List of animated feature films of the 1940s
A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
| 1940 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinocchio | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score. | ||
| Fantasia | United States | Various | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/live action | First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards. | |
| 1941 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu | China | Wan Guchan Wan Laiming | Traditional | First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia. | ||
| The Reluctant Dragon | United States | Alfred Werker Hamilton Luske | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film/Documentary | |
| Dumbo | United States | Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | ||
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | United States | Dave Fleischer Shamus Culhane | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching The United States into World War II. | |
| 1942 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15.000 Dibujos | Chile | Jaime Escudero | Traditional | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Chile. | ||
| Bambi | United States | David Hand | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | ||
| Saludos Amigos | United States | Norman Ferguson Wilfred Jackson Jack Kinney Hamilton Luske William Roberts | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | |
| 1943 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Victory Through Air Power | United States | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Documentary | ||
| 1944 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Three Caballeros | United States | Norman Ferguson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | |
| 1945 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors Momotarō Umi no Shinpei | Japan | Mitsuyo Seo | Shōchiku Dōga Kenkyūjo | Traditional | First Japanese animated feature. | |
| The Enchanted Sword Garbancito de La Mancha | Spain | Arturo Moreno | Balet y Blay | Traditional | First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. | |
| Handling Ships | Alan Crick John Halas | Stop motion | Instructional film, and the first British animated feature. | |||
| The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota | Soviet Union | Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio | |
| 1946 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Make Mine Music | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package Film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II. | |
| Song of the South | United States | Harve Foster Wilfred Jackson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | ||
| The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet | Denmark | Svend Methling | Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm | Traditional | First Danish animated feature. | |
| 1947 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok | Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | ||
| The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or | Belgium | Claude Misonne | Stop motion | First Belgian animated feature. | ||
| Fun and Fancy Free | United States | Jack Kinney Bill Roberts Hamilton Luske William Morgan | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | |
| The Czech Year Spalicek | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | First Czech animated feature. | ||
| 1948 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Melody Time | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Package film | |
| Happy Holidays | Spain | José María Blay Guido Leoni Arturo Moreno | Traditional | |||
| Water for Fire Fighting | United Kingdom | Alan Crick John Halas | Stop motion | Instructional film | ||
| 1949 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík | Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka Miloš Makovec | Stop motion/Live action | |||
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi James Algar | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Package film | |
| The Singing Princess La Rosa di Bagdad | Italy | Anton Gino Domenighini | Traditional | |||
| Adventures of Esparadrapo | Spain | Ángel de Echenique | Stop motion | |||
| Alice in Wonderland | France | Dallas Bower | Stop motion/Live action | |||
| The Dynamite Brothers | Italy | Nino Pagot | Traditional |