The World History of Animation: Time Line
by mymovieslists | created - 19 Feb 2014 | updated - 19 Feb 2014 | Publichttp://www.amazon.com/World-History-Animation-Stephen-Cavalier/dp/0520261127
For series of shorts, I included only the 1st from each series.
Missing from IMDb:
1914: Australia. Harry Julius: Cartoons of the Moment (series of shorts)
1916: USA/Canada. Raoul Barre: Mutt and Jeff (some are on IMDb but the 1st is missing)
1920-1923: USA. Walt Disney: Laugh-O-grams and other early films (series of shorts)
1924: USA. Max and Dave Fleischer: Song Car-Tunes (series of shorts)
1924: UK. George Studdy: Bonzo the Dog (some are on IMDb but the 1st is missing)
1934: Japan. Momotaro Vs Mickey Mouse (Toy Box: Picture Book 1936)
1947: UK. Larkins Studio: T for Teacher
1948: UK. Gaumont-British Animation: Animaland and Musical Paintbox (series of shorts; only Musical Paintbox is missing)
1966: Vietnam. Ngo Manh Lan: The Kitty
1983: USA. John Lasseter: Test for Where the Wild Things Are
1985: UK/Canada. Steve Barron: Take on Me and Money for Nothing (music videos)
1986: UK. Stephen R. Johnson: Sledgehammer (music video)
1998: UK. Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn: Gorillaz (music videos)
1999: UK. Richard Kenworthy and Shynola: The Littlest Robo and music videos (only the music videos are missing)
2001/2002: USA/France. Michel Gondry: Fell in Love with a Girl and Hardest Button to Button (music videos)
There are also some missing entries which are not films, and some entries that don't mention a specific film in the section title.
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1. Matches: An Appeal (1899)
1 min | Animation, Short
A stop-motion match makes a written appeal to the audience, asking them to send money that will go to matches for British soldiers fighting overseas.
Director: Arthur Melbourne Cooper
Votes: 162
2. The Electric Hotel (1908)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
Director: Segundo de Chomón | Stars: Segundo de Chomón, Julienne Mathieu
Votes: 1,130
3. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,462
4. A Fantasy (1908)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
Director: Émile Cohl
Votes: 2,834
5. Prekrasnaya Lyukanida (1912)
10 min | Animation, Short
2 bugs fight over a beautiful female bug.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 235
6. Gollywog's Motor Accident (1912)
Short
Golliwog appears seated in his brown boot, which he drives as he would an automobile, steering with great agility. Boot brushes polish the "car," first with a coat of black, then brown and ... See full summary »
7. Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat (1915)
Animation, Comedy, Short
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.
Director: Earl Hurd
8. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
Director: Winsor McCay | Stars: Winsor McCay, George McManus, Roy L. McCardell, Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan
Votes: 3,653
9. Trolldrycken (1915)
3 min | Animation, Short
When a happy old man with a hole in his head drinks the most incredible things happen. Simple and fun about reality versus fantasy. The first Swedish animated film.
Director: Victor Bergdahl
Votes: 68
10. Experiment No. 1 (1918)
Animation, Comedy, Short
Max Fleischer's first attempt to draw an animated cartoon by rotoscoping a boy-scout doing semaphore flag signals by moving his arms up and down. A Drawing Patent survives.
Director: Dave Fleischer
11. La guerra ed il sogno di Momi (1917)
37 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An old man explains a war story to his grandson, who sleeps and dreams about a battle scenes performed by puppets.
Directors: Segundo de Chomón, Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Romilde Toschi, Alberto Nepoti, Enrico Gemelli, Luigi Petrungaro
Votes: 119
13. El apóstol (1917)
70 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Argentinian President Yrigoyen burns Buenos Aires using Jupiter's thunderbolts.
Director: Quirino Cristiani
Votes: 70
14. The Sinking of the 'Lusitania' (1918)
TV-PG | 12 min | Animation, Short, War
An animated dramatization of the notorious World War I German torpedoing of the ocean liner, Lusitania.
