Animated movies of the 60s (best to worst)
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1. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth
Votes: 182,347 | Gross: $144.88M
2. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)
Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A boy with a mythical sword wants to protect a Norse village from an evil ice wizard and his minions, who destroyed his family's village. However, the villagers don't fully trust him and a mysterious girl with a dark secret befriends him.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Mikijirô Hira, Etsuko Ichihara, Eijirô Tôno, Masao Mishima
Votes: 2,505
3. The Jungle Book (1967)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman
Votes: 198,782 | Gross: $141.84M
4. Yellow Submarine (1968)
G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
Director: George Dunning | Stars: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon
Votes: 28,042 | Gross: $0.99M
5. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963 TV Movie)
G | 27 min | Documentary
Documentary about Charles Schulz and his Peanuts comic strip.
Directors: Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez | Stars: Charles M. Schulz, Don Sherwood, Meredith Hodges, Amy Schulz
Votes: 159
6. Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon (1965)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A young boy meets the famous Lemuel Gulliver, who has just built a rocket ship that will take him exploring outer space. The boy joins him, and the two of them go to the Star of Hope, where... See full summary »
Director: Yoshio Kuroda | Stars: Kyû Sakamoto, Chiyoko Honma, Seiji Miyaguchi, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 195
7. Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon (1963)
83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Prince Susano's mother dies; when his father tells him she has gone to another place, he sets off in search of her. He builds a boat and goes to see, first, his brother, in his crystal ... See full summary »
Directors: Yûgo Serikawa, William Ross | Stars: Morio Kazama, Yukiko Okada, Chiharu Kuri, Masato Yamanouchi
Votes: 274
8. The Sword in the Stone (1963)
G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand | Stars: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews
Votes: 106,540 | Gross: $22.18M
9. Go There, Don't Know Where (1966)
52 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A vile Tsar wants to get rid of his servant Sergei by sending him on various deadly missions. A comedy adventure presented as a mix of classic Russian fairy tales and narrated by two jesters.
Directors: Vladimir Danilevich, Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Stars: Dmitriy Zhuravlyov, Georgiy Vitsin
Votes: 56
10. Doggie March (1963)
82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It tells the story of Rock, a puppy whose mother is killed by a tiger and a fox. To fulfill his revenge, will achieve together a large number of animals.
Directors: Akira Daikubara, Daisaku Shirakawa | Stars: Hideo Kinoshita, Junko Hori, Ranko Mizuki, Hideo Sato
Votes: 106
11. Of Stars and Men (1961)
53 min | Documentary, Animation
A unique documentary that uses animation and narration set to a classical music soundtrack to convey what science teaches us about matter, energy, space, time, and life and using this knowledge to ponder man's place in the universe.
Director: John Hubley | Stars: Harlow Shapley, Mark Hubley, Ray Hubley
Votes: 137
12. Puss in Boots (1969)
TV-Y7-FV | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While being on the run for saving a mouse, the famous Puss in Boots, Pero, helps a young peasant boy win the heart of a lovely princess, while trying to rescue her from an evil wizard.
Director: Kimio Yabuki | Stars: Susumu Ishikawa, Toshiko Fujita, Rumi Sakakibara, Asao Koike
Votes: 1,012
13. West and Soda (1965)
86 min | Animation, Comedy, Western
A greedy villain tries to coerce a woman into marrying him so he can take over her land, when a stranger rides into town intent on taking down the bad guys.
Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Nando Gazzolo, Vittoria Febbi, Carlo Romano, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 750
14. Cipollino, the Onion Boy (1961)
38 min | Animation, Short, Action
An oppressed vegetables and fruits rebel against tyranny leading by Chipollino, an onion boy.
