List of films with live action and animation

This is a list of films with live-action and animation, films that combine live-action and animation elements, typically interacting.

Short films by decade

1900s 1900 – The Enchanted Drawing

1910s 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur 1917 – När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras ("When Captain Grogg was to be painted") 1918 – Out of the Inkwell series (animated characters in live-action surroundings: series between 1918 and 1929)

1920s 1923 – Alice Comedies series (live-action girl in animated surroundings, produced from 1923 to 1927) 1929 – Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

1930s 1933 – Zero for Conduct 1936 – Puppet Show 1938 – Daffy Duck in Hollywood (live-action film clips)

1940s 1940 – You Ought to Be in Pictures 1940 – Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner 1943 – Who Killed Who? (two live-action sequences) 1944 – What's Cookin' Doc? 1949 – Señor Droopy 1949 – The House of Tomorrow 1949 – Rabbit Hood (footage from The Adventures of Robin Hood) 1949 -- My Dream Is Yours

1950s 1951 – Cold Turkey (live-action wrestling match on TV) 1953 – The Three Little Pups (cowboys riding horses; Southern Wolf riding on black-and-white live-action horse) 1959 – Donald in Mathmagic Land (live-action character at a billiards game, orchestra, paintings, human figures and live-action objects) 1959 – The Mouse That Jack Built (live-action sequence at the end)

1960s 1961 – Donald and the Wheel (silhouettes of two actors, live-action objects and female dancer) 1961 – The Litterbug (opening and closing credits live-action environments) 1965 – Pink Panzer 1966 – Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (opening and closing sequences) 1967 – Jack and the Beanstalk 1968 – Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (opening and closing sequences)

1970s 1970 – The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth (live-action transitions into animated environments) 1974 – Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (opening and closing sequences) 1976 – Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (animated characters in live-action environments)

1980s 1983 – Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (opening and closing sequences) 1983 – What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (partially colorized World War II footage)

1990s 1990 – Deepa & Rupa: A Fairy Tale from India (India animated short) 1990 – Rockin' Through the Decades (TV special) 1991 – Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (TV specials) 1992 – Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (one shot of a live-action mouth on Daffy Duck's bill) 1995 – Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

2000s 2004 – Save Virgil 2006 – The Sparky Book 2007 – Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse

2010s 2010 – Pixels

2020s 2023 – Once Upon a Studio

Primary animated films by decade

1930s 1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (book only)

1940s 1940 – Fantasia 1942 – Saludos Amigos 1943 – Victory Through Air Power (animated documentary) 1944 – The Three Caballeros 1946 – Make Mine Music (David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska in 'Two Silhouettes') 1947 – Fun and Fancy Free (story sequences) 1948 – Melody Time (with Amigo Lady from Blame it on the Samba and Roy Rogers, Bobby Driscoll, and Luana Patten from Pecos Bill) 1949 – The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (only library)

1950s 1950 – Cinderella (prologue only) 1957 – The Snow Queen (live-action prologue with Art Linkletter) 1959 – Sleeping Beauty (prologue only)

1960s 1965 – The Man from Button Willow (live-action opening sequence) 1966 – The Daydreamer (live-action and stop-motion sequences) 1968 – Yellow Submarine

1970s 1970 – The Phantom Tollbooth 1972 – Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (TV) - (live action Mad Mirror Land sequence) 1974 – Down and Dirty Duck 1974 – Journey Back to Oz 1975 – Han's Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (live-action sequences) (Japanese Anime) 1976 – Allegro Non Troppo (Italian animated film) 1976 – Once Upon a Girl 1977 – Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 – The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (opening and closing sequences) 1977 – Dot and the Kangaroo 1978 – The Lord of the Rings 1978 – Metamorphoses (Japanese anime)

1980s 1981 – American Pop 1981 – Around the World with Dot (Australian animation) 1983 – Dot and the Bunny (Australian animation) 1983 – Twice Upon a Time (animated film with color live-action sequences) 1986 – Dot and Keeto (Australian animation) 1986 – Dot and the Whale (Australian animation) 1986 – The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure (TV special) 1987 – Dot and the Smugglers (Australian animation) 1987 – Dot Goes to Hollywood (Australian animation) 1987 – Twilight of the Cockroaches (Japanese anime) 1987 – Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (TV film: live-action footage of Spruce Goose flight shown during museum tour) 1988 – Treasure Island (Soviet film) 1988 – It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown (TV special) 1988 – Katy, Kiki y Koko (a.k.a. Katy Meets the Aliens or Katy and the Katerpillar Kids - aliens watch live-action footage from Earth) (Spanish animation)

1990s 1990 – Werner – Beinhart! (German Animation) 1991 – Rock-A-Doodle 1992 – Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala (Australian animation) 1993 – Opéra imaginaire (France Stop-motion) 1994 – (German animation) 1994 – Dot in Space (Australian Animation) 1994 – Faust (Czech Republic animation) 1994 – The Pagemaster 1995 – Balto (live-action scenes at the start and end of the film) 1996 – James and the Giant Peach 1997 – The End of Evangelion (Japanese Anime) 1999 – South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (character with live-action face and live-action posters seen in background) 1999 – Belle's Tales of Friendship (direct-to-video film) 1999 – Fantasia 2000

