LIST OF STOP-MOTION FILMS

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 .

Contents

Stop-motion-animated features

20th century

21st century

Upcoming films

Stop-motion/live action features

Borderline

Main

Notable stop-motion shorts

See also

External links

Stop-motion-animated features

20th century

Film	Country	Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Type	Length (min)
''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' ''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''	Germany	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
'' 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
''	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
''Rime of the Ancient Mariner''	USA)	1977-??-??	cut-out	42
''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
''Sophie's Place'' [2]	USA	1986-??-??	cut-out	86
''The Amazing Mr. Bickford''	USA	1987-??-??	clay	60
''My Favourite Time''[3] ''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''[4] ''Школа изящных искусств. Возвращение'' (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv. Vozvrashcheniye)	USSR	1990-??-??	mixed	67
''The School of Fine Arts''[5] ''Школа изящных искусств'' (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv)	USSR	1990-??-??	mixed	70
''Mitki-Mayer'' [6] ''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
''	USA	1995-12-01	puppet (clay)	88
''James and the Giant Peach''	USA	1996-04-12	puppet	79
''Kings and Cabbage''[7] ''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
''Optimus Mundus'' [8] [9]	Russia	2000-01-03?	mixed	56

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
''	UK/USA	2005, Sept 4	puppet (clay)	85
''Corpse Bride''	UK/USA	2005, Sept 7	puppet	76
''	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	83
''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
''	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
''Max & Co''	Switzerland	2007, June	puppet	76

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	78
''The Little One'' [10] ''Malá z rybárny''	Czech Republic	2009, ??	puppet (?)	??
''The Ugly Duckling''[11] ''Гадкий утёнок'' (Gadkiy utyonok)	Russia	2009?	puppet	75
''Aladdin''[12]	Morocco	????	puppet	??
''The Cat Burglars'' [13]	UK	????	puppet	??
''Cheburashka''	Japan	????	puppet	??
''Grass Roots''	UK	????	puppet (clay)	??
''In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?'' [14] ''Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?''	Czech Republic	????	puppet	??
''The Junks''[15]	Bulgaria	????	puppet	??
''The Overcoat'' ''Шинель'' (Shinel)	Russia	????	cut-out	~65
''A Town Called Panic Panique au village''	Belgium	????	puppet	??

Stop-motion/live action features

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

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.

Film	Country	Date	Top animator	Length (min)
''The Night Before Christmas'' ''Ночь перед Рождеством'' (Noch pered Rozhdestvom)	Russian Empire	1913, ??	Ladislas Starevich	41
''The Lost World''	USA	1925, February 2	Willis O'Brien	106
''King Kong''	USA	1933, March 2	Willis O'Brien	104
''The Son of Kong''	USA	1933, Dec 22	Willis O'Brien	69
''Babes in Toyland''	USA	1934, December 14	Gus Meins, Charley Rogers (as Charles H. Rogers)	78
''The Golden Key'' ''Золотой Ключик'' (Zolotoy Klyuchik)	USSR	1939, ??	Aleksandr Ptushko	72
''Mighty Joe Young''	USA	1949, July 27	Willis O'Brien	94
''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms''	USA	1953, Sept 3	Ray Harryhausen	80
''It Came from Beneath the Sea''	USA	1955, July	Ray Harryhausen	79
''Journey to Prehistory'' ''Cesta do pravěku''	Czechoslovakia	1955, ??	Karel Zeman	93
''20 Million Miles to Earth''	USA	1957, June	Ray Harryhausen	82
''The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad''	USA	1958, Dec 23	Ray Harryhausen	88
''Owls in the Marsh'' ''Ugler i mosen''	Norway	1959, Dec 26	Ivo Caprino	94
''The 3 Worlds of Gulliver''	UK/USA	1960, Dec 16	Ray Harryhausen	100
''Mysterious Island''	USA	1961, Dec 20	Ray Harryhausen	96
''Babes in Toyland''	USA	1961, December 14	Jack Donohue	105
''Jack the Giant Killer''	USA	1962, June 13	Tim Barr	91
''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm''	USA	1962, Aug 7	George Pál	135
''Jason and the Argonauts''	USA	1963, June 19	Ray Harryhausen	104
''First Men in the Moon''	USA	1964, Nov 20	Ray Harryhausen	103
''One Million Years B.C.''	USA	1966, Dec 30	Ray Harryhausen	100
''The Valley of Gwangi''	USA	1969, June 13	Ray Harryhausen	96
''The Golden Voyage of Sinbad''	USA	1974, April 5	Ray Harryhausen	105
''Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger''	USA	1977, Aug 12	Ray Harryhausen	113
''Planet of Dinosaurs''	USA	1978, ??	Doug Beswick	84
''Clash of the Titans''	USA	1981, June 12	Ray Harryhausen	118
''The Gate''	USA	1988, May 15	Randall William Cook	85
''I, Madman''	USA	1989, Oct 13	Randall William Cook	89
''Winterbeast''	USA	1991, ??		80
''	Canada	1992, Feb 28	Steven Archer	93
''Army of Darkness''	USA	1993, Oct 9	Pete Kleinow	81
''Faust''	Czech Republic/ France/UK	1994, Sept 10	Jan Švankmajer	97
''Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life''	UK/Japan/Germany	1995, Aug	Brothers Quay	104
''Conspirators of Pleasure'' ''Spiklenci slasti''	Czech Republic/ Switzerland/UK	1996, August	Jan Švankmajer	85
''Frostbiter''	USA	1996, ??
''Little Otik'' aka. ''Greedy Guts'' ''Otesánek''	Czech Republic/UK/Japan	2000, September 7	Jan Švankmajer	132
''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''	USA	2004, December 25	Justin Kohn	119
''The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes''	Germany/UK/France	2005, August 9	Brothers Quay	99
''Lunacy'' ''Sílení''	Czech Republic/Slovakia	2005, November 3	Jan Švankmajer	118
''Born''	USA	2008	Chiodo Brothers	?

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: [16]).
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 [17]
''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
''Shaun the Sheep''	UK	2007, March 5-	puppet (clay, silicone)	7 x 40 episodes
''Madame Tutli-Putli	Canada	2007, May	puppet	17	>1

See also

★ Adult animation

★ History of animation

★ Stop motion

★ List of children's films

External links

★ A Chronology of Animation

★ List of Czech animated films
'Movie Databases':

★ The Internet Movie Database

★ The Big Cartoon Database

★ All Movie Guide