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Azur & Asmar
Azur & Asmar (French: Azur et Asmar) is a 2006 animated film by Michel Ocelot about two foster brothers who become rivals on a quest for the Djinn Fairy.
Big Fish & Begonia (大鱼海棠)
Big Fish & Begonia (大鱼海棠) is a 2016 Chinese animated fantasy feature by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, twelve years in the making, inspired by Zhuangzi's Xiaoyaoyou, earning about 565 million yuan amid sharply polarized reviews.
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero is a 2015 3D animated action-adventure film by Dubai's Barajoun Entertainment, directed by Ayman Jamal and Khurram H. Alavi, based on Bilal ibn Rabah; first Middle Eastern CG feature, $30M budget, premiered at DIFF 2015.
Chaar Sahibzaade (ਚਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦੇ)
Chaar Sahibzaade (ਚਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦੇ), 2014 Harry Baweja Punjabi 3D animated film on the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh's four sons; SGPC-coordinated, Om Puri narrator, 2016 sequel.
Charming (film)
Charming (2018) is an animated musical comedy directed by Ross Venokur, also known simply as Charming. Prince Philippe Charming, cursed so every woman loves him, is engaged to Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty; voiced by Valderrama, Lovato, Sia, and Lavigne; 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Coonskin (film)
Coonskin (1975), also developed as Coonskin No More and Harlem Nights, is Ralph Bakshi's live-action/animated satire of Brer Rabbit tales in Harlem, dropped by Paramount after CORE protests and released by Bryanston.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, 2005) is a stop-motion animated musical directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, the first stop-motion feature shot entirely digitally, Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature.
David (דָּוִד) (2025 film)
David (2025 film) is a 2025 animated musical drama that retells the biblical story of David. It became the highest-grossing faith-based animated theatrical musical of all time.
Elsa (Frozen)
Elsa is the snow-powered queen of Arendelle in Disney's Frozen (2013), voiced by Idina Menzel and loosely adapted from Andersen's "The Snow Queen" (1844); originally written as a villain, she became a sympathetic heroine after "Let It Go" was written.
Flynn Rider
Flynn Rider, real name Eugene Fitzherbert, is the charming thief and deuteragonist of Disney's Tangled (2010), voiced by Zachary Levi; Milo Manheim plays him in the 2028 live-action remake.
Fun and Fancy Free
Fun and Fancy Free is Disney's 1947 package animated feature, ninth in the canon, combining Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk, hosted by Jiminy Cricket, Dinah Shore, and Edgar Bergen, released by RKO September 27, 1947.
Gigantic (unproduced film)
Gigantic (originally Giants) was Walt Disney Animation Studios' unproduced Jack and the Beanstalk musical, announced at D23 Expo 2015, set in Spain with giant girl Inma, directed by Nathan Greno and Meg LeFauve, canceled October 10, 2017.
Happily N'Ever After
Happily N'Ever After (German title Es war k'einmal im Märchenland) is a 2006 computer-animated comedy fantasy film reworking classic fairy tales, released by Lionsgate in January 2007.
Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) (film)
Jiang Ziya (姜子牙), also JIANG ZIYA: Legend of Deification, is a 2020 Chinese 3D animated film by Cheng Teng and Li Wei for Enlight's Coloroom, second in its mythology series after Ne Zha; released October 1, 2020, it earned 15.82亿 yuan but split critics with its adult-oriented story.
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie is a 2002 American computer-animated musical comedy retelling the biblical story of Jonah with the VeggieTales vegetable characters, Big Idea Productions' first theatrical feature.
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Kirikou and the Sorceress (Kirikou et la Sorcière) is Michel Ocelot's 1998 French-Belgian-Luxembourg animated film adapted from West African folk tales, with music by Youssou N'Dour, about a tiny boy saving his village from the sorceress Karaba.
List of Christian animations
Christian animations: list of animated Christian works including Superbook (CBN, 1981), VeggieTales, The Prince of Egypt (1998), My Last Day anime (2011), and Angel Studios's The King of Kings (2025).
List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales
Disney animated fairy-tale films: features adapted from Grimm, Perrault, and Andersen tales, from Snow White (1937) through Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Tangled, and Frozen, in three waves.
Mahabharat (महाभारत) (2013 film)
Mahabharat (महाभारत) is a 2013 Hindi animated film directed by Amaan Khan, released 27 December 2013 by PEN India, with star voices including Amitabh Bachchan as Bheeshma; budget Rs 50 crore, gross about Rs 1.5 crore.
Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来)
Monkey King: Hero Is Back (西游记之大圣归来) is a 2015 Chinese 3D animated film by Tian Xiaopeng, adapted from Journey to the West; it earned 956 million yuan, then a record for domestic animation, and spurred China's mythology-animation wave.
Monkey Quest (film)
Monkey Quest (film) is an animated science fiction action-adventure film, a 2027 Japan–U.S. co-production blending 2D and 3D animation, loosely inspired by Journey to the West.
Mulan (1998 film)
Mulan (1998) is Disney's animated musical directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, based on the Ballad of Mulan; it earned $304 million, scored 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and was Disney's first Florida-produced feature.
New Gods: Nezha Reborn (新神榜：哪吒重生)
New Gods: Nezha Reborn (新神榜：哪吒重生) is a 2021 Light Chaser Animation 3D film directed by Zhao Ji, reimagining Nezha as biker Li Yunxiang in a cyberpunk East Sea City 3,000 years after the Investiture of the Gods; released 12 February 2021, grossed about 456 million yuan, streamed on Netflix.
Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах) (1969 film)
Puss in Boots (長靴をはいた猫, Nagagutsu o haita neko) is Toei Animation's 1969 anime feature directed by Kimio Yabuki, whose cat hero Pero became the studio's mascot; it won a Moscow festival children's prize and spawned 1972 and 1976 sequels.
Rise of the Guardians
Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 DreamWorks animated film in which Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost battle the Boogeyman.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 film)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) is a 51-minute Rankin/Bass stop-motion ABC Christmas special, also called an Animagic special, telling Santa's origin story via Fred Astaire's mailman narrator and Mickey Rooney's Kris Kringle.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 DreamWorks animated adventure film directed by Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore, with Brad Pitt voicing the pirate Sinbad.
Smallfoot
Smallfoot is a 2018 American computer-animated musical comedy from Warner Animation Group in which a young yeti named Migo discovers a human, reversing the Bigfoot legend.
Strange Magic (film)
Strange Magic is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy film directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic from a story by George Lucas.
The Ark and the Aardvark
The Ark and the Aardvark is an American animated adventure comedy directed by John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), reimagining Noah's Ark from the animals' view: outcast aardvark Gilbert, voiced by Miles Teller, leads misfit animals to the ark. Unified Pictures produces with ReDefine/DNEG; release unconfirmed (2025 or April 30, 2026).