This is a list of adult animated feature films that were made from the 1950s onwards. These are films intended for a more mature audience than many animated feature films, all in theaters, direct-to-video and streaming.
All of the animated films must follow to be include in the list with these rules:
Year | Title | Country | Director(s) | Studio | Technique | Notes |
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1954 | Animal Farm | UK | John Halas Joy Batchelor | Halas and Batchelor | Traditional | |
1962 | Heaven and Earth Magic | US | Harry Everett Smith | Mystic Fire Video | Stop-motion |
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1965 | West and Soda | Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Cineriz | Traditional | |
1968 | Yellow Submarine | US/UK | Robert Balser George Dunning Jack Stokes (animation) Dennis Abey Al Brodax (live-action) | Apple Films King Features Syndicate TVC London United Artists |
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Out of an Old Man's Head | Sweden | Per Åhlin (animation) Tage Danielsson | Svensk Filmindustri |
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1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional |
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Secret Picture: 1001 Nights of Ukiyo-ehiya | Leo Nisimura | Leo Production |
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Year | Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Notes |
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1970 | Cleopatra | Japan | Osamu Tezuka Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | |
1971 | Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama | Takateru Miwa Shinichiro Takakuwa | Tokyo TV Movie |
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1972 | Fritz the Cat | US | Ralph Bakshi | Aurica Finance Company Black Ink Fritz Productions Steve Krantz Productions |
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1973 | Heavy Traffic | Steve Krantz Productions | ||||
Johnny Corncob | Hungary | Marcell Jankovics | Pannonia Film Studio | |||
Fantastic Planet | Czechoslovakia/France | René Laloux | Jiří Trnka Studio | |||
King Dick | Italy | Gibba |
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Belladonna of Sadness | Japan/France | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | |||
1974 | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | US | Robert Taylor | Steve Krantz Productions Cine Camera American International Pictures |
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Down and Dirty Duck | Charles Swenson | New World Pictures | ||||
1975 | Coonskin | Ralph Bakshi | ||||
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle | Belgium/France | Picha Boris Szulzinger | ||||
1976 | Once Upon a Girl | US | Don Jurwich |
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1977 | Wizards | Ralph Bakshi | ||||
1978 | The Lord of the Rings |
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Watership Down | UK | Martin Rosen | Nepenthe Productions | Traditional |
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Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo | Japan | Sōji Yoshikawa | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | |||
Ringing Bell | Masami Hata | Sanrio |
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Tadhana | Philippines | Severino "Nonoy" Marcelo | National Media Production Center |
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1979 | Galaxy Express 999 | Japan | Rintaro | Toei Animation |
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Year | Notes | Animation Technique |
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie | United States | Sung Jin Ahn | Warner Bros. Animation Blue Ribbon Content DC Entertainment Berlanti Productions | 2020 | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional |
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Matt Peters Christian Sotta | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | ||||
Masameer: The Movie | Saudi Arabia | Malik Nejer | Myrkott Animation Studio | |||
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge | United States | Ethan Spaulding | Warner Bros. Animation | Direct-to-DVD | ||
Superman: Man of Tomorrow | Chris Palmer | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | ||||
Superman: Red Son | Sam Liu | |||||
