Arthouse animation is a combination of art film and animated film.
Examples of arthouse animated films
20th century
- El Apóstol (1917; now considered a lost film)[1]
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)[2]
- Fantasia (1940)[3][4][5][6]
- Neighbours (1952)[7]
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)[8]
- The Adventures of * (1957)[9]
- Invention for Destruction (1958)[8]
- The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)[8]
- The Critic (1963)[10]
- Game of Angels (1964)[11]
- Fritz the Cat (1972)[12][13]
- Belladonna of Sadness (1973)[14]
- Fantastic Planet (1973)[15][16]
- Johnny Corncob (1973)[8]
- Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)[17]
- Allegro Non Troppo (1976)[18]
- Watership Down (1978)[8]
- Asparagus (1979)[11]
- Bubble Bath (1979)[19][20]
- Tale of Tales (1979)[21]
- Son of the White Mare (1981)[26]
- Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)[11]
- The Plague Dogs (1982)[8]
- Angel's Egg (1985)[27][16]
- The Pied Piper (1986)[16]
- The Brave Little Toaster (1987)[28][29]
- Wicked City (1987)[30]
- Akira (1988)[31]
- Alice (1988)[32][16][24][33]
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988)[34]
- Only Yesterday (1991)[35][36]
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)[37]
- Faust (1994)[8]
- Felidae (1994)[38]
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)[39]
- Perfect Blue (1997)[40]
- The End of Evangelion (1997)[41]
- Princess Mononoke (1997)[42]
- Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)[43]
- The Prince of Egypt (1998)[44]
21st century
- Millennium Actress (2001)[32]
- Waking Life (2001)[45]
- Spirited Away (2001)[46][47]
- The Triplets of Belleville (2003)[48][49]
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)[50]
- Mind Game (2004)[51][16]
- Paprika (2006)[32][16]
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)[52]
- Persepolis (2007)[32][53]
- Waltz with Bashir (2008)[32]
- Coraline (2009)[54]
- Mary and Max (2009)[32]
- The Secret of Kells (2009)[55]
- A Town Called Panic (2009)[8][2]
- Chico and Rita (2011)[32]
- Wrinkles (2011)[2]
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)[56]
- The Rabbi's Cat (2011)[8][2]
- The King of Pigs (2011)[8]
- Consuming Spirits (2012)[8][57]
- It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)[58]
- Boy and the World (2013)[59]
- The Congress (2013)[60]
- Song of the Sea (2014)[61][62]
- Anomalisa (2015)[63]
- In This Corner of the World (2016)[64]
- My Life as a Courgette (2016)[61]
- The Red Turtle (2016)[64][49][65]
- Seoul Station (2016)[64]
- Tower (2016)[8][66]
- The Breadwinner (2017)[67][62]
- Have a Nice Day (2017)[68]
- Loving Vincent (2017)[61]
- Isle of Dogs (2018)[69]
- This Magnificent Cake! (2018)[2]
- The Wolf House (2018)[8]
- I Lost My Body (2019)[70]
- Bombay Rose (2019)[71]
- Wolfwalkers (2020)[72]
- Bestia (2021)[73]
- Boxballet (2021)[73]
- Cryptozoo (2021)[74][75]
- Flee (2021)[76][77]
- My Sunny Maad (2021)[77]
- The Summit of the Gods (2021)[77]
- The Windshield Wiper (2021)[73]
- Mad God (2022)[78][16][24]
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)[79]
- Unicorn Wars (2022)[80]
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)[81]
- Emesis Blue (2023)[82]
- Letter to a Pig (2023)[83]
- Ninety-Five Senses (2023)[83]
- Our Uniform (2023)[83]
- Pachyderme (2023)[83]
- Robot Dreams (2023)[84][85]
