A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.
List
Title Country Director Production company Animation technique Notes Release date 1940 Pinocchio United States Walt Disney Productions Traditional Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score. Fantasia United States Various Walt Disney Productions Traditional/live action First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards. 1941The Reluctant Dragon United States Alfred Werker (live action) Hamilton Luske (animation) Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Package film/Documentary Dumbo United States Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney Productions Traditional Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu China Wan Guchan Wan Laiming Traditional First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia. Mr. Bug Goes to Town United States Dave Fleischer Shamus Culhane Fleischer Studios Traditional Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching the United States into World War II. 1942 Bambi United States David Hand Walt Disney Productions Traditional Saludos Amigos United States Norman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William Roberts Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Package film 15 mil dibujos Chile Jaime Escudero Traditional Lost film 1943 Victory Through Air Power United States Walt Disney Productions Traditional Documentary 1944 The Three Caballeros United States Norman Ferguson Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Package film 1945 The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota Soviet Union Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg Soyuzmultfilm Traditional First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio Momotaro: Sacred Sailors Japan Mitsuyo Seo Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūjo Traditional First Japanese animated feature. Handling Ships Alan Crick John Halas Halas and Batchelor Stop motion Instructional film, and the first British animated feature. Anchors Aweigh George Sidney Traditional/Live Action Ziegfeld Follies Lemuel Ayers Roy Del Ruth Robert Lewis Vincente Minnelli George Sidney Traditional/Live Action The Enchanted Sword Spain Arturo Moreno Balet y Blay Traditional First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. 1946 Make Mine Music United States Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack Walt Disney Productions Traditional Package film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II. The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet Denmark Svend Methling Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm Traditional First Danish animated feature. Holiday in Mexico George Sidney Traditional/Live Action Song of the South United States Harve Foster Wilfred Jackson Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action 1947 The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soyuzmultfilm Traditional The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or Belgium Claude Misonne Stop motion First Belgian animated feature. Fun and Fancy Free United States Jack Kinney (animation) Bill Roberts (animation) Hamilton Luske (animation) William Morgan Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Package film The Czech Year Spalicek Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion First Czech animated feature. 1948 Melody Time United States Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Package film So Dear to My Heart United States Harold D. Schuster Hamilton Luske Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Water for Fire Fighting United Kingdom Alan Crick John Halas Stop motion Instructional film Happy Holidays Spain José María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo Moreno Traditional 1949 The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Miloš Makovec Stop motion/Live action Alice in Wonderland France Dallas Bower Stop motion/Live action The Dynamite Brothers Italy Nino Pagot Traditional First Italian animated feature. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad United States Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James Algar Walt Disney Productions Traditional Package film The Singing Princess Italy Anton Gino Domenighini Traditional Adventures of Esparadrapo Spain Ángel de Echenique Stop motion
Highest-grossing animated films of the decade RankTitleStudioRelease YearGrossRef1Bambi Walt Disney Productions1942$267,000,0002Pinocchio1940$164,000,0003Fantasia1940$83,320,0004Song of the South1946$65,000,0005Anchors Aweigh1945$7,500,0006Ziegfeld Follies1945$5,344,0007So Dear to My Heart1948$4,275,0008The Three Caballeros1944$3,355,0009Make Mine Music1946$3,275,00010Fun and Fancy Free1947$3,165,000
References
External links Animated films of the decade, listed in the IMDb