Director: Winsor McCay | Star: Winsor McCay
Votes: 1,270
15. Feline Follies (1919)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Master Tom is lured away from his job of protecting the house from mice by the charms of "Miss Kitty". While he's gone, the mice trash the house. Complications ensue.
Director: Otto Messmer
Votes: 498
16. The Debut of Thomas Katt (1920)
Animation, Short
In Bray Studios' first color cartoon, a young kitten's father teaches him how to catch mice, but the kitten has a difficult time mastering the skill.
Director: John Randolph Bray
17. Lichtspiel Opus 1. (1921)
13 min | Animation, Short, Music
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Votes: 966
18. Ballet mécanique (1924)
19 min | Short
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy | Stars: Kiki of Montparnasse, Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Katherine Murphy
Votes: 3,294
19. Diagonal Symphony (1924)
7 min | Animation, Short, Music
A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The ... See full summary »
Director: Viking Eggeling
Votes: 1,479
20. The Lost World (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone
Votes: 5,819 | Gross: $1.19M
21. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Votes: 6,890
22. Filmstudie (1926)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short
Entertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs, and glaring floating heads.
Director: Hans Richter | Star: Stella F. Simon
Votes: 839
24. Dinner Time (1928)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A small hungry dog tries to mooch some food from Farmer Al Falfa, who today is a butcher, busily chopping up large pieces of meat in front of his shop. The dog finally just resorts to ... See full summary »
Directors: John Foster, Paul Terry
Votes: 83
25. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,247
26. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
Votes: 6,290
27. Pochta (1929)
15 min | Animation, Short
A letter addressed to Boris Prutkov (inspired by a real-life writer and adventurer Boris Zhitkov) is following him all around the world. The first Soviet animated film to get a color edition.
Directors: Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy, N. Timofeev
Votes: 80
28. Fiddlesticks (1930)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Flip the Frog is the featured performer at an outdoor nightclub in the forest. His dancing and piano-playing please the crowd of critters.
Director: Ub Iwerks
Votes: 282
29. Dizzy Dishes (1930)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop (with dog's ears) is entertainer in a restaurant for dogs; a waiter joins the floor show to the neglect of patrons.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: William Costello, Margie Hines, Billy Murray, Walter Scanlan
Votes: 412
30. The Story of the Fox (1937)
63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,552
31. The Idea (1932)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Animation
When a liberal idea emerges in a tyranny ruled society, power and wealth unite to bring it down.
Director: Berthold Bartosch
Votes: 484
32. Minnie the Moocher (1932)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, William Pennell
Votes: 1,723
33. Three Little Pigs (1933)
Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder
Votes: 6,711 | Gross: $0.25M
34. Popeye the Sailor (1933)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach, and saving Olive Oyl from certain doom on the railroad tracks.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: William Costello, William Pennell, Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,909
35. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 90,954 | Gross: $10.00M
36. A Night on Bald Mountain (1933)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, ... See full summary »
Directors: Alexander Alexeieff, Claire Parker
Votes: 980
37. Rhythm in Light (1935)
5 min | Short
Screen titles introduce the film as a modern artist's impressions of what goes on in the mind while listening to music. Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" accompanies images of common objects and ... See full summary »
Directors: Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth, Melville Webber
Votes: 131
38. The Wise Little Hen (1934)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald and Peter Pig refuse to help the Wise Little Hen plant her corn or harvest it, but they are plenty anxious to help eat it.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Billy Deltcer, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash
Votes: 2,531
39. La joie de vivre (1934)
9 min | Animation, Short, Musical
A tone poem: two woodland sprites dance about, atop power lines and among flowers and leaves, while being pursued. Everyone spends some time pulling levers to switch trains, too.
