List of adult animated feature films

This is a list of adult animated films that were made from the 1920s onwards. These are films intended for a more mature audience than many animated films, both short and feature. They are often distinct from television series or web series.

1920s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure	US	E. Hardon		1929		Traditional

1940s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Victory Through Air Power	United States	Animation: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney Live-Action: H.C. Potter	Walt Disney Productions, United Artists	1943		Traditional/Live-Acfion

1950s and 1960s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Animal Farm[1]	United Kingdom and the United States	John Halas, Joy Batchelor	Halas and Batchelor	1954	First British animated feature	Traditional
A Short Vision	United Kingdom	Joan Foldes, Peter Foldes	British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund	1956
Heaven and Earth Magic	United States	Harry Everett Smith		1962	Originally released in 1957	Stop motion
Doggie March	Japan	Daisaku Shirakawa	Toei Animation	1963		Traditional
West and Soda	Italy	Bruno Bozzetto	Cineriz	1965		Traditional
Gustav	Hungary	Attila Dargay, József Nepp, Marcell Jankovics	Pannonia Film Studio, Magyar Televízió	1966		Traditional
Yellow Submarine	US, UK	Robert Balser, George Dunning, Jack Stokes animation Dennis Abey, Al Brodax live-action	Apple Films, King Features Syndicate, TVC London, United Artists	1968		Traditional/Live-Action
Out of an Old Man's Head I huvet på en gammal gubbe	Sweden	Per Åhlin animation Tage Danielsson live-action		1968	First Swedish animated feature	Traditional, Live action
A Thousand and One Nights	Japan	Eiichi Yamamoto	Mushi Production	1969		Traditional
Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya	Japan	Leo Nisimura	Leo Production	1969	First animated film to receive the R-18 in Japan	Traditional

1970s

Main article: List of adult animated feature films of the 1970s

1980s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Foam Bath Habfürdö	Hungary	György Kovásznai	Pannonia Film Studio	1980		Traditional
The Missing Link	France, Belgium	Picha	Pils Film	1980		Traditional
American Pop	US	Ralph Bakshi	Columbia Pictures, Bakshi Productions	1981		Traditional/Rotoscoping
The Criminal	Philippines	Fruto Corre, Nonoy Dadivas	Media Concepts, Inc.	1981	First Filipino animated short film	Traditional
Heavy Metal	Canada	Gerald Potterton	Columbia Pictures	1981	First Canadian animated feature	Traditional
Adieu Galaxy Express 999	Japan	Rintaro	Toei Animation	1981		Traditional
Son of the White Mare	Hungary	Marcell Jankovics	Pannonia Film Studio, MOKÉP, Arbelos Films	1981		Traditional
Time Masters Les Maîtres du temps	France, West Germany, Switzerland, UK, Hungary	René Laloux, Tibor Hernádi	Télécip, TF1 Films Production, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Radio-Télévision Suisse Romande, British Broadcasting Corporation, Pannonia Film Studio, Hungarofilm	1982		Traditional
The Plague Dogs	UK, US	Martin Rosen	United Artists, Nepenthe Productions	1982		Traditional
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1982		Traditional
Hey Good Lookin'	US	Ralph Bakshi	Warner Bros. Pictures	1982		Traditional
Pink Floyd – The Wall	UK	Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1982		Live action/Traditional
Barefoot Gen	Japan	Mori Masaki	Madhouse	1983		Traditional
Fire and Ice	US	Ralph Bakshi	20th Century-Fox, Producers Sales Organization	1983		Traditional/Rotoscoping
Rock & Rule	Canada	Clive A. Smith	Nelvana, United Artists	1983		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Pierrot	1983		Traditional
Golgo 13: The Professional	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1983		Traditional/CGI
Lensman	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kazuyuki Hirokawa	Madhouse	1984		Traditional/CGI
Macross: Do You Remember Love?	Japan	Noboru Ishiguro, Shōji Kawamori	Artland, Tatsunoko Production and Topcraft	1984		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Pierrot	1984		Traditional
Samson & Sally	Denmark, Sweden	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm	1984		Traditional
Vampires in Havana	Cuba, Spain	Juan Padrón		1985		Traditional
Angel's Egg	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Tokuma Shoten	1985		Traditional
The Dagger of Kamui	Japan	Rintaro	Madhouse, Project Team Argos	1985		Traditional
Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Japan	Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1985		Traditional
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin	US	Steven Hahn	Young Sung Production Co. Ltd.	1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Studio Deen	1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party	Japan		Studio Deen	1985		Traditional
Vampire Hunter D	Japan	Toyoo Ashida	Toho, Ashi Production	1985	Based on Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 by Hideyuki Kikuchi	Traditional
Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari	Japan	Shinji Kimura	Animation Staff Room	1985	Uses the penguin mascots from the Suntory's CAN Beer	Traditional
Arion	Japan	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Sunrise	1986		Traditional
Barefoot Gen 2	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Madhouse	1986		Traditional
Fist of the North Star	Japan	Toyoo Ashida	Toei Animation	1986		Traditional
When the Wind Blows	UK	Jimmy T. Murakami	Meltdown Productions	1986		Traditional
Cat City	Hungary	Béla Ternovszky		1986		Traditional
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown	US	Jim Reardon	California Institute of the Arts	1986		Traditional
Neo Tokyo	Japan	Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Otomo	Project Team Agros, Madhouse	1987		Traditional
Robot Carnival	Japan	Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, Yasuomi Umetsu, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Mao Lamdo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Takashi Nakamura	A.P.P.P.	1987		Traditional
Saint Seiya: The Movie	Japan	Kōzō Morishita	Toei Animation	1987		Traditional
Wicked City	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse	1987		Traditional
Twilight of the Cockroaches	Japan	Hiroaki Yoshida	Madhouse, Kitty Films	1987		Traditional/Live action
Lupo the Butcher	Canada	Danny Antonucci	International Rocketship Limited	1987		Traditional
The Big Bang	France, Belgium	Picha		1987		Traditional
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy	Japan	Masayuki Ōzeki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1987		Traditional
Gandahar	US, France	René Laloux	SEK Studio	1987		Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack	Japan	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Sunrise	1988		Traditional/CGI
Grave of the Fireflies	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli, Shinchosha 1988	1988		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Kazuyoshi Katayama	Gainax	1988		Traditional
Akira	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1988		Traditional
Demon City Shinjuku	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse	1988		Traditional
Riding Bean	Japan	Yasuo Hasegawa	AIC	1989		Traditional
Marquis	Belgium, France	Henri Xhonneux	Aligator Producciones, Tchin Tchin Productions	1989		live-action/stop-motion
Riding Bean	Japan	Yasuo Hasegawa	AIC	1989		Traditional

