List of animated feature films before 1940
A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | ||||||
| The Apostle El Apóstol | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | The first animated feature ever made, and in Argentina, but it is considered a lost film. | November 9, 1917 | |
| 1918 | ||||||
| Without a Trace Sin dejar rastros | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/Cutout | lost film | 1918 | |
| La República de Jauja |
Argentina | Andrés Ducaud | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film | March 8, 1918 | |
| 1926 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Germany | Lotte Reiniger | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature. | February 1926 | |
| 1931 | ||||||
| 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. | April 10, 1937 | |
| Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | United States | Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand | Traditional | Package film | May 19, 1937 | |
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben | Nazi 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 | The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. Won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | December 21, 1937 |
| 1939 | ||||||
| Gulliver's Travels | United States | Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | The first American animated film to not be made by Disney. Also first animated film made in World War II | December 22, 1939 |
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