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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| Chico and Rita | United Kingdom Spain | Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal Tono Errando | Fernando Trueba PC Estudio Mariscal Magic Light Pictures | 2010 | Traditional | |
| Colorful | Japan | Keiichi Hara | Sunrise | |||
| Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic | United States Japan South Korea | Mike Disa | Film Roman Production I.G | Animated feature film based on the Dante's Inferno video game. | ||
| The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | United States | Greg Franklin | Comedy Central Films Double Hemm Six Point Harness Paramount Pictures | Flash | ||
| Godkiller: Walk Among Us | Matt Pizzolo | Warner Bros. Warner Music Group Rykodisc Gravitas Ventures Halo 8 Entertainment | Illustrated film based on the comic books. | Traditional | ||
| Halo Legends | Japan United States Germany | Frank O'Connor Joseph Chou | Studio 4°C Production I.G Casio Entertainment Toei Animation Bones Bee Train Warner Bros. 343 Industries | Collection of seven short films set in the Halo science fiction universe. | Traditional CGI | |
| Kayıp Armağan | Turkey | Kerem S. Hünal | Sobee Studios | Traditional | ||
| Surviving Life | Poland | Jan Švankmajer | Athanor C-GA Film | Live-action/Cutout | ||
| Batman: Under the Red Hood | United States | Brandon Vietti | Warner Premiere Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Traditional | ||
| Bleach: Hell Verse | Japan | Noriyuki Abe | Pierrot | |||
| Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower | Masahiko Murata | Studio Pierrot | Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto | |||
| Trigun: Badlands Rumble | Satoshi Nishimura | Madhouse | ||||
| Jackboots on Whitehall | United Kingdom | McHenry Brothers | Vertigo Films Matador Pictures Entertainment Motion Pictures McHenry Pictures | Puppets Stop-motion | ||
| Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Martyn Pick | Good Story Productions Codex Pictures POP6 | Set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. | CGI | ||
| George the Hedgehog | Poland | Wojciech Wawszczyk Jakub Tarkowski Tomasz Lew Leśniak | Monolith Films | 2011 | Traditional | |
| The King of Pigs | South Korea | Yeon Sang-ho | Studio Dadashow KT&G Sangsangmadang | |||
| The Rabbi's Cat | France | Joann Sfar Antoine Delesvaux | Autochenille Production | |||
| Ronal the Barbarian | Denmark | Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen Thorbjørn Christoffersen Philip Einstein Lipski | Det Danske Filminstitut Einstein Film Nordisk Film TV2 Danmark | CGI | ||
| Appleseed XIII: Ouranos | Japan | Takayuki Hamana | Production I.G | |||
| Appleseed XIII: Tartaros | ||||||
| Batman: Year One | United States | Sam Liu Lauren Montgomery | DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | Traditional | ||
| Children Who Chase Lost Voices | Japan | Makoto Shinkai | CoMix Wave Films | |||
| Dead Space: Aftermath | United States | Mike Disa | Film Roman Electronic Arts | Animated film that bridges the story between the first Dead Space video game and the sequel, Dead Space 2 . | ||
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | Japan | Kazuya Murata | Bones | |||
| Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | AIC | ||||
| Leafie, A Hen into the Wild | South Korea | Oh Sung-yoon | Lotte Entertainment Myung Films | Traditional CGI | ||
| Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison | Japan | Masahiko Murata | Studio Pierrot | Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto | Traditional | |
| Underworld: Endless War | United States | Juno John Lee | Lakeshore Entertainment Titmouse, Inc. | Set in the universe of the Underworld films. | ||
| Werner – Eiskalt! | Germany | Rötger Feldmann Thomas Platt Herman Weigel Gernot Roll | Trickompany Filmproduktion Constantin Film | Based on Werner by Rötger Feldmann | ||
| Tekken: Blood Vengeance | Japan | Yōichi Mōri | Digital Frontier Bandai Namco Games Namco Pictures Asmik Ace Entertainment | Based on the Tekken video game series | CGI | |
