| Animated feature films |
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| By decade |
A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
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| 1940 | ||||||
| Pinocchio | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score. | February 7, 1940 | |
| Fantasia | United States | Various | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/live action | First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards. | November 13, 1940 |
| 1941 | ||||||
| The Reluctant Dragon | United States | Alfred Werker (live action) Hamilton Luske (animation) |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film/Documentary | June 21, 1941 |
| Dumbo | United States | Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | October 23, 1941 | |
| Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu |
China | Wan Guchan Wan Laiming |
Traditional | First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia. | November 19, 1941 | |
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | United States | Dave Fleischer Shamus Culhane |
Fleischer Studios | Traditional | Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching the United States into World War II. | December 5, 1941 |
| 1942 | ||||||
| Bambi | United States | David Hand | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | August 9, 1942 | |
| Saludos Amigos | United States | Norman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William Roberts |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | August 24, 1942 |
| 15 mil dibujos | Chile | Jaime Escudero | Traditional | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Chile. | December 24, 1942 | |
| 1943 | ||||||
| Victory Through Air Power | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Documentary | July 17, 1943 | |
| 1944 | ||||||
| The Three Caballeros | United States | Norman Ferguson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | December 21, 1944 |
| 1945 | ||||||
| The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota |
Soviet Union | Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio | January 1, 1945 |
| Momotaro: Sacred Sailors 桃太郎 海の神兵 (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei) |
Japan | Mitsuyo Seo | Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūjo | Traditional | First Japanese animated feature. | April 12, 1945 |
| Handling Ships | United Kingdom | Alan Crick John Halas |
Stop motion | Instructional film, and the first British animated feature. | June 22, 1945 | |
| Anchors Aweigh (film) | United States | George Sidney | Traditional/Live-Action | July 19, 1945 | ||
| Ziegfeld Follies (film) | United States | Lemuel Ayers Roy Del Ruth Robert Lewis Vincente Minnelli George Sidney |
Traditional/Live-Action | August 13, 1945 | ||
| The Enchanted Sword Garbancito de La Mancha (Chickpea from La Mancha) |
Spain | Arturo Moreno | Balet y Blay | Traditional | First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. | November 23, 1945 |
| 1946 | ||||||
| Make Mine Music | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II. | April 20, 1946 |
| The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet |
Denmark | Svend Methling | Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm | Traditional | First Danish animated feature. | May 16, 1946 |
| Holiday in Mexico | United States | George Sidney | Traditional/Live-Action | August 15, 1945 | ||
| Song of the South | United States | Harve Foster Wilfred Jackson |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | November 12, 1946 | |
| 1947 | ||||||
| The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | January 10, 1947 | |
| The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or |
Belgium | Claude Misonne | Stop motion | First Belgian animated feature. | January 11, 1947 | |
| Fun and Fancy Free | United States | Jack Kinney (animation) Bill Roberts (animation) Hamilton Luske (animation) William Morgan |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | September 27, 1947 |
| The Czech Year Spalicek |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | First Czech animated feature. | December 13,1947 | |
| 1948 | ||||||
| Melody Time | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | May 27, 1948 |
| So Dear to My Heart | United States | Harold D. Schuster Hamilton Luske |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | November 29, 1948 | |
| Water for Fire Fighting | United Kingdom | Alan Crick John Halas |
Stop motion | Instructional film | November 5, 1948 | |
| Happy Holidays Alegres vacaciones |
Spain | José María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo Moreno |
Traditional | December 27, 1948 | ||
| 1949 | ||||||
| The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka Miloš Makovec |
Stop motion/Live action | April 15, 1949 | ||
| Alice in Wonderland | France | Dallas Bower | Stop motion/Live action | May 13, 1949 | ||
| The Dynamite Brothers I fratelli Dinamite |
Italy | Nino Pagot | Traditional | First Italian animated feature. | August 22, 1949 | |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James Algar |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package film | October 5, 1949 |
| The Singing Princess La Rosa di Baghdad (The Rose of Baghdad) |
Italy | Anton Gino Domenighini | Traditional | December 22, 1949 | ||
| Adventures of Esparadrapo | Spain | Ángel de Echenique | Stop motion | December 26, 1949 | ||