1990s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
War of the Birds	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm	1990		Traditional
A Wind Named Amnesia	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Madhouse	1990		Traditional
Werner – Beinhart!	Germany	Niki List, Gerhard Hahn [de], Michael Schaack [de]	Constantin Film	1990		Traditional/Live action
Only Yesterday	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli	1991		Traditional
Bebe's Kids	US	Bruce W. Smith	Paramount Pictures, Hyperion Studio	1992	Was one of the first animated films to have an all African-American cast	Traditional
Cool World	US	Ralph Bakshi	Bakshi Animation, Paramount Pictures	1992		Traditional/Live action
Porco Rosso	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	1992		Traditional
Shōjo Tsubaki	Japan	Hiroshi Harada		1992		Traditional
The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Frosty	US	Trey Parker, Matt Stone	Avenging Conscience	1992		Cutout/Stop-motion
Evil Toons	US	Fred Olen Ray		1992		Traditional/Live action
The Tune	US	Bill Plympton	October Films	1992		Traditional
Ninja Scroll	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Toho	1993		Traditional
Patlabor 2: The Movie	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	1993		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Studio Pierrot	1993		Traditional
Zit: The Video	UK	Keith Bateman	Screen Entertainment, A.K. Music	1993		Traditional
Felidae	Germany	Michael Schaack	TFC Trickompany	1994	Based on the novel by Akif Pirinçci	Traditional
Rocky & Hudson	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados	1994		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report	Japan	Masakatsu Iijima	Studio Pierrot, Movic	1994		Traditional
Darkside Blues	Japan	Nobuyasu Furukawa	J.C.Staff	1994	Based on the manga by Hideyuki Kikuchi	Traditional
Ghost in the Shell	Japan, UK	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G.	1995		Traditional
Farewell to Nostradamus	Japan	Shunya Itō, Takeshi Shirato	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Telecom Animation Film	1995		Traditional
Memories	Japan	Kōji Morimoto (Magnetic Rose), Tensai Okamura (Stink Bomb), Katsuhiro Otomo (Cannon Fodder)	Studio 4°C (Magnetic Rose, Cannon Fodder), Madhouse, Inc. (Stink Bomb)	1995		Traditional
The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa	US	Trey Parker, Matt Stone	Krankin-Brass Productions	1995		Cutout/Stop-motion
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America[2]	US	Mike Judge	Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, MTV Feature Animation	1996		Traditional
Conspirators of Pleasure	Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK	Jan Švankmajer		1996		Stop-motion/live action
Lupin III: Dead or Alive	Japan	Monkey Punch	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	1996		Traditional
Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Anime International Company	1996		Traditional
Go to Hell!!	Australia	Ray Nowland	Energee Entertainment	1997		Traditional
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
The End of Evangelion	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
Perfect Blue	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	1997		Traditional/CGI
Princess Mononoke	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	1997		Traditional
Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness	Japan	Tetsu Kimura	Anime International Company	1997		Traditional
I Married a Strange Person!	US	Bill Plympton	Lionsgate, Italtoons	1997		Traditional
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy	Japan	Kōnosuke Uda	Toei Animation	1998		Traditional
Golgo 13: Queen Bee	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tezuka Productions	1998		Traditional
Spriggan	Japan	Hirotsuga Kawasaki	Studio 4°C	1998		Traditional
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness	Japan	Tatsuo Satō	Production I.G, Xebec	1998		Traditional
Kirikou and the Sorceress	France, Belgium, Luxembourg	Michel Ocelot	France 3 Cinéma, Les Armateurs, Monipoly Productions, Odec Kid Cartoons, Rija Studio, Studio O, Trans Europe Film, Gébéka Films	1998		Traditional
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade	Japan	Hiroyuki Okiura	Production I.G, Bandai Visual	1999		Traditional
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	US	Trey Parker	Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Comedy Central Films	1999		CGI
Tenchi Forever! The Movie	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Anime International Company	1999		Traditional

