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 | ||||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |||
Endless Cookie | Canada | Seth Scriver Peter Scriver | Scythia Films | Hand-drawn | ||
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 |
Decorado | Spain Portugal | Alberto Vázquez | Abano Producións Uniko Estudio Creativo Glow Animation Sardinha Em Lata María y Arnold AIE | [16] | Traditional |
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc | Japan | Tatsuya Yoshihara | MAPPA | [17] [18] | Traditional |
Death Stranding | 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 |
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 | United States | Patrick Osborne | Netflix Animation Blur Studio | [21] | CGI |
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 |