A list of animated feature films released in the 1960s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Type | Notes | Release date | Duration | |
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| Alakazam the Great | Japan | Daisaku Shirakawa Taiji Yabushita | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | The first animated feature release from American International Pictures, and the second anime feature film to have a theatrical release in the United States. | August 14, 1960 | 88 minutes | |
| Donald Duck and his Companions | United States | Jack Cutting Jack King Dick Lundy | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States. | March 1, 1960 | 80 minutes | |
| It Was I Who Drew the Little Man | Soviet Union | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg Valentin Lalayants | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | 56 minutes | |||
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| Chipollino | Soviet Union | Boris Dyozhkin | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | [1] [2] [3] [4] | June 28, 1961 | 40 minutes | |
| The Coyote's Lament | United States | Charles Nichols | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Television film Compilation film Live-action animated film | Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 18 of the anthology television series Walt Disney Presents. | March 5, 1961 | 60 minutes | |
| The Hunting Instinct | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Television film Compilation film | Originally aired as Season 8, Episode 5 of the anthology television series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color; later released theatrically overseas in 1962 (United Kingdom, France), 1963 (Italy, Mexico, Finland) and 1965 (Japan) with edited and expanded content. | October 22, 1961 | 60 minutes | |
| The Key | Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | 57 minutes | |||
| The Life of Buddha | Japan | Noburō Ōfuji | Traditional | November 1, 1961 | 72 minutes | ||||
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | United States | Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | First animated feature to use the Xerography process, which replaces hand-inking. | January 25, 1961 | 79 minutes | |
| The Orphan Brother | Japan | Taiji Yabushita | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 19, 1961 | 83 minutes | ||
| The Strange History of the Citizens of Shilda | East Germany | Johannes Hempel | DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme | Stop motion | First animated feature to be made in East Germany. | December 8, 1961 | 73 minutes | ||
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| Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad | Japan | Theatrical | June 16, 1962 | 81 minutes | |||||
| The Bath | Soviet Union | Theatrical | [5] [6] | August 14, 1962 | 53 minutes | ||||
| Gay Purr-ee | United States | Theatrical | UPA's second and final feature film. | December 17, 1962 | 85 minutes | ||||
| Heaven and Earth Magic | United States | January 1, 1962 | 66 minutes | ||||||
| Joseph and the Dreamer | Israel | Alina Gross Yoram Gross | Stop motion | First animated feature to be made in Israel. | 60 minutes | ||||
| Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | United States | Abe Levitow | UPA | Traditional | Television special | December 18, 1962 | 53 minutes | ||
| Otogi's Voyage Around the World | Japan | Ryuichi Yokoyama | Traditional | Theatrical | August 25, 1962 | 76 minutes | |||
| The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea | Denmark | Bent Christensen Poul Ilsøe | Theatrical Anthology film | November 23, 1962 | 49 minutes | ||||
| The Wild Swans | Soviet Union | Vera Tsekhanovskaya Mikhail Tsekhanovsky | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | The first Soviet full-length animated film released in widescreen. | 1962 | 60 minutes | |
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| Comahue | Argentina | January 1, 1963 | 61 minutes | ||||||
| Doggie March | Japan | Daisaku Shirakawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | December 21, 1963 | 82 minutes | ||
| The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon | Japan | Yūgo Serikawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 24, 1963 | 86 minutes | ||
| The Peackcock Princess | China | Jun Xi | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Stop motion | 63 minutes | ||||
