# List of animated feature films of the 1950s

A list of animated feature films released in the 1950s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release date |
| 1950 |||||||
| Cinderella | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | | February 15, 1950 (1950-02-15) |
| Always Happy Immer wieder Glück | West Germany | Ferdinand Diehl | | Stop motion | | October 1, 1950 (1950-10-01) |
| Johnny the Giant Killer Jeannot l'intrépide | France | Jean Image | | Traditional | | December 13, 1950 (1950-12-13) |
| Once Upon A Time Érase una vez | Spain | Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer | | Traditional | | December 18, 1950 (1950-12-18) |
| 1951 |||||||
| Prince Bayaya Bajaja | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | | Stop motion | | January 26, 1951 (1951-01-26) |
| Alice in Wonderland | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | | July 26, 1951 (1951-07-26) |
| The Night Before Christmas Noch pered Rozhdestvom | Soviet Union | Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | December 31, 1951 (1951-12-31) |
| 1952 |||||||
| The Snow Maiden Snyegurochka | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02) |
| The Scarlet Flower Alenkiy tsvetochek | Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | June 6, 1952 (1952-06-06) |
| The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep La Bergère et le Ramoneur | France | Paul Grimault | | Traditional | | September 1952 (1952-09) |
| The Visions of Tay-Pi [es; fr] Los Sueños de Tay-Pi | Spain | José María Blay, Franz Winterstein [sv] | | Traditional | | December 22, 1952 (1952-12-22) |
| 1953 |||||||
| Peter Pan | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | | February 5, 1953 (1953-02-05) |
| Tobias Knopp – Adventure of a Bachelor [de] Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines Junggesellen | West Germany | Gerhard Fieber [de] | | Traditional | | February 8, 1953 (1953-02-08) |
| The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova | Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | | Stop motion | | March 27, 1953 (1953-03-27) |
| Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | | Stop motion | | April 8, 1953 (1953-04-08) |
| Dangerous When Wet | United States | Charles Walters | M-G-M Cartoons | Traditional animation/Live Action | | February 5, 1953 (1953-02-05) |
| Bonjour Paris [fr] | France | Jean Image | | Traditional | | October 30, 1953 (1953-10-30) |
| 1954 |||||||
| Tsarevna the Frog Tsarevna-Lyagushka | Soviet Union | Mikhail Tsekhanovsky | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | January 1, 1954 (1954-01-01) |
| Amazon Symphony Sinfonia Amazônica | Brazil | Anelio Latini | | Traditional | First Brazilian animated feature. | January 13, 1954 (1954-01-13) |
| The Good Soldier Schweik Dobrý voják Švejk | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | | Stop motion | | August 19, 1954 (1954-08-19) |
| Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy | United States | Michael Myerberg, John Paul | RKO Radio Pictures | Stop motion | | October 10, 1954 (1954-10-10) |
| Animal Farm | United Kingdom United States | John Halas, Joy Batchelor | Halas and Batchelor | Traditional | First British animated feature | December 22, 1954 (1954-12-22) |
| 1955 |||||||
| Lady and the Tramp | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | First animated feature to be presented in widescreen (CinemaScope) | June 22, 1955 (1955-06-22) |
| The Enchanted Boy Zakoldovanyy malchik | Soviet Union | Vladimir Polkovnikov, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | September 16, 1955 (1955-09-16) |
| The Enchanted Village [fr] Le Village enchanté | Canada | Marcel Racicot, Réal Racicot | | Traditional | First Canadian animated feature | December 23, 1955 (1955-12-23) |
| 1956 |||||||
| The Devil and Kate Čert a Káča | Czechoslovakia | Václav Bedřich | Bratři v triku | Traditional | | April 20, 1956 (1956-04-20) |
| Invitation to the Dance (film) | United States | Gene Kelly | M-G-M Cartoons | Traditional animation/Live Action | | May 22, 1956 (1956-05-22) |
| The Heavenly Creation Nebesnoe sozdanie | Soviet Union | Sergey Obraztsov, Georgiy Natanson, Grigoriy Lomidze | Soyuzmultfilm | Stop Motion | First Soviet full-length animated film made completely in stop-motion technology of animation | October 24, 1956 (1956-10-24) |
| The Twelve Months 12 mesyatsev | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mikhail Botov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | December 31, 1956 (1956-12-31) |
| 1957 |||||||
| The Big Fun Carnival | United States | Marc Daniels, Shamus Culhane, Hans Fischerkoesen, Dave Fleischer, John A. Haeseler, George Pal | | Traditional/Stop Motion | A compilation film of old theatrical cartoons previously distributed by Paramount Pictures. Originally planned as the first of twelve such features, only this first one was released. | January 20, 1957 (1957-01-20) |
| Hemo the Magnificent | United States | Frank Capra | | Traditional/Live action | First animated feature made for TV | March 20, 1957 (1957-03-20) |
| The Snow Queen Snezhnaya koroleva | Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Fyodorov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | | December 31, 1957 (1957-12-31) |
| 1958 |||||||
| Beloved Beauty Krasa nyenaglyadnaya | Soviet Union | Vladimir Degtyaryov | Soyuzmultfilm | Stop motion | | 1958 (1958) |
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Vynález zkázy | Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | | Stop motion/Live action | | 1958 (1958) |
| The Picchiatelli | Italy | Antonio Attanasi | | | documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet | 1958 (1958) |
| The Creation of the World [fr] La création du monde | France Czechoslovakia | Eduard Hofman | | Traditional | | April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04) |
| The White Snake Enchantress Hakuja den | Japan | Taiji Yabushita, Kazuhiko Okabe | Toei Animation | Traditional | First anime feature to be in color and the first feature film produced by Toei Animation. | October 22, 1958 (1958-10-22) |
| 1959 |||||||
| Chuang Tapestry 一幅僮锦 | China | Qian Jagun | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | First Chinese animated feature to be produced as the People's Republic of China | 1959 (1959) |
| Sleeping Beauty | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | First animated feature to be presented in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, Last Disney feature to use traditional inking. | January 29, 1959 (1959-01-29) |
| Hyoutan suzume ひょうたんすずめ | Japan | Yokoyama Ryuichi | | Traditional | | February 10, 1959 (1959-02-10) |
| I Was a Satellite of the Sun Ya byl sputnikom Solntsa | Soviet Union | Victor Morgenstern | Soyuzmultfilm, Mosnauchfilm | Traditional/Live action | First Soviet feature film combining the traditional animation and live-action | May 5, 1959 (1959-05-05) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream Sen noci svatojánské | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | | Stop motion | | September 25, 1959 (1959-09-25) |
| 1001 Arabian Nights | United States | Jack Kinney | Columbia Pictures UPA | Traditional | | December 1, 1959 (1959-12-01) |
| Magic Boy Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke | Japan | Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita | Toei Animation | Traditional | | December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25) |
| The Adventures of Buratino Priklyucheniya Buratino | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Dmitriy Babichenko, Mikhail Botov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Last drawn full-length animated film which entered the period of the Soviet social realism | December 31, 1959 (1959-12-31) |