This is a list of Stop-Motion films divided into 3 sections; List of Stop-Motion Feature Films, Stop-Motion/Live Action Features (mainly for special effects) and Notable Stop-Motion Shorts. For films made using puppetry (in other words, using puppets but not animation), please go here. Note: This list includes films that are not exclusively stop motion.
Year |
Title |
Country |
Top Animator |
Sequence |
Length
(Minutes) |
1913 |
The Night Before Christmas |
Russia |
Ladislas Starevich |
|
41 |
1922 |
Häxan |
Denmark/Sweden |
|
The devil |
104 |
1923 |
Three Ages |
US |
|
Brontosaur |
63 |
1925 |
The Lost World |
US |
Willis O'Brien |
Dinosaurs |
106 |
1933 |
King Kong |
US |
Willis O'Brien |
King Kong, dinosaurs and other creatures |
104 |
1933 |
The Son of Kong |
US |
Willis O'Brien |
Kong Jr. and other creatures |
69 |
1934 |
Babes in Toyland |
US |
Gus Meins, Charley Rogers |
Toys |
78 |
1935 |
The New Gulliver |
USSR |
Aleksandr Ptushko |
|
75 |
1939 |
The Golden Key |
USSR |
Aleksandr Ptushko |
|
72 |
1949 |
Mighty Joe Young |
US |
Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Pete Peterson |
Joe Young and other creatures |
94 |
1949 |
Alice in Wonderland |
France/UK |
Lou Bunin |
All the Wonderland characters |
96 |
1951 |
The Lost Continent |
US |
|
Dinosaurs |
80 |
1953 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The rhedosauras |
80 |
1955 |
It Came from Beneath the Sea |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The hectipus |
79 |
1955 |
Journey to Prehistory |
Czechoslovakia |
Karel Zeman |
Dinosaurs and other creatures |
93 |
1956 |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
UFOs |
83 |
1956 |
The Beast of Hollow Mountain |
US |
|
Dinosaur |
81 |
1957 |
20 Million Miles to Earth |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The Ymir and elephant |
82 |
1957 |
The Black Scorpion |
US |
Willis O'Brien, Pete Peterson |
Scorpions and worm |
88 |
1958 |
A Deadly Invention |
Czechoslovakia |
Karel Zeman |
|
83 |
1958 |
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The dragon, cyclops, skeleton, snake woman, adult and baby roc |
88 |
1958 |
Monster from Green Hell |
US |
|
Wasps |
71 |
1958 |
tom thumb |
US |
|
Toys |
98 |
1958 |
Fiend Without a Face |
UK |
|
Creatures |
1959 |
Behemoth, the Sea Monster |
UK/US |
Pete Peterson, Willis O'Brien |
The behemoth |
80 |
1959 |
Owls in the Marsh |
Norway |
Ivo Caprino |
|
94 |
1960 |
Dinosaurus! |
US |
|
Dinosaurs |
85 |
1960 |
Goliath and the Dragon |
France/Italy |
Jim Danforth |
Dragon |
98 |
1960 |
The Three Worlds of Gulliver |
UK/US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The crocodile and squirrel |
100 |
1961 |
Reptilicus |
Denmark |
Kaye Koed |
Creatures |
92 |
1961 |
Mysterious Island |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Animals |
96 |
1961 |
Babes in Toyland |
US |
Jack Donohue |
Toys |
105 |
1962 |
Journey to the 7th Planet |
Denmark/US |
Jim Danforth |
Creatures |
83 |
1962 |
Jack the Giant Killer |
US |
Jim Danforth |
The giants and other creatures |
91 |
1962 |
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm |
US |
Jim Danforth |
The cobblers, a flower and a dragon |
135 |
1963 |
Jason and the Argonauts |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Harpies, titans, skeletons, hydra and other creatures |
104 |
1964 |
7 Faces of Dr. Lao |
US |
Jim Danforth |
The sea serpent |
100 |
1964 |
First Men in the Moon |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
The moon cows and selenites |
103 |
1964 |
The Jester's Tale |
Czechoslovakia |
Karel Zeman |
|
82 |
1966 |
One Million Years B.C. |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Dinosaurs |
100 |
1966 |
The Daydreamer |
