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- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
- DirectorTed BermanRichard RichArt StevensStarsMickey RooneyKurt RussellPearl BaileyA fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.
- DirectorDon BluthStarsPat HingleGabriel DamonHelen ShaverAn orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
- DirectorDon BluthStarsDom DeLuiseChristopher PlummerErica YohnWhile emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.
- DirectorRon ClementsBurny MattinsonDavid MichenerStarsVincent PriceBarrie InghamVal BettinBasil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.
- DirectorGeorge ScribnerStarsJoey LawrenceBilly JoelCheech MarinA lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanDan KuensterStarsDom DeLuiseBurt ReynoldsLoni AndersonA canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.
- DirectorDon BluthStarsElizabeth HartmanDerek JacobiDom DeLuiseTo save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.
- DirectorNelson ShinStarsOrson WellesRobert StackLeonard NimoyThe Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
- DirectorTed BermanRichard RichStarsGrant BardsleyFreddie JonesSusan SheridanA young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.
- DirectorGerald PottertonJohn BrunoJohn HalasStarsRichard RomanusJohn CandyJoe FlahertyA glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsJeff BridgesMia FarrowAngela LansburyA beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
- DirectorJerry ReesStarsJon LovitzTimothy StackTimothy E. DayA group of dated appliances embark on a journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in a cabin in the woods.
- DirectorMartin RosenStarsJohn HurtChristopher BenjaminJames BolamTwo dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsRandy NortonCynthia LeakeSteve SandorAt the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.
- DirectorMasami HataMasanori HataWilliam T. HurtzStarsGabriel DamonMickey RooneyRene AuberjonoisEach night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.
- DirectorJanice KarmanStarsRoss Bagdasarian Jr.Janice KarmanDody GoodmanThe Chipmunks compete with the Chipettes in a round-the-world race.
- DirectorArna SelznickJay MillerDick SchneiderStarsGeorgia EngelMickey RooneyJackie BurroughsThe Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsMews SmallRon ThompsonJerry HollandThe story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
- DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsScott BeachBill MelendezDaniel AndersonCharlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students.
- DirectorRoman KachanovGlenn StantonStarsOlga GromovaVsevolod LarionovYuriy VolyntsevZoologist professor Steel, his small daughter Christine and captain Green leave Earth in search for rare space animals. The journey turns into adventurous and dangerous mission involving space pirates and a missing captain of a ship.
- DirectorWill VintonStarsJames WhitmoreMichele MarianaGary KrugTom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
- DirectorEd FriedmanLou KachivasMarsh LamoreStarsJohn ErwinMelendy BrittAlan OppenheimerPrince Adam is sent to the world of Etheria to find his long abducted sister, Adora, and awaken her to her own destiny.
- DirectorMike JoensGerry ChiniquyRay LeeStarsDanny DeVitoMadeline KahnCloris LeachmanPonyland comes under attack from the Smooze, a massive purple ooze created by an evil witch who plans to destroy the ponies' annual spring festival.
- DirectorGreg FordFriz FrelengChuck JonesStarsMel BlancMel TorméRoy FirestoneDaffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.
- DirectorJohn HowleyStarsEdward AsnerIrene CaraCarol ChanningSnow White and her new friends must rescue the Prince when he is captured by the Wicked Queen's vengeful brother.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancStan FrebergJune ForayBugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Toon shorts.
- DirectorDale SchottStarsMaxine MillerPam HyattHadley KayThe Care Bears try to help a young girl at summer camp who, in an effort to revamp her dorky social status to agility and skill, enters into a sinister bargain with a shape-shifting demon posing as a young boy.
- DirectorSteven HahnStarsJoe ColliganCarmen ArgenzianoNoelle NorthSet on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
- DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsGilda RadnerBilly CrystalHarry ShearerThe animal kingdom stages its own olympic games.
- DirectorFriz FrelengChuck JonesRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanShepard MenkenRival book salesmen Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to read fairy tales to his spoiled, selfish son, Prince Abba-Dabba.
- DirectorFriz FrelengChuck JonesRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancJune ForayLes TremayneOn a desert island, Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a magic well that grants any wish and they get much more than they bargained for.
- DirectorMilan BlazekovicDoro Vlado HreljanovicStarsJosip MarottiVili MatulaLjubo KaporA painter who can temporarily talk to the creatures of an enchanted forest must help them stop the evil Cactus King, who's building an army of magical living weapons and machines to turn the forest into a wasteland perfect for the cacti.
- DirectorTibor HernádiStarsChris PhillipsMarbry StewardPeter NewmanIn another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, takes over the Land of Oriana, prompting Felix the Cat to save its princess and restore order once again.