To Your Last Death | Jason Axinn | Coverage Ink Films | CGI | |||
Altered Carbon: Resleeved | Japan | Takeru Nakajima Yoshiyuki Okuda | Anima | |||
Batman: Death in the Family | United States | Brandon Vietti | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | |
Hayop Ka! | Philippines | Avid Liongoren | Rocketsheep Studio Spring Films | Also known as You Animal! | ||
If Anything Happens I Love You | United States | Will McCormack Michael Govier | Gilbert Films Oh Good Productions | |||
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train | Japan | Haruo Sotozaki | Ufotable Toho Aniplex | Also known as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train/Infinity Train. First R-rated animated film to break several box office records, including the highest-grossing film of 2020. | ||
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown | Takaharu Ozaki | White Fox | ||||
Soul Snatcher | China | Song Haolin Yi Liqi | Heroplus (Wuxi) Limited Beijing White Horse Time TV & Movie Co., Ltd. Edko (Beijing) Films Limited Edko Films Limited Irresistible Alpha Limited Beijing Weimeng Internet Technology Co., Ltd. Huawen Picture Co., Ltd. Douyin Culture (Xiamen) Limited | Live-action CGI Motion capture Rotoscoping | ||
America: The Motion Picture | United States | Matt Thompson | Netflix Animation Floyd County Productions Lord Miller Productions | 2021 | Traditional | |
Batman: Soul of the Dragon | Sam Liu | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | |||
Batman: The Long Halloween | Chris Palmer | |||||
Charlotte | Canada Belgium France | Éric Warin, Tahir Rana | January Films Sons of Manual Les Productions Balthazar Walking the Dog | Traditional | ||
Checkered Ninja 2 | Denmark | Thorbjørn Christoffersen Anders Matthesen | A. Film Pop Up Production Sudoku ApS Nordisk Film LevelK | CGI | ||
Cryptozoo | United States | Dash Shaw | Traditional | |||
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | Japan | Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki Katsuichi Nakayama Mahiro Maeda | ||||
Flee | United States United Kingdom France Sweden Norway Denmark | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Neon | |||
Green Snake | China | Amp Wong | Light Chaser Animation Studios Alibaba Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Bilibili | CGI | ||
Gora Automatikoa | Spain | David Galán Galindo Esaú Dharma Pablo Vara | 39 Escalones Films The Other Film Production | Flash animation | ||
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | Japan | Sunghoo Park | MAPPA | Traditional | ||
Injustice | United States | Matt Peters | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | ||
Justice Society: World War II | Jeff Wamester | |||||
Mad God | Phil Tippett | Tippett Studio Shudder | Stop-motion | |||
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms | Ethan Spaulding | Warner Bros. Animation | Traditional | |||
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission | Japan | Kenji Nagasaki | Toho | |||
Night of the Animated Dead | United States | Jason Axinn | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | |||
Nimuendajú | Brazil | Tania Anaya | Rotoscoping Traditional | |||
The Spine of Night | United States | Philip Gelatt Morgan Galen King | RLJE Films Shudder Gorgonaut Reno Productions | Traditional | ||
StEvEn & Parker | John Krasinski | Columbia Pictures Sunday Night Productions Point Grey Pictures | CGI Traditional | |||
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | United States South Korea Poland | Kwang Il Han | Studio Mir Netflix | Traditional | ||
The Adventures of Drunky | United States | Aaron Augenblick Fletcher Moules | Augenblick Studios Cartuna | 2022 | ||
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater | Netflix Animation Minnow Mountain Submarine | Rotoscope | |||
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm | Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis | Williams Street | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | ||
Aurora's Sunrise | Armenia Lithuania Germany | Inna Sahakyan | Bars Media Broom Films Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion | Paper cutout CGI | ||
Avatar: The Way of Water | United States | James Cameron | TSG Entertainment Lightstorm Entertainment 20th Century Studios | CGI Live-action Rotoscoping | ||
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons | Matt Peters | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | CGI | ||