| The Sword in the Stone | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | December 25, 1963 | 79 minutes | ||
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| Attention! The Magician is in the City! | Soviet Union | [7] [8] | August 27, 1964 | 55 minutes | |||||
| The Big Wick | Soviet Union | [9] | April 28, 1964 | 68 minutes | |||||
| Havoc in Heaven | China | Wan Laiming | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | Theatrical | 114 minutes | |||
| The Heroic Sisters from the Grassland | China | Theatrical | |||||||
| Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | United States | Theatrical | The first feature film by Hanna-Barbera and the first feature that is based on the animated television series. | June 3, 1964 | 89 minutes | ||||
| The Incredible Mr. Limpet | United States | March 28, 1964 | 99 minutes | ||||||
| Is There Intelligent Life on Earth? | John Halas (animation) Ralph Alswang (stage play) | Theatrical | |||||||
| Lefty | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano Vladimir Danilevich | Soyuzmultfilm | Cutout | Theatrical | First Soviet full-length animated film in equipment of cutout. | c42 minutes | ||
| Mary Poppins | United States | Robert Stevenson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | August 27, 1964 | 139 minutes | ||
| Mighty Atom: The Brave in Space | Japan | Rintaro Yoshitake Suzuki Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film | Film compiled from episodes 46 ("The Robot Spaceship"), 56 ("Earth Defense Army") and 71 ("The Last Day of Earth") of the animated television series that ran from January 1, 1963, until December 31, 1966, for a total of 193 episodes. | July 26, 1964 | 87 minutes | |
| Of Stars and Men | United States | Theatrical | April 28, 1964 | 53 minutes | |||||
| Return to Oz | United States | Rankin/Bass Crawley Films | February 9, 1964 | 51 minutes | |||||
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | United States Canada Japan | December 6, 1964 | 55 minutes | ||||||
| | Japan | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1964 | 55 minutes | |||
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| Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs | Belgium | 1965 | 90 minutes | ||||||
| Donald Duck Goes West | United States | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until July 30, 1980. | November 23, 1965 | 57 minutes | |||||
| Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon | Japan | Masao Kuroda Sanae Yamamoto | Toei Animation | Traditional | March 20, 1965 | 80 minutes | |||
| The Man from Button Willow | United States | Theatrical | April 3, 1965 | 81 minutes | |||||
| Pinocchio in Outer Space | Belgium United States | Theatrical | December 22, 1965 | 71 minutes | |||||
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| | Japan | January 1, 1965 | |||||||
| Treasure Island Revisited | Japan | Osamu Tezuka | Mushi Production | Traditional | Television special | First anime television special; originally produced as an installment of the aborted animated anthology series Mushi Pro Land. | January 3, 1965 | 52 minutes | |
| West and Soda | Italy | Theatrical | October 1, 1965 | 86 minutes | |||||
| Willy McBean and His Magic Machine | United States Canada Japan | Theatrical | June 23, 1965 | 94 minutes | |||||
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| Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | United States | March 30, 1966 | 49 minutes | ||||||
| Alice of Wonderland in Paris | United States Czechoslovakia | February 5, 1966 | 52 minutes | ||||||
| The Ballad of Smokey the Bear | United States Japan | Rankin/Bass MOM Production | November 24, 1966 | 60 minutes | |||||
| Cyborg 009 | Japan | Theatrical | July 21, 1966 | 65 minutes | |||||
| The Daydreamer | United States Japan | Videocraft International MOM Production | June 1, 1966 | 101 minutes | |||||
| The Dream Wizard | Spain | Estudios Macián | Theatrical | Featuring the Family Telerín, | December 16, 1966 | 70 minutes | |||
| Filippo the Cat: License to Record | Italy | Studio D.V.3 Telecinema 21 | Theatrical | December 23, 1966 | 76 minutes | ||||
| Go There, Don't Know Where | Soviet Union | Theatrical | First full-length animated film combining the stop-motion and cutout animation. | January 1, 1966 | 52 minutes | ||||
