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A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
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1916 | ||||||
Creation [1] | ![]() | Pinto Colvig | The Animated Film Corporation | Traditional/Cutout | The first animated feature; Lost film | 1916 |
1917 | ||||||
El Apóstol (The Apostle) | ![]() | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film | November 9, 1917 | |
1918 | ||||||
Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace) | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film | 1918 | |
1924 | ||||||
Vida y milagros de Don Fausto (The Life and Miracles of Jiggs) | Chile | Carlos Espejo Carlos F. Borcosque | Traditional/Cutout | Possibly Lost Film; First Chilean Animated Film | September 1924 | |
1926 | ||||||
The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Germany | Lotte Reiniger | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature and the first German animated film. | September 23, 1926 | |
1931 | ||||||
Peludópolis (Peludo City) Peludópolis | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film and the first animated feature film with sound. | September 18, 1931 | |
1935 | ||||||
The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union. | March 25, 1935 |
1937 | ||||||
The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard | France | Ladislas Starevich | Stop motion | Although completed in 1930, it remained unreleased for years because of problems with the original French soundtrack. It premiered in Berlin in 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. It was also the first French animated film. | April 10, 1937 | |
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | United States | Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand | Traditional | Package film. The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. | May 19, 1937 | |
The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben | Germany | Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl | Stop motion | December 2, 1937 | ||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | United States | David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Oldest surviving American animated feature overall, and the first to use cels as its medium; the film won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | December 21, 1937(Carthay Circle Theatre) |
1939 | ||||||
The Golden Key Золотой ключик | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and it's Ptushko's last foray into animation. | July 1, 1939 |
Gulliver's Travels | United States | Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II. | December 22, 1939 |
Key: Film considered lost
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