US |
Jules Bass |
|
101 |
1967 |
The Stolen Airship |
Czechoslovakia |
Karel Zeman |
|
90 |
1969 |
The Valley of Gwangi |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Dinosaurs, tiny horse and an elephant |
96 |
1970 |
Equinox |
US |
Jim Danforth, David Allen, Dennis Muren |
Demons |
80 |
1970 |
On the Comet |
Czechoslovakia |
Karel Zeman |
|
74 |
1971 |
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth |
US |
Jim Danforth, David Allen |
Dinosaurs |
100 |
1974 |
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Griffin, centaur, kali, homunculus, figurehead |
105 |
1974 |
Flesh Gordon |
US |
Jim Danforth, David Allen, Dennis Muren |
Creatures |
78 |
1977 |
The Crater Lake Monster |
US |
David Allen |
The plesisaur |
85 |
1977 |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope |
US |
Phil Tippett |
The chess pieces during the game on the Millennium Falcon |
123 |
1977 |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
US |
Ray Harryhausen |
Creatures |
113 |
1978 |
Planet of Dinosaurs |
US |
Doug Beswick |
Dinosaurs |
84 |
1978 |
Laserblast |
US |
David Allen |
Aliens |
84 |
1978 |
Piranha |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Piranhas, creature in laboratory |
94 |
1980 |
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Tauntaun and AT-ATs |
129 |
1980 |
The Day Time Ended |
US |
David Allen |
Aliens |
120 |
1981 |
The Howling |
US |
David Allen |
Brief sequence of the werewolves at the end of the film |
91 |
1981 |
Caveman |
US |
Jim Danforth, David Allen, Randall William Cook |
Dinosaurs |
92 |
1981 |
Clash of the Titans |
US |
Ray Harryhausen, Jim Danforth |
Creatures |
118 |
1981 |
Dragonslayer |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Dragon |
108 |
1981 |
The Evil Dead |
US |
Sam Raimi |
Rotting corpse |
85 |
1982 |
The Thing |
US |
Randall William Cook |
The dog creature and spider head |
109 |
1982 |
Q |
US |
Randall William Cook, David Allen |
Serpent |
93 |
1982 |
Mysterious Planet |
US |
Brett Piper |
|
71 |
1983 |
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
US |
Phil Tippett |
AT-STs |
134 |
1983 |
Krull |
UK |
|
Giant spider |
117 |
1983 |
The Hunger |
US |
David Allen |
Monkey aging sequence |
1984 |
Ghostbusters |
US |
Randall William Cook |
The terror dogs |
107 |
1984 |
2010 |
US |
Randall William Cook |
|
116 |
1984 |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension |
US |
Rick Heinrichs |
|
103 |
1984 |
Dreamscape |
US |
Jim Aupperle |
Snake man |
99 |
1984 |
The Terminator |
US |
Doug Beswick, Pete Kleinow, Stan Winston |
Battle-damaged Terminator |
108 |
1984 |
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Creatures |
96 |
1985 |
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor |
US |
|
Creatures |
94 |
1985 |
Return to Oz |
US |
Will Vinton |
Gnome King and other gnomes |
113 |
1985 |
Better Off Dead |
US |
|
Singing hamburgers |
97 |
1985 |
Young Sherlock Holmes |
US |
David Allen |
Creatures |
109 |
1985 |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
US |
Rick Heinrichs |
Demonic truck driver |
90 |
1986 |
Aliens |
US |
Doug Beswick |
Some sequences of alien movement |
137 |
1986 |
Howard the Duck |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Dark Overlord |
111 |
1986 |
The Golden Child |
US |
Phil Tippett |
The devil |
94 |
1987 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
US |
Doug Beswick |
Freddy coming to life as a puppet, also skeleton in grave |
|
1987 |
Dolls |
US |
David Allen |
The Dolls |
1987 |
Evil Dead II |
US |
Doug Beswick |
Decapitated Linda, Henrietta monster. Ash's severed hand and various laughing objects |
85 |
1987 |
The Gate |
US |
Randall William Cook |
Demons |
85 |
1987 |