2000s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman	Japan	Kenichi Takeshita	Studio Live	2000		Traditional
Blood: The Last Vampire	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitakubo	Production I.G.	2000		Traditional
Escaflowne	Japan	Kazuki Akane	Bones (animation), Sunrise (production)	2000		Traditional
Heavy Metal 2000	Canada	Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire	CineGroupe	2000		Traditional
Little Otik	Czech Republic, UK	Jan Švankmajer	Zeitgeist Films	2000	Based on Otesánek by Karel Jaromír Erben	Stop-motion/live action
One Piece	Japan	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation, Fuji Television, Shueisha, Toei Company	2000	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	US, Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse	2000	Based on Vampire Hunter D Volume 3: Demon Deathcase by Hideyuki Kikuchi	Traditional
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	US	Curt Geda	Warner Bros.	2000	Censored version released in 2000, uncut version released in 2002.	Traditional
Mutant Aliens	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2001		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2001		Traditional
Metropolis	Japan	Rintaro	Madhouse	2001	Based on the manga of the same name.	Traditional
Cowboy Bebop, Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Japan	Shinichirō Watanabe	Bones	2001		Traditional
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	US, Japan	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara	Square Pictures	2001		CGI/Motion capture
Millennium Actress	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2001		Traditional
Monkeybone	US	Henry Selick	20th Century Fox, 1492 Pictures	2001		Stop-motion/Live action
Waking Life	US	Richard Linklater	Fox Searchlight	2001		Rotoscoping
Eight Crazy Nights	US	Seth Kearsley	Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions	2002		Traditional
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3	Japan	Fumihiko Takayama, Takuji Endo	Madhouse	2002		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2002		Traditional
Lupin III: Return of Pycal	Japan	Mamoru Hamatsu	TMS Entertainment	2002		Traditional
Mercano, the Martian	Argentina	Juan Antín	Universidad Del Cine	2002		Traditional/CGI
My Beautiful Girl, Mari	South Korea	Lee Sung-gang	Daewoo Entertainment, Kuh Dong, Siz Entertainment	2002		Traditional
Song of the Miraculous Hind	Hungary	Marcell Jankovics	Pannonia Film Studio, Budapest Film	2002		Traditional
The Animatrix	US, Japan	Kōji Morimoto, Shinichirō Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike	Village Roadshow Pictures, Square Pictures, Studio 4°C, Madhouse	2003	Nine animated short films based on The Matrix trilogy	Traditional/CGI
Cesante	Chile	Ricardo Amunátegui	Emu Films, Sobras Producciones, ADN Digital	2003		Traditional
Jake's Booty Call	US	Eric Eisner, J. Chad Hammes	Romp Studios	2003		Flash
Kaena: The Prophecy	France, Canada	Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon	Xilam Animation	2003		CGI
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem	France, Japan	Kazuhisa Takenouchi	Toei Animation, Daft Life Ltd, Wild Bunch, BAC Films	2003		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2003		Traditional
One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken	Japan	Kōnosuke Uda	Toei Animation, Toei Company	2003	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Sky Blue	South Korea	Kim Moon-saeng	Endgame Productions Inc., Masquerade Films, Maxmedia, Tin House Productions	2003		Traditional/CGI
The Son of Satan	United States	JJ Villard	California Institute of the Arts	2003		Traditional
Tokyo Godfathers	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2003		Traditional
The Triplets of Belleville	France, UK, Canada	Sylvain Chomet	Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma, RGP Productions	2003		Traditional
Terkel in Trouble	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg	Nordisk Film	2004		CGI
Hair High	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2004		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara, Digital Frontier	2004		CGI
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	US	Peter Chung	Universal Studios Home Entertainment	2004	Acts as a bridge passage between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick	Traditional
Dead Leaves	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Production I.G.	2004		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G., Studio Ghibli	2004		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2004		Traditional
Lady Death: The Motion Picture	US	Andrew Orjuela	ADV Films	2004		Traditional
Mind Game	Japan	Masaaki Yuasa	Studio 4°C	2004		Traditional
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	Japan	Tensai Okamura	Studio Pierrot	2004	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword	Japan	Kazuhisa Takenōchi	Toei Animation Toei Company	2004	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Steamboy	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	Sunrise	2004		Traditional
Van Helsing: The London Assignment	US	Sharon Bridgeman	Universal Animation Studios	2004	Animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture Van Helsing	Traditional
The District!	Hungary	Áron Gauder		2004		Caricaturistic
Disaster!	US	Roy T. Wood		2005		Claymation
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts	France, Vietnam	Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup	Les Armateurs, Jet Media, Armada, Gébéka Films	2005		Traditional
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Japan	Tetsuya Nomura	Visual Works	2005	Film sequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII	CGI
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Bones	2005	Film sequel to the 2003 series Fullmetal Alchemist	Traditional
Lil' Pimp	US	Mark Brooks, Peter Gilstrap		2005		Flash
Lunacy	Czech Republic, Slovakia	Jan Švankmajer	Warner Bros.	2005	Based on The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe	Stop-motion/live-action
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	Japan	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Studio Pierrot	2005	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Toei Animation, Toei Company	2005	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom	Japan	Itsuro Kawasaki	Production I.G	2005		Traditional
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story	US	Pete Michels	Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	2005		Traditional
xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream	Japan	Tsutomu Mizushima	Production I.G	2005		Traditional
2 in the AM PM	US	J. G. Quintel	California Institute of the Arts Net Hat Co.	2006		Traditional
Marvel Animated Features	US	Jamie Simone	MLG Productions	2006		Traditional
Aachi & Ssipak	South Korea	Jo Beom-jin	JTeam Studios	2006		Traditional
Bleach: Memories of Nobody	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2006		Traditional
Blood Tea and Red String[3]	US	Christiane Cegavske		2006		Stop-motion
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Madhouse	2006		Traditional
Hellboy: Sword of Storms	US	Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2006	Part of the Hellboy Animated film series	Traditional
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!	US	John Roecker	Hellcat Films	2006		Stop-motion
Princess	Denmark, Germany	Anders Morgenthaler	Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film, Tartan Films	2006		Traditional
Renaissance	France	Christian Volckman	Pathé	2006		CGI
Tales from Earthsea	Japan	Gorō Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	2006		Traditional
