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 | Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed |
Germany | July 1926 | cutout | 65 |
| The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard |
France/Germany | April 1937 | puppet | 65 |
| The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben |
Germany | 2 December 1937 | puppet | 53 |
| The Crab with the Golden Claws | Belgium | 11 January 1947 | puppet | 60 |
| The Czech Year aka. A Treasury of Fairy-tales Spalicek |
Czechoslovakia | 1947 | puppet | 75 |
| The Emperor's Nightingale Císařův slavík |
Czechoslovakia | 15 April 1949 | puppet | 72 (USA:55) |
| Adventures of Esparadrapo Aventuras de Esparadrapo |
Spain | 26 December 1947 | puppet | 60 |
| Prince Bayaya Bajaja |
Czechoslovakia | 11 October 1950 | puppet | 87 |
| The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova |
Czechoslovakia | 22 February 1953 | cut-out | 77 |
| Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české |
Czechoslovakia | 11 September 1953 | puppet | 91 |
| Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy aka. Hansel and Gretel | USA | 10 October 1954 | 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 | 6 December 1964 | puppet | 47 |
| Lefty Левша (Levsha) |
USSR | 1964 | cut-out | 42 |
| Willie McBean & His Magic Machine | USA/Japan | 23 June 1965 | 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 | 8 March 1969 | puppet | 94 |
| Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | USA/Japan | 14 December 1970 | puppet | 48 |
| Dougal and the Blue Cat Pollux et le chat bleu |
France | December 1970 | puppet | 82 |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail | USA | 1971 | puppet | 55 |
| The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes | USA | 21 February 1972 | puppet | 60 |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | USA | 10 December 1974 | puppet | 51 |
| Tales of 1001 Nights aka. Sindbad Pohádky tisíce a jedné noci |
Czechoslovakia | 1974 | cut-out | 88 |
| Flåklypa Grand Prix | Norway | 28 August 1975 | puppet | 88 |
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | USA | 10 December 1976 | puppet | 47 |
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | USA | 6 April 1977 | 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 | 1 July 1980 | puppet | 97 |
| Jack Frost | USA | 13 December 1979 | puppet | 48 |
| Nutcracker Fantasy | USA/Japan | 1979 | puppet | 82 |
| Ubu et la grande gidouille | France | 1979 | cut-out | 80 |
| Pinocchio's Christmas | USA | 3 December 1980 | puppet | 44 |
| The Tale of John and Marie [2] Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Marence |
Czechoslovakia/USSR | 1980 | cut-out | 66 |
| Rennyo and His Mother (Rennyo to sono haha) |
Japan | 7 October 1981 | 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 | 9 April 1982 | puppet | 85 |
| Chronopolis | France/Poland | 1982 | puppet | 70 |
| The Adventures of Sam the Squirrel Misi mókus kalandjai |
Hungary | 1982 | puppet | 80 |
| The Wind in the Willows | UK | 27 December 1983 | puppet | 79 |
| The Little Witch Mala carodejnice |
Czechoslovakia/West Germany | 1983 | cut-out | 96 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain aka. Comet Quest | USA | March 1985 | puppet (clay) | 86 |
| The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | USA | 17 December 1985 | 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 [3] | USA | 1986 | cut-out | 86 |
| Long live Servatius! Éljen Szervác! |
Hungary | 1986 | puppet | 64 |
| The Amazing Mr. Bickford | USA | 1987 | clay | 60 |
| My Favourite Time[4] 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[5] Школа изящных искусств. Возвращение (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv. Vozvrashcheniye) |
USSR | 1990 | mixed | 67 |
| The School of Fine Arts[6] Школа изящных искусств (Shkola izyashchnykh iskusstv) |
USSR | 1990 | mixed | 70 |
| Mitki-Mayer [7] Митьки никого не хотят победить или Митькимайер (Mitki nikovo ne khotyat pobedit ili Mitkimayer) |
Russia | 1992 | cut-out | 53 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | USA | 9 October 1993 | puppet | 76 |
| The Return of Captain Sinbad | USA | 1993 | puppet | 45 |
| Gumby: The Movie | USA | 1 December 1995 | puppet (clay) | 88 |
| James and the Giant Peach | USA | 12 April 1996 | puppet | 79 |
| Kings and Cabbage[8] 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 | 31 March 2000 | puppet | 90 |
| Chicken Run | UK/USA | 21 June 2000 | puppet (clay) | 84 |
| Prop and Berta Prop og Berta |
Denmark | 27 November 2000 | puppet | 77 |
| Optimus Mundus [9] [10] | Russia | 3 January 2000? | mixed | 56 |
[edit] 21st century
[edit] Upcoming films
| Film | Country | Date | Type | Length (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coraline | UK/USA | 18 December 2008 | puppet/CGI | |
| Memory Hotel | Germany | puppet | ~85 | |
| Edison & Leo | Canada | 2008 | puppet | |
| Gofmaniada Гофманиада |
Russia | 2008 | puppet | 78 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | USA | 6 November 2009 | puppet() | |
| The Little One [12] Malá z rybárny |
Czech Republic | 2009 | puppet () | |
| Panic Panique au village |
Belgium/Luxembourg | 2009 | puppet | |
| The Ugly Duckling[13] Гадкий утёнок (Gadkiy utyonok) |
Russia | 2009 | puppet | 75 |
| Aladdin[14] | Morocco | puppet | ||
| The Cat Burglars [15] | UK | puppet | ||
| Cheburashka | Japan | puppet | ||
| Grass Roots | UK | puppet (clay) | ||
| In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today [16] Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny |
Czech Republic | puppet | ||
| The Junks[17] | Bulgaria | puppet | ||
| Maru - The Enchanted Talisman [18] Maru - Tajemniczy Talizman |
Poland | puppet | ||
| The Overcoat Шинель (Shinel) |
Russia | cut-out | ~65 |
[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 |
| Blood Tea and Red String | USA | 2006, February 2 | Christiane Cegavske | puppet | 71 |
| Imagination | USA | 2008, February 26 | Eric Leiser | puppet/pixilation | 70 |
[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: [19]).
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 |
| Thieves of Baghdad [1] | Japan | 1926 | cut-out | ||
| 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 [20] |
| 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 |
| Peter and the Wolf | Poland/UK | 2006, | Model | 32 | 3 wins (including Oscar) |
| Shaun the Sheep | UK | 2007, March 5- | puppet (clay, silicone) | 7 x 40 episodes | |
| Madame Tutli-Putli | Canada | 2007, May | puppet | 17 | >1 |
| Taare Zameen Par | India | 2007, Dec | Claymation | 7 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Armen Boudjikanian (February 26, 2008). Early Japanese Animation: As Innovative as Contemporary Anime. Frames Per Second Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
[edit] External links
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