| Alois Nebel | Czech Republic Germany | Tomáš Luňák | Negativ | Traditional | ||
| Wrinkles | Spain | Ignacio Ferreras | Perro Verde Films | |||
| The Tragedy of Man | Hungary | Marcell Jankovics | Magyar Rajzfilm | CGI | ||
| Crulic: The Path to Beyond | Romania Poland | Mixed | ||||
| Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One | United States | Jay Oliva | DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | 2012 | Traditional | |
| The Apostle | Spain | Fernando Cortizo | Artefact Productions | Stop-motion | ||
| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | Japan | Hideaki Anno (chief) Mahiro Maeda Kazuya Tsurumaki | Studio Khara | Traditional | ||
| Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | Fumihiko Sori | BioWare Electronic Arts Funimation | Set in the Dragon Age universe. | CGI | ||
| El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza | Mexico | Alejandro Lozano Andrés Couturier | Videocine Átomo Films Peyote Films | Traditional | ||
| Fat, Bald, Short Man | Colombia | Carlos Osuna | Malta Cine Ciné-Sud Promotion Perfect Circle Productions | Rotoscoping | ||
| Justice League: Doom | United States | Lauren Montgomery | DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | Traditional | ||
| Superman vs. The Elite | Michael Chang | Warner Premiere DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | ||||
| Mass Effect: Paragon Lost | United States Japan | Atsushi Takeuchi | Production I.G. BioWare | Set in the Mass Effect universe during the events of the second instalment Mass Effect 2 . | ||
| Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie | Japan | Hayato Date | Studio Pierrot | Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto | ||
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Hiroyuki Terao | Shaft | ||||
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Eternal | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Hiroyuki Terao | Shaft | ||||
| One Piece Film: Z | Tatsuya Nagamine | Toei Animation Toei Company | Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda | |||
| Resident Evil: Damnation | Makoto Kamiya | Capcom Digital Frontier | Set in the Resident Evil video game universe. | CGI | ||
| Wolf Children | Mamoru Hosoda | Studio Chizu | Traditional | |||
| Swimming to Sea | South Korea | Lee Dae-Hee | CJ Entertainment | CGI | ||
| Where the Dead Go to Die | United States | Jimmy ScreamerClauz | Chainsaw Kiss Draconian Films | |||
| The Suicide Shop Le Magasin des suicides | France Canada Belgium | Patrice Leconte | ARP Sélection | Traditional | ||
| Starship Troopers: Invasion | Japan US | Shinji Aramaki | Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures | Part of the Starship Troopers film series. | CGI | |
| It's Such a Beautiful Day | United States | Don Hertzfeldt | Bitter Films | Traditional | ||
| Kirikou and the Men and Women | France | Michel Ocelot | Les Armateurs Mac Guff Ligne France 3 Cinéma Studio O StudioCanal | |||
| Consuming Spirits | United States | Chris Sullivan | ||||
| Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part Two | Jay Oliva | DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | 2013 | |||
| Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie | Branden Chambers Eric D. Chambers | Houston Curtis Productions Chamber Bros. Entertainment 20th Century Studios | ||||
| Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Jay Oliva | Warner Premiere DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Studio 4°C | Direct-to-DVD | |||
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion | Japan | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Hiroyuki Terao | Shaft | |||
| The Art of Happiness | Italy | Alessandro Rak | Big Sur Mad Entertainment Mai Cinema | |||
| Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | Japan | Fuminori Kizaki | Gonzo | Based on the 2009 video game Bayonetta | ||
| Dick Figures: The Movie | United States | Ed Skudder Zack Keller | Mondo Media Remochoso Six Point Harness | Flash | ||
| Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | Japan | Masahiro Hosoda | Toei Animation | Based on Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama | Traditional | |