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	Japan	Toshiyuki Tsuru	Studio Pierrot	2006	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Paprika	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2006	The last film directed by Satoshi Kon before his death in 2010	Traditional
A Scanner Darkly	US	Richard Linklater	Thousand Words, Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment	2006		Rotoscoping
Tekkonkinkreet	Japan	Michael Arias	Studio 4°C	2006		Traditional
Wood & Stock: Sexo, Oregano e Rock'n'Roll	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados	2006		Traditional
Free Jimmy	Norway	Christopher Nielsen		2006		CGI
One Night in One City	Czech Republic	Jan Balej	HAFAN film, MAUR film	2007		Stop Motion
Snow White: The Sequel	UK, Belgium, France	Picha		2007	Based on the fairy tale of the same name	Traditional
Film Noir	Serbia	D. Jud Jones, Risto Topaloski	EasyE Films	2007		CGI
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	US	Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis	Radical Axis, Williams Street, Adult Swim	2007		Flash/Traditional/CGI
Noah's Ark	Argentina, Italy	Juan Pablo Buscarini	Patagonik Film Group, Buena Vista International	2007		Traditional
Appleseed Ex Machina	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara, Digital Frontier	2007		CGI
Beowulf	US	Robert Zemeckis	ImageMovers	2007		CGI/Motion capture
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2007		Traditional
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Studio Khara	2007		Traditional
Fear(s) of the Dark	France	Blutch and Various	Diaphana Films	2007		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Big Score	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2007	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Hellboy: Blood and Iron	US	Victor Cook, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2007	Part of the Hellboy Animated film series	Traditional
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance	US, Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroshi Hamasaki	Madhouse, Imagi Animation Studios	2007	An anime instalment of the cult Highlander franchise	Traditional
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood	Japan	Jūnichi Hayama	A.P.P.P.	2007		Traditional
Naruto Shippuden the Movie	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki	Studio Pierrot	2007	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta	Japan	Takahiro Imamura	Toei Animation, Fuji Television, Shueisha, Bandai Entertainment, Toei Company	2007	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Blue Harvest	US	Docminic Polcino	20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions	2007		Traditional
Summer Days with Coo	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	2007		Traditional
Superman: Doomsday	United States	Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti	Warner Premiere, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2007		Traditional
Persepolis	France, Iran	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud	Celluloid Dreams, CNC, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Région Ile-de-France	2007		Traditional
Tengers	South Africa	Michael J. Rix	Filmhub	2007		Claymation
Cat City 2: The Cat of Satan Macskafogó 2 - A sátán macskája	Hungary	Béla Ternovszky		2007		Traditional
Batman: Gotham Knight	US, Japan	Shōjirō Nishimi (#1), Futoshi Higashide (#2), Hiroshi Morioka (#3), Yasuhiro Aoki (#4), Toshiyuki Kubooka (#5), Jong-Sik Nam (#6), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (#6, uncredited)	Warner Premiere, DC Comics Warner Bros. Animation, Studio 4°C (#1, 5), Production I.G (#2), Bee Train Production (#3), Madhouse (#4, 6)	2008	Prequel to The Dark Knight	Traditional
Bleach: Fade to Black	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2008		Traditional
Idiots and Angels	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2008		Traditional
The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain	Japan	Mitsuru Obunai	Ufotable, Aniplex	2008	Based on the manga of the same name	Traditional
$9.99	Israel, Australia	Tatia Rosenthal		2008		Stop-motion
Goat Story	Czech Republic	Jan Tománek	Art And Animation studio, Visions in Technology, D production, & Ceská Televise.	2008	First Czech CGI feature	CGI
Dead Space: Downfall	US	Chuck Patton	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	2008	Animated film prequel to the video game Dead Space	Traditional
Edison and Leo	Canada	Neil Burns	TVA Films	2008		Stop-motion
The Sky Crawlers	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G, Warner Bros. Pictures	2008		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Game	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Kite Liberator	Japan	Yasuomi Umetsu	ARMS	2008		Traditional
Lupin III: Green vs. Red	Japan	Shigeyuki Miya	TMS Entertainment	2008		Traditional
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki	Studio Pierrot	2008	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Resident Evil: Degeneration	Japan, US	Makoto Kamiya	Capcom, Digital Frontier	2008	Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Imaginationland: The Movie (South Park)	US	Trey Parker	South Park Digital Studios	2008	Direct-to-video	CGI
Immigrants	Hungary, US	Gábor Csupó	Klasky Csupo	2008		Traditional
Tripping the Rift: The Movie	Canada		CineGroupe, Film Roman	2008		CGI
Waltz with Bashir	Israel, Germany, France	Ari Folman	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion	2008	First animated film nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Traditional/Flash
Turok: Son of Stone	US	Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace, Tad Stones	Classic Media, Film Roman, Starz Media	2008	Animated feature film based on the comic book character Turok	Traditional
The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow	Russia	Ludmila Steblyanko	Melnitsa Animation Studios, CTB Film Company, Channel One Russia	2008		Flash
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight	US	Will Meugniot	Toonz Animation, Commotion Pictures, Epic Level Entertainment	2008	Based on the Dragonlance campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.	Traditional/CGI
My Dog Tulip	US	Paul Fierlinger	Axiom Films, New Yorker Films	2009		Traditional
9	US	Shane Acker	Focus Features, Bazelevs Company, Relativity Media, Starz Animation, Tim Burton Productions	2009	Based on Acker's 2005 animated short of the same name.	CGI
Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo	2009		Traditional
Belowars	Brazil	Paulo Munhoz	Tecnokena	2009		Traditional
Boogie	Argentina	Gustavo Cova	Illusion Studios, Proceso	2009		Traditional
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Studio Khara	2009		Traditional
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2009	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2	Japan	Shinsuke Takizawa	Ufotable, Aniplex	2009	Based on the manga of the same name	Traditional
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	US	Rob Zombie	Film Roman	2009		Traditional
Killer Bean Forever	US	Jeff Lew	Killer Bean Studios	2009		CGI
Mary and Max	Australia	Adam Elliot	Melodrama Pictures	2009		Stop-motion
Metropia	Sweden, Denmark, Norway	Tarik Saleh	Atmo Media Network, Boulder Media Limited, Sandrew Metronome	2009		CGI
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Studio Pierrot	Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
One Piece Film: Strong World	Japan	Munehisa Sakai	Toei Animation, Toei Company	2009	Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Redline	Japan	Takeshi Koike	Madhouse	2009		Traditional
Summer Wars	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Madhouse	2009		Traditional
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Japan	Kanta Kamei	Production I.G.	2009	Prequel to the 2008 video game Tales of Vesperia	Traditional
Technotise: Edit & I	Serbia	Aleksa Gajić	Black White 'N' Green	2009		CGI

