A list of animated feature films released in the 1950s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | |||||||
| Cinderella | United States | ||||||
| Always Happy Immer wieder Glück | West Germany | Stop motion | |||||
| Johnny the Giant Killer Jeannot l'intrépide | France | ||||||
| Once Upon A Time Érase una vez | Spain | ||||||
| 1951 | |||||||
| Prince Bayaya Bajaja | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Alice in Wonderland | United States | ||||||
| The Night Before Christmas Noch pered Rozhdestvom | Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1952 | |||||||
| The Snow Maiden Snyegurochka | Soviet Union | ||||||
| The Scarlet Flower Alenkiy tsvetochek | Soviet Union | ||||||
| The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep La Bergère et le Ramoneur | France | ||||||
| Los Sueños de Tay-Pi | Spain | José María Blay, | |||||
| 1953 | |||||||
| Peter Pan | United States | ||||||
| Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines Junggesellen | West Germany | ||||||
| The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Dangerous When Wet | United States | Traditional animation/Live Action | |||||
| France | |||||||
| 1954 | |||||||
| Tsarevna the Frog Tsarevna-Lyagushka | Soviet Union | [1] [2] [3] [4] | |||||
| Amazon Symphony Sinfonia Amazônica | Brazil | First Brazilian animated feature. | |||||
| The Good Soldier Schweik Dobrý voják Švejk | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| United States | |||||||
| Animal Farm | United States | First British animated feature | |||||
| 1955 | |||||||
| Lady and the Tramp | United States | First animated feature to be presented in widescreen (CinemaScope) | |||||
| The Enchanted Boy Zakoldovanyy malchik | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Le Village enchanté | Canada | First Canadian animated feature | |||||
| 1956 | |||||||
| The Devil and Kate Čert a Káča | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Invitation to the Dance (film) | United States | Traditional animation/Live Action | |||||
| The Heavenly Creation Nebesnoe sozdanie | Soviet Union | First Soviet full-length animated film made completely in stop-motion technology of animation[5] [6] | |||||
| The Twelve Months 12 mesyatsev | Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1957 | |||||||
| The Big Fun Carnival | United States | 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. | |||||
| Hemo the Magnificent | United States | First animated feature made for TV | |||||
| The Snow Queen Snezhnaya koroleva | Soviet Union | ||||||
| 1958 | |||||||
| Beloved Beauty Krasa nyenaglyadnaya | Soviet Union | ||||||
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Vynález zkázy | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| The Picchiatelli | Italy | documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet | |||||
| La création du monde | France Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| The White Snake Enchantress Hakuja den | Japan | First anime feature to be in color and the first feature film produced by Toei Animation. | |||||
| 1959 | |||||||
| Chuang Tapestry 一幅僮锦 | China | First Chinese animated feature to be produced as the People's Republic of China | |||||
| Sleeping Beauty | United States | First animated feature to be presented in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, Last Disney feature to use traditional inking. | |||||
| Hyoutan suzume ひょうたんすずめ | Japan | ||||||
| I Was a Satellite of the Sun Ya byl sputnikom Solntsa | Soviet Union | First Soviet feature film combining the traditional animation and live-action | |||||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream Sen noci svatojánské | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| 1001 Arabian Nights | United States | ||||||
| Magic Boy Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke | Japan | ||||||
| The Adventures of Buratino Priklyucheniya Buratino | Soviet Union | Last drawn full-length animated film which entered the period of the Soviet social realism |