A list of animated feature films released in the 1950s.

List

Title Country Director Production company Animation technique Notes Release date 1950 Cinderella United States Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson Walt Disney Productions Traditional Always Happy Immer wieder Glück West Germany Ferdinand Diehl Stop motion Johnny the Giant Killer Jeannot l'intrépide France Jean Image Traditional Once Upon A Time Érase una vez Spain Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer Traditional 1951 Prince Bayaya Bajaja Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion Alice in Wonderland United States Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske Walt Disney Productions Traditional The Night Before Christmas Noch pered Rozhdestvom Soviet Union Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg Soyuzmultfilm Traditional 1952 The Snow Maiden Snyegurochka Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya Soyuzmultfilm Traditional The Scarlet Flower Alenkiy tsvetochek Soviet Union Lev Atamanov Soyuzmultfilm Traditional The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep La Bergère et le Ramoneur France Paul Grimault Traditional Los Sueños de Tay-Pi Spain José María Blay, Traditional 1953 Peter Pan United States Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske Walt Disney Productions Traditional Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines Junggesellen West Germany Traditional The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion Dangerous When Wet United States Charles Walters M-G-M Cartoons Traditional/Live Action France Jean Image Traditional 1954 Tsarevna the Frog Tsarevna-Lyagushka Soviet Union Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Soyuzmultfilm Traditional Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (Official Russian)Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (Russian with English subtitles)Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (English)Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚FROG THE PRINCESSE╩ Amazon Symphony Sinfonia Amazônica Brazil Anelio Latini Traditional First Brazilian animated feature. The Good Soldier Schweik Dobrý voják Švejk Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy United States Michael Myerberg, John Paul RKO Radio Pictures Stop motion Animal Farm United States John Halas, Joy Batchelor Halas and Batchelor Traditional First British animated feature 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) The Enchanted Boy Zakoldovanyy malchik Soviet Union Vladimir Polkovnikov, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya Soyuzmultfilm Traditional Le Village enchanté Canada Marcel Racicot, Réal Racicot Traditional First Canadian animated feature 1956 The Devil and Kate Čert a Káča Czechoslovakia Václav Bedřich Bratři v triku Traditional Invitation to the Dance United States Gene Kelly M-G-M Cartoons Traditional/Live Action 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 animationRussian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE CELESTIAL CREATURE╩Cartoon «The Heavenly Creation» on YouTube (Russian) Our Mr. Sun United States Frank Capra (Live action), Williams Hurtz (animation) UPA (animation) Traditional/Live action First animated feature made for TV The Twelve Months 12 mesyatsev Soviet Union Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mikhail Botov Soyuzmultfilm Traditional 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. Hemo the Magnificent United States Frank Capra Traditional/Live action The Snow Queen Snezhnaya koroleva Soviet Union Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Fyodorov Soyuzmultfilm Traditional 1958 Beloved Beauty Krasa nyenaglyadnaya Soviet Union Vladimir Degtyaryov Soyuzmultfilm Stop motion The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Vynález zkázy Czechoslovakia Karel Zeman Stop motion/Live action The Picchiatelli Italy Antonio Attanasi documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet La création du monde France Czechoslovakia Eduard Hofman Traditional 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. 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 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. Hyoutan suzume ひょうたんすずめ Japan Yokoyama Ryuichi Traditional 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 A Midsummer Night's Dream Sen noci svatojánské Czechoslovakia Jiří Trnka Stop motion 1001 Arabian Nights United States Jack Kinney Columbia PicturesUPA Traditional Magic Boy Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke Japan Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita Toei Animation Traditional First anime film released in widescreen. 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

Highest-grossing animated films of the decade RankTitleStudioRelease YearGrossRef1CinderellaWalt Disney Productions1950$182,000,0002Lady and the Tramp1955$7,500,0003Sleeping Beauty1959$5,300,0004Dangerous When WetM-G-M Cartoons1953$2,500,0005Alice in WonderlandWalt Disney Productions1951$2,400,0006Once Upon A Time1950$1,500,000Bonjour Paris1953The Enchanted BoySoyuzmultfilm1955The Devil and KateBratři v triku1956Our Mr. SunUPA (animation)1956The Twelve MonthsSoyuzmultfilm1956Beloved Beauty1958The Creation of the World19587Invitation to the DanceM-G-M Cartoons1956$615,000

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References

External links Animated films of the decade, listed in the IMDb