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Mike Judge | MTV Entertainment Studios Judgemental Films Titmouse, Inc. | Traditional | |||
The Bob's Burgers Movie | Loren Bouchard Bernard Derriman | 20th Century Studios 20th Century Animation Bento Box Entertainment Wilo Productions | ||||
Catwoman: Hunted | Shinsuke Terasawa | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | |||
Eien no 831 | Japan | Kenji Kamiyama | Craftar | CGI | ||
Entergalatic | United States | Fletcher Moules | Netflix Animation | |||
Eternal Spring | Canada | Jason Loftus | Lofty Sky Entertainment | Traditional | ||
The First Slam Dunk | Japan | Takehiko Inoue | Toei Animation DandeLion Animation Studio | Sports | CGI Traditional | |
Green Lantern: Beware My Power | United States | Jeff Wamester | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | |
Home Is Somewhere Else | United States Mexico | Carlos Hagerman Jorge Villalobos | Brinca Animation Studio Shine Global | Documentary | ||
The House | United Kingdom | Paloma Baeza Niki Lindroth von Bahr Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef | Netflix Animation Nexus Studios | Anthology film special comprising three separate stories. | Stop-motion | |
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | United States | Rick Morales | Warner Bros. Animation | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | |
Nayola | Portugal France Belgium Netherlands | José Miguel Ribeiro | Praça Filmes S.O.I.L. Productions JPL Films il Luster Luna Blue Film | |||
Odd Taxi: In the Woods | Japan | Baku Kinoshita | OLM Team Yoshioka P.I.C.S | Based on Odd Taxi by Kazuya Konomoto | ||
One Piece Film: Red | Gorō Taniguchi | Toei Animation, Toei Company | Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda | |||
The Other Shape | Colombia Brazil | Diego Felipe Guzmán | RTVC Play Hierro Animación Estúdio GIZ Dinamita Animación | |||
El paraíso | Argentina | Fernando Sirianni Federico Breser | FS Entertainment Nomad Cine EOK Producciones McFly Studio | CGI | ||
Unicorn Wars | Spain France | Alberto Vázquez | Abano Producións Uniko Unicorn Wars AIE Autour de Minuit Schmuby Productions | CGI Traditional | ||
Wendell & Wild | United States | Henry Selick | Netflix Animation Monkeypaw Productions Gotham Group Principato-Young Entertainment | Stop-motion | ||
Art College 1994 | China | Liu Jian | Nezha Bros. Pictures Company Limited Modern Sky Entertainment Company Limited China Academy Of Art’s School of Animation and Game | 2023 | Traditional | |
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar | United States | Brendon Small Tommy Blacha | Williams Street Titmouse, Inc. | Direct-to-DVD | ||
The Missing | Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | Project 8 Projects | Rotoscope | ||
The Peasants | Poland Serba Lithuania | DK Welchman Hugh Welchman | BreakThru Films DigitalKraft Art Shot | Oil-painted Rotoscoping Traditional | ||
Robot Dreams | Spain France | Pablo Berger | Arcadia | Traditional | ||
They Shot the Piano Player | Spain France Netherlands | Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal | Fernando Trueba PC Les Films D’ici Submarine Animanostra | |||
Resident Evil: Death Island | Japan | Eiichirō Hasumi | Capcom TMS Entertainment | Set in the Resident Evil video game universe. | CGI | |
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | United States | Jackson Publick | Williams Street Astro Base GO! Titmouse, Inc. | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | |
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match | Ethan Spaulding | Warner Bros. Animation | ||||
The Boy and the Heron | Japan | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. | ||
Stopmotion | United Kingdom | Robert Morgan | British Film Institute blueLight | Live-action Stop-motion | ||
Mars Express | France | Jérémie Périn | Everybody on Deck Je Suis Bien Content EV.L Prod Plume Finance France 3 Cinéma Shine Conseils Gebeka Films Amopix | CGI Flash Rotoscoping Traditional | ||
Spy × Family Code: White | Japan | Takashi Katagiri | Wit Studio CloverWorks | Traditional | ||
Animalia Paradoxa | Chile | Niles Atallah | Diluvio Globo Rojo Producciones | 2024 | Live-action Stop-motion | |
Dan Da Dan: First Encounter | Japan | Fūga Yamashiro | Science Saru | Based on Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu | Traditional/Flash/CGI | |