2010s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Chico and Rita	UK Spain	Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando	Fernando Trueba PC, Estudio Mariscal, Magic Light Pictures	2010		Traditional
Colorful	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Sunrise			Traditional
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	US, Japan, South Korea	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Production I.G		Animated feature film based on the Dante's Inferno video game	Traditional
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!	US	Greg Franklin	Comedy Central Films, Double Hemm, Six Point Harness, Paramount Pictures			Flash
Godkiller: Walk Among Us	US	Matt Pizzolo	Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, Rykodisc, Gravitas Ventures, Halo 8 Entertainment		Illustrated Film based on the comic books	Traditional
Halo Legends	Japan US Germany	Frank O'Connor, Joseph Chou	Studio 4°C, Production I.G, Casio Entertainment, Toei Animation, Bones, Bee Train, Warner Bros., 343 Industries		Collection of seven short films set in the Halo science fiction universe	Traditional CGI
Batman: Under the Red Hood	US	Brandon Vietti	Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment			Traditional
Bleach: Hell Verse	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot			Traditional
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Studio Pierrot		Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Trigun: Badlands Rumble	Japan	Satoshi Nishimura	Madhouse			Traditional
Jackboots on Whitehall	UK	McHenry Brothers	Vertigo Films, Matador Pictures, Entertainment Motion Pictures, McHenry Pictures			Puppets/stop-motion
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie	UK	Martyn Pick	Good Story Productions, Codex Pictures, POP6		Set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe	CGI
George the Hedgehog	Poland	Wojciech Wawszczyk [pl], Jakub Tarkowski, Tomasz Lew Leśniak [pl]	Monolith Films	2011		Traditional
The King of Pigs	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, KT&G Sangsangmadang			Traditional
Ronal the Barbarian	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski	Det Danske Filminstitut, Einstein Film, Nordisk Film, TV2 Danmark			CGI
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G			CGI
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G			CGI
Batman: Year One	US	Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Children Who Chase Lost Voices	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films			Traditional
Dead Space: Aftermath	US	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Electronic Arts		Animated film that bridges the story between the first Dead Space video game and the sequel, Dead Space 2	Traditional
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Japan	Kazuya Murata	Bones			Traditional
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	Japan	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	AIC			Traditional
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Studio Pierrot		Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Underworld: Endless War	US	Juno John Lee	Lakeshore Entertainment, Titmouse, Inc.		Set in the universe of the Underworld films	Traditional
Tekken: Blood Vengeance	Japan	Yōichi Mōri	Digital Frontier Bandai Namco Games Namco Pictures Asmik Ace Entertainment		Based on the Tekken video game series	CGI
Alois Nebel	Czech, Germany	Tomáš Luňák	Negativ			Traditional
Wrinkles	Spain	Ignacio Ferreras	Perro Verde Films			Traditional
The Tragedy of Man	Hungary	Marcell Jankovics	Magyar Rajzfilm			Traditional
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One	US	Jay Oliva	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation	2012		Traditional
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Japan	Hideaki Anno (chief), Mahiro Maeda, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Studio Khara			Traditional
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker	Japan	Fumihiko Sori	BioWare, Electronic Arts, Funimation		Set in the Dragon Age universe	CGI
El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Mexico	Alejandro Lozano, Andrés Couturier	Videocine, Átomo Films, Peyote Films		Traditional
Fat, Bald, Short Man	Colombia	Carlos Osuna	Malta Cine, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Perfect Circle Productions			Rotoscoping
Justice League: Doom	US	Lauren Montgomery	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	US Japan	Atsushi Takeuchi	Production I.G., BioWare		Set in the Mass Effect universe during the events of the second instalment Mass Effect 2	Traditional
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Hayato Date	Studio Pierrot		Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
One Piece Film: Z	Japan	Tatsuya Nagamine	Toei Animation, Toei Company		Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Resident Evil: Damnation	Japan	Makoto Kamiya	Capcom, Digital Frontier		Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Wolf Children	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu			Traditional
Swimming to Sea	South Korea	Lee Dae-Hee	CJ Entertainment			CGI
Where the Dead Go to Die	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films			CGI
The Suicide Shop Le Magasin des suicides	France, Canada, Belgium	Patrice Leconte	ARP Sélection			Traditional
Starship Troopers: Invasion	Japan US	Shinji Aramaki	Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures		Part of the Starship Troopers film series.	CGI
It's Such a Beautiful Day	US	Don Hertzfeldt	Bitter Films			Traditional
Kirikou and the Men and Women	France	Michel Ocelot	Les Armateurs, Mac Guff Ligne, France 3 Cinéma, Studio O, StudioCanal			Traditional
Consuming Spirits	US	Chris Sullivan				Traditional
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part Two	US	Jay Oliva	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation	2013		Traditional
Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie	US	Branden Chambers, Eric D. Chambers	Houston Curtis Productions, Chamber Bros. Entertainment, 20th Century Studios			Traditional
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo		Based on the 2009 video game Bayonetta	Traditional
Dick Figures: The Movie	US	Ed Skudder, Zack Keller	Mondo Media, Remochoso, Six Point Harness			Flash
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Japan	Masahiro Hosoda	Toei Animation		Based on Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama	Traditional
The Fake	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow			Traditional
Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission	Japan	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Madhouse			Traditional
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge	Japan	Yuzo Sato	Madhouse			Traditional
Savita Bhabhi	India	Puneet Agarwal	Unknown		Based on the Savita Bhabhi comic book
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore	Japan	Hiroshi Hamasaki	Madhouse			Traditional
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie	US	Steve Stark	SModcast Pictures, Phase 4 Films			Flash
Movie 43	United States	Steven Brill Peter Farrelly Will Graham Elizabeth Banks Steve Carr Griffin Dunne Brett Ratner Rusty Cundieff James Gunn Bob Odenkirk	Rogue Pictures Virgin Produced GreeneStreet Films Charles B. Wessler Entertainment Relativity Media			Flash/Live-action
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury	Brazil	Luiz Bolognesi	Buriti Filmes, Gullane			Traditional
Short Peace	Japan	Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki	Sunrise		The film is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku	Traditional
Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Toei Animation			CGI
The Wind Rises	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli			Traditional
Asphalt Watches	Canada	Shayne Ehman, Seth Scriver				Traditional
Cheatin'	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons			Traditional
Appleseed Alpha	Japan US	Shinji Aramaki, Steven Foster	Sola Digital Arts	2014		CGI
Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe	Brazil	Otto Guerra, Ennio Torresan Jr	Otto Desenhos Animados			Traditional
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher	Japan	Kenichi Shimizu	Madhouse			Traditional
Expelled from Paradise	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Toei Animation			Traditional
Heavenly Sword	US	Gun Ho Jung	Blockade Entertainment		Based on the 2007 video game of the same name	CGI
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible	Spain	Javier Fesser	Ilion Animation Studios, Zeta Studios, Películas Pendleton, Televisión Española			CGI
Jigen's Gravestone	Japan	Takeshi Koike	TMS Entertainment, Telecom Animation Film			Traditional
The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!	Japan	Atsushi Nishigori	A-1 Pictures, Bandai Namco Games			Traditional
Back to L.A.	US, Spain	Pablo Fernandez				Traditional
The Last: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Studio Pierrot		Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary	Japan	Keiichi Sato	Toei Animation			CGI
Expelled from Paradise	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Toei Animation, Graphinica
Rocks in My Pockets	US	Signe Baumane	Zeitgeist Films, New Europe Film Sales, Locomotive Productions, Yekra, Ltd.			Traditional
Chaar Sahibzaade	India	Harry Baweja	Baweja Movies, Irealities Technology, Sippy Grewal Production			CGI
Anomalisa	US	Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson	Paramount Pictures, Starburns Industries	2015	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature	Stop-motion