| Jungle Emperor Leo | Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical | Alternate retelling of the plot of the animated television series Kimba the White Lion, compiling the first two minutes of the first episode ("Go, Child of Panja") with the remaining 73 minutes of original material. | July 31, 1966 | 75 minutes | |
| King of the World: The King Kong Show | Japan | Pilot of the animated television series The King Kong Show (1966–1969) dubbed into Japanese. | December 31, 1966 | 56 minutes | |||||
| The Man Called Flintstone | United States | Theatrical | The second feature by Hanna-Barbera. | August 3, 1966 | 88 minutes | ||||
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| Asterix the Gaul | France Belgium | Belvision Studios Dargaud Films Les Productions René Goscinny Athos Films Ciné Vog Films | Theatrical | First installment in the Asterix film series; Plot adapted from volume 1 of the comic book series. | December 20, 1967 | 68 minutes | |||
| Band of Ninja | Japan | Oshima Productions Sozosha Art Theatre Guild | February 15, 1967 | 123 minutes | |||||
| Cricket on the Hearth | United States Japan | December 18, 1967 | 49 minutes | ||||||
| Cyborg 009: Monster Wars | Japan | Theatrical | March 19, 1967 | 60 minutes | |||||
| The Halas & Batchelor Ruddigore | United Kingdom | Theatrical | 54 minutes | ||||||
| Heungbu and Nolbu | South Korea | Kang Tae-woong | Eunyoung Film Co., Ltd. | Theatrical | July 30, 1967 | 67 minutes | |||
| Hopi and Chadol Bawi | South Korea | Daeyeong Donghwa Film Studio Joint Film Co., Ltd. Kukdong Film Co., Ltd. | Theatrical | August 15, 1967 | 70 minutes | ||||
| Jack and the Beanstalk | United States | February 26, 1967 | 51 minutes | ||||||
| Jack and the Witch | Japan | Theatrical | The tenth Toei Animation feature film overall. | March 19, 1967 | 80 minutes | ||||
| The Jungle Book | United States | Theatrical | The film was the last Disney animated feature film to be produced by Walt Disney due to his death in 1966. | October 18, 1967 | 78 minutes | ||||
| The Madcap Island | Japan | Theatrical | July 21, 1967 | ||||||
| Mad Monster Party? | United States Japan | Videocraft International MOM Production | Theatrical | March 8, 1967 | 95 minutes | ||||
| Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre | France | Theatrical | 80 minutes | ||||||
| The Stolen Airship | Czechoslovakia | Theatrical | April 28, 1967 | 88 minutes | |||||
| A Story of Hong Gil-dong | South Korea | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Theatrical | First Korean animated feature. | January 21, 1967 | 70 minutes | |||
| The Wacky World of Mother Goose | United States Japan | Theatrical | The first animated theatrical feature from Rankin/Bass. | September 27, 1967 | 81 minutes | ||||
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| Adam 2 | West Germany | Jan Lenica | Film Boris von Borrisholm Lux-Film | Cutout | Theatrical | 79 minutes | |||
| Asterix and Cleopatra | Belgium France | Theatrical | Second installment in the Asterix film series; Plot adapted from volume 6 of the comic book series. | December 19, 1968 | 72 minutes | ||||
| The Golden Iron Man | South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Theatrical | July 25, 1968 | 90 minutes | |||
| The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun | Japan | Theatrical | First anime feature directed by Isao Takahata. | July 21, 1968 | 82 minutes | ||||
| The Magic Bird | Italy | Roberto Gavioli | Theatrical | December 23, 1968 | 88 minutes | ||||
| The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show | United States | William Beaudine Ward Kimball | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Television film Compilation film Live-action animated film | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally first aired as the 11th episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on its fifteenth season, and later released theatrically for overseas markets. | December 22, 1968 | 84 minutes | |
| The Mouse on the Mayflower | United States Japan | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass | Rankin/Bass Toei Animation | Traditional | Television special | 45 minutes | |||
| Out of an Old Man's Head | Sweden | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | First Swedish animated feature. | 77 minutes | ||||
| Sun Wukong | South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | January 1, 1968 | 67 minutes | ||
| The SuperVips | Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Traditional | Theatrical | October 31, 1968 | 82 minutes | |||
