This is a list of Stop-Motion films divided into 3 sections; List of Stop-Motion Feature Films, Stop-Motion/Live Action Features (mainly for special effects) and Notable Stop-Motion Shorts. For films made using puppetry

Puppetry

Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance which involves the manipulation of puppets. It is very ancient, and is believed to have originated 30,000 years BC. Puppetry takes many forms but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects...

 (in other words, using puppets but not animation), please go here. Note: This list includes films that are not exclusively stop motion.

Stop-Motion Animated Features

Year	Title	Country	Type	Length (Minutes)
1926	The Adventures of Prince Achmed The Adventures of Prince Achmed The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost...	Germany	Cutout	65
1935	The New Gulliver The New Gulliver The New Gulliver is a Soviet stop motion-animated cartoon, and the first to make such extensive use of puppet animation, running almost all the way through the film . The film was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim and earned Ptushko a special prize at the International Cinema Festival in Milan...	USSR	Puppet	75
1937	The Tale of the Fox The Tale of the Fox The Tale of the Fox was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich's first fully animated feature film. It is based on the tales of Renard the Fox. Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18-month period , there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film...	France/Germany	Puppet	65
1937	The Seven Ravens The Seven Ravens (film) The Seven Ravens is a German stop motion-animated fairytale film directed by the Diehl brothers. It was released in Germany on 2 December 1937...	Germany	Puppet	53
1945	Handling Ships Handling Ships Handling Ships is a British stop motion animated film made by Halas and Batchelor. The 70-minute film was created at the request of the British Admiralty, as a training aid for new navigators joining the Royal Navy...	UK	Puppet	70
1947	The Crab with the Golden Claws The Crab with the Golden Claws (film) The Crab with the Golden Claws is a 1947 Belgian stop motion feature film produced by Wilfried Bouchery for Films Claude Misonne and based on the comic book of the same name from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé. This was the first Tintin story to be adapted into a movie and follows the story of...	Belgium	Puppet	75
1947	The Czech Year The Czech Year The Czech Year , also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated feature film from Czechoslovakia... AKA A Treasury of Fairy-tales	Czechoslavakia	Puppet	75
1947	Adventures of Esparadrapo	Spain	Puppet	60
1949	Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland (1949 film) Alice in Wonderland is a 1949 French film based on Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Dallas Bower, the film stars Carol Marsh as Alice, Stephen Murray as Lewis Carroll, and Raymond Bussières as The Tailor...	US	Puppet	70
1949	The Emperor's Nightingale	Czechoslavakia	Puppet	72
1950	Prince Bayaya	Czechoslavakia	Puppet	87
1953	The Treasure Of Bird Island	Czechoslavakia	Cutout	77
1953	Old Czech Legends Old Czech Legends Old Czech Legends is a 1953 Czechoslovak stop motion puppet animation film directed by Jiří Trnka. It was based on the 1894 book Ancient Bohemian Legends by Alois Jirásek....	Czechoslavakia	Puppet	91
1954	Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy is a stop motion animated film that was created in 1954 and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel, and contains many musical numbers. It was the first American feature length animated film not made by...	US	Puppet	72
1958	Beloved Beauty Beloved Beauty Beloved Beauty is a 1958 feature-length stop motion-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film, which was made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio, is based on Russian folk tales.-Creators:-See also:*History of Russian animation...	USSR	Puppet	45
1959	A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival...	Czechoslovakia	Puppet	76
1961	The Strange Story of the Inhabitants of Schiltburg	Germany	Puppet	N/A
1962	Heaven and Earth Magic Heaven and Earth Magic Heaven and Earth Magic is an American avant garde feature film made by Harry Everett Smith. Originally released in 1957, it was re-edited several times and the final version was released in 1962...	US	Cutout	66
1962	Joseph The Dreamer	Israel	Puppet	90
1964	The Peacock Princess	China	Puppet	N/A
1964	The Girl With Long Hair	China	Puppet	N/A
1964	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the USA, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour...	US	Puppet	47
1964	Lefty Lefty (1964 film) Lefty is a 1964 feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union. The film is based on the story of the same name by the 19th century Russian novelist Nikolai Leskov...	USSR	Cutout	42
1965	Willie McBean & His Magic Machine	Japan/US	Puppet	94
1966	Go There, Don't Know Where Go There, Don't Know Where Go There, Don't Know Where is a 1966 feature-length cutout-animated film from the Soviet Union. It was directed by the "Patriarch of Soviet animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, at the Soyuzmultfilm studio....	USSR	Cutout/Puppet	56
1966	Taro, the Son Of Dragon	Japan	Puppet	N/A
1967	The Kurohime Story	Japan	Puppet	N/A
1968	The Mighty Taro	Japan	Puppet	N/A
1968	Adam 2	West Germany	Cutout	79
1968	Mad Monster Party	US	Puppet	94
1969	Hanako, The Elephant	Japan	Puppet	N/A
1970	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town is a 1970 stop motion television special, made by Rankin-Bass with models carved from wood . The film stars actor Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger, the narrator, and Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus...	Japan/US	Puppet	48
1970	Dougal and the Blue Cat Dougal and the Blue Cat Dougal and the Blue Cat, called Pollux et le Chat Bleu in France, is a 1972 film based on The Magic Roundabout.-Plot:One morning in the magic garden, Dougal the dog is yelling at his cuckoo clock for dropping its pendulum on his bed. He suddenly realises that something strange happened last night,...	France	Puppet	82
1971	Here Comes Peter Cottontail Here Comes Peter Cottontail Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Easter television special made by Rankin-Bass, based on a 1957 novel by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich entitled The Easter Bunny That Overslept. The title of the special is from the Easter song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", which is also heard in the special....	US	Puppet	55
1972	The Emperor's New Clotheshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301258/	US	Puppet	60
1974	The Year Without a Santa Claus The Year Without a Santa Claus The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Rankin/Bass stop motion animated television special. It usually airs during the Christmas season on United States television. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same name, illustrated by Kurt Werth.-Summary:The show is set in the...	US	Puppet	51
1974	Tales of 1001 Nights AKA Sinbad	Czechoslavakia	Cutout	88
1975	Flåklypa Grand Prix Flåklypa Grand Prix Flåklypa Grand Prix is a Norwegian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It was released in 1975 and is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust...	Norway	Puppet	88
1976	Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph's Shiny New Year is the 1976 stop-motion animated sequel to the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, produced by Rankin/Bass.-Plot:...	US	Puppet	47
1977	The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town is a 1977 Easter special by Rankin/Bass seen on ABC. It is a semi-sequel to Rankin-Bass's earlier Santa Claus is Comin' To Town. In the special, S.D...	US	Puppet	50
1977	The Holiday of Disobediencehttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5237	USSR	Puppet	48
1977	Rime of the Ancient Mariner	US	Cutout	42
1978	Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Czechoslovakia/West Germany	Cutout	73
1979	Jack Frost Jack Frost (TV special) Jack Frost was an animated television special, directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. and written by Romeo Muller; it premiered on NBC on December 13, 1979. This stop motion animated special tells the tale of Jack Frost, the winter sprite, and his adventures as a human...	US	Puppet	48
1979	Adventures of Captain Vrungel Adventures of Captain Vrungel Adventures of Captain Vrungel is a 1981 Soviet musical adventure animation film by David Cherkassky, Kievnauchfilm, loosely based on the novel with the same name by Andrey Nekrasov...	USSR	Cutout	58 (13 ep.)
1979	Nutcracker Fantasy Nutcracker Fantasy Nutcracker Fantasy is an animated film by Sanrio, very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and E.T.A. Hoffman's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was nominated for the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Motion Picture...	Japan/US	Puppet	82
1979	Ubu et la Grande Gidouille Ubu et la Grande Gidouille Ubu et la Grande Gidouille is a 1987 French animated film directed by Jan Lenica. It is based on Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi. The film was released on 11 November 1987 in France. Michel Poujade and Janine Grillon were the main actors. Les Films Armorial was the production company of the film....	France	Cutout	80
1980	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July is a feature-length 1979 Rankin-Bass crossover sequel filmed in stop-motion animation in the style of their 1964 Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It was 97 minutes long. Although designed as a theatrical release , it made its U.S...	US	Puppet	97
1980	Pinocchio's Christmas Pinocchio's Christmas Pinocchio's Christmas is a Rankin/Bass Christmas television special. It was released on DVD as part of a box set of specials entitled "Classic Christmas Favorites" on October 7, 2008. It airs annually during the Christmas season on ABC Family.-Synopsis:...	US	Puppet	44
1980	The Tale Of John and Mariehttp://www.czech.cz/en/culture/la-creation-artistique-tcheque/le-cinema/extraits-de-films-tcheques/pohadka-o-honzikovi-a-marence-the-tale-of-john-and-marie/	Czechoslovakia/USSR	Cutout	66
1981	Rennyo and His Mother	Japan	Puppet	93
1981	Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York is a 1982 Czechoslovak stop motion-animated film directed by Stanislav Látal. The film is based on the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.- Cast :*Václav Postránecký as Robinson Crusoe...	Czechoslovakia	Puppet	72
1982	The Flying Windmill	East Germany	Puppet	85