- DirectorBernard DeyrièsKimio YabukiStarsBettina BushPat FraleyPeter CullenRainbow Brite must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra.
- DirectorJohn KortyCharles SwensonStarsLorenzo MusicJudith KahanMarshall EfronTwo wannabe heroes and their friends must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares.
- DirectorTom TataranowiczStarsCharlie AdlerSusan BluPat FraleyMarshal Bravestarr and a female judge are sent to New Texas, a frontier planet under attack by the evil cattle spirit Stampede, who, with his ruthless sidekick, Tex Hex, are vying for control of the universe, one planet at a time.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsRichard RomanusDavid ProvalJesse WellesAn outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in Eisenhower-era Brooklyn.
- DirectorAlan BunceStarsGordon PinsentGavin MagrathElizabeth HannaIn his spectacular film debut, young Babar, King of the Elephants, must save his homeland from certain destruction by Rataxes and his band of invading rhinos.
- DirectorHal SutherlandStarsEdward AsnerTom BosleyLana BeesonPinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box. However, so is the evil Scalawag and the Emperor of the Night.
- DirectorPierre DeCellesStarsGreg BergRuth BuzziNancy CartwrightA magical artifact called the Bone of Scone gives "Puppy Power" to the animals. However, villain Marvin McNasty breaks it so humans lose the ability to understand animals. The Pound Puppies tries to retrieve the Puppy Power.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaMorrisStarsJacques ThébaultRoger CarelPierre TrabaudThree episodes of the Lucky Luke animated series compiled into one movie. Cool gunslinger Lucky Luke goes after the Dalton gang in "The Daltons in the Blizzard", "Ma Dalton" and "The Daltons Redeem Themselves".
- DirectorRintarôStarsSaffron HendersonMasako NozawaKathleen BarrIt's been three years since the destruction of planet La Maetel, but the Machine Empire is as great of a threat as ever. Teen Tetsuro, now a rebel fighter, learns that Galaxy Express 999 is returning and that Maetel is on it.
- DirectorDon LuskRay PattersonAlan ZasloveStarsMargot KidderRoddy McDowallTelly SavalasThe Go-Bots fight to rescue the Rock People.
- DirectorNoboru IshiguroCarl MacekStarsKerrigan MahanIona MorrisDiane MichelleRe-edited version of a Japanese TV serial combined with a direct-to-video anime, released in the U.S. as a feature.
- DirectorNobutaka NishizawaFred WolfStarsBob ArbogastPat FraleyBarry GordonTo fight evil, a young rabbit can transform into a star spangled superhero.
- DirectorFumihiko TakayamaJohn DanylkiwStarsAileen QuinnLorne GreeneMari OkamotoAnimated version of the classic story of a young farmgirl who is transported to the magic land of Oz.
- DirectorRobert TaylorStarsLorne GreeneSammy Davis Jr.Margery GrayOrphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her aunt takes her to the city to live as a servant girl to a cold rich strict family and their nice but sad handicapped daughter.
- DirectorManuel García FerréStarsSusana KleinMaría MarchiPelusa SueroIco is a wild foal who lives in a large meadow with his mother and other forest animals.
- DirectorBruno BianchiStarsMel BlancDonna ChristiePeter CullenOn a rainy day as Uncle Heathcliff is forced to babysit his nephews, and spends the time recounting his adventures, he meets a cat who looks just like him, one where he winds up working for a mob boss, one where his dad gets released from prison but he thinks he escaped, one where he actually tries to be good, and a few others. In one tale, Heathcliff's pop gets parole, although Heathcliff thinks he's escaped; in another, Heathcliff's "good angel" conscience makes a short-lived appeal to his saintly side. Nostalgia reigns as the tabby holy terror plays various roles of television star, wrestling champ, and neighborhood bully.
- DirectorArnold LeibovitStarsPaul FreesDal McKennonArt ClokeySalute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone shorts from 1934-1947 that have inspired animation and special effects filmmakers ever since.
- DirectorBernard DeyrièsStarsJimmy KeeganBettina BushDonavan FrebergHenry's parents are lost in Africa, so he must live with his greedy and heartless Uncle Augustus. In the crevices of the house live the "Littles" kind, elf-like creatures. August enslaves Henry and wants to tear down his house to build a shopping center. Grandpa Little cares for Tom and Lucy, the Littles' children. Tom befriends a vicious cat by removing a splinter from his paw. After a series of adventures, the Littles and Henry get evidence of Augustus' plot to steal Henry's home. Augustus is arrested, the house is saved, and all ends well.