| The Fake | South Korea | Yeon Sang-ho | Studio Dadashow | |||
| Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission | Japan | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Madhouse | |||
| Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge | Yuzo Sato | |||||
| Savita Bhabhi | India | Puneet Agarwal | Unknown | Based on the Savita Bhabhi comic book | ||
| Iron Man: Rise of Technovore | Japan | Hiroshi Hamasaki | Madhouse | Traditional | ||
| Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie | United States | Steve Stark | SModcast Pictures Phase 4 Films | Flash | ||
| Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury | Brazil | Luiz Bolognesi | Buriti Filmes Gullane | Traditional | ||
| Short Peace | Japan | Shuhei Morita Katsuhiro Otomo Hiroaki Ando Hajime Katoki | Sunrise | The film is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku. | ||
| Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Shinji Aramaki | Toei Animation | CGI | |||
| The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Traditional | |||
| Asphalt Watches | Canada | Shayne Ehman Seth Scriver | ||||
| Cheatin' | United States | Bill Plympton | Plymptoons | |||
| Appleseed Alpha | Japan US | Shinji Aramaki Steven Foster | Sola Digital Arts | 2014 | CGI | |
| Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe | Brazil | Otto Guerra Ennio Torresan Jr | Otto Desenhos Animados | Traditional | ||
| Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher | Japan | Kenichi Shimizu | Madhouse | |||
| Expelled from Paradise | Seiji Mizushima | Toei Animation | ||||
| Heavenly Sword | United States | Gun Ho Jung | Blockade Entertainment | Based on the 2007 video game of the same name | CGI | |
| Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible | Spain | Javier Fesser | Ilion Animation Studios Zeta Studios Películas Pendleton Televisión Española | |||
| Jigen's Gravestone | Japan | Takeshi Koike | TMS Entertainment Telecom Animation Film | Traditional | ||
| The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! | Atsushi Nishigori | A-1 Pictures Bandai Namco Games | ||||
| Back to L.A. | United States Spain | Pablo Fernandez | ||||
| The Last: Naruto the Movie | Japan | Tsuneo Kobayashi | Studio Pierrot | Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto | ||
| Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary | Keiichi Sato | Toei Animation | CGI | |||
| Expelled from Paradise | Seiji Mizushima | Toei Animation Graphinica | ||||
| Rocks in My Pockets | United States | Signe Baumane | Zeitgeist Films New Europe Film Sales Locomotive Productions Yekra, Ltd. | Traditional | ||
| Chaar Sahibzaade | India | Harry Baweja | Baweja Movies Irealities Technology Sippy Grewal Production | CGI | ||
| Anomalisa | United States | Charlie Kaufman Duke Johnson | Paramount Pictures Starburns Industries | 2015 | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. | Stop-motion |
| Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie | Japan | Kazuya Nomura | Production I.G | Traditional | ||
| Halo: The Fall of Reach | Canada US | Frank O'Connor | Sequence 343 Industries | Set in the Halo universe and acts as a prelude to Halo: Combat Evolved . | CGI | |
| The Boy and the Beast | Japan | Mamoru Hosoda | Studio Chizu | Traditional | ||
| The Empire of Corpses | Ryoutarou Makihara | Wit Studio | ||||
| Hell and Back | United States | Tom Gianas Ross Shuman | ShadowMachine | Stop-motion | ||
| Madea's Tough Love | Frank Marino | Tyler Perry Studios Bento Box Entertainment | Traditional | |||
| Manang Biring | Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | Black Maria Pictures Creative Programs Inc. | Rotoscoping | ||
| Pirate's Passage | Canada | Mike Barth Jamie Gallant | Martin's River Ink PiP Animation Services | Flash | ||
| Boruto: Naruto the Movie | Japan | Hiroyuki Yamashita | Studio Pierrot | Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto | Traditional | |
| Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | Toei Animation 20th Century Studios | Based on Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama | |||
