List of animated feature films of the 1950s

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A list of animated feature films released in the 1950s.

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TitleCountryDirectorStudioAnimation techniqueNotesRelease date
1950
Cinderella United States Clyde Geronimi,
Hamilton Luske,
Wilfred Jackson 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional February 15, 1950
Always Happy
Immer wieder Glück		West Germany Ferdinand Diehl Stop motion October 1, 1950
Johnny the Giant Killer
Jeannot l'intrépide		France Jean Image Traditional December 13, 1950
Once Upon A Time
Érase una vez		Spain Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer Traditional December 18, 1950
1951
Prince Bayaya
Bajaja		Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion January 26, 1951
Alice in Wonderland United States Clyde Geronimi,
Wilfred Jackson,
Hamilton Luske 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional July 26, 1951
The Night Before Christmas
Noch pered Rozhdestvom		Soviet Union Valentina Brumberg,
Zinaida Brumberg 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional December 31, 1951
1952
The Snow Maiden
Snyegurochka		Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano,
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional February 2, 1952
The Scarlet Flower
Alenkiy tsvetochek		Soviet Union Lev Atamanov Soyuzmultfilm Traditional June 6, 1952
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
La Bergère et le Ramoneur		France Paul Grimault Traditional September 1952
The Visions of Tay-Pi  [ es; fr ]
Los Sueños de Tay-Pi		Spain José María Blay,
Franz Winterstein  [ sv ]		 Traditional December 22, 1952
1953
Peter Pan United States Clyde Geronimi,
Wilfred Jackson,
Hamilton Luske 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional February 5, 1953
Tobias Knopp – Adventure of a Bachelor  [ de ]
Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines Junggesellen		West Germany Gerhard Fieber  [ de ] Traditional February 8, 1953
The Treasure of Bird Island
Poklad Ptacího ostrova		Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion March 27, 1953
Old Czech Legends
Staré pověsti české		Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion April 8, 1953
Dangerous When Wet United States Charles Walters M-G-M Cartoons Traditional/Live Action February 5, 1953
Bonjour Paris  [ fr ]France Jean Image Traditional October 30, 1953
1954
Tsarevna the Frog
Tsarevna-Lyagushka		Soviet Union Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Soyuzmultfilm Traditional [1] [2] [3] [4] January 1, 1954
Amazon Symphony
Sinfonia Amazônica		Brazil Anelio Latini Traditional First Brazilian animated feature.January 13, 1954
The Good Soldier Schweik
Dobrý voják Švejk		Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion August 19, 1954
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy United States Michael Myerberg,
John Paul 		RKO Radio Pictures Stop motion October 10, 1954
Animal Farm United Kingdom
United States		 John Halas,
Joy Batchelor 		Halas and Batchelor Traditional First British animated featureDecember 22, 1954
1955
Lady and the Tramp United States Clyde Geronimi,
Wilfred Jackson,
Hamilton Luske 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional First animated feature to be presented in widescreen (CinemaScope)June 22, 1955
The Enchanted Boy
Zakoldovanyy malchik		Soviet Union Vladimir Polkovnikov,
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional September 16, 1955
The Enchanted Village  [ fr ]
Le Village enchanté		Canada Marcel Racicot,
Réal Racicot 		Traditional First Canadian animated featureDecember 23, 1955
1956
The Devil and Kate
Čert a Káča		Czechoslovakia Václav Bedřich Bratři v triku Traditional April 20, 1956
Invitation to the Dance United States Gene Kelly M-G-M Cartoons Traditional/Live Action May 22, 1956
The Heavenly Creation
Nebesnoe sozdanie		Soviet Union Sergey Obraztsov,
Georgiy Natanson,
Grigoriy Lomidze 		Soyuzmultfilm Stop Motion First Soviet full-length animated film made completely in stop-motion technology of animation [5] [6] October 24, 1956
Our Mr. Sun United States Frank Capra, Williams Hurtz UPA
(animation)		 Traditional/Live action First animated feature made for TVNovember 19, 1956
The Twelve Months
12 mesyatsev		Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano,
Mikhail Botov 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional December 31, 1956
1957
The Big Fun Carnival United States Marc Daniels,
Shamus Culhane,
Hans Fischerkoesen,
Dave Fleischer,
John A. Haeseler,
George Pal 		Traditional/Stop Motion A compilation film of old theatrical cartoons previously distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Originally planned as the first of twelve such features, only this first one was released.		January 20, 1957
Hemo the Magnificent United States Frank Capra Traditional/Live action March 20, 1957
The Snow Queen
Snezhnaya koroleva		Soviet Union Lev Atamanov,
Nikolay Fyodorov 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional December 31, 1957
1958
Beloved Beauty
Krasa nyenaglyadnaya		Soviet Union Vladimir Degtyaryov Soyuzmultfilm Stop motion 1958
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Vynález zkázy		Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion/Live action 1958
The Picchiatelli Italy Antonio Attanasi documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet1958
The Creation of the World  [ fr ]
La création du monde		France
Czechoslovakia		 Eduard Hofman Traditional April 4, 1958
The White Snake Enchantress
Hakuja den		Japan Taiji Yabushita,
Kazuhiko Okabe 		Toei Animation Traditional First anime feature to be in color and the first feature film produced by Toei Animation.October 22, 1958
1959
Chuang Tapestry
一幅僮锦		China Qian Jagun Shanghai Animation Film Studio Traditional First Chinese animated feature to be produced as the People's Republic of China 1959
Sleeping Beauty United States Clyde Geronimi,
Les Clark,
Eric Larson,
Wolfgang Reitherman 		Walt Disney Productions Traditional First animated feature to be presented in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, Last Disney feature to use traditional inking.January 29, 1959
Hyoutan suzume
ひょうたんすずめ		Japan Yokoyama Ryuichi Traditional February 10, 1959
I Was a Satellite of the Sun
Ya byl sputnikom Solntsa [A] 		Soviet Union Victor Morgenstern Soyuzmultfilm, Mosnauchfilm Traditional/Live action First Soviet feature film combining the traditional animation and live-actionMay 5, 1959
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sen noci svatojánské		Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion September 25, 1959
1001 Arabian Nights United States Jack Kinney Columbia Pictures
UPA 		Traditional December 1, 1959
Magic Boy
Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke		Japan Akira Daikubara,
Taiji Yabushita 		Toei Animation Traditional December 25, 1959
The Adventures of Buratino
Priklyucheniya Buratino		Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano,
Dmitriy Babichenko,
Mikhail Botov 		Soyuzmultfilm Traditional Last drawn full-length animated film which entered the period of the Soviet social realismDecember 31, 1959

Notes

  1. ↑ Я был спутником Солнца

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