Director: Boris Dyozhkin | Stars: Nina Gulyaeva, Erast Garin, Sergey Martinson, Grigoriy Shpigel
Votes: 1,253
15. A Thousand & One Nights (1969)
X | 128 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Sachiko Itô, Haruko Katô, Noboru Mitani, Hitoshi Takagi
Votes: 855
16. Alakazam the Great (1960)
Not Rated | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, ... See full summary »
Directors: Daisaku Shirakawa, Taiji Yabushita, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Kiyoshi Komiyama, Noriko Shindô, Hideo Kinoshita, Setsuo Shinoda
Votes: 514
17. Jack and the Witch (1967)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Fantasy
Jack goes for a ride with his animal friends--a bear, a fox and a puppy. He meets a girl who takes them by helicopter to the castle of a witch who turns children into devils.
Director: Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Meiko Nakamura, Chiharu Kuri, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Kazuo Kumakura
Votes: 135
18. Asterix the Gaul (1967)
68 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Asterix, the most cunning warrior of a Gaulish village resisting Roman occupation, must save their magic potion-brewing druid Getafix when he is kidnapped by a Phonus Balonus.
Director: Ray Goossens | Stars: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Jacques Jouanneau
Votes: 11,898
19. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 3,563
20. The Wild Swans (1962)
57 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical
When a witch transforms her brothers into swans, a young princess must find a way to change them back.
Directors: Vera Tsekhanovskaya, Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy | Stars: Valentina Tumanova, Elena Ponsova, Viktor Sergachyov, Erast Garin
Votes: 440
21. Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun (1969)
77 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
Tintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.
Director: Eddie Lateste | Stars: Philippe Ogouz, Claude Bertrand, Georges Atlas, Albert Augier
Votes: 2,197
22. The Bath House (1962)
53 min | Animation
Directors: Anatoliy Karanovich, Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Arkady Raykin, Ekaterina Raykina
Votes: 38
23. It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
56 min | Animation
On September, 1. In school the first-ever came boy Fedya. In the ardor of gladness Fedya drew coal on the white wall of little merry man in a hat and with an umbrella.
Directors: Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg | Stars: Valentina Sperantova, Mikhail Yanshin, Serafima Birman, Lev Sverdlin
Votes: 84
24. Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
G | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
As the movie opens, Spring has arrived in Jellystone Park. Just as fast as tourists arrive, Yogi is up to his usual act of stealing their picnic baskets and any other food he encounters. ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, James Darren
Votes: 1,181 | Gross: $4.84M
25. The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
Unrated | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While preparing for a camping trip, Fred Flintstone is enlisted by the Bedrock Secret Service to capture a criminal mastermind after a spy who looks like him is injured on the job.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Gerry Johnson
Votes: 1,860
26. Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965)
Approved | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Pinocchio must prove himself as a real boy when he takes off to Mars with Nurtle in the capture of Astro, a flying killer space whale.
Director: Ray Goossens | Stars: Peter Lazer, Arnold Stang, Jess Cain, Conrad Jameson
Votes: 305
27. Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
TV-Y7-FV | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ordered by Cleopatra to build a palace in Alexandria within three months as part of a bet with Julius Caesar, architect Edifis enlists the help of Asterix, Obelix and Getafix.
Directors: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo | Stars: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Micheline Dax, Jacques Balutin
Votes: 14,441
28. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
TV-G | 47 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Paul Soles
Votes: 37,487
29. Gay Purr-ee (1962)
Approved | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.
Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons, Paul Frees
Votes: 2,168
30. The Key (1961)
57 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.
Director: Lev Atamanov | Stars: Vladimir Gribkov, A. Glushchenko, Anna Komolova, Georgiy Vitsin
Votes: 89
31. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The origin of the great bear forest conservation crusader.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: James Cagney, William Marine, Rose Marie Jun, Herb Duncan
Votes: 83
32. The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968)
G | 70 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
During his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by Uncle Oley.
