# List of animated feature films before 1940

A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release date |
| 1915 |||||||
| Creation | United States | Pinto Colvig | The Animated Film Corporation | Traditional/Cutout | First animated feature; Lost film | 1915 |
| 1917 |||||||
| El Apóstol (The Apostle) | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film | November 9, 1917 (1917-11-9) |
| 1918 |||||||
| Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace) | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film | 1918 (1918) |
| 1924 |||||||
| Vida y milagros de Don Fausto (The Life and Miracles of Jiggs) | Chile | Carlos EspejoCarlos F. Borcosque | | Traditional/Cutout | Possibly lost film; first Chilean animated film | September 1924 |
| 1926 |||||||
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed | Germany | Lotte Reiniger | | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature and the first German animated film. | September 23, 1926 (1926-9-23) |
| 1931 |||||||
| Peludópolis (Peludo City) Peludópolis | Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | | Traditional/Cutout | Lost film and the first animated feature film with sound. | September 18, 1931 (1931-9-18) |
| 1935 |||||||
| The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union. | March 25, 1935 (1935-3-25) |
| 1937 |||||||
| The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard | France | Ladislas Starevich | | Stop motion | Although completed in 1930, it remained unreleased for years because of problems with the original French soundtrack. It premiered in Berlin in 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. It was also the first French animated film. | April 10, 1937 (1937-4-10) |
| Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | United States | Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand | | Traditional | Package film. The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. | May 19, 1937 (1937-5-19) |
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben | Germany | Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl | | Stop motion | | December 2, 1937 (1937-12-2) |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | United States | David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Oldest surviving American animated feature overall, and the first to use cels as its medium; the film won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | December 21, 1937 (1937-12-21) (Carthay Circle Theatre) |
| 1939 |||||||
| The Golden Key Золотой ключик | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/Live action | Combines live-action with animation; Ptushko's last foray into animation. | July 1, 1939 (1939-7-1) |
| Gulliver's Travels | United States | Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II. | December 22, 1939 (1939-12-22) |
Key: Film considered lost