List of stop-motion films
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This is a list of stop-motion films from around the world organised in order of release date; theatrical releases as well as made-for-TV and direct-to-video movies. This list is divided into three major sections. Films that have stop-motion animation in at least 75% of their running time, or have at least 40 minutes of animation in total, would go into the "Stop-motion-animated feature films" section. Films like the 1933 King Kong, which rely significantly on stop-motion for special effects but consist mostly of live action footage would go into the "Stop-motion/live action features" section. Award-winning short films with stop-motion animation in at least 75% of their running time would go into the "Award-winning stop-motion shorts" section.
This list chooses to use the BFI, AMPAS and AFI definitions for the minimum length of a feature film, which is 40 minutes.
For films made using puppetry (in other words, using puppets but not animation), please go here.
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[edit] Stop-motion-animated features
[edit] 20th century
| Film | Country | Date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed |
Weimar Republic | 1926-07-?? | cut-out (silhouette) | 65 |
| The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard |
France/Germany | 1937-04-?? | puppet | 65 |
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben |
Germany | 1937-12-02 | puppet | 53 |
| The Crab with the Golden Claws | Belgium | 1947-01-11 | puppet | 60 |
| The Czech Year aka. A Treasury of Fairy-tales Spalicek |
Czechoslovakia | 1947-??-?? | puppet | 75 |
| The Emperor's Nightingale Císařův slavík |
Czechoslovakia | 1949-04-15 | puppet | 72 (USA:55) |
| Adventures of Esparadrapo Aventuras de Esparadrapo |
Spain | 1947-12-26 | puppet | 60 |
| Prince Bayaya Bajaja |
Czechoslovakia | 1950-10-11 | puppet | 87 |
| The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova |
Czechoslovakia | 1953-02-22 | cut-out | 77 |
| Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české |
Czechoslovakia | 1953-09-11 | puppet | 91 |
| Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy aka. Hansel and Gretel | USA | 1954-10-10 | puppet | 72 |
| Beloved Beauty Краса ненаглядная (Krasa nenaglyadnaya) |
USSR | 1958-??-?? | puppet | 45 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream Sen noci svatojánské |
Czechoslovakia | 1959-??-?? | puppet | 76 |
| Heaven and Earth Magic | USA | 1962-??-?? | cut-out | 66 |
| Joseph the Dreamer aka. Joseph Sold By His Brothers בעל החלומות (Ba'al Hahalomot) |
Israel | 1962-??-?? | puppet | 90, (Australia, 2002: 60) |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | USA | 1964-12-06 | puppet | 47 |
| Lefty Левша (Levsha) |
USSR | 1964-??-?? | cut-out | 42 |
| Willie McBean & His Magic Machine | USA/Japan | 1965-06-23 | puppet | 94 |
| Go There, Don't Know Where Поди туда, не знаю куда (Podi tuda, nye znayu kuda) |
USSR | 1966-??-?? | cut-out/puppet | 56 |
| Adam 2 | West Germany | 1968-??-?? | cut-out | 79 |
| Mad Monster Party? | USA | 1969-03-08 | puppet | 94 |
| Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | USA/Japan | 1970-12-14 | puppet | 48 |
| Dougal and the Blue Cat Pollux et le chat bleu |
France | 1970-12-?? | puppet | 82 |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail | USA | 1971-??-?? | puppet | 55 |