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)[86]
- Flow (2024)[87][88]
- Savages (2024)[89]
- Arco (2025)[90][91]
- Death Does Not Exist (2025)[92]
- Endless Cookie (2025)[93]
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)[91]
- Scarlet (2025)[94][91]
Notable arthouse animators
- Walerian Borowczyk[11]
- Suzan Pitt[11][95]
- Claude Barras[89]
- Jiri Barta[16]
- Bruno Bozzetto[18]
- Sylvain Chomet[96][49]
- Gene Deitch[97]
- Michaël Dudok de Wit[64][49]
- Adam Elliot[98]
- Ari Folman[99]
- Don Hertzfeldt[100][101][51]
- Mamoru Hosoda[91]
- John and Faith Hubley[102]
- Marcell Jankovics[103]
- Andrei Khrzhanovsky[104]
- Satoshi Kon[99]
- Yoji Kuri[105][106][107]
- René Laloux[15]
- Richard Linklater[108][109]
- Hayao Miyazaki[42]
- Tomm Moore[72]
- Yuri Norstein[21]
- Michel Ocelot[110][2]
- Michaela Pavlatova[77]
- Stephen and Timothy Quay[111][112][113]
- Joanna Quinn[73]
- Lotte Reiniger[2]
- Martin Rosen[8]
- Dash Shaw[74][77]
- Jan Švankmajer[114][24]
- Osamu Tezuka[115]
- Masaaki Yuasa[51]
- Karel Zeman[116]
- Hideaki Anno[117]
See also
References
- ↑ The First Animated Feature Ever No Longer Exists|Collider
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ‘Josep,’ ‘Prince Achmed’ and ‘Rabbi’s Cat’ Part of OVID’s March Animation Festival|Animaton Magazine
- ↑ Disney: 10 Movies That Broke Away From The Fairytale Formula - Screen Rant
- ↑ 10 Most Experimental Disney Movies That Didn't Follow the Formula - Screen Rant
- ↑ 10 Best Animated Fantasy Movies (According To IMDb) - Screen Rant
- ↑ 10 Obscure Shorts Only Die-Hard Disney Fans Have Seen - Screen Rant
- ↑ Neighbours: The NFB's Second Oscar Winner - NFB Blog
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup|The Current|The Criterion Collection
- ↑ Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets – Google Books (pg.118)
- ↑ Mel Brooks–Seriously! – Google Books (pg.105)
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pioneers in film: the art-house films that shaped popular culture|The Independent
- ↑ 'Crumb' - The Washington Post
- ↑ Cat in tune with times - Reeling Back
- ↑ "The 10 Best Animated Films You've Probably Never Seen". ScreenRant. 1 July 2019.
- 1 2 "10 Essential Arthouse Sci-Fi Films". Film School Rejects. 1 September 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Best Arthouse Animated Movies, Ranked|Collider
- ↑ 6 Beloved Soviet and Russian Cartoons - The Moscow Times
- 1 2 Chris Hicks: New DVDs for the art-house crowd - Deseret News
- ↑ Habfürdő in the 2020-2021 Season of Classic Films Catalogue|Gyorgy Kovasznai
- ↑ COAGULOPATH
- 1 2 Drawing the Iron Curtain: Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation on JSTOR
- ↑ Sone of the White Mare: One of 2020's best animated movies was... - Polygon
- ↑ Restored Hungarian Cult Classic 'Son Of The White Mare' Will Get U.S. Theatrical Release - Cartoon Brew
- 1 2 3 4 10 Most Underrated Animated Fantasy Movies, Ranked|Collider
- ↑ 10 Best Arthouse Adventure Movies, Ranked|Collider
- ↑ [22][23][16][24][25]
- ↑ 10 Arthouse Anime For Picky Viewers|CBR
- ↑ 'BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER' POPS UP AT THEATER TO AID LALLAPALOOZA - Deseret News
- ↑ THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER (1987) (***)|Animation World Network
- ↑ 10 of the Best Asian Arthouse Horror Movies For a Visually Terrifying Halloween|Collider
