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page 1Animated films about orphans

The Fox and the Hound
1981 animated film directed by Art Stevens, Ted Berman and Richard Rich

Oliver & Company
1988 animated film directed by George Scribner

The Rescuers
1977 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery and Art Stevens

The Jungle Book
1967 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

Big Hero 6
2014 animated film directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams

Despicable Me
2010 film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud

Tarzan
1999 animated film directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck

Princess Mononoke
1997 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Sword in the Stone
1963 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

Lilo & Stitch
2002 animated film directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Prince of Egypt
1998 animated film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells

Meet the Robinsons
2007 animated film directed by Stephen J. Anderson

Anastasia
1997 animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

Castle in the Sky
1986 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Grave of the Fireflies
1988 anime film directed by Isao Takahata

Dinosaur
2000 animated film directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton

The Grinch (film)
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch is a 2018 American animated Christmas comedy film based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss. Produced by Illumination, it was directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. Narrated by Pharrell Williams, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch, with Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, and Angela Lansbury in supporting roles. The plot follows the Grinch, who plans to stop Whoville's Christmas celebration by stealing all the town's decorations and gifts, with his pet dog Max.

The Jungle Book 2
2003 Disney animated film directed by Steve Trenbirth
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 animated film directed by Rob Minkoff
The Lego Batman Movie
2017 animated film directed by Chris McKay

Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992 American animated film directed by Phil Roman
Ferdinand
2017 American animated film directed by Carlos Saldanha
Weathering with You
2019 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film

Peter Rabbit
2018 film directed by Will Gluck
Barnyard
2006 animated film directed by Steve Oedekerk
Elio
2025 animated film directed by Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 animated film directed by Don Bluth
When Marnie Was There
2014 anime film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

The Boxtrolls
2014 film by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021 film by Will Gluck
Ballerina
2016 film directed by Eric Summer and Éric Warin
Tarzan II
2005 animated film directed by Brian Smith
Astro Boy
2009 CGI-animated film by David Bowers

Playmobil: The Movie
2019 film directed by Lino DiSalvo

James and the Giant Peach
1996 animated film directed by Henry Selick
Ernest & Celestine
2012 animated movie
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 film by Claude Barras
Luck
2022 film directed by Peggy Holmes

The Snow Queen
2012 film by Vladlen Barbe and Maxim Sveshnikov
Earwig and the Witch
2020 anime film directed by Gorō Miyazaki

The Willoughbys
2020 film directed by Kris Pearn
Once Upon a Forest
1993 film by Charles Grosvenor
Secrets of the Furious Five
2009 film by Raman Hui
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018 Japanese animated film
We Bare Bears: The Movie
2020 American animated film
Adventures of Mowgli
1973 Soviet animated film

Wakko's Wish
1999 direct-to-video animated film
Tarzan
2013 film by Reinhard Klooss
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
2019 anime film

The Amazing Maurice
2023 computer-animated fantasy-comedy film
Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
2015 American animated film
The Magician's Elephant
2023 film by Wendy Rogers
Mickey's Orphans
1931 Mickey Mouse short directed by Burt Gillett
Barbie as the Island Princess
2007 CGI-animated film by Greg Richardson

The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King
2014 film by Aleksey Tsitsilin
Shark Bait
2006 animated film
Three Orphan Kittens
1935 film by David Hand
Tekkonkinkreet
, also known as Black & White, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Spirits. The story takes place in the fictional city of Takaramachi (Treasure Town) and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids – the tough, canny Black and the childish, innocent White, together known as the Cats – as they deal with yakuza attempting to take over Treasure Town.
The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice
2016 film by Aleksey Tsitsilin
The Little Orphan
1949 film by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna