List of children's animated films explained

This is a list of animated films aimed primarily at children. The films are designed to hold children's attention and often have an educational dimension, particularly around cultural values.^[1]

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Pre-1940

• The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
• The New Gulliver (1935)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• The Tale of the Fox (1937)
• Gulliver's Travels (1939)

1940s

1940

• Pinocchio

1941

• Dumbo
• Mr. Bug Goes to Town

1942

• Bambi
• Saludos Amigos

1946

• Song of the South

1947

• Fun and Fancy Free

1948

• So Dear to My Heart

1950s

1950

• Cinderella

1951

• Alice in Wonderland
• Amazon Symphony

1953

• Peter Pan

1955

• Lady and the Tramp

1957

• The Snow Queen

1958

• Panda and the Magic Serpent

1959

• 1001 Arabian Nights
• Magic Boy
• Sleeping Beauty

1960s

1960

• Alakazam the Great

1961

• One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1962

• Gay Purr-ee

1963

• The Sword in the Stone

1964

• Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

1965

• Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
• The Man from Button Willow
• Willy McBean and His Magic Machine

1966

• The Daydreamer
• The Man Called Flintstone

1967

• Jack and the Beanstalk
• The Jungle Book
• The Wacky World of Mother Goose

1968

• Asterix and Cleopatra
• The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
• The World of Hans Christian Andersen

1969

• A Boy Named Charlie Brown
• Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
• The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

1970s

1970

• Aladdin and His Magic Lamp
• The Aristocats
• The Phantom Tollbooth
• Santa and the Three Bears

1971

• A Christmas Carol
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail

1972

• Oliver and the Artful Dodger
• Snoopy Come Home

1973

• Charlotte's Web
• Robin Hood

1974

• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Journey Back to Oz
• Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

1975

• Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid
• Tubby the Tuba

1976

• The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

1977

• Dot and the Kangaroo
• The Hobbit
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Pete's Dragon
• Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
• The Rescuers

1978

• Ringing Bell
• The Water Babies

1979

• The Adventure of Sudsakorn
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
• Scooby Goes Hollywood

1980s

1980

• Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
• The King and the Mockingbird
• The Return of the King: A Story of the Hobbits
• Yogi's First Christmas

1981

• The Fox and the Hound
• The Little Fox
• The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
• The Mystery of the Third Planet
• Swan Lake
• Unico

1982

• Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
• The Flight of Dragons
• Heidi's Song
• The Last Unicorn
• Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
• The Secret of NIMH
• The Wizard of Oz (anime version)

1983

• Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
• Dot and the Bunny
• Twice Upon a Time
• Where the Toys Come From

1984

• Gallavants
• The Old Curiosity Shop
• Samson & Sally
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan

1985

• The Adventures of Mark Twain
• Asterix Versus Caesar
• The Black Cauldron
• The Care Bears Movie
• He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
• Here Come the Littles
• The Pickwick Papers
• Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
• Star Fairies

1986

• The Adventures of the American Rabbit
• The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
• An American Tail
• Castle in the Sky
• The Great Mouse Detective
• My Little Pony: The Movie
• Valhalla

1987

• The Brave Little Toaster
• The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
• The Chipmunk Adventure
• The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
• The Puppetoon Movie
• Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
• Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
• Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
• Yogi's Great Escape

1988

• Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
• Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
• David and the Magic Pearl
• The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
• The Land Before Time
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Oliver & Company
• Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
• Rockin' with Judy Jetson
• Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
• Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
• Willy the Sparrow
• Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears

1989

• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Asterix and the Big Fight
• The BFG
• Granpa
• The Little Mermaid

1990s

1990

• The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
• The Nutcracker Prince
• Peter in Magicland
• The Rescuers Down Under

1991

• Beauty and the Beast
• The Princess and the Goblin
• Rock-a-Doodle
• The Seventh Brother

1992

• Aladdin
• Beauty and the Beast
• Blinky Bill
• The Boy and the King
• Freddie as F.R.O.7
• Porco Rosso
• Split Infinity
• The Three Musketeers

1993

• Happily Ever After
• Once Upon a Forest
• Sinbad
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
• Wind Dancer

1994

• Asterix Conquers America
• Cinderella
• The Lion King
• The Pagemaster
• Pocahontas
• Pom Poko
• The Return of Jafar
• Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights
• The Swan Princess
• Thumbelina
• A Troll in Central Park

1995

• Balto
• Catnapped!
• A Goofy Movie
• Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects
• Little Red Riding Hood
• The Pebble and the Penguin
• Pocahontas
• The Tale of Tillie's Dragon
• Toy Story
• The Wind in the Willows

1996

• Aladdin and the King of Thieves
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
• How the Toys Saved Christmas
• James and the Giant Peach
• Space Jam

1997

• Anastasia
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
• Cats Don't Dance
• A Christmas Carol
• The Fearless Four
• Hercules
• Pippi Longstocking

1998

• An All Dogs Christmas Carol
• Antz
• The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
• A Bug's Life
• The First Snow of Winter
• The Mighty Kong
• Mulan
• The Prince of Egypt
• Quest for Camelot
• The Rugrats Movie
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

1999

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
• Bartok the Magnificent
• Belle's Tales of Friendship
• Doug's 1st Movie
• Faeries (1999 film)
• The Iron Giant
• The King and I
• The Nuttiest Nutcracker
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
• Stuart Little
• Tarzan
• Toy Story 2
• Wakko's Wish
• Yu-Gi-Oh!

2000s

2000

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
• Blue's Big Musical Movie
• Casper's Haunted Christmas
• Chicken Run
• The Emperor's New Groove
• An Extremely Goofy Movie
• Franklin and the Green Knight
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• Help! I'm a Fish
• The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
• Monster Mash
• The Road to El Dorado
• The Scarecrow
• Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
• The Tangerine Bear
• The Tigger Movie
• Titan A.E.
• Tom Sawyer
• Tweety's High Flying Adventure

2001

• Barbie in the Nutcracker
• Franklin's Magic Christmas
• The Happy Cricket
• The Little Bear Movie
• Monsters, Inc.
• My Life as McDull
• Osmosis Jones
• Pokémon 4Ever
• Rugrats: All Growed Up
• Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
• Shrek
• Spirited Away
• The Trumpet of the Swan

2002

• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
• The Archies in JugMan
• Barbie as Rapunzel
• The Cat Returns
• Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control
• Dibu 3
• Groove Squad
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
• Ice Age
• Lilo & Stitch
• Pokémon Heroes
• The Powerpuff Girls Movie
• The Princess and the Pea
• Return to Never Land
• Stuart Little 2
• Tarzan & Jane
• Treasure Planet
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2003

• Barbie of Swan Lake
• Brother Bear
• Caillou's Holiday Movie
• Captain Sabertooth
• Finding Nemo
• Hot Wheels World Race
• The Jungle Book 2
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
• Piglet's Big Movie
• Rugrats Go Wild
• Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
• Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
• Stitch! The Movie

2004

• Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
• Clifford's Really Big Movie
• Home on the Range
• Howl's Moving Castle
• The Incredibles
• In Search of Santa
• The Lion King 1½
• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
• Mulan II
• Pinocchio 3000
• Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
• Shark Tale
• Shrek 2
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Spookley the Square Pumpkin
• Teacher's Pet

2005

• Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
• Arashi no Yoru ni
• Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
• The Batman vs. Dracula
• The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie
• Chicken Little
• Digital Monster X-Evolution
• Empress Chung
• The Golden Blaze
• The Happy Elf
• Hoodwinked!
• Hot Wheels AcceleRacers
• Madagascar
• The Magic Roundabout
• My Scene Goes Hollywood
• Once Upon a Halloween
• Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
• Pooh's Heffalump Movie
• The Proud Family Movie
• Robots
• School's Out!: The Musical
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
• Tarzan II
• Valiant

2006

• The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
• The Ant Bully
• Arthur and the Invisibles
• Azur and Asmar
• Bambi II
• The Barbie Diaries
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
• Barnyard
• The Blue Elephant
• Bratz Genie Magic
• Brother Bear 2
• Cars
• Casper's Scare School
• A Christmas Carol
• Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: Z.E.R.O
• Curious George
• Everyone's Hero
• Flushed Away
• The Fox and the Hound 2
• Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure
• Happy Feet
• The Legend of Sasquatch
• Leroy & Stitch
• Lotte from Gadgetville
• Monster House
• A Movie of Eggs
• Open Season
• Over the Hedge
• Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
• PollyWorld
• Re-Animated
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
• Shark Bait
• Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
• The Thief Lord
• The Ugly Duckling and Me!
• The Wild

2007

• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Barbie as the Island Princess
• Brichos
• Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
• Christmas Is Here Again
• Donkey Xote
• Enchanted
• Fairly OddBaby
• Garfield Gets Real
• The Great Discovery
• Happily N'Ever After
• Meet the Robinsons
• Mug Travel
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
• Nocturna
• Ratatouille
• The Secret of the Magic Gourd
• Shrek the Third
• SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
• Surf's Up
• TMNT

2008

• Barbie & the Diamond Castle
• Barbie Mariposa
• Bolt
• Delgo
• Dragon Hunters
• The Flight Before Christmas
• Fly Me to the Moon
• Garfield's Fun Fest
• The Great Discovery
• Horton Hears a Who!
• Igor
• Impy's Island
• Kung Fu Panda
• Missing Lynx
• Open Season 2
• Ponyo
• Roadside Romeo
• Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
• Space Chimps
• Spirit of the Forest
• The Tale of Despereaux
• Tinker Bell
• WALL-E
• Wubbzy's Big Movie!

2009

• Another Egg and Chicken Movie
• Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
• Astro Boy
• Barbie and the Three Musketeers
• Barbie Thumbelina
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Gruffalo
• The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs
• Hero of the Rails
• Monsters vs. Aliens
• Planet 51
• The Princess and the Frog
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
• Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
• Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
• The Secret of Kells
• Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
• Totally Spies! The Movie
• Turtles Forever
• Up
• Wishology

2010s

2010

• Alpha and Omega
• Animals United
• Arrietty
• Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
• A Cat in Paris
• Despicable Me
• Firebreather
• Gaturro
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Kung Fu Magoo
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday
• The Legend of Silk Boy
• Megamind
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
• Open Season 3
• Plumíferos
• Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
• Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
• Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
• Shrek Forever After
• Space Dogs
• Tangled
• Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
• Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
• Toy Story 3
• Welcome to the Space Show
• Yogi Bear

2011

• Arthur Christmas
• Brasil Animado
• Cars 2
• From Up on Poppy Hill
• Gnomeo & Juliet
• The Great Bear
• The Gruffalo's Child
• Happy Feet Two
• Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
• Hop
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild
• Legend of a Rabbit
• Little Big Panda
• The Little Engine That Could
• A Monster in Paris
• Pixie Hollow Games
• Puss in Boots
• Quest for Zhu
• Rio
• Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
• SeeFood
• Snowflake, the White Gorilla
• Tibetan Dog
• Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
• Winnie the Pooh

2012

• Back to the Sea
• Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2
• Big Top Scooby-Doo!
• Brave
• Dino Time
• Echo Planet
• Ernest & Celestine
• A Fairly Odd Christmas
• Hotel Transylvania
• The Lorax
• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
• Outback
• ParaNorman
• Peixonauta – Agente Secreto da O.S.T.R.A.
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
• Room on the Broom
• Sammy's Great Escape
• Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
• Secret of the Wings
• The Snow Queen
• The Snowman and the Snowdog
• The Swan Princess Christmas
• Tad, the Lost Explorer
• Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Zambezia

2013

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Epic
• Escape from Planet Earth
• Free Birds
• Frozen
• The House of Magic
• Jungle Master
• Justin and the Knights of Valour
• Khumba
• Monsters University
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
• Planes
• Pororo, The Racing Adventure
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
• Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
• Thunder and the House of Magic
• Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
• Turbo
• Underdogs
• Walking with Dinosaurs
• Zambezia

2014

• Big Hero 6
• The Book of Life
• The Boxtrolls
• A Fairly Odd Summer
• From Up on Poppy Hill
• The Frogville
• Henry & Me
• The Hero of Color City
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Jungle Shuffle
• The Lego Movie
• Mr. Peabody & Sherman
• The Nut Job
• Paddington
• Penguins of Madagascar
• The Pirate Fairy
• Rio 2
• Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
• Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
• Song of the Sea
• Stand by Me Doraemon

2015

• Alibaba and the Thief
• Blinky Bill the Movie
• Brave Rabbit 2 Crazy Circus
• Capture the Flag
• The Good Dinosaur
• Goosebumps
• Home
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure
• Inside Out
• The Invincible Piglet
• The Little Prince
• Maya the Bee
• Minions
• Ooops! Noah Is Gone...
• The Peanuts Movie
• Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• Snowtime!
• Strange Magic
• Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
• Top Cat Begins

2016

• The Angry Birds Movie
• Finding Dory
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
• Moana
• Norm of the North
• Ratchet & Clank
• Robinson Crusoe
• Rock Dog
• The Secret Life of Pets
• Sheep and Wolves
• Sing
• Spark
• Storks
• Trolls
• Zootopia

2017

• Animal Crackers
• The Boss Baby
• Bunyan & Babe
• Cars 3
• Coco
• Despicable Me 3
• The Emoji Movie
• Ferdinand
• Gnome Alone
• The Lego Batman Movie
• The Lego Ninjago Movie
• Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash
• Monster Trucks
• My Little Pony: The Movie
• Paddington 2
• Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
• The Star

2018

• Duck Duck Goose
• Incredibles 2
• Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost
• Sherlock Gnomes
• Smallfoot
• Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

2019

• Abominable
• The Angry Birds Movie 2
• Arctic Dogs
• Frozen II
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Pokémon Detective Pikachu
• Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
• Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
• Toy Story 4
• The Secret Life of Pets 2
• Spies in Disguise
• UglyDolls
• Wonder Park

2020s

2020

• Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
• Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
• Norm of the North: Family Vacation
• Onward
• Over the Moon
• Scoob!
• Soul
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Trolls World Tour
• The Willoughbys
• Wolfwalkers

2021

• Back to the Outback
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Encanto
• Hilda and the Mountain King
• The Loud House Movie
• Luca
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• Ron's Gone Wrong
• Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
• Sing 2
• Spirit Untamed
• Tom & Jerry
• Vivo
• Wish Dragon

2022

• The Amazing Maurice
• The Bad Guys
• Blue's Big City Adventure
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
• DC League of Super-Pets
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
• The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
• King Tweety
• Lightyear
• Luck
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
• My Father's Dragon
• The Sea Beast
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Strange World
• Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
• Turning Red

2023

• Baby Shark's Big Movie!
• Craig Before the Creek
• Elemental
• Leo
• The Magician's Elephant
• Migration
• Nimona
• Rally Road Racers
• Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
• Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Trolls Band Together
• Under the Boardwalk
• Wish

2024

• The Casagrandes Movie
• Despicable Me 4
• Fox and Hare Save the Forest
• The Garfield Movie
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Inside Out 2
• Kung Fu Panda 4
• Moana 2
• Orion and the Dark
• Paddington in Peru
• Spellbound
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• That Christmas
• Thelma the Unicorn
• The Tiger's Apprentice
• Transformers One
• The Wild Robot
• Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp

2025

• Dog Man
• Elio
• The Twits
• Wildwood
• Zootopia 2

See also

• List of children's animated television series
• List of children's films

References

Notes and References

1. Sen . Mert . Yener . Yesim . 2022 . An Examination of Animated Movies within the Scope of Values Education in Basic Education . International Online Journal of Educational Sciences . 14 . 4 . 922–944 . 10.15345/iojes.2022.04.003 .