- ↑ Why the pioneering Japanese anime 'Akira' is still relevant 30 years later - The Washington Post
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C What's On: The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup - Flixist
- ↑ OVID.tv Adds Jan Svankmajer Classic 'Alice' to Streaming Catalog|Animation Magazine
- ↑ Art House: wartime animation Grave of the Fireflies is a depressing masterpiece|South China Morning Post
- ↑ ONLY YESTERDAY, Isao Takahata's Forgotten Masterpiece, 30 Years Later - Film Inquiry
- ↑ Only Yesterday - Buried Treasure - Anime News Network
- ↑ Animation World Magazine Vol.3 Issue 8 November 1998 (pg.5)
- ↑ Michael Schaak’s Animated Noir Cat Tale ‘Felidae’ Coming to OVID|Animation Magazine
- ↑ Ghost in the Shell|EW.com
- ↑ 10 Arthouse Horror Films You Should Watch - CBR
- ↑ 10 Best Cult Classic Animated Movies, Ranked - Collider
- 1 2 Bloomsbury Collections - Princess Mononoke - Understanding Studio Ghibil's Monster Princess
- ↑ Animated and underrated/The Dissolve
- ↑ "It's time we recognize The Prince of Egypt as the greatest animated movie of all time". SYFY Official Site. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ↑ Dream Is Destiny: Waking Life - Animation World Network
- ↑ Spirited Away and Anime in the American Cinema Market|Contemporary Japan
- ↑ Disney and Studio Ghibli's long, ugly history, explained - Polygon
- ↑ The Triplets of Belleville - DVD Talk
- 1 2 3 4 The French Institute Alliance Française Presents the Sixth Annual ANIMATION FIRST Festival Runs January 27- January 29|Broadway World
- ↑ 50 key anime films|Sight and Sound|BFI
- 1 2 3 Criterion Channel Is Putting A Huge Focus On Animation, Releasing 31 Features In July on Cartoon Brew
- ↑ Art House Powerhouse Directors - Paste
- ↑ France takes art toons seriously - Variety
- ↑ "5 Artsy Horror Movies That Are Overhyped (& 5 That Are Actually Brilliant)". ScreenRant. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ↑ The Quarantine Stream: Start Taking Animation Seriously With the Year-Best 'Wolfwalkers'|/Film
- ↑ Gkids toons in to arthouse animation - Variety
- ↑ 10 Best Stop Motion Films, According to Letterboxd - Screen Rant
- ↑ Frankenweenie & 9 More Of The Best Black & White Animated Films (According To IMDb)|Screen Rant
- ↑ Brazilian Animation: Art, Commerce and Government Backing - Variety
- ↑ 10 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Movie Predicted A Modern Crisis – Inverse
- 1 2 3 "Euro Animated Films Offer "Darker" Art House Alternative to Hollywood, Exec Says". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017.
- 1 2 ‘Breadwinner’ Firm WestEnd Boards Animated Feature ‘Lamya’s Poem’ - Variety
- ↑ Our Favorite Stop-Motion Animated Films...and Why They Blew Us Away - School of Motion
- 1 2 3 4 "Animated Movies To Look Forward To". www.amctheatres.com.
- ↑ Art house: The Red Turtle – wordless animated feature a sublime celebration of human life|South China Morning Post
- ↑ Tower's Unique Visual Style Focuses on Victims, Not Violence|Film Obsessive
- ↑ Arthouse|Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- ↑ Have a Nice Day, Chinese gangster animation, blocked in France - BBC News
- ↑ This week in art-house cinema: animation, tribal films, opera and 'The Walking Dead' |Tulsa World
- ↑ The 20 Best Indie Animation Features of the 2010s - Zippy Frames
- ↑ Lodge, Guy (29 August 2019). "Film Review: 'Bombay Rose'".