1982	Chronopolis Chronopolis (film) Chronopolis is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Polish animator Piotr Kamler with music composed by Luc Ferrari and narration by Michael Lonsdale. It was Kamler's first and only full length film. The film won Best Children's Film for 1982 and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film...	France/Poland	Puppet	70
1982	The Adventures of Sam the Squirrel	Hungary	Puppet	82
1983	The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows (1983 film) The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 79-minute film by the studio Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The movie is based on Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows. It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award...	UK	Puppet	79
1983	The Little Witch	Czechoslovakia/West Germany	Cutout	96
1985	The Adventures of Mark Twain The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) The Adventures of Mark Twain, released in the UK as Comet Quest, is a 1986 American stop-motion animation film directed by Will Vinton . It received a wider theatrical release, still limited to seven major cities, in January 1986. It was released on DVD in January 2006... AKA Comet Quest	US	Clay/Puppet	86
1985	The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus	US	Puppet	50
1985	Odyssea	Czechoslovakia/East Germany	Cutout	72
1985	The Pied Piper of Hamelin Krysar The Pied Piper is a 1986 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Barta. Its original Czech title is Krysař, which means "The rat catcher". The story is an adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a fairy tale originated in medieval Germany...	Czechoslovakia	Puppet	53
1986	Sophie's Placehttp://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.6/articles/leger1.6.html	US	Cutout	86
1986	Long live Servatius!	Hungary	Puppet	64
1987	The Amazing Mr. Bickford The Amazing Mr. Bickford The Amazing Mr. Bickford is a video released by Frank Zappa in 1987, containing orchestral pieces by Zappa set to the clay animation of Bruce Bickford.-See also:*Adult animation*List of stop-motion films*List of animated feature-length films...	US	Clay	60
1987	My Favourite Timehttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=3328	USSR	Cel/Cutout	80
1988	The Cat Who Walked by Herself The Cat Who Walked by Herself The Cat Who Walked by Herself is a 1988 Soviet animated feature film directed by Ideya Garanina and made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's short story, The Cat that Walked by Himself...	USSR	Mixed	70
1989	The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake	East Germany	Puppet	80
1990	The Flying Sneaker AKA The Butterflies Time	Canada/Czechoslovakia	Puppet	N/A
1990	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship The Flying Ship or The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book and Arthur Ransome in Old Peter's Russian Tales....	UK	Puppet	60
1990	The School of Fine Artshttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5856	USSR	Mixed	70
1990	The School of Fine Arts: The Returnhttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=3389	USSR	Mixed	67
1992	Mitki-Mayer http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=3842	Russia	Cutout	53
1993	The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb is a 1993 stop-motion animated film made by bolexbrothers, and funded by the BBC, La Sept, producer Richard Hutchinson and Manga Entertainment, which also distributed the film on video...	UK	Mixed	61
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to...	US	Puppet	76
1993	The Return of Captain Sinbad	US	Puppet	45
1995	Gumby: The Movie Gumby: The Movie Gumby: The Movie is a 1995 clay animation feature film featuring the character Gumby.The movie is rated G by the MPAA.-Opening sequence clip:...	US	Clay/Puppet	88
1996	James and the Giant Peach James and the Giant Peach (film) James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi. The film is a combination of live action and stop-motion animation....	US	Puppet	79
1996	Kings and Cabbagehttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1883	Russia	Cutout/Puppet	52
1998	The Magic Pipe The Magic Pipe The Magic Pipe is a 1998 Russian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Mikhail Tumelya. Work on the film started in 1993, and it was Russia's fifth feature-length animation to be released after the collapse of the Soviet Union . Over 120 puppets were used in the film...	Russia	Puppet	50
2000	The Miracle Maker	UK/Russia	Puppet	90
2000	Chicken Run Chicken Run Chicken Run is a 2000 British stop-motion animation film made by the Aardman Animations studios, the production studio of the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films...	UK/US	Clay/Puppet	84
2000	Prop and Bertahttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258050/	Denmark	Puppet	77
2000	Optimus Mundus http://www.nzff.co.nz/filmsynopsis.asp?FilmID=81&Archive=0&RegionID=0&EventID=0http://animator.ru/db/?p=show_film&fid=1759	Russia	Mixed	56
2002	Jan's Werich Fimfarum	Czech Republic	Puppet	100
2003	Winter Days Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō....	Japan	Cutout/Puppet	100
2003	The Legend of the Sky Kingdom The Legend of the Sky Kingdom The Legend of the Sky Kingdom is a 2003 animated feature film from Zimbabwe - the country's and Africa's first. It was based on a children's book of the same name by Phil Cunningham, who was also the film's producer. It premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in October 2003...	Zimbabwe	Puppet	73
2004	Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas	US	Puppet	45
2005	Klay World: Off the Table	US	Clay	90
2005	Among The Thorns	Sweden	Puppet	46
2005	The Book of the Dead The Book of the Dead (film) is a 2005 Japanese stop motion animation feature film directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is his second feature film, the first being the Rennyo and His Mother and is based on the novel of the same name by Shinobu Orikuchi...	Japan	Puppet	70
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British clay-mation animated comedy horror film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorksPictures...	UK	Clay/Puppet	85
2005	Corpse Bride Corpse Bride Corpse Bride, often promoted as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, is a 2005 stop-motion-animated fantasy musical film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. It is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp led an all-star cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter ...	UK/US	Puppet	76
2005	The Three Musketeershttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486728/	Denmark/Latvia	Puppet	75
2006	Disaster! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424958/	US	Puppet	83
2006	Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Live Freaky Die Freaky is a stop motion-animated, musical independent film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders...	US	Puppet	75
2006	Blood Tea and Red String Blood Tea and Red String Blood Tea and Red String is a stop-motion-animated feature film, called by director Christiane Cegavske a "fairy tale for adults". It was released on February 2, 2006 after a production time of 13 years, having been filmed in various places in the West Coast and in two studios...	US	Puppet	71
2006	Fimfarum 2http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496296/	Czech Republic	Puppet	90
2006	Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen is a stop-motion animated Christmas television special directed by David H. Brooks, that originally aired in 2006. The show's plot has Rusty Reindeer joining a support group for depressed holiday icons, and he and the other characters search for...	US	Clay/Puppet	60
2006	Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap is a Swedish stop motion-animated feature film that premiered on 19 November 2006.- Plot :The pig Desmond and his friends are haunted by the terrible monster Träskpatraske...	Sweden	Puppet	68
2006	Davie & Golimyr http://www.davieandgolimyr.com/	US	Puppet	45
2007	We Are the Strange We Are the Strange We Are the Strange is an independent animated film directed by M dot Strange. It uses stop motion, CG artwork, and greenscreen effects. The film premiered on January 19, 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival.-Synopsis:...	US	CGI/Puppet	88
2007	One Night in One City One Night in One City One Night in One City, also known as One Night in a City and One Night in the City is a stop-motion-animated feature-length black comedy horror film from the Czech Republic...	Czech Republic	Puppet	75
2007	Max & Co Max & Co Max & Co is a stop-motion animated feature film released in Belgium, France, and Switzerland in February 2008. It won the Audience Award at the 2007 Annecy International Animated Film Festival...	Belgium/France/Switzerland/UK	CGI/Puppet	76
2007	Tengers Tengers Tengers is a 2007 South African animated film written, directed and produced by Michael J. Rix. It is the first full-length animation produced in South Africa and uses the claymation technique....	South Africa	Clay/Puppet	68
2008	$9.99 $9.99 $9.99 is a 2008 Australian/Israeli stop motion film written and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, with the screenplay by Etgar Keret. This film marks the third collaboration between Rosenthal and Keret...	Australia/Israel	Puppet	78
2008	Edison and Leo Edison and Leo Edison and Leo is a 2008 stop-motion animated feature film produced by Perfect Circle Production and Infinity Entertainment. It is Canada's first stop-motion animated feature.-Plot:...	Canada	Puppet	79
2008	A Miser Brothers' Christmas A Miser Brothers' Christmas A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a stop motion spin-off special based on the characters from 1974 Rankin-Bass special The Year Without a Santa Claus. Produced by Warner Bros...	US	Puppet	45
2009	Coraline Coraline (film) Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...	US	Puppet	101
2009	Mary and Max Mary and Max Mary and Max is a 2009 Australian clay-animated black comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore, with narration by Barry Humphries. The film premiered on the...	Australia	Puppet	100
2009	A Town Called Panic A Town Called Panic (film) A Town Called Panic is a 2009 stop-motion animated film, co-produced by Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It was directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar and is based on the TV series of the same name...	Belgium/Luxembourg	Puppet	76
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop-motion animated film based on the Roald Dahl children's novel of the same name. This story is about a fox who steals food each night from three mean and wealthy farmers. The farmers are fed up with Mr Fox's theft and try to kill him, so they dig their way...	US	Puppet	87