Directors: Anthony Gross, Hector Hoppin
Votes: 398
40. Komposition in Blau (1935)
4 min | Animation, Short, Music
This is an abstract film in which every motion is in strict synchronization with music, so the description must be read in terms of the overall impression it gives. Within a deep blue ... See full summary »
Director: Oskar Fischinger
Votes: 594
41. The New Gulliver (1935)
75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While hearing the story of "Gulliver's Travels", a young Russian boy dreams that he is the title character on the island of Lilliput.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Vladimir Konstantinov, Ivan Yudin, Ivan Bobrov, Fyodor Brest
Votes: 379
42. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
Approved | 16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke
Votes: 4,026
43. A Colour Box (1935)
Not Rated | 3 min | Animation, Short
Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
Director: Len Lye
Votes: 973
44. The Old Mill (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
Directors: Graham Heid, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Elvia Allman, Marie Arbuckle, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 4,853
45. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Votes: 215,402 | Gross: $184.93M
46. Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Family, Short
New duck hunter Porky is constantly taunted by a very early version of Daffy, and all the other ducks.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert Clampett, Jackie Morrow
Votes: 630
47. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert Clampett, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 2,270
48. Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky goes after a rogue rabbit who manages to frustrate him at each turn. He is unsuccessful and the rabbit comes to visit him just to make recovery tougher for him.
Directors: Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton | Stars: Mel Blanc, Melvin J. Gibby, Ben Hardaway
Votes: 526
50. Love on the Wing (1939)
5 min | Short, Animation
Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 168
51. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard
Votes: 4,844 | Gross: $7.13M
52. Knock Knock (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Andy Panda attempts to find out if he can catch a woodpecker by putting salt on its tail.
Directors: Walter Lantz, Alex Lovy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 293
53. Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom (Jasper) gets told that if he breaks one more thing he is getting thrown out, so Jerry (Jinx) tries his best to make Jasper "Get the Boot".
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: William Hanna, Harry Lang, Bob Laztny, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 2,401
54. Pinocchio (1940)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Votes: 159,848 | Gross: $84.25M
55. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 103,978 | Gross: $76.41M
56. Dumbo (1941)
G | 64 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 142,060 | Gross: $1.60M
57. Superman: The Mad Scientist (1941)
G | 10 min | Animation, Short, Action
The Man of Steel fights a mad scientist who is destroying Metropolis with an energy cannon.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati | Stars: Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer
Votes: 3,505
58. Princess Iron Fan (1941)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Fantasy
Three travelers needing to pass through a fiery mountain seek the magical fan of a princess, but she does not wish to part with it.
Directors: Wan Laiming, Guchan Wan | Stars: Guanxiang Liu, Chen Zhengfa, Zhou Jirang, Shi Fengai
Votes: 321
59. Bambi (1942)
G | 69 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright, Arthur Davis, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey, Peter Behn
Votes: 154,067 | Gross: $102.80M
60. The Mouse of Tomorrow (1942)
TV-Y7-FV | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The origin story of Super Mouse (later changed to "Mighty Mouse").
Director: Eddie Donnelly | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 86
61. Tulips Shall Grow (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
A carefree boy and a young girl find their idyllic countryside invaded by an army of mindlessly destructive robots.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rex Ingram, Victor Jory
Votes: 608
62. The Dover Boys at Pimento University or the Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, John McLeish, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 1,827
63. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Elvia Allman, Sara Berner, Daws Butler, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 2,750
64. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Charles Judels, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 4,623
65. The Spider and the Tulip (1943)
16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A spider attempts to lure a ladybug into his web. When she manages to escape and hide in a tulip, a storm comes that batters the spider, while the ladybug remains safe.
Director: Kenzô Masaoka
Votes: 221
66. The Enchanted Sword (1945)
74 min | Animation, Adventure, Musical
Garbancito is an orphan whose friends, Kiriqui and Chirili, are kidnapped by the giant Caramanca. To rescue his friends, Garbancito is assisted by a goat named Peregrina, his Fairy Godmother, and an enchanted sword.
Directors: Arturo Moreno, José María Blay | Stars: Carme Contreras, Lolita Durán, Emilio Fábregas, Eduardo Garro
Votes: 89
67. Handling Ships (1945)
70 min | Documentary, Animation
Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.
Directors: Allan Crick, John Halas
68. Saludos Amigos (1942)
Passed | 42 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.
Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson | Stars: Fred Shields, José Oliveira, Lee Blair, Mary Blair
Votes: 7,911
69. The Three Caballeros (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
Directors: Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Harold Young | Stars: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 15,561
70. Song of the South (1946)
G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten
Votes: 15,228 | Gross: $63.72M
71. The Hunchback Horse (1947)
57 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Adventures of Ivan the Fool and humpbacked horse in the world of kind magical creatures and cruel people.