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Japan	Kazuya Nomura	Production I.G			Traditional
Halo: The Fall of Reach	Canada US	Frank O'Connor	Sequence, 343 Industries		Set in the Halo universe and acts as a prelude to Halo: Combat Evolved	CGI
The Boy and the Beast	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu			Traditional
The Empire of Corpses	Japan	Ryoutarou Makihara	Wit Studio			Traditional
Hell and Back	US	Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman	ShadowMachine			Stop-motion
Madea's Tough Love	US	Frank Marino	Tyler Perry Studios, Bento Box Entertainment			Traditional
Pirate's Passage	Canada	Mike Barth, Jamie Gallant	Martin's River Ink, PiP Animation Services			Flash
Boruto: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Hiroyuki Yamashita	Studio Pierrot		Based on Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto	Traditional
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Japan	Tadayoshi Yamamuro	Toei Animation 20th Century Studios		Based on Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama	Traditional
Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Japan	Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani	Production I.G			Traditional
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure Un gallo con muchos huevos	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Huevocartoon Producciones			CGI
Last Days of Coney Island	US	Ralph Bakshi				Traditional
When Black Birds Fly	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films			CGI
A Silent Voice	Japan	Naoko Yamada	Kyoto Animation	2016		Traditional
Accel World: Infinite Burst	Japan	Masakazu Obara	Sunrise			Traditional
Batman: Bad Blood	US	Jay Oliva	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Batman: The Killing Joke	US	Sam Liu	DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation		Initially planned as a direct-to-video release, but due to the positive feedback on the production, it was commissioned to a limited theatrical release.^[citation needed]	Traditional
Big Fish & Begonia	China	Liang Xuan, Zhang Chun	Beijing Enlight Media, Biantian (Beijing) Media			Traditional
Gantz: O	Japan	Yasushi Kawamura	Digital Frontier			CGI
Garo: Divine Flame	Japan	Yuichiro Hayashi	MAPPA			CGI/Traditional
In This Corner of the World	Japan	Sunao Katabuchi	MAPPA			Traditional
Justice League vs. Teen Titans	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Japan	Takeshi Nozue	Visual Works, Digic Pictures, Image Engine		Based on the setting and story of the 2016 video game Final Fantasy XV	CGI
My Life as a Courgette	Switzerland, France	Claude Barras	Praesens-Film, Gébéka Films		Based on Autobiographie d'une Courgette by Gilles Paris	Stop-motion
One Piece Film: Gold	Japan	Hiroaki Miyamoto	Toei Animation, Toei Company		Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
Sausage Party	US Canada	Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan	Columbia Pictures, Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc.		First computer-animated film in the United States to be rated R by the MPAA, it was originally going to be NC-17, but it was edited several times to be rated R	CGI
Seoul Station	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, Red Peter Pictures			Traditional
Tower	US	Keith Maitland	Kino Lorber			Rotoscoping/Traditional
Nerdland	US	Chris Prynoski	Samuel Goldwyn Films, Titmouse, Inc.			Flash
Bad Cat	Turkey	Mehmet Kurtuluş				CGI
Revengeance	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons		[4][5][6]	Traditional
Ethel & Ernest	UK	Roger Mainwood	Lupus Films			Traditional
Max & Me	Spain, US	Donovan Cook	Dos Corazones Films, Imagination Films			CGI
Justice League Dark	US	Jay Oliva	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	2017		Traditional
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea	US	Dash Shaw	Washington Square Films, Electric Chinoland, Low Spark Films		[7]	Traditional
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	A-1 Pictures			Traditional
Blame!	Japan	Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures		Based on Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei	CGI
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel	Japan	Tomodori Sudou	Ufotable			Traditional
Genocidal Organ	Japan	Shūkō Murase	Manglobe, Geno Studio			Traditional
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	Japan	Kōbun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures, Toho Animation			CGI
Resident Evil: Vendetta	Japan	Takanori Tsujimoto	Capcom, Marza Animation Planet		Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	Japan	Tomohiko Itō	A-1 Pictures			Traditional
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children	Spain	Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez	ZircoZine, Basque Films, Abrakam Estudio, La Competencia Producciones, Studio 4°C			Traditional
The Breadwinner	Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg	Nora Twomey	Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon, Guru Studio, Irish Film Board, Jolie Pas, Melusine Productions, Telefilm Canada		It received ten Annie Award nominations, winning Best Independent Animated Feature and lost all categories to Coco, making it the most nominations for an adult animated film ever at the awards.	Traditional
Goemon's Blood Spray	Japan	Takeshi Koike	TMS Entertainment, Telecom Animation Film
Have a Nice Day	China	Liu Chan	Nezha Bros. Pictures Le-joy Animation Studio			Traditional
Mutafukaz	France, Japan	Shōjirō Nishimi Guillaume "Run" Renard	Ankama Animations Studio 4 °C			Traditional
Loving Vincent	Poland, UK, US	Dorota Kobiela Hugh Welchman	BreakThru Productions Trademark Films		[8][9]	Oil-painted Rotoscoping Traditional
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars	Japan, US	Shinji Aramaki Masaru Matsumoto	Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures		Part of the Starship Troopers film series	CGI
Virus Tropical	Colombia, Ecuador	Santiago Caicedo	IKKI Films			Traditional
Marcianos vs. Mexicanos	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Huevocartoon Producciones	2018	[10][11]	Traditional
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
Batman Ninja	Japan, US	Junpei Mizusaki				CGI
Ana y Bruno	Mexico	Carlos Carrera	Altavista Films Lo Coloco Films Ítaca Films Ánima Estudios Discreet Arts Productions			CGI
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles	Spain	Salvador Simó	Sygnatia The Glow Submarine			Traditional
Isle of Dogs	US, Germany	Wes Anderson	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush			Stop-motion
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires	United Kingdom	Mike Mort	Animortal Studio			Stop-motion
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple	Japan	Takuya Igarashi	Bones			Traditional
Flavors of Youth	Japan, China	Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi	Haoliners Animation League, CoMix Wave Films
Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom	Japan	Satoshi Nishimura	Studio M2, Studio VOLN
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle		Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures, Toho Animation			CGI
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Ready Player One	US	Steven Spielberg	Warner Bros. Pictures Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management			Live action/CGI/Motion capture
Ruben Brandt, Collector	US, Hungary	Milorad Krstić	Sony Pictures Classics			Traditional
Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas	Spain	Carlos FerFer	Dream Team Concept Ladybug Films Movistar Plus+ Televisión de Galicia (TVG) RTVE			Traditional
Mirai	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu			Traditional
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes		Kenji Nagasaki	Bones			Traditional
Olimpia	Mexico	José Manuel Cravioto	Pirexia Films National Autonomous University of Mexico		It is the first Mexican animated film to fully use the rotoscoping technique.[12]	Rotoscoping
Another Day of Life	Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Hungary	Raul de la Fuente, Damian Nenow	Platige Image Kanaki Films			CGI/Rotoscoping
Checkered Ninja	Denmark, US	Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Anders Matthesen	A. Film Pop Up Production Sudoku ApS Nordisk Film LevelK			CGI
The Wolf House	Chile	Cristobal León, Joaquín Cociña	Diluvio, Globo Rojo Films			Stop-motion
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	2019	Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Reign of the Supermen
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		Jake Castorena
Batman: Hush		Justin Copeland
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines		Justin Copeland, Sam Liu
Homeless	Chile, Argentina	Jorge Campusano, José Ignacio Navarro, Santiago O'Ryan	Fábula Laurent Lunes
A Cidade dos Piratas	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados
One Piece Film: Stampede	Japan	Takashi Otsuka	Toei Animation, Toei Company		Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Fujiko's Lie	Japan	Takeshi Koike	TMS Entertainment, Telecom Animation Film			Traditional
White Snake	China, US	Amp Wong, Zhao Ji	Light Chaser Animation Studios Warner Bros. Far East			CGI
I Lost My Body	France	Jérémy Clapin	SFXfilms Xilam Animation			Rotoscoping/Traditional
Human Lost	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Polygon Pictures			CGI
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising		Kenji Nagasaki	Bones			Traditional
On-Gaku: Our Sound	Japan	Kenji Iwaisawa	Rock 'n Roll Mountain TipTop			Rotoscoping/Traditional
The Big Lez Show: Choomah Island	Australia	Jarrad Wright				Traditional