Upcoming Films

Year	Title	Country	Type
2012	The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, known internationally as The Pirates! Band of Misfits, is an upcoming 3-D stop-motion animated film produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation and set for release on March 28, 2012, in UK, and on March 30, 2012, in US. It is being...	UK	Clay/Puppet
2012	Frankenweenie Frankenweenie (2012 film) Frankenweenie is an upcoming 3D black and white stop motion film and remake of the 1984 short film of the same name. Like the 1984 version, it is a parody of and an homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley's book of the same name...	US	Puppet
2012	ParaNorman ParaNorman ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller film produced by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and set for international release on August 17, 2012...	US	Puppet
2014	Untitled Film	US	Puppet
TBA	Grass Roots Grass Roots (film) Grass Roots is an upcoming clay animated film based on the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers underground comic strip created by Gilbert Shelton.-Plot:...	US	Clay/Puppet
TBA	Gofmaniada Gofmaniada Hoffmaniada is a stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov....	Russia	Puppet
TBA	Worms http://www.earthwormsthemovie.com	Brazil/Canada	Puppet
TBA	The Junkshttp://www.thejunks.com/home.html	Bulgaria	Puppet
TBA	The Overcoat The Overcoat (animated film) The Overcoat is an upcoming animated feature film that has been the main project of acclaimed Russian director and animator Yuriy Norshteyn since 1981. It is based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol with the same name....	Russia	Cutout
TBA	Black Forest	US	Puppet
TBA (2015)	Green Eggs and Ham (film)	US	Puppet

Stop-Motion/Live-Action Features

Year	Title	Country	Top Animator	Sequence	Length (Minutes)
1913	The Night Before Christmas The Night Before Christmas (1913 film) The Night Before Christmas is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol...	Russia	Ladislas Starevich Ladislas Starevich Vladislav Starevich , born Władysław Starewicz , was a Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and other animals as his protagonists...		41
1922	Häxan Häxan Häxan is a 1922 Swedish/Danish silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen...	Denmark/Sweden		The devil	104
1923	Three Ages Three Ages (1923 film) Three Ages is a 1923 black-and-white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in , Keaton structured the film like three inter-cut short films. The structure also worked as a...	US		Brontosaur	63
1925	The Lost World The Lost World (1925 film) The Lost World is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O...	US	Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie"....	Dinosaurs	106
1933	King Kong King Kong (1933 film) King Kong is a Pre-Code 1933 fantasy monster adventure film co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong who dies in...	US	Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie"....	King Kong, dinosaurs and other creatures	104
1933	The Son of Kong The Son of Kong The Son of Kong is a 1933 American adventure film/monster movie produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Buzz Gibson and Willis O'Brien, the film starred Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack and Frank Reicher...	US	Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie"....	Kong Jr. and other creatures	69
1934	Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (1934 film) Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released in November 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet , March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers .Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film...	US	Gus Meins Gus Meins Gus Meins was a German-American film director. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany.-Career:... , Charley Rogers Charley Rogers Charley Rogers was an English film actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his association with Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in 37 films between 1912 and 1954...	Toys	78
1935	The New Gulliver The New Gulliver The New Gulliver is a Soviet stop motion-animated cartoon, and the first to make such extensive use of puppet animation, running almost all the way through the film . The film was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim and earned Ptushko a special prize at the International Cinema Festival in Milan...	USSR	Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko is a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. Ptushko is frequently referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis...		75
1939	The Golden Key	USSR	Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko is a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. Ptushko is frequently referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis...		72
1949	Mighty Joe Young	US	Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie".... , Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator... , Pete Peterson Pete Peterson Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam...	Joe Young and other creatures	94
1949	Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland (1949 film) Alice in Wonderland is a 1949 French film based on Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Directed by Dallas Bower, the film stars Carol Marsh as Alice, Stephen Murray as Lewis Carroll, and Raymond Bussières as The Tailor...	France/UK	Lou Bunin Lou Bunin Lou Bunin was a prominent puppeteer, an artist, and pioneer of stop-motion animation in the latter half of the twentieth century. While working as a mural artist under Diego Rivera in Mexico City in 1926, Bunin created political puppet shows using marionettes including a production of Eugene...	All the Wonderland characters	96
1951	The Lost Continent Lost Continent (1951 film) The Lost Continent is an American science fiction film, starring Cesar Romero and Hillary Brooke directed by Sam Newfield and produced by his brother Sigmund Neufeld. This low budget independent film was shot in eleven days. The footage on the plateau where the dinosaurs lived was printed with...	US		Dinosaurs	80
1953	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 science fiction film directed by Eugène Lourié and stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film is about an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle that unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The rhedosauras	80
1955	It Came from Beneath the Sea It Came from Beneath the Sea It Came from Beneath the Sea is an American science fiction film produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer for Columbia Pictures, from a script by George Worthing Yates designed to showcase the special model-animated effects of Ray Harryhausen. It was directed by Robert Gordon and stars Kenneth...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The hectipus	79
1955	Journey to Prehistory	Czechoslovakia	Karel Zeman Karel Zeman Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...	Dinosaurs and other creatures	93
1956	Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is an American black and white science fiction film, directed by Fred F. Sears and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is also known as Invasion of the Flying Saucers. It was ostensibly suggested by the non-fiction work Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	UFOs	83
1956	The Beast of Hollow Mountain The Beast of Hollow Mountain The Beast of Hollow Mountain is a 1956 scifi/horror western about an American cowboy living in Mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon by an Allosaurus...	US		Dinosaur	81
1957	20 Million Miles to Earth 20 Million Miles to Earth 20 Million Miles to Earth is a 1957 American science fiction film written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures and directed by Nathan H. Juran...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The Ymir and elephant	82
1957	The Black Scorpion The Black Scorpion (film) The Black Scorpion is a 1957 American horror film released by Warner Brothers, with stop motion special effects done by Willis O'Brien.-Plot:...	US	Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie".... , Pete Peterson Pete Peterson Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam...	Scorpions and worm	88
1958	A Deadly Invention	Czechoslovakia	Karel Zeman Karel Zeman Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...		83
1958	The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 1958 fantasy film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Nathan H. Juran and produced by Charles H. Schneer...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The dragon, cyclops, skeleton, snake woman, adult and baby roc	88
1958	Monster from Green Hell Monster from Green Hell Monster from Green Hell is a 1957 B movie shown as a double-feature to the 1957 film The Brain from Planet Arous. It is also seen as a clone of Them!.-Synopsis:...	US		Wasps	71
1958	tom thumb Tom thumb (film) Deliberately uncapitalised, tom thumb is a 1958 fantasy-musical film directed by George Pal and released by MGM. It was based on the fairy tale of the same name...	US		Toys	98
1958	Fiend Without a Face Fiend Without a Face Fiend Without a Face is a 1958 British black-and-white science fiction film directed by Arthur Crabtree. It tells the story of mysterious deaths at the hands of an invisible life-form that steals human brains and spinal columns...	UK		Creatures
1959	Behemoth, the Sea Monster Behemoth, the Sea Monster Behemoth, the Sea Monster is an American-British science-fiction film co-production. Originally a story about an amorphous blob of radiation, the script was changed at the distributor's insistence to a pastiche of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms , though elements of the original concept remain in...	UK/US	Pete Peterson Pete Peterson Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam... , Willis O'Brien Willis O'Brien Willis Harold O'Brien was an Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation. He was affectionately known to his family and close friends as "Obie"....	The behemoth	80
1959	Owls in the Marsh	Norway	Ivo Caprino Ivo Caprino Ivo Caprino was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is Flåklypa Grand Prix , made in 1975.- Early career :...		94
1960	Dinosaurus! Dinosaurus! Dinosaurus! is a 1960 science fiction film directed by Irvin Yeaworth and produced by Jack H. Harris. The leading role was intended for Steve McQueen, who starred in The Blob two years earlier, also directed by Yeaworth Jr...	US		Dinosaurs	85
1960	Goliath and the Dragon Goliath and the Dragon La vendetta di Ercole , better known as Goliath and the Dragon, is a 1960 Italian film starring Mark Forest and Broderick Crawford. The identity of the title character was changed from Hercules to Goliath for release in the United States.The film was distributed in North America by American...	France/Italy	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	Dragon	98
1960	The Three Worlds of Gulliver The Three Worlds of Gulliver The Three Worlds of Gulliver is a 1960 Columbia Pictures fantasy film loosely based upon the 18th-century English novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the titular character, June Thorburn as his fiancée Elizabeth, and child actor Sherry Alberoni as...	UK/US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The crocodile and squirrel	100
1961	Reptilicus Reptilicus Reptilicus, a giant monster film about a fictional prehistoric reptile, is a Danish-American co-production, produced by American International Pictures and Saga Studios, and is upon close examination two distinctly different films helmed by two different directors.The original version, which was...	Denmark	Kaye Koed	Creatures	92
