henry is an American folk hero, famous for having raced against a steam powered hammer and won, only to die in victory with his hammer in his hand. He has been the subject of numerous songs, stories, plays, and novels. The truth about John...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Directed by:

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

My Old Kentucky Home

My Old Kentucky Home (1926) is a short animation film originally released on 13 April 1926, by Max and Dave Fleischer of Fleischer Studios as one of the Song Car-Tunes series. This cartoon uses the original lyrics of "My Old Kentucky Home" by...

Initial release date:

  • 1926

Waking Life

Waking Life is a digitally enhanced live action rotoscoped film, directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 23, 2001

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Screenplay by:

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 animated film produced by DreamWorks SKG with voices of characters from Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Joseph Fiennes. It uses traditional 2D animation with some 3D. The film...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Anastasia

Anastasia is an 1997 American animated feature produced by 20th Century Fox. This film was produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman at Fox Animation Studios, and was released on November 14, 1997 by 20th Century Fox. The idea for the film...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 14, 1997

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955, by Buena Vista Distribution. The fifteenth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was the first animated...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 22, 1955

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 75 min (45 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 4,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure is a direct-to-video animated film, produced in 2001 and released on February 27, 2001 by The Walt Disney Company as a sequel to their 1955 feature film Lady and the Tramp. The story centers around Lady and...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 27, 2001

Runtime:

  • 69 min (41 hs )

Piglet's Big Movie

Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 animated feature film produced by the DisneyToon Studios in Tokyo, Japan, and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 16, 2003

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 75 min (45 hs )

Haunted Castle

Haunted Castle is a film released in 2001 to IMAX theaters in America, Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom. The film is rated PG and is computer-animated with 3D effects. Written by Kurt Frey and Ben Stassen the film plays out very much like...

Initial release date:

  • 2001

Directed by:

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 17, 1989

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is an American direct-to-video film released by Walt Disney Pictures on October 27, 1998, as a sequel to the 1994 film The Lion King. It was later re-released as a...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 27, 1998

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (インターステラ5555, Intāsutera Fō Faibu) is a feature-length Japanese animated musical film originally released on December 1, 2003. The film is the visual realization of Discovery, an album by Daft...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 1, 2003

Runtime:

  • 68 min (41 hs )

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (also known as Batman: The Animated Movie) is a 1993 animated superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm directed the film, which stars Kevin Conroy as Batman, as well...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 25, 1993

Runtime:

  • 76 min (46 hs )

The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn is a 1982 fantasy film produced by Rankin/Bass for ITC Entertainment and animated by Topcraft. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Peter S. Beagle, who also wrote the film's screenplay. The Last Unicorn is...

Initial release date:

  • 1982

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Screenplay by:

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is a 1999 CGI film, the third Disney/Pixar feature film, and the sequel to Toy Story, which features the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. Like the first film, Toy Story 2 was...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 24, 1999

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 90,000,000 (US$)

The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animated movie produced by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. and very loosely based on the speculative natural history book of the same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson and the novel The Dragon and the George (1976) by...

Initial release date:

  • 1983

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Produced by:

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company is a 1988 animated feature film in which a homeless kitten named Oliver joins a gang of dogs to survive on the 1980s New York City streets. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and became the twenty-seventh...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 18, 1988

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 73 min (44 hs )

Produced by:

Protect and Survive

Protect and Survive was a public information series on civil defence produced by the British government during the early 1980s. It was intended to inform British citizens on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack, and consisted of a...

The Return of Jafar

The Return of Jafar (also known as Aladdin: The Return of Jafar) is a 1994 animated direct-to-video sequel to the 1992 film Aladdin, produced by The Walt Disney Company. The film was released on May 20, 1994 and serves as the origin of the Aladdin...

Initial release date:

  • May 20, 1994

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 66 min (40 hs )

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a 1996 direct-to-video animated film made by Disney, released on August 13, 1996. It is the second sequel to 1992's Aladdin, following 1994's The Return of Jafar. It marks the end of the 1992 film and the Aladdin...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 13, 1996

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 80 min (48 hs )

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is the 41st Walt Disney Animated Classics produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 15, 2001. It was the first science-fiction entry to the Disney animated features canon. The...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 14, 2001

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 120,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me

Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me (1924) is a film produced by Fleischer Studios released in June 1924, as part of the Song Car-Tunes series. Early titles in the Song Car-Tunes series were Oh Mabel, Come Take A Trip in My Airship, and Goodbye...

Initial release date:

  • 1924

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata in some countries) is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated film released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004. The DVD went to the Disney Vault in January 2005. The...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 10, 2004

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 77 min (46 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of the first half of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of hobbits, elves, men,...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 15, 1978

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 132 min (79.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 8,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Cinderella

Cinderella is a 1950 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO...

Initial release date:

  • 1950

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 72 min (43 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,900,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Pocahontas

Pocahontas is the thirty-third animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in April 15, 1994 and was originally released to selected theaters on June 16, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 16, 1995

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an Academy Award-nominated, 1996 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 21, 1996

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop motion fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to "Christmas...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 29, 1993

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 76 min (46 hs )

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea is a 2000 Disney animated feature film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. Directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, the story takes place over a decade after the original...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 19, 2000

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 75 min (45 hs )

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated film, the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks. The story follows the life of Moses from his birth, through his childhood as a prince of Egypt, and finally to his...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 16, 1998

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 60,000,000 (US$)

The Triplets of Belleville

The Triplets of Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a Belgium-Quebec-France coproduced 2003 animated surreal adventure film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom. The...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 26, 2003

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 78 min (47 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a 1997 animated film produced by The Walt Disney Company. It is a midquel that takes place within the timeline of the original Beauty and the Beast (after the fight with the wolves, but before the...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 11, 1997

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 72 min (43 hs )

Produced by:

All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989 animated film directed and produced by Don Bluth and released by United Artists. Set in 1939, the film tells the story of two dogs, Charlie B. Barkin (voiced by Burt Reynolds) and his loyal best friend Itchy Itchiford ...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 17, 1989

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Return of the King

The Return of the King is a 1980 animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass. The film is an adaptation of the third volume in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and is largely viewed as the unoffical sequel to Ralph Bakshi's...

Initial release date:

  • 1980

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Hobbit

The Hobbit is a 1977 animated television movie adaptation of the book by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film was made by Rankin/Bass Productions and manages to economically retell most of the story within its 78-minute duration. An LP with the soundtrack and...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 27, 1977

Runtime:

  • 77 min (46 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 3,000,000 (US$)

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (originally known as Tintin et le Lac aux Requins) is a Tintin animated film, directed by Raymond LeBlanc (1972). It was not written by Hergé, who supervised, but by the Belgian comics creator Greg (Michel Regnier), a...

Initial release date:

  • 1972

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (Sonic The Movie for short, also known simply as the Sonic Anime or Sonic OVA) is a two-episode OVA film series based on Sega's best-selling franchise Sonic the Hedgehog. The anime features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr....

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH (alternatively spelled The Secret of N.I.M.H.) is a 1982 animated film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Mrs. Frisby's name is changed to "Brisby" in the film due to trademark concerns...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 2, 1982

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

Cool World

Cool World is a 1992 live-action/animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi, and starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, and Brad Pitt. It tells the story of a cartoonist who finds himself in the animated world he created, and is seduced by one of his...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 10, 1992

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

Produced by:

Wizards

Wizards is an animated post-apocalyptic science fiction/fantasy film about the battle between two wizards, one representing the forces of magic and one representing the forces of technology. It was written, produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi....

Initial release date:

  • Mar 2, 1977

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,200,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

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