Directors: Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann | Stars: Chuck McCann, Hetty Galen, Ruth Bailew, Ron Dante
Votes: 63
33. Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
61 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Hayato's peaceful life with his parents and his dog is brought to a dramatic, terrible end when a giant robot, said to be sent from a flying ghost ship, devastates the city, killing ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Ikeda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Akio Tanaka, Akira Nagoya, Gorô Naya
Votes: 775
34. Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962)
81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young sailor named Sinbad and his sidekick Ali find a map to a fabulous treasure and stow away aboard a ship in an effort to get to where the treasure is buried. They eventually convince ... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshio Kuroda, Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Hideo Kinoshita, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Kyôko Satomi, Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Votes: 143
35. Havoc in Heaven (1961)
Not Rated | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.
Directors: Wan Laiming, Cheng Tang | Stars: Yue-Feng Qiu, Run-Sheng Fu, Hans Alfredson, Ke Bi
Votes: 2,396
36. Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation, Family, Musical
Alice needs to do her homework but she ends up in televisionland where she meets characters from Alice in Wonderland and some Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Dana, Howard Morris
Votes: 170
37. Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966)
G | 52 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After Wonderland, Alice dreams of going to Paris. A mouse named Francois, the grandson of Anatole, agrees to take her there if she will tell him her favorite cheese. Along the way they share several stories.
Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Luce Ennis, Norma MacMillan, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner
Votes: 216
38. The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Approved | 99 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Meek and mild mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet has few passions in life. It's mid-1941 and he would love to join the Navy but has been rated 4F. His friend George Stickle is in the Navy and... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Lubin, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, Bill Tytla | Stars: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 5,969
39. Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962 TV Movie)
Approved | 53 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge.
Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano
Votes: 3,262
40. The Daydreamer (1966)
Unrated | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Victor Borge, Patty Duke, Jack Gilford
Votes: 458
41. Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)
TV-G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Alfie Scopp, Paul Kligman
Votes: 153
42. Cricket on the Hearth (1967 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Hans Conried
Votes: 828
43. The SuperVips (1968)
TV-PG | 82 min | Animation, Comedy
A satire of modern society recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.
Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Roberto Bertea, Fiorella Betti, George Birt, Vittorio Cramer
Votes: 614
44. Saibôgu 009 (1966)
64 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Nine people from different countries are turned into super-powered cyborgs.
Director: Yûgo Serikawa | Stars: Hiroyuki Ôta, Judy Ongg, Arihiro Fujimura, Machiko Soga
Votes: 163
45. Hong Kil-dong (1967)
67 min | Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
A special boy is born on a day where hurricanes and wicked spirits struck medieval Korea. The citizens and family learn that the infant has super human strength and cunning intelligence. As... See full summary »
Director: Shin Dong-heon
Votes: 51
46. Return to Oz (1964 TV Movie)
51 min | Animation, Family, Musical
After Dorothy's friends are robbed of their prizes by a revived Wicked Witch, she is sent back to Oz to set things straight once again.
Directors: F.R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, Larry Roemer | Stars: Larry D. Mann, Alfie Scopp, Carl Banas, Susan Morse
Votes: 200
47. The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Animated feature film based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes. It features Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Bob McFadden, Susan Melvin, Bradley Bolke
Votes: 212
48. Hopi and Chadol Bawi (1967)
74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Wangho (Big Tiger) who always wears tiger skin and Chadol Bawi (Hard Rock) fight against corrupt public officials and wicked bandits.
Director: Shin Dong-heon
Votes: 26
49. Mouse on the Mayflower (1968 TV Movie)
TV-G | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Mayflower journey as seen through the experiences of a church mouse.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddie Albert, John Gary, Joanie Sommers
Votes: 197
50. The Man from Button Willow (1965)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The first undercover agent helps Western settlers.
Director: David Detiege | Stars: Dale Robertson, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Jean Wong, Herschel Bernardi
Votes: 170
51. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
66 min | Animation, Fantasy
A sequence of surreal cutout animation imagery, largely without a discernible narrative.
Director: Harry Smith
Votes: 873
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