- DirectorCruz DelgadoStarsRafael Alonso Naranjo Jr.Gonzalo DuránEduardo JoverBased on the Brothers Grimm folktale, four aging farm animals, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, leave their farms to become musicians in Bremen and enjoy life. However, they find a den of thieves and decide to outsmart them.
- DirectorEd FriedmanLou KachivasMarsh LamoreStarsAlan OppenheimerDiane PershingSpace cat villain Harry the Heartless holds space mouse Queen Pureheart. Only Mighty Mouse can save her.
- DirectorMarc Paul ChinoyStarsJonathan WintersVincent PriceRuth BuzziPogo the Possum attempts to run for President with help of his fellow animal friends.
- DirectorArt VitelloStarsRobert LydiardVic PerrinPeter CullenGallavants are ants living in a their own fairy-tale land, Ganteville. The little ones have to go to school in preparation of their adult life as working ants. However, one pupil thinks he doesn't need to take lessons in order to find his destination in life. He has to learn the hard way...
- DirectorFaith HubleyJohn HubleyStarsDizzy GillespieLinda AtkinsonSam HubleyEarth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
- DirectorR.O. BlechmanChristian BlackwoodStarsMax von SydowDusan MakavejevGalina PanovaA soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin, the stranger is none other than the devil.
- DirectorIppei KuriJim TerryStarsDanielle RomeoLacoya NewsomeCindy KozacikA puppet goes on a fantastical adventure in a quest to turn into a real boy.
- DirectorFernando RuizStarsYamil AtalaEduardo BorjaNarciso BusquetsAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- DirectorGérald BaldwinWilliam HannaPeyoStarsAlbert AugierPhilippe DumatJacques FerrièreThe night of the blue moon brought to the Smurfs a strange present: an adorable baby. A baby Smurf.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaRobert TaylorStarsScatman CrothersA jukebox narrates the story of Laura who's searching for true love through the four decades of 20th century rock.
- DirectorLarry JordanA five-year project of hand-painted cut-out animation, this story goes from a paradisaical garden to the interior of the Mosque of St. Sophia, and centers around Sophia, an early Greek and Gnostic embodiment of spiritual wisdom.
- Scuffy, a red toy tugboat, believes he can sail farther than the length of a bathtub. One day Scuffy decides to take a trip down a small stream, and suddenly he finds himself on an unexpected voyage of discovery! With wonderful illustrations by the famed Tibor Gergely, Scuffy the Tugboat has been a story loved by generations of readers.
- DirectorMichael ReynoldsHe episodes used to make this movie are from the end of the series.
- DirectorPatricia AmlinThis much-honored animated film employs authentic imagery from ancient Maya ceramics to create a riveting depiction of the Popol Vuh, the Maya creation myth. Similar to the Biblical story of Genesis in its breadth, scope, and themes, the Popol Vuh is the origin of many myths and beliefs that spread throughout North America and formed the foundation of most Native American religious, philosophical, and ethical beliefs. The film introduces the Maya and relates the entire tale, beginning with the creation of the world and concluding with the victory of the Hero Twins over the evil lords of the Underworld.
- DirectorJim TerryStarsAlan RichDonnie JoeDorothy MendezUsing their trusty time machine, the team ventures beyond the fourth dimension into...the world of children's classic fairy tales.
- Reunion of eight classic animations with the magpies Heckle and Jeckle.
- DirectorColin BlaineBunker JenkinsStarsChris EveyKim FowlerRobert GastonThe Mississippi River adventures of a young boy and a runaway slave.
- DirectorJerry BeckRobert ClampettFriz Freleng"Uncensored Cartoons" culled from Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies.
- DirectorJim TerryIppei KuriStarsDrew PaonessaGloria JewettDiane RomeoTime Fighters is the first film cut from Tatsunoko's Time Bokan by Jim Terry's Kidpix Productions. It is mostly made up of early episodes of the show, including the premiere.
- DirectorOscar DufauCarl UrbanoStarsRussi TaylorStu GilliamJohnny WilliamsThe Harlem Globetrotters change fairy tale history on their way to Grimmania.
- DirectorJim Gates
- DirectorAngelo GrilloStarsJohn H. MayerPaul RossMarla ScottMAGNOS - The Robot is an exciting adventure pitting good versus evil. Malevolent space aliens threaten to conquer Earth. Can Janis and Lady Ester pilot the ultimate power robot, MAGNOS, to defeat the massive evil alien power? As suspense mounts, you'll discover what happens in this exciting adventure.