| Psycho-Pass: The Movie | Katsuyuki Motohiro Naoyoshi Shiotani | Production I.G | ||||
| Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure Un gallo con muchos huevos | Mexico | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | Huevocartoon Producciones | CGI | ||
| Last Days of Coney Island | United States | Ralph Bakshi | Traditional | |||
| When Black Birds Fly | Jimmy Screamer Clauz | Chainsaw Kiss Draconian Films | CGI | |||
| A Silent Voice | Japan | Naoko Yamada | Kyoto Animation | 2016 | Traditional | |
| Accel World: Infinite Burst | Masakazu Obara | Sunrise | ||||
| Batman: Bad Blood | United States | Jay Oliva | DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation | |||
| Batman: The Killing Joke | Sam Liu | Initially planned as a direct-to-video release, but due to the positive feedback on the production, it was commissioned to a limited theatrical release.[ citation needed ] | ||||
| Big Fish & Begonia | China | Liang Xuan Zhang Chun | Beijing Enlight Media Biantian (Beijing) Media | |||
| Gantz: O | Japan | Yasushi Kawamura | Digital Frontier | CGI | ||
| Garo: Divine Flame | Yuichiro Hayashi | MAPPA | CGI Traditional | |||
| In This Corner of the World | Sunao Katabuchi | Traditional | ||||
| Justice League vs. Teen Titans | United States | Sam Liu | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | |||
| Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Japan | Takeshi Nozue | Visual Works Digic Pictures, Image Engine | Based on the setting and story of the 2016 video game Final Fantasy XV . | CGI | |
| My Life as a Courgette | Switzerland France | Claude Barras | Praesens-Film Gébéka Films | Based on Autobiographie d'une Courgette by Gilles Paris | Stop-motion | |
| One Piece Film: Gold | Japan | Hiroaki Miyamoto | Toei Animation Toei Company | Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda | Traditional | |
| Sausage Party | United States Canada | Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan | Columbia Pictures Point Grey Pictures Annapurna Pictures Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. | First computer-animated film in the United States to be rated R by the MPAA, it was originally going to be NC-17, but it was edited several times to be rated R. | CGI | |
| Saving Sally | Philippines | Avid Liongoren | Rocketsheep Studios Mandrake Films KB Studios Alchemedia Productions | Live-action/Traditional | ||
| Seoul Station | South Korea | Yeon Sang-ho | Studio Dadashow Red Peter Pictures | Traditional | ||
| Tower | United States | Keith Maitland | Kino Lorber | Rotoscoping Traditional | ||
| Nerdland | Chris Prynoski | Samuel Goldwyn Films Titmouse, Inc. | Flash | |||
| Bad Cat | Turkey | Mehmet Kurtuluş | CGI | |||
| Revengeance | United States | Bill Plympton | Plymptoons | [5] [6] [7] | Traditional | |
| Ethel & Ernest | United Kingdom | Roger Mainwood | Lupus Films | |||
| Zoolander: Super Model | United States | Aaron Augenblick | Augenblick Studios Insurge Pictures Red Hour Productions | Flash | ||
| Max & Me | Spain United States | Donovan Cook | Dos Corazones Films Imagination Films | CGI | ||
| Justice League Dark | United States | Jay Oliva | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | 2017 | Traditional | |
| My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Dash Shaw | Washington Square Films Electric Chinoland Low Spark Films | [8] | |||
| Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic | Japan | Noriyuki Abe | A-1 Pictures | |||
| Blame! | Hiroyuki Seshita | Polygon Pictures | Based on Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei | CGI | ||
| Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel | Tomodori Sudou | Ufotable | Traditional | |||
| Genocidal Organ | Shūkō Murase | Manglobe Geno Studio | ||||
| Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters | Kōbun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita | Polygon Pictures Toho Animation | CGI | |||
| Resident Evil: Vendetta | Takanori Tsujimoto | Capcom Marza Animation Planet | Set in the Resident Evil video game universe. | |||
| Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | Tomohiko Itō | A-1 Pictures | Traditional | |||
| Birdboy: The Forgotten Children | Spain | Pedro Rivero Alberto Vázquez | ZircoZine Basque Films Abrakam Estudio La Competencia Producciones Studio 4°C | |||
| The Breadwinner | Canada Ireland Luxembourg | Nora Twomey | Aircraft Pictures Cartoon Saloon Guru Studio Irish Film Board Jolie Pas Melusine Productions Telefilm Canada | It received ten Annie Award nominations, winning Best Independent Animated Feature and lost all categories to Coco, making it the most nominations for an adult animated film ever at the awards. | ||
| Goemon's Blood Spray | Japan | Takeshi Koike | TMS Entertainment Telecom Animation Film | |||
| Have a Nice Day | China | Liu Chan | Nezha Bros. Pictures Le-joy Animation Studio | Traditional | ||
| Mutafukaz | France Japan | Shōjirō Nishimi Guillaume "Run" Renard | Ankama Animations Studio 4 °C | |||
| Tehran Taboo | Germany Austria | Ali Soozandeh | Little Dream Entertainment Coop99 Filmproduktion Österreichischer Rundfunk | |||
| Loving Vincent | Poland United Kingdom United States | Dorota Kobiela Hugh Welchman | BreakThru Productions Trademark Films | [9] [10] | Oil-painted Rotoscoping Traditional | |
| Cinderella the Cat | Italy | Alessandro Rak Ivan Cappiello Marino Guarnieri Dario Sansone | Mad Entertainment | CGI | ||
| Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars | Japan US | Shinji Aramaki Masaru Matsumoto | Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures | Part of the Starship Troopers film series. | CGI | |
| Virus Tropical | Colombia Ecuador | Santiago Caicedo | IKKI Films | Traditional | ||
| Marcianos vs. Mexicanos | Mexico | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | Huevocartoon Producciones | 2018 | [11] [12] | |
| Batman: Gotham by Gaslight | United States | Sam Liu | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | |||
| Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | ||||||
| The Death of Superman | ||||||
| Batman Ninja | Japan US | Junpei Mizusaki | CGI | |||
| Ana y Bruno | Mexico | Carlos Carrera | Altavista Films Lo Coloco Films Ítaca Films Ánima Estudios Discreet Arts Productions | |||
| Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Spain | Salvador Simó | Sygnatia The Glow Submarine | Traditional | ||
| Isle of Dogs | United States Germany | Wes Anderson | Fox Searchlight Pictures Indian Paintbrush | Stop-motion | ||
| Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires | United Kingdom | Mike Mort | Animortal Studio | |||
| Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple | Japan | Takuya Igarashi | Bones | Traditional | ||
| Black Is Beltza | Spain | Fermín Muguruza | Setmàgic Audiovisual Talka Records and Films | |||
| Flavors of Youth | Japan China | Li Haoling Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing Yoshitaka Takeuchi | Haoliners Animation League CoMix Wave Films | |||
| Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom | Japan | Satoshi Nishimura | Studio M2 Studio VOLN | |||
| Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle | Kobun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita | Polygon Pictures Toho Animation | CGI | |||
| Godzilla: The Planet Eater | ||||||
| Ready Player One | United States | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. Pictures Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management | Live-action CGI Motion capture | ||
| Ruben Brandt, Collector | United States Hungary | Milorad Krstić | Sony Pictures Classics | Traditional | ||
| Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas | Spain | Carlos FerFer | Dream Team Concept Ladybug Films Movistar Plus+ Televisión de Galicia (TVG) RTVE | |||
| My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | Japan | Kenji Nagasaki | Bones | |||
| The Predator Holiday Special | United States | David Brooks Alex Kamer | Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (20th Century Animation) | Based on Predator by Jim and John Thomas | Stop-motion | |
| Olimpia | Mexico | José Manuel Cravioto | Pirexia Films | It is the first Mexican animated film to fully use the rotoscoping technique. [13] | Rotoscoping | |
