Arthouse animation

Arthouse animation is a combination of art film and animated film.

Examples of arthouse animated films

20th century

• El Apóstol (1917; now considered a lost film) ^[1]
• Fantasia (1940) ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Neighbours (1952) ^[6]
• Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) ^[7]
• Invention for Destruction (1958) ^[7]
• The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) ^[7]
• Game of Angels (1964) ^[8]
• The Glass Harmonica (1968) ^[9]
• Fritz the Cat (1972) ^{[10] [11]}
• Belladonna of Sadness (1973) ^[12]
• Fantastic Planet (1973) ^{[13] [14]}
• Johnny Corncob (1973) ^[7]
• Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) ^[15]
• Allegro Non Troppo (1976) ^[16]
• Watership Down (1978) ^[7]
• Asparagus (1979) ^[8]
• Bubble Bath (1979) ^{[17] [18]}
• Tale of Tales (1979) ^[19]
• Son of the White Mare (1981) ^{[20] [21] [22] [14] [23]}
• Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) ^[8]
• The Plague Dogs (1982) ^[7]
• Angel's Egg (1985) ^{[24] [14]}
• The Pied Piper (1986) ^[14]
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987) ^{[25] [26]}
• Wicked City (1987) ^[27]
• Akira (1988) ^[28]
• Alice (1988) ^{[29] [14] [23]}
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988) ^[30]
• Only Yesterday (1991) ^{[31] [32]}
• The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) ^[33]
• Faust (1994) ^[7]
• Ghost in the Shell (1995) ^[34]
• Perfect Blue (1997) ^[35]
• Princess Mononoke (1997) ^[36]
• Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) ^[37]
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) ^[38]

21st century

• Millennium Actress (2001) ^[29]
• Waking Life (2001) ^[39]
• Spirited Away (2001) ^{[40] [41]}
• The Triplets of Belleville (2003) ^{[42] [43]}
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) ^[44]
• Mind Game (2004) ^{[45] [14]}
• Paprika (2006) ^{[29] [14]}
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) ^[46]
• Persepolis (2007) ^{[29] [47]}
• Waltz with Bashir (2008) ^[29]
• Coraline (2009) ^[48]
• Mary and Max (2009) ^[29]
• The Secret of Kells (2009) ^[49]
• A Town Called Panic (2009) ^[7]
• Chico and Rita (2011) ^[29]
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) ^[50]
• The Rabbi's Cat (2011) ^[7]
• The King of Pigs (2011) ^[7]
• Consuming Spirits (2012) ^{[7] [51]}
• It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) ^[52]
• Boy and the World (2013) ^[53]
• The Congress (2013) ^[54]
• Song of the Sea (2014) ^{[55] [56]}
• Anomalisa (2015) ^[57]
• In This Corner of the World (2016) ^[58]
• My Life as a Courgette (2016) ^[55]
• The Red Turtle (2016) ^{[58] [43] [59]}
• Seoul Station (2016) ^[58]
• Tower (2016) ^{[60] [7]}
• The Breadwinner (2017) ^{[61] [56]}
• Have a Nice Day (2017) ^[62]
• Loving Vincent (2017) ^[55]
• Isle of Dogs (2018) ^[63]
• The Wolf House (2018) ^[7]
• I Lost My Body (2019) ^[64]
• Bombay Rose (2019) ^[65]
• Wolfwalkers (2020) ^[66]
• Bestia (2021) ^[67]
• Boxballet (2021) ^[67]
• Cryptozoo (2021) ^{[68] [69]}
• Flee (2021) ^[70]
• The Windshield Wiper (2021) ^[67]
• Mad God (2022) ^{[71] [14] [23]}
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) ^[72]
• Unicorn Wars (2022) ^[73]
• The Boy and the Heron (2023) ^[74]
• Distortion (2023) ^[75]
• Letter to a Pig (2023) ^[76]
• Ninety-Five Senses (2023) ^[76]
• Our Uniform (2023) ^[76]
• Pachyderme (2023) ^[76]
• Robot Dreams (2023) ^{[77] [78]}
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) ^[79]
• Flow (2024) ^{[80] [81]}

Notable arthouse animators

• Walerian Borowczyk ^[8]
• Suzan Pitt ^[8]
• Jiri Barta ^[14]
• Bruno Bozzetto ^[16]
• Sylvain Chomet ^{[82] [43]}
• Gene Deitch ^[83]
• Michaël Dudok de Wit ^{[58] [43]}
• Adam Elliot ^[84]
• Ari Folman ^[85]
• Don Hertzfeldt ^{[86] [87] [45]}
• Marcell Jankovics ^{[88] [89]}
• Andrei Khrzhanovsky ^[90]
• Satoshi Kon ^[85]
• Yoji Kuri ^{[91] [92] [93]}
• René Laloux ^[13]
• Richard Linklater ^{[94] [95]}
• Hayao Miyazaki ^[36]
• Tomm Moore ^[66]
• Yuri Norstein ^[19]
• Michel Ocelot ^[96]
• Stephen and Timothy Quay ^{[97] [98] [99]}
• Joanna Quinn ^[67]
• Martin Rosen ^[7]
• Dash Shaw ^[68]
• Jan Švankmajer ^{[100] [23]}
• Osamu Tezuka ^[101]
• Masaaki Yuasa ^[45]
• Karel Zeman ^[102]

See also

• Studio Ghibli
• Cartoon Saloon
• Independent animation
• Adult animation
• Cult film
• Experimental animation
• Rotoscoping
• Modernist film
  • Postmodernist film
• Minimalist film
  • Maximalist film
• Indiewood

References

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30. Art House: wartime animation Grave of the Fireflies is a depressing masterpiece|South China Morning Post
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79. Animated Spider-Man back with 'arthouse' sequel to Oscar winner - Forbes India
80. Animated adventures flowing through OKC theaters in January - Oklahoma City Free Press
81. The story behind Flow, a dreamy arthouse animation about the climate crisis|Dazed
82. The Unique Art of French Animation: A Primer|LBBOnline
83. Turning Picture Books into Art House Films: The Story of Weston Woods | WIRED
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88. Son of the White Mare|Cinema St Louis
89. Criterion Channel Programs 31 Art-House Animation Films for July|Animation Magazine
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91. Anime - Google Books (pg.87)
92. The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition - Google Books
93. Pioneering Japanese Art-House Animation Creator Yoji Kuri Dies at 96; Artist Instrumental in Forming Japan Animation Association - The Japan News
94. Art House Powerhouse Directors - Paste
95. Dream Is Destiny: Waking Life - Animation World Network
96. Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times - Google Books (ch. "France" )
97. 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm': Christopher Nolan Honors Haunting, Stop-Motion Cinema|Collider
98. Quay Brothers Discuss Collaborating with Christopher Nolan, Thematic Threads, and More|The Film Stage
99. First Look At Lesbian Werewolf Romance 'Jack and Diane'; Brothers Quay Doing Animated Sequences - The Playlist
100. Plunge Through the Looking Glass With the Scariest 'Alice' Ever - KQED
101. Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator - Google Books (pgs."Coming to Toei")
102. New to Streaming: Wong Kar Wai, No Sudden Move, Summer of Soul, Neo-Noir, and More|The Film Stage

External links

• Art-House Animation - Criterion Channel Teaser trailer on Vimeo
• The 100 best animated movies: the best arty movies