| The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes | USA | 1972-02-21 | puppet | 60 |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | USA | 1974-12-10 | puppet | 51 |
| Tales of 1001 Nights aka. Sindbad Pohádky tisíce a jedné noci |
Czechoslovakia | 1974-??-?? | cut-out | 88 |
| Flåklypa Grand Prix | Norway | 1975-08-28 | puppet | 88 |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | USA | 1976-12-10 | puppet | 47 |
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | USA | 1977-04-06 | puppet | 50 |
| The Holiday of Disobedience [1] Праздник непослушания (Prazdnik neposlushaniya) |
USSR | 1977-??-?? | puppet | 48 |
| Krabat - The Sorcerer's Apprentice Čarodějův učeň - Czechoslovakia Krabat - West Germany |
Czechoslovakia/West Germany | 1977-??-?? | cut-out | 73 |
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | USA | 1979-07-01 | puppet | 97 |
| Jack Frost | USA | 1979-12-13 | puppet | 48 |
| Nutcracker Fantasy | USA/Japan | 1979-??-?? | puppet | 82 |
| Ubu et la grande gidouille | France | 1979-??-?? | cut-out | 80 |
| Pinocchio's Christmas | USA | 1980-12-03 | puppet | 44 |
| The Tale of John and Marie Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Marence |
Czechoslovakia/USSR | 1980-??-?? | cut-out | 66 |
| Rennyo and His Mother (Rennyo to sono haha) |
Japan | 1981-10-07 | puppet | 93 |
| The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the Sailor from York Dobrodruzství Robinsona Crusoe, námorníka z Yorku |
Czechoslovakia | 1981?-??-?? | puppet | 72 |
| The Flying Windmill Die Fliegende Windmühle |
East Germany | 1982-04-09 | puppet | 85 |
| Chronopolis | France/Poland | 1982-??-?? | puppet | 70 |
| The Wind in the Willows | UK | 1983-12-27 | puppet | 79 |
| The Little Witch Mala carodejnice |
Czechoslovakia/West Germany | 1983-??-?? | cut-out | 96 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain aka. Comet Quest | USA | 1985-03-?? | puppet (clay) | 86 |
| The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | USA | 1985-12-17 | puppet | 50 |
| Odyssea | Czechoslovakia/East Germany | 1985-??-?? | cut-out | 72 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin Krysař |
Czechoslovakia | 1985-??-?? | puppet (wood, 3D & 2D) | 53 |
| The Amazing Mr. Bickford | USA | 1987-??-?? | clay | 60 |
| My Favourite Time[2] Любимое мое время (Lyubimoye moyo vremya) |
USSR | 1987-??-?? | cel/cut-out | 80 |
| The Cat Who Walked by Herself Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе (Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe) |
USSR | 1988-??-?? | mixed | 70 |
| The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake Die Spur führt zum Silbersee |
East Germany | 1989-??-?? | puppet | 80 |
| The Flying Sneaker aka. The Butterflies Time Motýlí cas |
Czechoslovakia/Canada | 1990-??-?? | puppet | 97/84 (?) |
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | UK | 1990-??-?? | puppet | 60 |
| The School of Fine Arts. The Return[3] Школа изящных искусств. Возвращение (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv. Vozvrashcheniye) |
USSR | 1990-??-?? | mixed | 67 |
| The School of Fine Arts[4] Школа изящных искусств (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv) |
USSR | 1990-??-?? | mixed | 70 |
| Mitki-Mayer [5] Митьки никого не хотят победить или Митькимайер (Mitki nikovo ne khotyat pobedit ili Mitkimayer) |
Russia | 1992-??-?? | cut-out | 53 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | USA | 1993-10-09 | puppet | 76 |
| The Return of Captain Sinbad | USA | 1993-??-?? | puppet | 45 |
