List of animated feature films of the 1940s

A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.

TitleCountryDirectorStudioAnimation techniqueNotesRelease Date
1940
PinocchioUnited StatesWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalWon 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score.
  • February 7, 1940 (1940-02-07)
FantasiaUnited StatesVariousWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/live actionFirst animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards.
  • November 13, 1940 (1940-11-13)
1941
Princess Iron Fan
Tie shan gong zhu
Republic of China (1912–1949)Wan Guchan
Wan Laiming
TraditionalFirst Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia.
  • January 1, 1941 (1941-01-01)
The Reluctant DragonUnited StatesAlfred Werker (live action)
Hamilton Luske (animation)
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film/Documentary
  • June 21, 1941 (1941-06-21)
DumboUnited StatesBen SharpsteenWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional
  • October 23, 1941 (1941-10-23) (New York City)
  • October 31, 1941 (1941-10-31)
Mr. Bug Goes to TownUnited StatesDave Fleischer
Shamus Culhane
Fleischer StudiosTraditionalLast animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching The United States into World War II.
  • December 5, 1941 (1941-12-05)
1942
15.000 DibujosChileJaime EscuderoTraditionalLost film, First animated feature to be made in Chile.
  • 1942 (1942)
BambiUnited StatesDavid HandWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional
  • August 9, 1942 (1942-08-09) (London)
  • August 13, 1942 (1942-08-13) (New York City)
  • August 21, 1942 (1942-08-21) (U.S.)
Saludos AmigosUnited StatesNorman Ferguson
Wilfred Jackson
Jack Kinney
Hamilton Luske
William Roberts
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film
  • August 24, 1942 (1942-08-24) (Rio de Janeiro)
  • February 6, 1943 (1943-02-06) (Boston)
  • February 19, 1943 (1943-02-19) (U.S.)
1943
Victory Through Air PowerUnited StatesWalt Disney ProductionsTraditionalDocumentary
  • July 17, 1943 (1943-07-17)
1944
The Three CaballerosUnited StatesNorman FergusonWalt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film
  • December 21, 1944 (1944-12-21) (Mexico City)
  • February 3, 1945 (1945-02-03) (U.S.)
1945
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors
Momotarō Umi no Shinpei
JapanMitsuyo SeoShōchiku Dōga KenkyūjoTraditionalFirst Japanese animated feature.
  • April 12, 1945 (1945-04-12)
Garbancito de la ManchaSpainArturo MorenoBalet y BlayTraditionalFirst Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States.
  • November 23, 1945 (1945-11-23)
Handling ShipsUnited KingdomAlan Crick
John Halas
Stop motionInstructional film, and the first British animated feature.
  • 1945 (1945)
The Lost Letter
Propavshaya gramota
Soviet UnionLamis Bredis
Zinaida Brumberg
Valentina Brumberg
SoyuzmultfilmTraditionalFirst traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio
  • 1945 (1945)
1946
Make Mine MusicUnited StatesJack Kinney
Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske
Joshua Meador
Robert Cormack
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditionalPackage Film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II.
  • April 20, 1946 (1946-04-20) (New York City)
  • August 15, 1946 (1946-08-15)
Song of the SouthUnited StatesHarve Foster
Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage Film
  • November 12, 1946 (1946-11-12) (Atlanta)
  • November 20, 1946 (1946-11-20)
The Tinderbox
Fyrtøjet
DenmarkSvend MethlingDansk Farve- og TegnefilmTraditionalFirst Danish animated feature.
  • May 16, 1946 (May 16, 1946)
1947
The Humpbacked Horse
Konyok-Gorbunok
Soviet UnionIvan Ivanov-VanoSoyuzmultfilmTraditional
  • January 10, 1947 (1947-01-10)
The Crab with the Golden Claws
Le crabe aux pinces d'or
BelgiumClaude MisonneStop motionFirst Belgian animated feature.
  • January 11, 1947 (1947-01-11)
Fun and Fancy FreeUnited StatesJack Kinney (animation)
Bill Roberts (animation)
Hamilton Luske (animation)
William Morgan </large>(live-action)</large>
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film
  • September 27, 1947 (1947-09-27)
The Czech Year
Spalicek
CzechoslovakiaJiří TrnkaStop motionFirst Czech animated feature.
  • December 13,1947 (December 13,1947)
1948
Melody TimeUnited StatesJack Kinney
Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske
Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditional/Live actionPackage film
  • May 27, 1948 (1948-05-27)
Alegres vacacionesSpainJosé María Blay
Guido Leoni
Arturo Moreno
Traditional
  • December 27, 1948 (1948-12-27)
Water for Fire FightingUnited KingdomAlan Crick
John Halas
Stop motionInstructional film
  • 1948 (1948)
1949
The Emperor's Nightingale
Cisaruv slavík
CzechoslovakiaJiří Trnka
Miloš Makovec
Stop motion/Live action
  • April 15, 1949 (1949-04-15)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadUnited StatesJack Kinney
Clyde Geronimi
James Algar
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditionalPackage film
  • October 5, 1949 (1949-10-05)
The Singing Princess
La Rosa di Bagdad
ItalyAnton Gino DomenighiniTraditional
  • December 22, 1949 (1949-12-22)
Aventuras de EsparadrapoSpainÁngel de EcheniqueStop motion
  • December 26, 1949 (1949-12-26)
Alice in WonderlandFranceDallas BowerStop motion/Live action
  • 1949 (1949)
I Fratelli DinamiteItalyNino PagotTraditional
  • 1949 (1949)
Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines JunggesellenWest GermanyGerhard FieberTraditional
  • 1949 (1949)
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