Directors: Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Viktor Gromov, Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Stars: Georgi Chernovolenko, Alik Kachanov, Anatoliy Kubatskiy, Georgiy Millyar
Votes: 1,149
72. Animaland (1998 Video)
70 min | Animation, Family
A journey in the world of animals through nine episodes telling us the adventures of Ginger the squirrel and other characters: a brave cat, a fool ostrich, an assertive cuckoo, an evil weasel and an awkward lion.
Director: Bert Felstead
Votes: 43
73. The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
55 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches... See full summary »
Directors: Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec | Stars: Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna, Boris Karloff
Votes: 456
74. Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Wile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian
Votes: 2,440
75. Ragtime Bear (1949)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo.
Director: John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Jerry Hausner
Votes: 190
76. The Dynamite Brothers (1949)
85 min | Animation
In this Italian attempt to rival Disney's features, 3 brothers have adventures at school, on a deserted island, as concert performers, and in the most acclaimed episode, at carnival time in Venice.
Director: Nino Pagot | Star: Aldo Silvani
Votes: 50
77. The Singing Princess (1949)
76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Princess Zeila must choose a prince from among all the princes in Baghdad, despite the evil plotting of Jafar to thwart her hopes.
Director: Anton Gino Domenighini | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Germana Calderini, Giulio Panicali, Olinto Cristina
Votes: 295
78. Cinderella (1950)
G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 173,934 | Gross: $85.00M
79. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 154,035 | Gross: $1.07M
80. Peter Pan (1953)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson
Votes: 153,084 | Gross: $87.40M
81. Crusader Rabbit (1950–1957)
4 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The humorous adventures of the heroic Crusader Rabbit, and his sidekick Rags the Tiger.
Stars: Vern Louden, Roy Whaley, Russ Coughlan, GeGe Pearson
Votes: 172
82. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Star: Marvin Miller
Votes: 2,083
83. Veliki miting (1951)
20 min | Animation, Short
Director: Walter Neugebauer | Stars: Dragoje Covic, Ivan Lalic, Josip Sudar, Stevo Vujatovic
Votes: 18
84. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,883
85. Duck Amuck (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 9,432
86. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 8,725 | Gross: $5.00M
87. Animal Farm (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Animation, Drama
A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.
Directors: Joy Batchelor, John Halas | Stars: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Votes: 18,995
88. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting | Stars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson
Votes: 148,438 | Gross: $93.60M
89. Yantra (1957)
8 min | Animation, Short
Yantra is named with the Sanskrit word for "holy machine," either a meditational device, like a mandala, or the great clockwork order of the universe. The film consists entirely of dot ... See full summary »
Director: James Whitney
Votes: 116
90. The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The adventures of a blue dog with a southern accent.
Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young, Hal Smith
Votes: 3,896
91. A Man and His Dog Out for Air (1960)
3 min | Animation, Short
Abstract figures rapidly shape-shift until finally settling into the form of a man and his dog, but only for a moment.
Director: Robert Breer
Votes: 353
92. Tom Thumb (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young
Votes: 2,860
93. Invention for Destruction (1958)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
Votes: 2,795
94. Samac (1959)
11 min | Short, Animation
Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last... See full summary »
Director: Vatroslav Mimica
Votes: 58
95. Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958)
TV-Y7-FV | 79 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The adventures of a cute little panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent.
Director: Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Mariko Miyagi, Virginia Blackman, Lisa Lu
Votes: 598
96. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.
Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 160,866 | Gross: $51.60M
97. Moonbird (1959)
10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.
Director: John Hubley | Stars: Mark Hubley, Ray Hubley
Votes: 744
98. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
66 min | Animation, Fantasy
A sequence of surreal cutout animation imagery, largely without a discernible narrative.
Director: Harry Smith
Votes: 870
99. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth
Votes: 182,211 | Gross: $144.88M
100. Allures (1961)
8 min | Short
An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.
Director: Jordan Belson
Votes: 505
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