2020s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie	US	Sung Jin Ahn	Warner Bros. Animation Blue Ribbon Content DC Entertainment Berlanti Productions	2020	Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	US	Matt Peters Christian Sotta	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Masameer: The Movie	Saudi Arabia	Malik Nejer	Myrkott Animation Studio			Traditional
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge	US	Ethan Spaulding	Warner Bros. Animation		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Superman: Man of Tomorrow	US	Chris Palmer	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Superman: Red Son	US	Sam Liu				Traditional
To Your Last Death	US	Jason Axinn	Coverage Ink Films			CGI
Altered Carbon: Resleeved	Japan	Takeru Nakajima Yoshiyuki Okuda	Anima			CGI
Batman: Death in the Family	US	Brandon Vietti	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Hayop Ka!	Philippines	Avid Liongoren	Rocketsheep Studio Spring Films		Also known as You Animal!	Traditional
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	Japan	Haruo Sotozaki	Ufotable Toho Aniplex		Also known as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train/Infinity Train First R-rated animated film to break several box office records, including the highest-grossing film of 2020.	Traditional
Soul Snatcher	China	Song Haolin Yi Liqi	Heroplus (Wuxi) Limited Beijing White Horse Time TV & Movie Co., Ltd. Edko (Beijing) Films Limited Edko Films Limited Irresistible Alpha Limited Beijing Weimeng Internet Technology Co., Ltd. Huawen Picture Co., Ltd. Douyin Culture (Xiamen) Limited			Live action/CGI/Motion capture
America: The Motion Picture	US	Matt Thompson	Netflix Animation Floyd County Productions Lord Miller Productions	2021		Traditional
Batman: Soul of the Dragon	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Batman: The Long Halloween	US	Chris Palmer	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Belle	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu			Traditional/CGI
Charlotte	Canada, Belgium, France	Éric Warin, Tahir Rana	January Films Sons of Manual Les Productions Balthazar Walking the Dog			Traditional
Checkered Ninja 2	Denmark	Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Anders Matthesen	A. Film, Pop Up Production, Sudoku ApS, Nordisk Film, LevelK			CGI
Cryptozoo	US	Dash Shaw				Traditional
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Katsuichi Nakayama, Mahiro Maeda				Traditional
Flee	US, UK, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Neon			Traditional
Green Snake	China	Amp Wong	Light Chaser Animation Studios Alibaba Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Bilibili			CGI
Gora Automatikoa	Spain	David Galán Galindo, Esaú Dharma, Pablo Vara	39 Escalones Films The Other Film Production			Flash animation
Jujutsu Kaisen 0	Japan	Sunghoo Park	MAPPA			Traditional
Injustice	US	Matt Peters	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Justice Society: World War II	US	Jeff Wamester				Traditional
Mad God	US	Phil Tippett	Tippett Studio Shudder			Stop-motion
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms	US	Ethan Spaulding	Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission	Japan	Kenji Nagasaki	Toho			Traditional
Night of the Animated Dead	US	Jason Axinn	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment			Traditional
Nimuendajú	Brazil	Tania Anaya				Rotoscoping/Traditional
The Spine of Night	US	Philip Gelatt Morgan Galen King	RLJE Films Shudder Gorgonaut Reno Productions			Traditional
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf	US, South Korea, Poland	Kwang Il Han	Studio Mir Netflix			Traditional
The Adventures of Drunky	US	Aaron Augenblick Fletcher Moules	Augenblick Studios, Cartuna	2022		Traditional
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood	US	Richard Linklater	Netflix Animation Minnow Mountain Submarine			Rotoscope
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm	US	Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis	Williams Street		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Aurora's Sunrise	Armenia, Lithuania, Germany	Inna Sahakyan	Bars Media Broom Films Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion			Paper cutout, CGI
Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons	US	Matt Peters	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	CGI
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe	US	Mike Judge	MTV Entertainment Studios Judgemental Films Titmouse, Inc.			Traditional
The Bob's Burgers Movie	US	Loren Bouchard Bernard Derriman	20th Century Studios 20th Century Animation Bento Box Entertainment Wilo Productions			Traditional
Catwoman: Hunted	US	Shinsuke Terasawa	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Entergalatic	US	Fletcher Moules	Netflix Animation			CGI
Eternal Spring	Canada	Jason Loftus	Lofty Sky Entertainment			Traditional
The First Slam Dunk	Japan	Takehiko Inoue	Toei Animation DandeLion Animation Studio		Sports	CGI/Traditional
Green Lantern: Beware My Power	US	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Home Is Somewhere Else	US, Mexico	Carlos Hagerman Jorge Villalobos	Brinca Animation Studio Shine Global		Documentary	Traditional
The House	UK	Paloma Baeza Niki Lindroth von Bahr Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef	Netflix Animation Nexus Studios		Anthology film special comprising three separate stories.	Stop-Motion
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind	US	Rick Morales	Warner Bros. Animation		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Nayola	Portugal, France, Belgium, Netherlands	José Miguel Ribeiro	Praça Filmes S.O.I.L. Productions JPL Films il Luster Luna Blue Film			Traditional
Odd Taxi: In the Woods	Japan	Baku Kinoshita	OLM Team Yoshioka P.I.C.S		Based on Odd Taxi by Kazuya Konomoto	Traditional
One Piece Film: Red	Japan	Gorō Taniguchi	Toei Animation, Toei Company		Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda	Traditional
The Other Shape	Colombia, Brazil	Diego Felipe Guzmán	RTVC Play Hierro Animación Estúdio GIZ Dinamita Animación			Traditional
El paraíso	Argentina	Fernando Sirianni Federico Breser	FS Entertainment Nomad Cine EOK Producciones McFly Studio			CGI
Unicorn Wars	Spain, France	Alberto Vázquez	Abano Producións Uniko Unicorn Wars AIE Autour de Minuit Schmuby Productions			CGI/Traditional
Wendell & Wild	US	Henry Selick	Netflix Animation Monkeypaw Productions Gotham Group Principato-Young Entertainment			Stop-Motion
Art College 1994	China	Liu Jian	Nezha Bros. Pictures Company Limited Modern Sky Entertainment Company Limited China Academy Of Art’s School of Animation and Game	2023		Traditional
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar	US	Brendon Small Tommy Blacha	Williams Street Titmouse, Inc.		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
The Missing	Philippines, Thailand	Carl Joseph Papa	Project 8 Projects			Rotoscope
The Peasants	Poland, Serba, Lithuania	DK Welchman Hugh Welchman	BreakThru Films DigitalKraft Art Shot			Oil-painted/Rotoscoping/Traditional
Robot Dreams	Spain, France	Pablo Berger	Arcadia			Traditional
They Shot the Piano Player	Spain, France, Netherlands	Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal	Fernando Trueba PC Les Films D’ici Submarine Animanostra			Traditional
Resident Evil: Death Island	Japan	Eiichirō Hasumi	Capcom, TMS Entertainment		Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	US	Jackson Publick	Williams Street Astro Base GO! Titmouse, Inc.		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match	US	Ethan Spaulding	Warner Bros. Animation		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
The Boy and the Heron	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli		Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature	Traditional
Stopmotion	UK	Robert Morgan	British Film Institute blueLight			Live action/Stop-motion
Mars Express	France	Jérémie Périn	Everybody on Deck Je Suis Bien Content EV.L Prod Plume Finance France 3 Cinéma Shine Conseils Gebeka Films Amopix			CGI/Flash/Rotoscoping/Traditional
Spy × Family Code: White	Japan	Takashi Katagiri	Wit Studio CloverWorks			Traditional
Memoir of a Snail	Australia	Adam Elliot	Arenamedia Snails Pace Films	2024		Stop-motion
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim	United States, Japan	Kenji Kamiyama	New Line Cinema Warner Bros. Animation Sola Entertainment WingNut Films Domain Entertainment		Based on the characters created by J. R. R. Tolkien	Traditional
Watchmen Chapter I	United States	Brandon Vietti	Warner Bros. Animation Paramount Pictures DC Entertainment		Based on Watchmen by Dave Gibbons	CGI
Watchmen Chapter II	United States	Brandon Vietti	Warner Bros. Animation Paramount Pictures DC Entertainment		Based on Watchmen by Dave Gibbons	CGI
White Snake: Afloat	China	Jianxi Chen Jiakai Li	Light Chaser Animation Studios		Inspired by the Chinese folktale Legend of the White Snake	CGI

