List of animated feature films of the 1950s

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

Title Country Director Studio Animation technique Notes Release date
1950
Cinderella United States Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton Luske
Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney Productions Traditional
  • February 15, 1950 (1950-02-15) (Boston)
  • March 4, 1950 (1950-03-04)
Érase una vez Spain Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer Traditional
Immer wieder Glück West Germany Ferdinand Diehl Stop motion
Johnny the Giant Killer
Jeannot l'intrépide
France Jean Image Traditional
  • December 13, 1950 (1950-12-13)
1951
Alice in Wonderland United States Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Walt Disney Productions Traditional
  • July 26, 1951 (1951-07-26) (London)
  • July 28, 1951 (1951-07-28)
Amazon Symphony
Sinfonia Amazônica
Brazil Anelio Latini Traditional First Brazilian animated feature.
  • January 13, 1954 (1954-01-13)
The Night Before Christmas
Noch pered Rozhdestvom
Soviet Union Valentina Brumberg
Zinaida Brumberg
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
Prince Bayaya
Bajaja
Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion
  • January 26, 1951 (1951-01-26)
1952
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
La Bergère et le Ramoneur
France Paul Grimault Traditional
  • 1952 (1952)
The Scarlet Flower
Alenkiy tsvetochek
Soviet Union Lev Atamanov Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
The Snow Maiden
Snyegurochka
Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
The Visions of Tay-Pi
Los Sueños de Tay-Pi
Spain José María Blay
Franz Winterstein
Traditional
  • December 22, 1952 (1952-12-22)
1953
Bonjour Paris! France Jean Image Traditional
Old Czech Legends
Staré pověsti české
Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion
  • April 8, 1953 (1953-04-08)
Peter Pan United States Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Walt Disney Productions Traditional
  • February 5, 1953 (1953-02-05)
The Treasure of Bird Island
Poklad Ptacího ostrova
Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion
  • March 27, 1953 (1953-03-27)
1954
Animal Farm United Kingdom John Halas
Joy Batchelor
Halas and Batchelor Traditional
  • December 22, 1954 (1954-12-22) (New York City)
  • January 7, 1955 (1955-01-07) (London)
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy United States Michael Myerberg
John Paul
RKO Radio Pictures Stop motion
  • October 10, 1954 (1954-10-10)
Tsarevna the Frog
Tsarevna-Lyagushka
Soviet Union Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Soyuzmultfilm Traditional [1][2][3][4]
1955
The Devil and Kate
Čert a Káča
Czechoslovakia Václav Bedřich Bratři v triku Traditional
The Enchanted Boy
Zakoldovanyy malchik
Soviet Union Vladimir Polkovnikov
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
The Good Soldier Schweik
Dobrý voják Švejk
Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion
Lady and the Tramp United States Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Walt Disney Productions Traditional First animated feature to be in widescreen (CinemaScope)
  • June 22, 1955 (1955-06-22)
1956
The Enchanted Village
Le Village enchanté
Canada Marcel Racicot
Réal Racicot
Traditional
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]
The Twelve Months
12 mesyatsev
Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Mikhail Botov
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
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.
The Creation of the World
La création du monde
France Czechoslovakia Eduard Hofman Traditional
Hemo the Magnificent United States Frank Capra Traditional/Live action First animated feature made for TV
  • March 20, 1957 (1957-03-20)
The Snow Queen
Snezhnaya koroleva
Soviet Union Lev Atamanov
Nikolay Fyodorov
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional
1958
Beloved Beauty
Krasa nyenaglyadnaya
Soviet Union Vladimir Degtyaryov Soyuzmultfilm Stop motion
A Deadly Invention
Vynález zkázy
Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion/Live action
I Picchiatelli Italy Antonio Attanasi documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet
The Tale of the White Serpent
Hakuja den
Japan Taiji Yabushita
Kazuhiko Okabe
Toei Animation Traditional First anime feature to be in color
  • October 22, 1958 (1958-10-22)
1959
1001 Arabian Nights United States Jack Kinney Columbia Pictures
UPA
Traditional
  • December 1, 1959 (1959-12-01)
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 realism
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
Hyoutan suzume
ひょうたんすずめ
Japan Yokoyama Ryuichi Traditional
I Was a Satellite of the Sun
Ya byl sputnicom Solntsa
Soviet Union Victor Morgenstern Soyuzmultfilm, Mosnauchfilm Traditional/Live action First Soviet feature film combining the traditional animation and live-action
Magic Boy
Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke
Japan Akira Daikubara
Taiji Yabushita
Toei Animation Traditional
  • December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sen noci svatojánské
Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion
  • September 25, 1959 (1959-09-25)
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 (1959-01-29)

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