- 1 2 Which arthouse films stood out at the autumn festivals?|Features|Screen
- 1 2 3 4 Arthouse Advisory: This year’s Oscar-nominated animated films are creative and compelling, but also are for adult eyes - TheBurg
- 1 2 10 exciting arthouse movies coming in 2021 - i-D
- ↑ Cryptozoo review: Dash Shaw's animated adventure is strictly for adults - Polygon
- ↑ Flee, Hand of God, Benedetta, Citizen Ashe At The Specialty Box Office - Deadline
- 1 2 3 4 5 Flee', 'Affairs of the Art', 'Bestia' in the Oscar Animation Nominations 2022 – Zippy Frames
- ↑ Oscars: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ could lead stop-motion renaissance in Best Animated Feature - GoldDerby
- ↑ 'Marcel the Shell' Is The First Indie Kids' Movie That Matters - Fatherly
- ↑ How Spain's animation sector became a force to be reckoned with|Features|Screen Daily
- ↑ Miyazaki's 'Boy and the Heron' Animated Films Hit Toronto Film Festival - Variety
- ↑ Mercs and Mortality: Emesis Blue, a Fan-Made Team Fortress 2 Horror Flick
- 1 2 3 4 Montgomery Herald Events - OSCAR SHORTS - ANIMATION (February 24)
- ↑ KSL Movie Show review: 'Robot Dreams' is a beautiful, simple film
- ↑ How Ewha Womans University is keeping indie cinema alive on campus - Korea JoongAng Daily
- ↑ Animated Spider-Man back with 'arthouse' sequel to Oscar winner - Forbes India
- ↑ Animated adventures flowing through OKC theaters in January - Oklahoma City Free Press
- ↑ The story behind Flow, a dreamy arthouse animation about the climate crisis|Dazed
- 1 2 Savages: A stop-motion thriller about eco-activism and indigenous rights|Dazed
- ↑ Natalie Portman's 'Arco': An art film for kids - The Times of Israel on official YouTube channel
- 1 2 3 4 Demon Hunters, Demon Slayer and Disney: 5 ways animation won 2025 – Gold Derby
- ↑ Canada at Cannes: 'It's About Making Sure Original Voices Can Be – Variety
- ↑ Endless Cookie – WISE Score & Parent Review|Screenwise
- ↑ Mamoru Hosoda On His 'Hamlet'–Inspired Anime Film, 'Scarlet'|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ Troyer, Seth (2023-09-18). "12 Totally Strange and Underseen Animated Films". PopMatters. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ The Unique Art of French Animation: A Primer|LBBOnline
- ↑ Turning Picture Books into Art House Films: The Story of Weston Woods | WIRED
- ↑ Criterion Channel Animated Movies Summer Additions - Animated Film Network
- 1 2 The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup Includes Wong Kar Wai, Neo-Noir, Art-House Animation & More|The Film Stage
- ↑ Thielman, Sam (24 November 2016). "The Simpsons Thanksgiving marathon: the 25 best episodes to gorge on". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Arthouse Movie Listings December 12–18, 2012". SF Weekly. 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Big Day Coming – Google Books (ch. "At Home with the Maypos"
- ↑ Criterion Channel Programs 31 Art-House Animation Films for July|Animation Magazine
- ↑ Drawing the Iron Curtain - Google Books (pg.20)
- ↑ Anime - Google Books (pg.87)
- ↑ The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition - Google Books
- ↑ Pioneering Japanese Art-House Animation Creator Yoji Kuri Dies at 96; Artist Instrumental in Forming Japan Animation Association - The Japan News
- ↑ Art House Powerhouse Directors - Paste
- ↑ Dream Is Destiny: Waking Life - Animation World Network
- ↑ Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times - Google Books (ch. "France" )
- ↑ 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm': Christopher Nolan Honors Haunting, Stop-Motion Cinema|Collider
- ↑ Quay Brothers Discuss Collaborating with Christopher Nolan, Thematic Threads, and More|The Film Stage
- ↑ First Look At Lesbian Werewolf Romance 'Jack and Diane'; Brothers Quay Doing Animated Sequences - The Playlist
- ↑ Plunge Through the Looking Glass With the Scariest 'Alice' Ever - KQED
- ↑ Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator - Google Books (pgs."Coming to Toei")
- ↑ New to Streaming: Wong Kar Wai, No Sudden Move, Summer of Soul, Neo-Noir, and More|The Film Stage
- ↑ The 10 Best Japanese Art Films - Asiana Times
External links
- Art-House Animation - Criterion Channel Teaser trailer on Vimeo
- The 100 best animated movies: the best arty movies