2000s 2000 – The Tigger Movie 2000 – Dinosaur 2001 – Christmas Carol: The Movie (British animation) 2001 – The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart 2002 – The Wild Thornberrys Movie (footage of live-action animals throughout the end credits) 2003 – Y Mabinogi (the majority of this film was animated, although the opening and closing acts were live-action) 2004 – Cine Gibi: O Filme (Brazil animation) 2004 – Springtime with Roo 2004 – The Lion King 1½ (live-action commercial on theater screen when Pumbaa sits on a remote) 2005 – The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (direct-to-video film) 2006 – Happy Feet 2006 – Princess (animation with live-action scenes) (Danish animation) 2006 – Arthur and the Invisibles (French animation) 2007 – Chicago 10 (animation documentary) 2008 – WALL-E 2008 – Fly Me to the Moon (live-action ending sequence) 2008 – Igor (live-action scenes and James Lipton cameo on TV) 2008 – Waltz with Bashir (one live-action sequence) 2009 – Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (French animation)

2010s 2010 – Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (France animation) 2011 – Brasil Animado (Brazil animation) 2011 – Winnie the Pooh 2011 – Happy Feet Two 2012 – El Santos vs. la Tetona Mendoza (Mexican animation) 2013 – The Congress (Israeli animation) 2013 – Shimajirō to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana (Japanese Anime) 2013 – Walking with Dinosaurs (British animation) 2013 – Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (France-Belgium animation) 2014 – Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard (Japanese Anime) 2014 – The Lego Movie 2014 – Shimajiro to Kujira no Uta (Japanese Anime) 2014 – Seth's Dominion (Canada animated documentary) 2015 – Madea's Tough Love (DTV film; live-action opening and closing scenes) 2015 – Shimajirō to Ōkina Ki (Japanese Anime) 2016 – Shimajirō to Kuni Ehon (Japanese Anime) 2016 – Sausage Party (live action footage of actors shown during final scene) 2016 – Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (Japanese Anime) 2016 – Upin & Ipin: Jeng Jeng Jeng! (Malaysian animation) 2017 – The Lego Batman Movie (footage from Jerry Maguire) 2017 – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (live-action puppetry sequence) 2017 – The Lego Ninjago Movie 2019 – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 2019 – Playmobil: The Movie

2020s 2020 – Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (DTV film brief live-action segment) 2021 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines (live-action puppetry, footage, and imagery) 2023 – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (live-action scene featuring Peggy Lu as Mrs. Chen, live-action appearance of Donald Glover as an alternate version of Aaron Davis / Prowler, and footage from Spider-Man (2002) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 2023 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (footage from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Snake Fist Fighter) 2023 – Wish (Book only) 2024 – Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass 2024 – Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie 2025 – Plankton: The Movie 2025 – Smurfs 2025 – Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie 2025 – The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Primary live-action feature films by decade

1920s 1925 – The Lost World (Dinosaurs made by Willis O'Brien)

1930s 1930 – King of Jazz (animated segment by Walter Lantz) 1931 – Frankenstein (live-action) 1933 – Alice in Wonderland (animated segment "The Walrus and the Carpenter") 1933 – King Kong (King Kong made by Willis O'Brien) 1933 – Son of Kong (Little Kong made by Willis O'Brien) 1933 – Zero for Conduct 1934 – Babes in Toyland 1934 – Hollywood Party (animated segment "The Hot Choc-Late Soldiers") 1934 – Servants' Entrance (sequence with animated singing silverware) 1935 – The New Gulliver 1939 – The Golden Key

1940s 1941 – The Lady Eve 1941 – The Reluctant Dragon 1945 – Anchors Aweigh (Tom and Jerry make an appearance) 1946 – Song of the South 1946 – Holiday in Mexico 1946 – Ziegfeld Follies - (deleted stop-motion sequence) 1948 – Superman (flying sequences) 1948 – Two Guys from Texas 1949 – Alice in Wonderland 1949 – Mighty Joe Young (Joe Young made by Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen) 1949 – My Dream Is Yours 1949 – So Dear to My Heart

1950s 1950 – Atom Man vs. Superman 1950 – Destination Moon 1950 – The Great Rupert 1950 - Cheaper by the Dozen 1953 – Dangerous When Wet (Tom and Jerry make an appearance) 1954 – Godzilla (stop-motion scene of Godzilla's tail destroying the Nichigeki Theater building) 1956 – Forbidden Planet 1956 – Invitation to the Dance (The third and final segment of Sinbad the Sailor) 1957 – The Black Scorpion 1958 – Tom Thumb 1958 – Vertigo (Dream Sequence) 1959 – I Was a Satellite of the Sun 1959 – The Giant Behemoth 1959 – The Devil's Disciple 1959 – Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1960s 1960 – The 3 Worlds of Gulliver 1961 – The Parent Trap (opening and closing credits sequence in stop-motion) 1961 – Babes in Toyland (stop-motion soldiers) 1962 – Jack the Giant Killer 1962 – The Fabulous Baron Munchausen 1962 – The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1963 – Cici Can (animated ghost by Yalçın Çetin) 1963 – The Pink Panther 1963 – It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (opening credits sequence) 1964 – Mary Poppins 1964 – A Shot in the Dark 1964 – Dogora (animated tentacle sequences) 1964 – The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964 – Tale about the Lost Time 1964 – The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (stop-motion opening sequence) 1964 – A Jester's Tale 1964 – A Fistful of Dollars 1966 – The Stolen Airship 1966 - After the Fox (animated opening title sequence) 1967 – Doctor Dolittle 1967 – Bedazzled (characters turn into animated flies) 1968 – Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters 1968 – The Charge of the Light Brigade (opening sequence and linking sequences by Richard Williams) 1968 – Madigan's Millions (animated collage opening credits sequence) 1968 – Inspector Clouseau (Pink Panther sequences) 1968 – Out of an Old Man's Head 1968 – Head

1970s 1970 – Song of Norway 1970 – The Nameless Knight 1970 – Cry of the Banshee (animated opening credits sequence) 1971 – On the Comet