La familia del barrio: La película | Mexico | Rhajov Villafuerte | Lemon Studios | Based on La familia del barrio by Teco Lebrija and Arturo Navarro | Flash | |
Glove and Beanie with Bait | United States | Javier "Javigameboy" Flores | School of Visual Arts | Flash Traditional | ||
The Hyperboreans | Chile | Cristóbal León Joaquín Cociña | Globo Rojo Producciones León Cociña Films | Live-action Puppetry Stop-motion | ||
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | United States Japan | Kenji Kamiyama | New Line Cinema Warner Bros. Animation Sola Entertainment WingNut Films Domain Entertainment | Based on the characters created by J. R. R. Tolkien | Traditional | |
Memoir of a Snail | Australia | Adam Elliot | Arenamedia Snails Pace Films | Stop-motion | ||
Olivia & the Clouds | Dominican Republic | Tomás Pichardo Espaillat | Guasábara Cine Historias de Bibi Cine Chani | Traditional | ||
Punk'd Pooch | Canada | Aberdeen Wasley | Seneca Polytechnic | Flash Traditional | ||
Spermageddon | Norway | Tommy Wirkola Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Qvisten Animation 74Entertainment | CGI | ||
Watchmen Chapter I | United States | Brandon Vietti | Warner Bros. Animation Paramount Pictures DC Entertainment | Based on Watchmen by Dave Gibbons | ||
Watchmen Chapter II | ||||||
White Snake: Afloat | China | Jianxi Chen Jiakai Li | Light Chaser Animation Studios | Inspired by the Chinese folktale Legend of the White Snake | ||
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League | United States Japan | Junpei Mizusaki Shinji Takagi | Warner Bros. Japan DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Kamikaze Douga YamatoWorks Barnum Studio | 2025 | ||
Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye | Japan | Fūga Yamashiro Abel Góngora | Science Saru | Based on Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu | Traditional/Flash/CGI | |
Dog of God | Latvia United States | Lauris Ābele Raitis Ābele | Tritone Studio Lumiere Lab | Based on the true story of Thiess of Kaltenbrun | Rotoscope | |
Fixed | United States | Genndy Tartakovsky | Netflix Sony Pictures Animation | Set to be Sony Pictures Animation's first R-rated film. [14] | Traditional | |
Lesbian Space Princess | Australia | Emma Hough Hobbs Leela Varghese | We Made A Thing Studios | |||
Masameer Junior | Saudi Arabia | Malik Nejer | Myrkott Animation Studio | |||
Predator: Killer of Killers | United States | Dan Trachtenberg Micho Robert Rutare | 20th Century Studios 20th Century Animation Davis Entertainment The Third Floor, Inc. | Based on Predator by Jim and John Thomas | CGI | |
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep | Kang Hei Chul | Studio Mir Studio IAM Platige Image Hivemind | Traditional |
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Notes | Animation Technique |
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Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires | United States Mexico | Juan Meza-León | Ánima Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment Chatrone Particular Crowd | [15] | Traditional |
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc | Japan | Tatsuya Yoshihara | MAPPA | [16] [17] | Traditional |
Death Stranding | TBA | Kojima Productions Line Mileage | [18] | TBA | |
58th | Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | GMA Pictures | Set to be the first fully-animated documentary film in the Philippines. | Rotoscoping |
Beckoning | United Kingdom Serbia Spain | Sava Živković | Snafu Pictures Bauk Pictures | Set to be animated using Unreal Engine. | CGI |
Rage Radio | Philippines | Mark Mendoza | Friendly Foes | Traditional | |
Penelope of Sparta | France US | Jérôme Combe Silvia Martelossi | Fortiche | [19] | CGI |
The Trap | United States | Harmony Korine | EDGLRD | Traditional | |
Sentinel | Phil Tippett | Tippett Studio | Stop-motion | ||
Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | Rotoscoping | |||
The Goon | United States | Patrick Osborne | Netflix Animation Blur Studio | [20] | CGI |
Ray Gunn | Brad Bird | Netflix Skydance Animation | [21] | ||
The Valley | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho | 4th Creative Party CJ Entertainment | [22] | |
Zsazsa Zaturnnah vs the Amazonistas of Planet X | Philippines | Avid Liongoren | Traditional |