1961	Mysterious Island Mysterious Island (1961 film) Mysterious Island is a 1961 film released by Morningside Productions. Based very loosely upon the novel The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, the film was produced by Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen. Directed by Cy Endfield, it was released through Columbia Pictures...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Animals	96
1961	Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (1961 film) Babes in Toyland is a 1961 Christmas musical film in Technicolor, directed by Jack Donohue, produced by Walt Disney, and distributed to theatres by Buena Vista Distribution. It stars Ray Bolger as Barnaby, Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary, Tommy Sands as Tom Piper, and Ed Wynn as the Toymaker.The...	US	Jack Donohue	Toys	105
1962	Journey to the 7th Planet Journey to the 7th Planet Journey to the Seventh Planet was a 1962 science fiction film. It was directed by Sid Pink, written by Pink and Ib Melchior, and shot in Denmark with a budget of only US$75,000. The seventh planet is, of course, Uranus, and a crew is being dispatched there by the United Nations on a mission of...	Denmark/US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	Creatures	83
1962	Jack the Giant Killer	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	The giants and other creatures	91
1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a 1962 American film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The latter was the producer and also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest grossing films of 1962. It won one Oscar and was nominated for three additional...	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	The cobblers, a flower and a dragon	135
1963	Jason and the Argonauts	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Harpies, titans, skeletons, hydra and other creatures	104
1964	7 Faces of Dr. Lao 7 Faces of Dr. Lao 7 Faces of Dr. Lao is a Metrocolor 1964 film adaptation of the 1935 fantasy novel The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney. It details the visit of a magical circus to a small town in the southwest United States, and the effects that visit has on the people of the town...	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	The sea serpent	100
1964	First Men in the Moon First Men in the Moon First Men in the Moon, also known as H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon, is a 1964 science fiction film directed by Nathan Juran. It is an adaptation by the noted science-fiction scriptwriter Nigel Kneale of the H. G...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	The moon cows and selenites	103
1964	The Jester's Tale	Czechoslovakia	Karel Zeman Karel Zeman Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...		82
1966	One Million Years B.C. One Million Years B.C. One Million Years B.C. is a 1966 British adventure/fantasy film starring Raquel Welch, set - loosely - in the time of cavemen. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions, and was a remake of the 1940 Hollywood film One Million B.C., and it recreates many of the scenes of that film...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Dinosaurs	100
1966	The Daydreamer	US	Jules Bass Jules Bass Jules Bass is an American director, producer, composer, and author.- Biography :Educated at New York University, he first worked at an advertising agency in New York until the early 1960s, when he founded the film production company Videocraft International with Arthur Rankin, Jr...		101
1967	The Stolen Airship The Stolen Airship The Stolen Airship is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne's Two Years' Vacation. The film consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop motion, and cutout animation...	Czechoslovakia	Karel Zeman Karel Zeman Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...		90
1969	The Valley of Gwangi The Valley of Gwangi The Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 American western-fantasy film directed by Jim O'Connolly and written by William Bast. The film is also known as Gwangi, The Lost Valley, The Valley Time Forgot, and The Valley Where Time Stood Still...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Dinosaurs, tiny horse and an elephant	96
1970	Equinox Equinox (film) Equinox is a 1970 American horror film. Originally made in 1967 under the title The Equinox... A Journey into the Supernatural it was directed by Dennis Muren, and stars Edward Connell as Dave, Barbara Hewitt as Susan Turner Frank Bonner as Jim Hudson and award-winning science fiction/horror writer...	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C.... , David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim... , Dennis Muren Dennis Muren Dennis Muren, A.S.C. is an American film special effects artist, most notable for his work on the films of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and George Lucas. He has won eight Oscars for Best Visual Effects.-Early life:...	Demons	80
1970	On the Comet	Czechoslovakia	Karel Zeman Karel Zeman Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...		74
1971	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 movie starring Victoria Vetri, set in the time of cavemen. The film was made by Britain's Hammer Films....	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C.... , David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Dinosaurs	100
1974	The Golden Voyage of Sinbad The Golden Voyage of Sinbad The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a fantasy film released in 1974 and starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa and is known mostly for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Griffin, centaur, kali, homunculus, figurehead	105
1974	Flesh Gordon Flesh Gordon Flesh Gordon is a 1974 American science fiction adventure comedy film. It is an erotic spoof of the Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s. The screenplay was written by Michael Benveniste, who also co-directed the film with Howard Ziehm...	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C.... , David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim... , Dennis Muren Dennis Muren Dennis Muren, A.S.C. is an American film special effects artist, most notable for his work on the films of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and George Lucas. He has won eight Oscars for Best Visual Effects.-Early life:...	Creatures	78
1977	The Crater Lake Monster The Crater Lake Monster The Crater Lake Monster is a 1977 B-rated horror film directed by William R. Stromberg for Crown International Pictures, and starring Richard Cardella...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	The plesisaur	85
1977	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	The chess pieces during the game on the Millennium Falcon	123
1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy film, the third and final Sinbad film that Ray Harryhausen made for Columbia, after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. The film was directed by Sam Wanamaker...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator...	Creatures	113
1978	Planet of Dinosaurs Planet of Dinosaurs Planet of Dinosaurs is a 1978 science fiction film. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows the journey of Captain Lee and his crew after they crash land on a planet with similar life conditions as Earth, but millions of years behind in time...	US	Doug Beswick	Dinosaurs	84
1978	Laserblast Laserblast Laserblast is a 1978 American science fiction film about an unhappy teenage loner who discovers an alien laser cannon and goes on a murderous rampage, seeking revenge against those who he feels have wronged him. The low-budget film was directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band, who is...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Aliens	84
1978	Piranha	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Piranhas, creature in laboratory	94
1980	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Tauntaun and AT-ATs	129
1980	The Day Time Ended The Day Time Ended The Day Time Ended is an independent science fiction film released in 1980. The film starred Jim Davis, Christopher Mitchum and Dorothy Malone and was directed by John 'Bud' Carlos...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Aliens	120
1981	The Howling The Howling (film) The Howling is a 1981 werewolf-themed horror film directed by Joe Dante. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the screenplay is written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Brief sequence of the werewolves at the end of the film	91
1981	Caveman Caveman (film) Caveman is a 1981 American slapstick comedy film written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long and Barbara Bach.-Plot:...	US	Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C.... , David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim... , Randall William Cook	Dinosaurs	92
1981	Clash of the Titans Clash of the Titans (1981 film) Clash of the Titans is an American 1981 fantasy–adventure film involving the Greek hero Perseus. It was released on June 12, 1981 and earned a gross profit of $41 million domestically, on a $15 million budget , by which it was the 11th highest grossing film of the year. A novelization of the film...	US	Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creator... , Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	Creatures	118
1981	Dragonslayer Dragonslayer Dragonslayer is a 1981 fantasy movie set in a fictional medieval kingdom, following a young wizard who experiences danger and opposition as he attempts to defeat a dragon....	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Dragon	108
1981	The Evil Dead The Evil Dead The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Betsy Baker. The film is a story of five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a wooded area...	US	Sam Raimi Sam Raimi Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...	Rotting corpse	85
1982	The Thing	US	Randall William Cook	The dog creature and spider head	109
1982	Q Q (film) Q is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree.-Plot:...	US	Randall William Cook, David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Serpent	93