| Gumby: The Movie | USA | 1995-12-01 | puppet (clay) | 88 |
| James and the Giant Peach | USA | 1996-04-12 | puppet | 79 |
| Kings and Cabbage[6] Короли и капуста (Koroli i kapusta) |
Russia | 1996-??-?? | puppet/cut-out | 52 |
| The Magic Pipe Волшебная свирель (Volshebnaya Svirel) |
Russia | 1998-??-?? | puppet | 50 |
| The Miracle Maker Чудотворец (Chudotvorets) |
Russia/UK | 2000-03-31 | puppet | 90 |
| Chicken Run | UK/USA | 2000-06-21 | puppet (clay) | 84 |
| Prop and Berta Prop og Berta |
Denmark | 2000-11-27 | puppet | 77 |
[edit] 21st century
| Film | Country | Date | Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Werich's Fimfárum | Czech Republic | 2002, May 27 | puppet | 100 |
| Winter Days 冬の日 (Fuyu no hi) |
Japan | 2003, June 19 | puppet/cut-out | 105 |
| The Legend of the Sky Kingdom | Zimbabwe | 2003, Oct | puppet | 73 |
| Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas | USA | 2004, Dec | puppet | 45 |
| Among the Thorns Bland tistlar |
Sweden | 2005, Feb 1 (?) | puppet | 46 |
| The Book of the Dead (Shisha no sho) |
Japan | 2005, July 8 | puppet | 70 |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | UK/USA | 2005, Sept 4 | puppet (clay) | 85 |
| Corpse Bride | UK/USA | 2005, Sept 7 | puppet | 76 |
| Klay World: Off the Table | USA | 2005, Oct 15 | puppet (clay) | 97 |
| The Three Musketeers Trīs musketieri |
Denmark/Latvia | 2005, Oct 28 | puppet | 75 |
| Disaster! | USA | 2005, Nov 4 | puppet | ?? |
| Live Freaky! Die Freaky! | USA | 2006, Jan 17 | puppet | 75 |
| Blood Tea and Red String | USA | 2006, Feb 2 | puppet | 71 |
| Fimfárum 2 | Czech Republic | 2006, Feb 23 | puppet | 90 |
| Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen | USA | 2006, Nov 14 | puppet (clay) | ~60 |
| Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap Desmond & träskpatraskfällan |
Sweden | 2006, Nov 19 | puppet | 68 |
| We Are the Strange | USA/Japan/Poland | 2007, Jan 19 | puppet/CGI | 88 |
| One Night in One City Jedné noci v jednom městě |
Czech Republic | 2007, Jan 25 | puppet | 75 |
[edit] Upcoming films
| Film | Country | Date | Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Hotel | Germany | 2007, autumn | puppet | ~85 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | USA | 2007, holiday season | puppet(?) | ?? |
| Coraline | UK/USA | 2008, Dec 26 | puppet/CGI | ?? |
| Gofmaniada Гофманиада |
Russia | 2008, ?? | puppet | ~90 |
| The Ugly Duckling[7] Гадкий утёнок (Gadkiy utyonok) |
Russia | 2009? | puppet | 75 |
| Aladdin[8] | Morocco | ???? | puppet | ?? |
| Cheburashka | Japan | ???? | puppet | ?? |
| Grass Roots | UK | ???? | puppet (clay) | ?? |
| The Junks[9] | Bulgaria | ???? | puppet | ?? |
| The Overcoat Шинель (Shinel) |
Russia | ???? | cut-out | ~60 |
| A Town Called Panic Panique au village |
Belgium | ???? | puppet | ?? |
[edit] Stop-motion/live action features
[edit] Borderline
These are the borderline films which are likely almost entirely animated, but have a live-action main character (or characters) moving through the stop-motion-animated landscapes (at the very least, this is the case for a large portion of the film). What differentiates these from the category below is that here the live-action characters are part of the animated world, rather than the other way around (ie. the stop motion creatures are part of the "real" world). Another qualifier is that the stop motion animation in the film does not necessarily try to look realistic or believable.
