List of animated feature films before 1940

A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.

TitleCountryDirectorStudioAnimation techniqueNotesRelease Date
1917
El Apóstol (The Apostle)
ArgentinaQuirino CristianiTraditional/CutoutThe first animated feature ever made; considered lost.November 9, 1917 (1917-11-09)
1918
Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace)
ArgentinaQuirino CristianiTraditional/Cutoutlost film1918 (1918)
Abajo la careta o La República de Jauja (Down with the Mask or The Republic of Plenty)
Argentina Andrés Ducaud Traditional/Cutout lost film March 8, 1918
La Carmen Criolla o Una noche de gala en el Colón (Creole Carmen or Gala Night at the Colón Theatre)
Argentina Andrés Ducaud Stop motion lost film 1918
1926
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
GermanyLotte ReinigerSilhouetteThe oldest surviving animated feature.February 1926 (1926-02)
1931
Peludópolis (Peludo City)
Peludópolis
ArgentinaQuirino CristianiTraditional/Cutoutlost film and the first animated feature film with soundSeptember 18, 1931 (1931-09-18)
1935
The New Gulliver
Новый Гулливер
Soviet UnionAleksandr PtushkoMosfilmStop motion/Live actionCombines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union.March 25, 1935 (1935-03-25)
1937
The Tale of the Fox
Le Roman de Renard
FranceLadislas StarevichStop motionAlthough 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 (1937-04-10)
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney CartoonsUnited StatesBurt Gillett
Wilfred Jackson
David Hand
TraditionalPackage filmMay 19, 1937 (1937-05-19)
The Seven Ravens
Die sieben Raben
Nazi GermanyFerdinand Diehl
Hermann Diehl
Stop motionDecember 2, 1937 (1937-12-02)
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsUnited StatesDavid Hand
William Cottrell
Wilfred Jackson
Larry Morey
Perce Pearce
Ben Sharpsteen
Walt Disney ProductionsTraditionalThe first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. Won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature.December 21, 1937 (1937-12-21)
1939
The Golden Key
Золотой ключик
Soviet UnionAleksandr PtushkoMosfilmStop motion/Live actionCombines live-action with animation, and it's Ptushko's last foray into animation.July 1, 1939 (1939-07-01)
Gulliver's TravelsUnited StatesDave FleischerFleischer StudiosTraditionalThe first American Technicolor animated feature film to not be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War IIDecember 22, 1939 (1939-12-22)
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