1982	Mysterious Planet	US	Brett Piper		71
1983	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. It is the third film released in the Star Wars saga, and the sixth in terms of the series' internal chronology...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	AT-STs	134
1983	Krull Krull (film) Krull is a 1983 heroic fantasy film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Ron Silverman. Released by Columbia Pictures, it stars Ken Marshall as Prince Colwyn and Lysette Anthony as Princess Lyssa....	UK		Giant spider	117
1983	The Hunger	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Monkey aging sequence
1984	Ghostbusters Ghostbusters Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a...	US	Randall William Cook	The terror dogs	107
1984	2010	US	Randall William Cook		116
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is an American spoof science fiction film that was released in 1984. It was directed and produced by W. D. Richter, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr...	US	Rick Heinrichs Rick Heinrichs Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known to have worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Ang Lee's Hulk and The Nightmare Before Christmas...		103
1984	Dreamscape Dreamscape (film) Dreamscape is a 1984 science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing...	US	Jim Aupperle	Snake man	99
1984	The Terminator The Terminator The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Orion Pictures, and filmed in Los...	US	Doug Beswick, Pete Kleinow, Stan Winston Stan Winston Stanley Winston was an American visual effects supervisor, makeup artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man, Edward Scissorhands, and Avatar...	Battle-damaged Terminator	108
1984	Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure For the series of road trips travelled by Hamish and Andy see:Caravan Of Courage The Ewok Adventure is a 1984 American made-for-TV film based in the Star Wars setting. It was released theatrically in Europe as Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, and is known by that title today...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Creatures	96
1985	Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a 1985 made-for-TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. A sequel to Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the evil...	US		Creatures	94
1985	Return to Oz Return to Oz Return to Oz is a 1985 film which is an unofficial sequel to Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz. The film is based on the second and third Oz books, The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz...	US	Will Vinton Will Vinton Will Vinton is an American director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.- Education :...	Gnome King and other gnomes	113
1985	Better Off Dead	US		Singing hamburgers	97
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes Young Sherlock Holmes is a 1985 mystery/adventure film directed by Barry Levinson, produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Chris Columbus, based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Creatures	109
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure Pee-wee's Big Adventure Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Supporting roles are played by Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane...	US	Rick Heinrichs Rick Heinrichs Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known to have worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Ang Lee's Hulk and The Nightmare Before Christmas...	Demonic truck driver	90
1986	Aliens Aliens (film) Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, and Bill Paxton...	US	Doug Beswick	Some sequences of alien movement	137
1986	Howard the Duck Howard the Duck (film) Howard the Duck is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. It is loosely based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, created by Steve Gerber and quoting scripts by Bill Mantlo, the film focuses on Howard, an alien from a planet...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Dark Overlord	111
1986	The Golden Child The Golden Child The Golden Child is a 1986 American comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a social worker who is confronted by a young Asian woman , who tells him that he is The Chosen One destined to save The Golden Child, the savior of all mankind, from the clutches of the demon Sardo...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	The devil	94
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 slasher film and the third film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was directed by Chuck Russell and starred Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Robert Englund and Patricia Arquette in her first role.- Plot :Six years after the events...	US	Doug Beswick	Freddy coming to life as a puppet, also skeleton in grave
1987	Dolls Dolls (1987 film) Dolls is a horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, shot in Italy in 1985 and released in 1987.- Plot summary :A violent thunderstorm strands six people in the gothic English countryside: Judy, who's traveling with her thuggish father and her cold, self-centered, stepmother...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	The Dolls
1987	Evil Dead II Evil Dead II Evil Dead II, also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, is a 1987 horror comedy film directed by Sam Raimi. It is a retcon sequel to the 1981 film The Evil Dead. The film was written by Raimi and Scott Spiegel, produced by Rob Tapert and starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams...	US	Doug Beswick	Decapitated Linda, Henrietta monster. Ash's severed hand and various laughing objects	85
1987	The Gate The Gate (film) The Gate is a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff and directed by Tibor Takács. The movie utilizes stop motion, Harryhausen-esque creatures.-Plot:...	US	Randall William Cook	Demons	85
1987	RoboCop RoboCop RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop"...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	ED-209 ED-209 The Enforcement Droid Series 209, or ED-209, is a fictional robot in the RoboCop franchise. The ED-209 serves as a heavily-armed obstacle and foil for the series' titular character, as well as a source of comic relief due to its lack of intelligence and tendency towards clumsy malfunctions.The...	103
1987	House II: The Second Story House II: The Second Story House II: The Second Story is the 1987 sequel to the 1986 film, House. While it is a sequel, this film ignores the storyline and characters from the first film, in favor of a new supernatural comedy. Also, the film's tone was much lighter than the original film and the other following sequels...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Dinosaurs	88
1987	Batteries not included	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	The spaceships
1988	Alice Alice (1988 film) Alice is a 1988 Czechoslovak film directed by Jan Švankmajer. Its original Czech title is Něco z Alenky, which means "Something from Alice". It is a free adaptation of Lewis Carroll's first Alice book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, about a girl who follows a white rabbit into a bizarre fantasy...	Czechoslovakia	Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...	All the Wonderland characters	86
1988	Moonwalker Moonwalker Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is an American anthology film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson....	Czechoslovakia	Will Vinton Will Vinton Will Vinton is an American director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.- Education :...	Speed Demon segment	86
1988	Beetlejuice	US	Doug Beswick, Tim Lawrence, Ted Rae	Beetlejuice snake, sandworms and transformations	85
1988	Willow Willow (film) Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Dragon
1989	I, Madman	US	Randall William Cook		89
1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy film. The directorial debut of Joe Johnston and released through Walt Disney Pictures and Silver Screen Partners III, the film tells the story of an inventor who accidentally shrinks his and his neighbor's kids to 1/4 of an inch with his electromagnetic...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Insects and scorpion
1989	Puppet Master Puppet Master (film) Puppet Master is a 1989 horror film written by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall, and directed by David Schmoeller...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	The puppets
1989	Tetsuo: The Iron Man Tetsuo: The Iron Man Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, underground-production style as his first two films...	Japan	Shinya Tsukamoto Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.-Biography:Tsukamoto started making movies at the age of 14, when his father gave him a Super 8 camera. He made a number of films, ranging...	Main character, woman, metal fetishist	67
1990	RoboCop 2 RoboCop 2 RoboCop 2 is a 1990 science fiction action film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bayer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Robots	117
1990	The Gold Sword	USSR	Stanislav Sokolov Stanislav Sokolov Stanislav Mihaylovich Sokolov is a Russian stop-motion animation director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios Soyuzmultfilm, DEFA, Christmasfilms and S4C. He was awarded a number of prizes for his films, most notably an Emmy in 1992 for his contribution to The...		85
1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch Gremlins 2: The New Batch Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a 1990 American horror comedy film, and the sequel to Gremlins . It was directed by Joe Dante and written by Charles S. Haas, with creature designs by Rick Baker...	US		Flying gremlin
1990	It It (1990 film) It is a 1990 horror television miniseries based on the novel of the same name. The story revolves around an inter-dimensional predatory life-form that is simply referred to as "It", which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's worst fears allowing it to exploit the fears and phobias...	US		Spider	192