RoboCop |
US |
Phil Tippett |
ED-209 |
103 |
1987 |
House II: The Second Story |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Dinosaurs |
88 |
1987 |
Batteries not included |
US |
David Allen |
The spaceships |
1988 |
Alice |
Czechoslovakia |
Jan Švankmajer |
All the Wonderland characters |
86 |
1988 |
Moonwalker |
Czechoslovakia |
Will Vinton |
Speed Demon segment |
86 |
1988 |
Beetlejuice |
US |
Doug Beswick, Tim Lawrence, Ted Rae |
Beetlejuice snake, sandworms and transformations |
85 |
1988 |
Willow |
US |
David Allen |
Dragon |
|
1989 |
I, Madman |
US |
Randall William Cook |
|
89 |
1989 |
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
US |
David Allen |
Insects and scorpion |
|
1989 |
Puppet Master |
US |
David Allen |
The puppets |
1989 |
Tetsuo: The Iron Man |
Japan |
Shinya Tsukamoto |
Main character, woman, metal fetishist |
67 |
1990 |
RoboCop 2 |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Robots |
117 |
1990 |
The Gold Sword |
USSR |
Stanislav Sokolov |
|
85 |
1990 |
Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
US |
|
Flying gremlin |
|
1990 |
It |
US |
|
Spider |
192 |
1990 |
A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell |
US |
Brett Piper |
Dinosaurs |
|
1990 |
Robot Jox |
US |
David Allen |
Robots |
85 |
1991 |
Winterbeast |
US |
|
|
80 |
1991 |
Lunatics: A Love Story |
US |
Dave Hettmer |
|
87 |
1992 |
Nemesis |
US |
Peter Kleinow |
cyborg Farnsworth's mechanical endoskeleton |
95 |
1992 |
The Gate II: Trespassers |
Canada |
Steven Archer |
Demons |
93 |
1992 |
Braindead |
New Zealand |
Peter Jackson |
The rat monkey |
104 |
1993 |
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb |
UK |
Dave Borthwick |
|
60 |
1993 |
RoboCop 3 |
US |
Phil Tippett |
ED-209 |
104 |
1993 |
Robot Wars |
US |
David Allen, Jim Danforth |
Robots |
71 |
1993 |
Army of Darkness |
US |
Pete Kleinow |
Skeletons and red demon |
81 |
1993 |
Prehysteria! |
US |
|
|
|
1993 |
Coneheads |
US |
Phil Tippett |
Garthak |
|
1994 |
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult |
US |
|
T-Rex |
83 |
1994 |
Dinosaur Island |
US |
|
Dinosaurs |
83 |
1994 |
Faust |
Czech Republic/France/UK |
Jan Švankmajer |
|
97 |
1995 |
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life |
Germany/Japan/UK |
Brothers Quay |
|
104 |
1996 |
Conspirators of Pleasure |
Czech Republic/Switzerland/UK |
Jan Švankmajer |
|
85 |
1996 |
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo |
US |
Dave Hettmer |
|
|
1997 |
Good Burger |
US |
|
Cheeseburger assembly |
97 |
1997 |
A Life Less Ordinary |
UK/US |
|
Alternate ending over end credits |
103 |
2000 |
Little Otik |
Czech Republic/Japan/UK |
Jan Švankmajer |
|
132 |
2000 |
Drainiac! |
US |
Brett Piper |
|
81 |
2001 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
UK/US |
|
Voldemort's head |
152 |
2001 |
Monkeybone |
US |
Paul Berry |
|
93 |
2002 |
Psyclops |
US |
Brett Piper |
|
93 |
2003 |
Arachnia |
US |
Brett Piper |
Spiders |
82 |
2003 |
Elf |
US |
The Chiodo Brothers |
Leon the snowman introduction |
97 |
2004 |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
US |
Justin Kohn |
The jaguar shark, recon sea turtles, crayon starfish, fighting crabs and various fish |
119 |
2004 |
Monster Island |
US |
David Bowes |
Giant insects and other creatures |
119 |
2005 |
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes |
France/Germany/UK |
Brothers Quay |
|
99 |
2005 |
Lunacy |
Czech Republic/Slovakia |
Jan Švankmajer |
|
118 |
2006 |
The Science of Sleep |
France |
Michel Gondry |
|
106 |
2008 |
Imagination |
US |
Eric Leiser |
|
70 |
2011 |
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas |
US |
Todd Strauss-Schulson |
Stoned Dream Sequence |
89 |