| Film | Country | Date | Top animator | Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер (Novyy Gullivyer) |
USSR | 1935, March 25 | Aleksandr Ptushko | puppet | 75 |
| Alice in Wonderland | France/England | 1949, May 13 | Lou Bunin | puppet | 96 |
| A Deadly Invention aka. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Baron Prásil |
Czechoslovakia | 1958, ?? | Karel Zeman | cut-out | 83 |
| The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Baron Prásil |
Czechoslovakia | 1961, ?? | Karel Zeman | cut-out | 83 |
| The Jester's Tale Bláznova kronika |
Czechoslovakia | 1964, ?? | Karel Zeman | cut-out | 82 |
| The Daydreamer | USA | 1966, June | Jules Bass(?) | puppet | 101 |
| The Stolen Airship Ukradená vzducholod |
Czechoslovakia | 1967, ?? | Karel Zeman | cut-out | 90 |
| On the Comet Na komete |
Czechoslovakia | 1970, ?? | Karel Zeman | cut-out | 74 |
| Alice Něco z Alenky |
Czechoslovakia/ Switzerland/ UK/West Germany | 1988, ?? | Jan Švankmajer | puppet | 86 |
| The Gold Sword Золотая шпага (Zolotaya shpaga) |
USSR | 1990, ?? | Stanislav Sokolov | puppet | 85 |
| The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb | UK | 1993, ?? | Dave Borthwick | puppet/pixilation | 60 |
| Monkeybone | USA | 2001, February 23 | Paul Berry | puppet | 93 |
[edit] Main
What differentiates these from the category above is that here the stop-motion-animated characters/creatures are meant to be part of the real world, rather than the other way around (see: model animation). Stop-motion animation is used largely as a special effect. This should not be taken as a slight, however, as some of the greatest masters of stop-motion animation spent their whole lives trying to make their creatures look believable. Some of the great classics of cinema are in this section, though it should be noted that a great many B-movies are here as well.
[edit] Notable stop-motion shorts
This is a list of the more notable stop-motion short films. Notability is determined by winning an award at a film festival or major award ceremony. However, for American films before 1932 and non-American films before 1960, notability is determined by historical significance. This is because the world's first international animation festival was only created in 1960, and the Academy Award for Animated Short Film (created in 1932) only focused on American films until 1960.
If there is no wikipedia page for the film, a link must be added which would verify that the film has won at least one award at a film festival (a link to a list of the film's awards at a website like IMDB.com would be sufficient. For example: [10]).
The number of wins and nominations listed here is not necessarily complete.
| Film | Country | Date | Type | Length (min) |
Award(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Grasshopper and the Ant Стрекоза и муравей (Strekoza i muravey) |
Russia | 1911/1913 (?) | puppet | 5 | decoration by the Tsar |
| Terrible Vengeance |
Russia | 1913, ?? | puppet | ? | 1 win |
| The Voice of the Nightingale La Voix du rossignol |
France | 1923, ?? | puppet | 13 | 1 win |
| Neighbours | Canada | 1952, ?? | pixilation | 8 | 2 wins (including Oscar), 2 nominations |
| Magic Brush | China | 1954, 1955 | puppet | 20 | 5 wins |
| The Battle of Kerzhenets Сеча при Керженце (Secha pri Kerzhentsye) |
USSR | 1971, ?? | cut-out | 10 | 4 wins |
| Cheburashka | USSR | 1971, ?? | puppet | 20 | 1 win [11] |
| Balablok | Canada | 1972, ?? | cut-out | 7 | 1 win, 1 nomination |
| Hedgehog in the Fog Ёжик в тумане (Yozhik v tumanye) |
USSR | 1975, ?? | cut-out | 10 | 2 wins |
| Tale of Tales Сказка сказок (Skazka skazok) |
USSR | 1979, ?? | cut-out | 29 | 5 wins (twice named "best animated film of all time" by large jury) |
| 'E' | Canada | 1981, ?? | cut-out | 7 | |
| Nightangel | Czechoslovakia/Canada | 1986, ?? | puppet/pinscreen | 19 | |
| A Claymation Christmas Celebration | USA | 1987, December 21 | puppet | 24 | 1 win |
| Creature Comforts | UK | 1989, ?? | puppet (clay) | 5 | |
| A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit | UK | 1989, ?? | puppet (clay) | 23 | |
| Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers | UK | 1993, December 26 | puppet (clay) | 30 | |
| Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave | UK | 1995, December 24 | puppet (clay) | 30 | 14 wins (including Oscar) |
| More | USA | 1998, ?? | puppet | 6 | 9 wins, 2 nominations (including Oscar) |
| Doggy Poo! | South Korea | 2003, ?? | puppet | 30 | 2 wins |
| Harvie Krumpet | Australia | 2003, October 26 | puppet (clay) | 23 | 17 wins (including Oscar) |
| The Captain's Daughter Капитанская дочка (Kapitanskaya dochka) |
Russia | 2005, ?? | puppet | 28 | 1 win |
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