| Another Day of Life | Poland Spain Belgium Germany Hungary | Raul de la Fuente Damian Nenow | Platige Image Kanaki Films | CGI Rotoscoping | ||
| Checkered Ninja | Denmark | Thorbjørn Christoffersen Anders Matthesen | A. Film Pop Up Production Sudoku ApS Nordisk Film LevelK | CGI | ||
| The Leaving | Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | Rotoscoping/Traditional | |||
| The Wolf House | Chile | Cristobal León | Diluvio Globo Rojo Films | Stop-motion | ||
| Justice League vs. the Fatal Five | United States | Sam Liu | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | 2019 | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional |
| Reign of the Supermen | ||||||
| Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jake Castorena | |||||
| Batman: Hush | Justin Copeland | |||||
| Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Justin Copeland Sam Liu | |||||
| Homeless | Chile Argentina | Jorge Campusano José Ignacio Navarro Santiago O'Ryan | Fábula Laurent Lunes | |||
| A Cidade dos Piratas | Brazil | Otto Guerra | Otto Desenhos Animados | |||
| One Piece Film: Stampede | Japan | Takashi Otsuka | Toei Animation Toei Company | Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda | ||
| Fujiko's Lie | Takeshi Koike | TMS Entertainment Telecom Animation Film | ||||
| White Snake | China United States | Amp Wong Zhao Ji | Light Chaser Animation Studios Warner Bros. Far East | CGI | ||
| I Lost My Body | France | Jérémy Clapin | SFXfilms Xilam Animation | Rotoscoping Traditional | ||
| The Old Man Movie | Estonia | Mikk Mägi Oskar Lehemaa | BOP Animation | Stop-motion | ||
| Cleaners | Philippines | Glenn Barit | Dambuhala Productions Point Bee Multimedia Wapak Sound Studios Quantum Films plan.c Quezon City Film Development Commission Oktopus Productions | Mixed | ||
| The Swallows of Kabul | France Switzerland Luxembourg Monaco | Zabou Breitman Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec | Les Armateurs Mélusine Productions Studio 352 Close Up Films | CGI | ||
| No.7 Cherry Lane | Hong Kong China | Yonfan | Traditional | |||
| Human Lost | Japan | Fuminori Kizaki | Polygon Pictures | CGI | ||
| My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising | Kenji Nagasaki | Bones | Traditional | |||
| On-Gaku: Our Sound | Kenji Iwaisawa | Rock 'n Roll Mountain TipTop | Rotoscoping Traditional | |||
| The Big Lez Show: Choomah Island | Australia | Jarrad Wright | Traditional |
| 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 | |||
| Trump vs the Illuminati | BC Fourteen | Ruthless Studios | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Kill It and Leave This Town | Poland | Mariusz Wilczyński | Bombonierka | |||
| 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 | ||
| Beauty Water | South Korea | Kyung-hun Cho | SS ANIMENT INC. Byungjin JEON STUDIO ANIMA | Traditional | ||
| 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 | |||
| Bright: Samurai Soul | United States Japan | Kyōhei Ishiguro | Arect | CGI 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 Motion capture 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 | ||
| Fairytale | Russia Belgium | Alexander Sokurov | Intonations | Multimedia Live-action | ||
| 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 | |||
| No Dogs or Italians Allowed | France Italy Belgium Switzerland Portugal | Alain Ughetto | Les Films du Tambour de Soie Vivement Lundi! Foliascope Graffiti Film Lux Fugit Film Umedia Nadasdy Film Ocidental Filmes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Radio Télévision Suisse | Stop-motion | ||
| El paraíso | Argentina | Fernando Sirianni Federico Breser | FS Entertainment Nomad Cine EOK Producciones McFly Studio | CGI | ||
| Black Is Beltza II: Ainhoa | Spain Argentina | Fermín Muguruza | BIB2 Ainhoa AIE Talka Records Draftoon Lagarto | Traditional | ||
| My Love Affair with Marriage | Latvia United States Luxembourg | Signe Baumane | Studio Locomotive The Marriage Project Antevita Films | Traditional/Stop-motion | ||
| 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 | |
| Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | United States | Christopher Berkeley Sam Liu | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | ||
| 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 | ||
| Justice League: Warworld | United States | Jeff Wamester | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD | Traditional | |
| Emesis Blue | Australia | Chad Payne | Fortress Films | CGI | ||
| 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 | |
| Boys Go to Jupiter | United States | Julian Glander | Glanderco | CGI | ||
| Dan Da Dan: First Encounter | Japan | Fūga Yamashiro | Science Saru | Based on Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu | Traditional/Flash/CGI | |
| Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning | South Korea | Kim Dong-chul | Locus Animation Studios | CGI | ||
| Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths | United States | Jeff Wamester | Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment | Direct-to-DVD Trilogy | Traditional | |
| 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 | |
| Mahavatar Narsimha | India | Ashwin Kumar | Kleem Productions Hombale Films (presenters only) | CGI | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass | Poland United Kingdom United States | Stephen Quay Timothy Quay | British Film Institute Telewizja Polska S.A. Koninck Studios SpK Galicia Limited IKH Pictures Production The Match Factory | Live-action/Stop-motion | ||
| 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 | ||
| Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires | United States Mexico | Juan Meza-León | Ánima Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment Chatrone Particular Crowd | 2025 | [14] | Traditional |
| Decorado | Spain Portugal | Alberto Vázquez | Abano Producións Uniko Estudio Creativo Glow Animation Sardinha Em Lata María y Arnold AIE | [15] | ||
| 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 | CGI | ||
| Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc | Japan | Tatsuya Yoshihara | MAPPA | [16] [17] | Traditional | |
| Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye | Fūga Yamashiro Abel Góngora | Science Saru | Based on Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu | Traditional/Flash/CGI | ||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle | Haruo Sotozaki | Ufotable Toho Aniplex Sony Pictures Releasing (via Crunchyroll; international) | Based on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge | Traditional/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. [18] | Traditional | |
| Lesbian Space Princess | Australia | Emma Hough Hobbs Leela Varghese | We Made A Thing Studios | |||
| Masameer Junior | Saudi Arabia | Malik Nejer | Myrkott Animation Studio | |||
| Endless Cookie | Canada | Seth Scriver Peter Scriver | Scythia Films | Hand-drawn | ||
| A Magnificent Life | France Belgium United States Luxembourg | Sylvain Chomet | What The Prod Mediawan Bidibul Productions Walking The Dog | Traditional | ||
| 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 | |||
| Zsazsa Zaturnnah vs the Amazonistas of Planet X | Philippines | Avid Liongoren | Rocketsheep Studio Ghosts City Films SC Films International | Traditional |
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Notes | Animation Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Stranding | Japan | TBA | Kojima Productions Line Mileage | [19] | 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 |
| Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw | Philippines | TBA | GMA Pictures Rocketsheep Studio | Traditional | |
| Rage Radio | Philippines | Mark Mendoza | Friendly Foes | Traditional | |
| Penelope of Sparta | France US | Jérôme Combe Silvia Martelossi | Fortiche | [20] | CGI |
| The Trap | United States | Harmony Korine | EDGLRD | Traditional | |
| Sentinel | Phil Tippett | Tippett Studio | Stop-motion | ||
| Philippines | Carl Joseph Papa | Rotoscoping | |||
| The Goon | Patrick Osborne | Netflix Animation Blur Studio | [21] | CGI | |
| The Valley | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho | 4th Creative Party CJ Entertainment | [22] |