Upcoming

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Notes	Animation Technique
58th	Philippines	Carl Joseph Papa	GMA Pictures	Set to be the first fully-animated documentary film in the Philippines.	Rotoscoping
Fixed	US	Genndy Tartakovsky	Sony Pictures Animation	Set to be Sony Pictures Animation's first R-rated film.[13]	Traditional
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc	Japan	TBD	MAPPA		Traditional
Beckoning	UK Serbia Spain	Sava Živković	Snafu Pictures Bauk Pictures	Set to be animated using Unreal Engine.	CGI
Rage Radio	Philippines	Mark Mendoza	Friendly Foes		Traditional
Penelope of Sparta	France US	Jérôme Combe Silvia Martelossi	Fortiche	[14]	CGI
The Trap	US	Harmony Korine	EDGLRD		Traditional
Sentinel	US	Phil Tippett	Tippett Studio		Stop-motion
	Philippines	Carl Joseph Papa			Rotoscoping
Spermageddon	Norway	Tommy Wirkola Rasmus A. Sivertsen	Qvisten Animation 74 Entertainment		CGI
The Goon	US	Patrick Osborne	Netflix Animation Blur Studio	[15]	CGI
Ray Gunn	US	Brad Bird	Apple TV+ Skydance Animation	[16]	CGI
Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Project	South Korea	Bong Joon-ho	4th CREATIVE PARTY ANIMATION CJ Entertainment	[17]	CGI

See also

• Animation in the United States in the television era
• LGBT representation in adult animation
• Modern animation in the United States
• Lists of animated feature films
• Independent animation
• Cartoon violence

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