| Tobimaru and the Nine-tailed Fox | Japan | Shinichi Yagi | Traditional | Theatrical | October 19, 1968 | ||||
| The World of Hans Christian Andersen | Japan | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 19, 1968 | 80 minutes | ||
| Yellow Submarine | United Kingdom | George Dunning Dennis Abey | Apple Films King Features Syndicate | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | July 17, 1968 | 90 minutes | ||
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| The Animals' Conference | West Germany | Curt Linda | Linda Film Gloria Film Distribution | Traditional | Theatrical | December 18, 1969 | 93 minutes | ||
| A Boy Named Charlie Brown | United States | Lee Mendelson Bill Melendez Charles M. Schulz | United Feature Syndicate Mendelson/Melendez Productions Cinema Center Films National General Pictures | Traditional | Theatrical | First feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by National General Pictures. | December 4, 1969 | 79 minutes | |
| A Christmas Carol | Australia United States | Zoran Janjic | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | First Australian animated feature and the first American collaboration with another nation for an animated feature; later originally aired on December 13, 1970 as the third installment of the CBS anthology television series Famous Classic Tales (1970-1984). | November 20, 1969 | 45 minutes | |
| Flying Phantom Ship | Japan | Hiroshi Ikeda | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | First anime feature film dubbed into Russian and released to theaters in the Soviet Union. | July 20, 1969 | 60 minutes | |
| General Hong Gil-dong | South Korea | Yongyusu | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1969 | 72 minutes | ||
| Mort & Phil's First Festival | Spain | Rafael Vara | Estudios Vara Antonio Salado Crespo | Traditional | Theatrical | First compilation film of the Spanish animated short film series Mortadelo y Filemón (1966-1971), that ran for 23 6-minute installments and was based on the comic strip of the same title by Francisco Ibáñez. | 74 minutes | ||
| Mystery-Bouffe | Soviet Union | David Cherkasskiy | Kievnauchfilm | Live action/Cutout/Traditional | Theatrical Live-action animated film | First feature film combining at once three forms of pictorialism at cinema: cutout and traditional animation, and also live action.[10] [11] | 60 minutes | ||
| The Nonexistent Knight | Italy | Pino Zac | Traditional/Live-action Cutout/Stop motion | Theatrical | December 30, 1969 | 97 minutes | |||
| A Thousand and One Nights | Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto Osamu Tezuka | Mushi Production | Traditional | Theatrical | First film in the anthology film series Animerama. | June 14, 1969 | 128 minutes | |
| Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya | Japan | Leo Nishimura | Leo Production | Traditional | Theatrical | First animated film to receive the R-18 in Japan. | October 29, 1969 | 70 minutes | |
| Star of the Giants: The Bloody Finals | Japan | TMS Entertainment | Traditional | Theatrical | Film compiled from episodes 1 ("Mezase Eikou no Hoshi") and 33 ("Koushien no V Sign") of the anime television series, which aired from March 30, 1968, until September 18, 1971, for a total of 182 episodes. | July 26, 1969 | 90 minutes | ||
| Star of the Giants: Go Go Hyūma | Japan | TMS Entertainment | Traditional | Theatrical | Film compiled from episodes 38 ("Namida no Sutoraiku") and 52 ("Eikou no Sebangou 16") of the anime television series, which aired from March 30, 1968, until September 18, 1971, for a total of 182 episodes. | December 20, 1969 | 70 minutes | ||
| Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built | Japan | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production | Traditional | Television special | February 2, 1969 | |||
| Tintin and the Temple of the Sun | France Belgium Switzerland | Eddie Lateste | Belvision Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | First Swiss animated feature. | December 13, 1969 | 77 minutes | |
| Treasure Island | South Korea | Park Young-il | Segi Trading Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | January 1, 1969 | |||
| The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots | Japan | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | The title character eventually became the official mascot and logo for the Toei Animation studio. | March 18, 1969 | 82 minutes | |