1990	A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell	US	Brett Piper	Dinosaurs
1990	Robot Jox Robot Jox Robot Jox is a 1990 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon, and starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Paul Koslo.-Plot:Fifty years after a nuclear holocaust, open war is forbidden by the surviving nations, which have merged into two opposing super-nations: the American-influenced...	US	David Allen David W. Allen David W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...	Robots	85
1991	Winterbeast	US			80
1991	Lunatics: A Love Story Lunatics: A Love Story Lunatics: A Love Story is a 1991 comedy romance film with neo-noir connections written and directed by Josh Becker, starring Ted Raimi, Deborah Foreman and Bruce Campbell...	US	Dave Hettmer		87
1992	Nemesis Nemesis Nemesis may refer to:* Nemesis , in Greek mythology, a spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris* Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction-Literature:...	US	Peter Kleinow	cyborg Farnsworth's mechanical endoskeleton	95
1992	The Gate II: Trespassers The Gate II: Trespassers Gate II: Trespassers, aka Gate II and Gate II: Return to the Nightmare, is a 1989 sequel to the 1987 film The Gate. It was directed by Tibor Takács, with Louis Tripp returning as Terrence 'Terry' Chandler.-Plot:...	Canada	Steven Archer	Demons	93
1992	Braindead	New Zealand	Peter Jackson Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...	The rat monkey	104
1993	The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb is a 1993 stop-motion animated film made by bolexbrothers, and funded by the BBC, La Sept, producer Richard Hutchinson and Manga Entertainment, which also distributed the film on video...	UK	Dave Borthwick		60
1993	RoboCop 3 RoboCop 3 RoboCop 3 is a science fiction action film, released in 1993, set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, and filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the buildings seen in the film were slated for demolition to make way for facilities for the 1996 Olympics. Nancy Allen as...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	ED-209 ED-209 The Enforcement Droid Series 209, or ED-209, is a fictional robot in the RoboCop franchise. The ED-209 serves as a heavily-armed obstacle and foil for the series' titular character, as well as a source of comic relief due to its lack of intelligence and tendency towards clumsy malfunctions.The...	104
1993	Robot Wars Robot Wars (film) Robot Wars is a 1993 American science fiction film directed by Albert Band and written by Charles Band and Jackson Barr.It has been listed sometimes as a sequel to Robot Jox, but is not a real sequel, story-wise...	US	David Allen David Allen David Allen, Dave Allen, David Allan, or Dave Allan may refer to:-Acting, entertainment and broadcasting:* Dave Allen , Irish comedian* Dave Allen , American television and film actor... , Jim Danforth Jim Danforth Jim Danforth is a stop-motion animator, known for model-animation and matte painting. Danforth is known for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth , a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C....	Robots	71
1993	Army of Darkness Army of Darkness Army of Darkness, also known as Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness or simply Evil Dead III, is a 1992 horror comedy fantasy action film directed by Sam Raimi. It is the third and final installment in The Evil Dead trilogy. The film was written by Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert,...	US	Pete Kleinow	Skeletons and red demon	81
1993	Prehysteria!	US
1993	Coneheads Coneheads (film) Coneheads is a 1993 film based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels...	US	Phil Tippett Phil Tippett Phil Tippett is a movie director and an award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design and character animation.-Early career:...	Garthak
1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	US		T-Rex	83
1994	Dinosaur Island Dinosaur Island Dinosaur Island is an island that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. The island is not the same "Dinosaur Island" that appeared in Batman #35...	US		Dinosaurs	83
1994	Faust Faust (1994 film) Faust is a 1994 Czech film directed by Jan Švankmajer. It merges live-action footage with stop-motion footage and includes imaginative puppetry and claymation. The Faust character is played by Petr Čepek. The film was produced by Jaromír Kallista...	Czech Republic/France/UK	Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...		97
1995	Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life	Germany/Japan/UK	Brothers Quay Brothers Quay Stephen and Timothy Quay are American identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They are influential stop-motion animators...		104
1996	Conspirators of Pleasure Spiklenci slasti Conspirators of Pleasure is a 1996 film by Jan Švankmajer.-Plot:In Prague, Mr Pivonka, an unmarried man, buys some pornography from his local newsagent, Mr Kula, and returns home. A postwoman, Mrs Malková gives him a letter which reads "On Sunday" in cut-out letters. In secret, she then rolls...	Czech Republic/Switzerland/UK	Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...		85
1996	Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo, is an independent horror-comedy movie, filmed sometime in 1988 but released in 1996 by Troma Entertainment. One of the stars, Ron Asheton, is the former guitarist for The Stooges.-Synopsis:...	US	Dave Hettmer
1997	Good Burger Good Burger Good Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...	US		Cheeseburger assembly	97
1997	A Life Less Ordinary A Life Less Ordinary A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 British black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge. It stars Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo.-Plot:...	UK/US		Alternate ending over end credits	103
2000	Little Otik Otesánek Little Otik , also known as Greedy Guts, is a 2000 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová. Based on the folktale "Otesánek" by K J Erben, the film is a comedic live action, stop motion-animated feature film set mainly in an apartment building in the Czech Republic.The film uses the...	Czech Republic/Japan/UK	Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...		132
2000	Drainiac!	US	Brett Piper		81
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released in the United States and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series,...	UK/US		Voldemort's head	152
2001	Monkeybone Monkeybone Monkeybone is a 2001 American comedy film that combines live-action with stop-motion animation. It was based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town...	US	Paul Berry Paul Berry (animator) Paul Thomas Berry was a stop-motion animator and director of the 1991 "Oscar" nominated short horror stop-motion animation film The Sandman. In 1992 the film was awarded the Craft Prize for Best Animation at Ottawa International Animation Festival...		93
2002	Psyclops	US	Brett Piper		93
2003	Arachnia	US	Brett Piper	Spiders	82
2003	Elf Elf (film) Elf is a 2003 comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey Deschanel. It was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 and grossed over $220,400,000 worldwide.-Plot:A baby crawls into Santa Claus' sack while he is...	US	The Chiodo Brothers The Chiodo Brothers The Chiodo Brothers are a group of sibling special effects artists, best known for their film Killer Klowns from Outer Space and creating puppets and effects for films such as Critters, Ernest Scared Stupid, and Team America: World Police...	Leon the snowman introduction	97
2004	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is an American comedy-drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004...	US	Justin Kohn	The jaguar shark, recon sea turtles, crayon starfish, fighting crabs and various fish	119
2004	Monster Island Monster Island (film) Monster Island is the name of a campy 2004 made-for-TV horror movie in the 1950s monster movie style. It stars Carmen Electra, Daniel Letterle, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Adam West, C...	US	David Bowes	Giant insects and other creatures	119
2005	The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, released in 2005, was the second feature-length film by the Brothers Quay and their first film in over ten years. It features of Amira Casar, Gottfried John and Assumpta Serna.-Plot:...	France/Germany/UK	Brothers Quay Brothers Quay Stephen and Timothy Quay are American identical twin brothers better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They are influential stop-motion animators...		99
2005	Lunacy Lunacy (film) Lunacy is a 2005 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer. The film is loosely based on two short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe. It is also partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade...	Czech Republic/Slovakia	Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...		118
2006	The Science of Sleep The Science of Sleep The Science of Sleep is a 2006 French film written and directed by Michel Gondry. The film stars Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, and Alain Chabat.-Plot:...	France	Michel Gondry Michel Gondry Michel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...		106
2008	Imagination Imagination (film) Imagination is a 2007 American avante garde animated/live action film, and the first feature length project directed by Eric Leiser, about young twin sisters who are suffering from Asperger syndrome.-Production and release:...	US	Eric Leiser Eric Leiser Eric Leiser is a Christian filmmaker and animator who also creates holographic art.Born in California, Leiser earned a bachelor's degree in animation at the California Institute of the Arts while developing the stop-motion series Twilight Park. During its conception, Leiser worked props on...		70
2011	A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas	US	Todd Strauss-Schulson	Stoned Dream Sequence	89

