Hand Drawn Animation Movies

The best animation compilation on this side of the thrift store! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFTfsNnVdY

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem.

An animation from Ben Holt that follows a turtle as he makes the treacherous journey along a busy street.

In a Spiders' Village suspended high among the trees, a shy boy finds comfort in small, quiet moments. He is the complete opposite of his older...

Disney animator Dan Lund documents the studio's decision to shut down its hand-drawn animation department and focus instead on computer-generated...

A little girl arrives to a giant swimming pool filled with big characters. She decides to dive and swim despite her fears.

A story of love and sacrifice set in Russia. A 9-year old girl raises a young tiger cub, but as the cub grows up, trouble ensues.

In 1934, Walt Disney set out to do what no one had dared before: transform animation, until then confined to short, rhythmic gags, into a...

It is Christmas Eve. Max is excited. Because he has wished for something very special – but only quietly – he did not dare to wish aloud....

This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him, and the leaky...

While comically depicting the fragility of the end of summer from the perspective of popsicles, this work conveys the smell of the Showa era and the...

Emerging from the forest, a group of nomadic merchants march to the bank of the river they must traverse. Carrying their cargo on their backs, they...

An upcoming hand-drawn animated film about a village boy who works in a brick kiln to support his family after his father's death.

Done with high school, a boy goes into exile in the mountains. His best friend, who hasn't found happiness in society, joins him.

A man goes on a journey finding the literal Paradise in hope of resurrecting his late wife, only to face with a horrifying truth about the reality...

A 1-minute short animation about “time for a change,” where a dagger becomes a symbol of transformation, shifting from a tool of violence...

Irrational Numbers is a 2008 hand drawn animation film by artist Eric Leiser exploring hierarchies of infinite numbers and accompanying paradox's...

The haunting true story of a glove that’s been floating in space since 1968.

The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides...

Strange places take shape in a torch’s beam of light and the sound of water droplets hitting the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the...