A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | |||||||
| Creation[1] | Pinto Colvig | The Animated Film Corporation | The first animated feature; Lost film | 1916 | |||
| 1917 | |||||||
| El Apóstol (The Apostle) | Lost film | ||||||
| 1918 | |||||||
| Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace) | Argentina | ||||||
| 1924 | |||||||
| Vida y milagros de Don Fausto (The Life and Miracles of Jiggs) | Chile | Carlos EspejoCarlos F. Borcosque | Traditional/Cutout | Possibly Lost Film; First Chilean Animated Film | September 1924 | ||
| 1926 | |||||||
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Germany | The oldest surviving animated feature and the first German animated film. | |||||
| 1931 | |||||||
| Peludópolis (Peludo City) Peludópolis | Argentina | Lost film and the first animated feature film with sound. | |||||
| 1935 | |||||||
| The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер | Soviet Union | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union. | |||||
| 1937 | |||||||
| The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard | France | 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. It was also the first French animated film. | |||||
| Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | Package film. The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. | ||||||
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben | Germany | ||||||
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | United States | Oldest surviving American animated feature overall, and the first to use cels as its medium; the film won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | |||||
| 1939 | |||||||
| The Golden Key Золотой ключик | Soviet Union | Combines live-action with animation, and it's Ptushko's last foray into animation. | |||||
| Gulliver's Travels | United States | The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II. |
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