Notable Stop-Motion Shorts

Year	Title	Country	Type	Length (Minutes)	Award(s)
1910	The Beautiful Leukanida	Russia	Puppet	N/A
1911	The Cameraman's Revenge	Russia	Puppet	N/A
1911	The Ant and the Grasshopper	Russia	Puppet	5	Decoration By the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
1912	The Terrible Vengeance	Russia	Puppet	N/A
1923	The Voice of the Nightingale	France	Puppet	13
1926	Thieves of Baghdad Thieves of Baghdad Thieves of Baghdad is a non-fictional account written by Col. Matthew Bogdanos about the quest to recover over a thousand lost artifacts from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad after the country's counter-invasion...	Japan	Cutout
1952	Neighbours Neighbours (film) Neighbours is a 1952 anti-war film by Scottish-Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren. Produced at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, the film uses the technique known as pixilation, an animation technique using live actors as stop-motion objects...	Canada	Pixilation Pixilation Pixilation is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet...	8	Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Canadian Film Award for Best Animated Short Canadian Film Award The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually except in 1974 when Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation that year.... Nominated - Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
1955	Magic Brush Magic Brush The Magic Brush is a Chinese animated stop-motion film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. There were two versions of the film. In 1954 the first film was called "Ma Liang and his Magic Brush" . In 1955 the second film was called "Magic Brush"...	China	Puppet	20	Warsaw International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Film Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw International Film Festival , also known as the Warsaw FilmFest, is a film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland. The festival has been held every year since 1985....
1971	The Battle of Kerzhenets The Battle of Kerzhenets The Battle of Kerzhenets is a 1971 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuriy Norshteyn. The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th-16th centuries .-Plot:The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh...	USSR	Cutout	10	Animafest Zagreb Grand Jury Prize Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Prize for Best Animated Film Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
1971	Cheburashka Cheburashka Cheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja...	USSR	Puppet	20
1972	Balablok Bretislav Pojar Břetislav Pojar is a puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films.Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka...	Canada	Cutout	7
1974	Closed Mondays Closed Mondays Closed Mondays is an 11-minute animated film using animated three-dimensional clay figures, cocreated by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner in 1974...	US	Clay/Puppet	10	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1975	Hedgehog in the Fog Hedgehog in the Fog Hedgehog in the Fog is a 1975 Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn, produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The Russian script was written by Sergei Grigoryevich Kozlov, who also published a book under the same name...	USSR	Cutout	10	All-Union Film Festival Award for Best Animated Film All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and held regularly from 1964-1988. It was held annually from 1972 onwards, and bi-annually before that...
1977	The Sand Castle The Sand Castle The Sand Castle is a 1977 stop motion animated short by Co Hoedeman. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 50th Academy Awards, the film was produced by Gaston Sarault for the National Film Board of Canada.-External links:*...	Canada	Clay/Sand	13	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1979	Tale of Tales	USSR	Cutout	29	Animafest Zagreb Grand Jury Prize
1981	'E' Bretislav Pojar Břetislav Pojar is a puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films.Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka...	Canada	Cutout	7
1981	Plasticine Crow Plasticine Crow Plasticine Crow is a 1981 Soviet clay animation by Aleksandr Tatarskiy . Animation divided into three independent parts .- Picture :...	USSR	Clay	9
1982	Vincent Vincent (film) Vincent is a 1982 stop-motion short film written, designed and directed by Tim Burton and Rick Heinrichs. At approximately six minutes in length, there is currently no individual release of the film...	US	Puppet	5	Annecy Film Festival Critic's Prize
1985	Prehistoric Beast Prehistoric Beast Prehistoric Beast is a ten minutes long experimental animated film fully conceived and made by Phil Tippett in 1984. This sequence is considered as being the first film produced by the Tippett Studio, founded by Tippett himself in 1984...	US	Puppet	10
1986	Nightangel Bretislav Pojar Břetislav Pojar is a puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films.Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka...	Canada/Czechoslovakia	Pinscreen Pinscreen animation Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows... /Puppet	19
1987	A Claymation Christmas Celebration A Claymation Christmas Celebration Will Vinton's A Claymation Christmas Celebration is an Emmy Award-winning Christmas television special originally broadcast on the American CBS TV network in 1987...	US	puppet	24	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series which is judged to have been the best...
1989	Creature Comforts Creature Comforts Creature Comforts was originally a 1989 British humorous animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. It was created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations...	UK	Clay/Puppet	5	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1989	Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out	UK	Clay/Puppet	25	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1991	Adam Adam Adam is a figure in the Book of Genesis. According to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions, he is the first human. In the Genesis creation narratives, he was created by Yahweh-Elohim , and the first woman, Eve was formed from his rib...	UK	Clay/Puppet	6	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1993	Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers	UK	Clay/Puppet	30	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1995	Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave	UK	Clay/Puppet	30	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1998	More More (short) More is a 1998 short film created by Mark Osborne using stop motion animation. More has won several awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Animated Short Film in 1998.- Plot :...	US	Puppet	6	Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Short Films Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new... Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Nominated - Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject The Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated short film, except in 1999 and 2002. It was introduced in 1995...
1998	Domo-kun	Japan	Puppet	2-3	N/A
2003	Doggy Poo Doggy Poo Doggy Poo is a 30-minute stop motion-animated film from South Korea, directed by Kwon Oh-sung, based on Kwon Jung-saeng's 1968 children's book Doggy Poo, illustrated by Annie Rose Godsman. There are both English and Korean-language versions of the film.-Plot:After being "created" by a dog, Doggy...	South Korea	Puppet	30	Big Apple Anime Fest Viewer's Choice Award Big Apple Anime Fest The Big Apple Anime Fest was an anime convention which was held annually between 2001 and 2003 and supported by a consortium of anime and manga companies.-Event history:-Cancellations:... Tokyo International Anime Fair Award for Best Pilot Tokyo International Anime Fair The Tokyo International Anime Fair also known as Tokyo International Animation Fair is one of the largest anime trade fairs in the world, held annually in Japan. The first event was held in 2002 as "Tokyo International Anime Fair 21". The event is held at Tokyo Big Sight, a convention and...
2003	Harvie Krumpet Harvie Krumpet Harvie Krumpet is an Australian clay animation made in Melbourne written, directed and animated by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. This short film won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2003, in addition to numerous festival awards and the 2004 Australian Film Institute Best...	Australia	Clay/Puppet	22	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Australian Film Institute Award for Best Short Animation Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
2003	Komaneko	Japan	Puppet, Cutout (2 episodes)	N/A	N/A
2005	The Captain's Daughter	Russia	puppet	28	Golden Eagle Award for Best Animated Film Golden Eagle Award The Golden Eagle Award is an accolade by the Russian National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, directors, actors, and writers...
2006	Peter and the Wolf	UK/Norway/Poland	puppet	32	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Annecy International Animated Film Festival Audience Award Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998... Rose d'Or for Performing Art Rose d'Or The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40... Nominated - BAFTA Award For Best Short Film Nominated - Cartoon d'or Cartoon d'or The Cartoon d’Or is the pan-European award for animation short films. It rewards every year the best one since only prize-winning films from Cartoon’s partner festivals can compete....
2007	Madame Tutli-Putli Madame Tutli-Putli Madame Tutli-Putli is a 2007 stop motion-animated short film by Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada...	Canada	Puppet	17	Best of Festival Award Melbourne International Animation Festival The Melbourne International Animation Festival or MIAF is an annual animation festival held in Melbourne. Supported by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Australian Film Commission and the Melbourne City Council, it is Australia's largest animation event. Over the course of the... Le Grand Prix Canal + du meilleur court-métrage 2007 Cannes Film Festival The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed... Petit Rail d'Or 2007 Cannes Film Festival The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed... Prix Ars Electronica Award for Computer Animation/Visual Effects Prix Ars Electronica The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music... Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
2008	The Necktie The Necktie The Necktie is a 2008 animated short by Jean-François Lévesque about a man with a dreary job who rediscovers his old accordion at age 40, and with it, his joy for life....	Canada	Puppet	5	Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short Film Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF... Best Short Film Award Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF... Jutra Award for Best Animated Film
2008	Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death	UK	Clay/Puppet	29	Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject The Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject is an Annie Award given annually to the best animated short film, except in 1999 and 2002. It was introduced in 1995... BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
2009	After Parties Are Ending Toohttp://www.afterpartiesdays.com/	France	Puppet	5	Ladislas Starevitch Award

See also

• Adult animation
  Adult animation
  Adult animation is a term used to describe animation that is targeted at adults. Animated films and television shows may be considered adult for a number of reasons. Some productions are noted for experimental storytelling and animation techniques, or sophisticated storytelling...
  
  
• History of animation
  History of animation
  Animation is a graphic representation of drawings to show movement within those drawings. A series of drawings are linked together and usually photographed by a camera, or scanned into, or generated by a computer...
  
  
• Stop motion
  Stop motion
  Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
  
  
• List of children's films

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External links

• A Chronology of Animation
• List of Czech animated films

Movie databases:

• The Internet Movie Database
• The Big Cartoon Database
• Allmovie