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A Boy Named Charlie Brown
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) is the first theatrical Peanuts feature film, directed by Bill Melendez, written by Charles M. Schulz, opened at Radio City Music Hall, Oscar-nominated for its song score, and distinct from the 1963 unaired documentary of the same name.
A Minecraft Movie Squared
A Minecraft Movie Squared is the upcoming sequel to the 2025 film A Minecraft Movie, directed by Jared Hess and starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Kirsten Dunst as Alex, set for release July 23, 2027 after New Zealand filming begun May 2026.
Animal Crackers (2017 film)
Animal Crackers (2017) is a 3D computer-animated comedy-fantasy directed by Scott Christian Sava, Tony Bancroft, and Jaime Maestro, about magic cookies that turn eaters into animals; it premiered at Annecy 2017 and reached Netflix in 2020 after distribution disputes.
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (Astérix – Le Domaine des Dieux) is a 2014 French-Belgian 3D animated film by Louis Clichy and Alexandre Astier, adapting Goscinny and Uderzo's 17th Asterix album, in which Caesar builds a luxury Roman estate beside the Gaulish village; it sold about 3 million admissions in France.
Astro Boy (film)
Astro Boy, known in Japan as Tetsuwan Atom, is a 2009 computer-animated film directed by David Bowers, based on Osamu Tezuka's manga of a robot boy.
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is a 2018 American direct-to-video animated superhero film directed by Sam Liu, reimagining Batman in Victorian-era Gotham City hunting Jack the Ripper.
Batman: The Killing Joke (film)
Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) is DC Animation's first R-rated animated film, adapting Alan Moore's 1988 graphic novel; directed by Sam Liu, produced by Bruce Timm, starring Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, with a controversial Batgirl prologue.
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown is the 13th Peanuts animated TV special, aired on CBS January 28, 1975; written by Charles Schulz, directed by Phil Roman, scored by Vince Guaraldi, Emmy-nominated, now streaming on Apple TV+.
Big Hero 6 (film)
Big Hero 6 is a 2014 Disney animated film about Hiro Hamada and his robot Baymax, and it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) is a 1980 animated film, the fourth Peanuts theatrical feature, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, in which Charlie Brown and friends travel as exchange students to a mysterious French château inspired by Schulz's 1944 wartime stay.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) is an EA and Film Roman direct-to-video anime anthology film adapting the Dante's Inferno video game, itself loosely based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, with six studios animating segments through the nine circles of Hell. Distinct from the 2007 puppet film and Boris Acosta's Dante's Hell Animated.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン) is Square Enix's 2005 CGI film sequel to the 1997 game, directed by Tetsuya Nomura, set two years later, released on DVD/UMD, later reissued as Advent Children Complete and in 4K.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 fully CGI science fiction film directed by series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, the first photorealistic CGI human cast, a $137 million production that flopped with $32.1 million US gross.
Fritz the Cat (film)
Fritz the Cat (1972) is Ralph Bakshi's adult animated comedy, the first X-rated animated feature, adapted from Robert Crumb's underground comic; it grossed about $90 million on a budget near $1 million.
G.I. Joe: The Movie
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) is the Sunbow animated feature concluding G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, directed by Don Jurwich, with Cobra-La, Burgess Meredith as Golobulus, and Duke's death redubbed into a coma.
Gummibär & Friends: Operation Cotton Candy
Gummibär & Friends: Operation Cotton Candy is a CGI animated spy-spoof comedy film by Toonz Media Group and Gummybear International, announced at the 2025 European Film Market, directed by Pete Dodd, starring Gummy, Kala, and Harry against Dr. Verde.
He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword is a 1985 Filmation animated feature, also called The Secret of the Sword, compiled from the first five She-Ra episodes and released theatrically by Atlantic Releasing on March 22, 1985 to introduce She-Ra, He-Man's twin sister, before her TV series.
Heavy Metal (film)
Heavy Metal (1981) is a Canadian-American R-rated animated anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman, based on the Heavy Metal magazine (Métal Hurlant), linked by the evil Loc-Nar orb, with a rock soundtrack and cult status.
Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000 (aka Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²) is a 2000 adult animated sci-fi film, the second based on Heavy Metal magazine, directed by Michael Coldewey and Michel Lemire, starring Julie Strain, Michael Ironside, and Billy Idol; critically panned at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Justice Society: World War II
Justice Society: World War II is a 2021 DC Universe Movies animated film, also called the JSA WWII movie, part of the Tomorrowverse. Directed by Jeff Wamester, it sends Matt Bomer's Flash to WWII to fight Nazis alongside Stana Katic's Wonder Woman-led Justice Society.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (Nemo, ニモ) is a 1989 Japanese-American animated musical fantasy film directed by Masami Hata and William Hurtz, adapted from Winsor McCay's comic strip, released in Japan in 1989 and the US in 1992 by Hemdale.
Mutafukaz
Mutafukaz (US title MFKZ) is a 2017 Franco-Japanese adult animated sci-fi action film by Guillaume "Run" Renard and Shojiro Nishimi, adapting his Ankama comic; Angelino, half-alien Macho, fights invaders in Dark Meat City.
Next Gen (未来机器城) (film)
Next Gen (未来机器城) is a 2018 Chinese-Canadian CG animated film by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander, based on Wang Nima's comic 7723, about girl Mai and robot 7723; Netflix bought non-China rights for $30 million at Cannes 2018.
Nimona (film)
Nimona (2023) is an animated science-fantasy film directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, based on ND Stevenson's graphic novel, produced by Annapurna and DNEG for Netflix, starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed, and nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
Persepolis (film)
Persepolis is a 2007 French animated coming-of-age drama directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, adapting her graphic memoir about growing up in Iran through revolution and exile.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) is the second of Fleischer Studios' three Technicolor two-reel Popeye Color Specials, directed by Dave Fleischer, pitting Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy against Bluto as the bandit Abu Hassan.
Robot Dreams (film)
Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spanish-French wordless animated film by Pablo Berger, adapted from Sara Varon's 2007 graphic novel, about Dog and Robot in 1980s New York; Cannes premiere, Oscar-nominated, Annie and Goya winner.
Rock Dog (摇滚藏獒)
Rock Dog (摇滚藏獒) is a 2016 3D animated film adapted from rock singer Zheng Jun's comic, directed by Ash Brannon, about mastiff Bodi pursuing rock music; released in China July 2016 and the US February 2017, grossing $9.4 million in the US.
Rumble (2021 film)
Rumble (2021) is a Paramount+ computer-animated monster-wrestling comedy directed by Hamish Grieve, loosely based on Rob Harrell's graphic novel Monster on the Hill, starring Will Arnett, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Terry Crews; released streaming-only December 15, 2021.
Snoopy, Come Home
Snoopy, Come Home (1972) is the second theatrical Peanuts feature, directed by Bill Melendez and written by Charles Schulz, in which Snoopy visits his ailing former owner Lila; it introduced Woodstock and used a Sherman Brothers score instead of Vince Guaraldi's jazz.