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The Pebble and the Penguin
1996 American animated musical comedy film
Flow
2024 animated film by Gints Zilbalodis
Hoodwinked!
Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
Persepolis
2007 animated film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
The Brave Little Toaster
1987 American animated film
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 animated film directed by Don Bluth
Waltz with Bashir
2008 Animated documentary film directed by Ari Folman
Thumbelina
1994 American animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Anomalisa
Anomalisa is a 2015 American adult animated film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson from a screenplay by Kaufman, based on his 2005 audio play of the same name that explores the Fregoli delusion, a term Kaufman used as a pen name for himself. It incorporates elements of psychological drama, romantic comedy, and self-reflexive fiction, in a similar vein as Kaufman's film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Anomalisa follows the British middle-aged customer service expert Michael Stone (David Thewlis), who perceives everyone (Tom Noonan) as identical except for Lisa Hesselman (Jenni
The Secret of NIMH
1982 American animated film directed by Don Bluth
Barbie in the Nutcracker
2001 CGI-animated film
Rock-a-Doodle
Rock-a-Doodle is a 1991 independent animated musical comedy film produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Limited and Goldcrest Films. Loosely based on Edmond Rostand's 1910 comedy play Chantecler, Rock-a-Doodle was directed by Don Bluth and written by David N. Weiss. The film features the voices of Christopher Plummer, Phil Harris (in his final film role), Glen Campbell, Sorrell Booke, Sandy Duncan, Eddie Deezen, Ellen Greene, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Toby Scott Ganger (in his film debut).
The Secret of Kells
2009 animated fantasy film directed by Tomm Moore
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
2004 film
Barbie as Rapunzel
2002 CGI-animated film
The Last Unicorn
1982 American animated fantasy film
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 US animated film
A Troll in Central Park
1994 film by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Barbie of Swan Lake
2003 American CGI-animated film
Underdogs
Metegol (Spanish for table football; also known in English as Underdogs in the United States, The Unbeatables in the United Kingdom and sometimes as Foosball) is a 2013 animated sports comedy film co-written, produced, directed and edited by Juan J. Campanella. The film is loosely based on the short story "Memorias de un wing derecho" ("Memoirs of a Right Winger") by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa. Gaston Gorali, co-writer and producer of the film, and Eduardo Sacheri (who had previously worked with Campanella for the classic film The Secret in Their Eyes) developed the screenplay with
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992 film by Bill Kroyer
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
2005 CGI-animated film by Greg Richardson
Mavka: The Forest Song
2023 film directed by Oleh Malamuzh and Oleksandra Ruban
Watership Down
1978 British animated adventure film
Fantastic Planet
1973 animated film directed by René Laloux
Fritz the Cat
1972 animated film by Ralph Bakshi
Robot Dreams
2023 Spanish film by Pablo Berger
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
2006 CGI-animated feature film directed by Greg Richardson
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
2002 film by Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer
Babar: The Movie
1989 film by Alan Bunce
Pippi Longstocking
1997 animated musical film directed by Clive A. Smith
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989 Japanese/American animated adventure fantasy film
Barbie: Fairytopia
2005 CGI-animated film
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale
2010 CGI-animated film
Barbie: Princess Charm School
2011 CGI film
Barbie as the Island Princess
2007 CGI-animated film by Greg Richardson
Barbie and the Three Musketeers
2009 CGI-animated feature film
Surogat
Surogat (known in English as Ersatz and The Substitute) is a 1961 Yugoslavian animated comedy short film by director Dušan Vukotić, produced by Zagreb Film, then a Yugoslav film production company. The film is also known by several other names in other languages: Cyррогат, Der Ersatz, Le Succēdanē and Surrogatto.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2021 film by Dean Fleischer Camp
Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale
2010 CGI-animated film
Barbie & the Diamond Castle
2008 CGI-animated film directed by Gino Nichele
Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar
2012 CGI-animated film directed by Ezekiel Norton
Where Is Anne Frank
2021 animated film directed by Ari Folman
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
2025 animated film directed by Liane-Cho Han, Jin Kuang and Mailys Vallade
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss
2005 film by Phil Nibbelink
The Barbie Diaries
2006 CGI-animated film
The Trumpet of the Swan
2000 film directed by Richard Rich
Coonskin
1974 blaxploitation film by Ralph Bakshi
Hair Love
2019 film
The Care Bears Movie
1985 animated film directed by Arna Selznick
Babar: King of the Elephants
1998 animated film, directed by Raymond Jafelice
The Plague Dogs
1982 animated feature film directed by Martin Rosen
Felix the Cat: The Movie
1993 animated feature film directed by David Silverman
The Adventures of the American Rabbit
1986 animated film directed by Fred Wolf and Nobutaka Nishizawa
Heavy Traffic
1973 blaxploitation film by Ralph Bakshi
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow
2007 CGI film
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012 animated feature film directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 film by Harry Kloor, Daniel St. Pierre
Ringing Bell
1978 Japanese anime drama film
Animalympics
Animalympics is a 1980 American animated sports comedy television film directed by Steven Lisberger and produced by Lisberger Studios for the NBC network. Originally commissioned as two separate specials, it spoofs the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and features the voices of Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer, and Michael Fremer. The film spoofs real-life sports personalities like Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali.