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)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Neighbours (1952)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
- Invention for Destruction (1958)
- The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
- Game of Angels (1964)
- The Glass Harmonica (1968)
- Fritz the Cat (1972)
- Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
- Fantastic Planet (1973)
- Johnny Corncob (1973)
- Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
- Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
- Watership Down (1978)
- Asparagus (1979)
- Bubble Bath (1979)
- Tale of Tales (1979)
- Son of the White Mare (1981)
- Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)
- The Plague Dogs (1982)
- Angel's Egg (1985)
- The Pied Piper (1986)
- The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
- Wicked City (1987)
- Akira (1988)
- Alice (1988)
- Only Yesterday (1991)
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
- Faust (1994)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998)
21st century
- Millennium Actress (2001)
- Waking Life (2001)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
- Mind Game (2004)
- Paprika (2006)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- Persepolis (2007)
- Waltz with Bashir (2008)
- Coraline (2009)
- Mary and Max (2009)
- The Secret of Kells (2009)
- A Town Called Panic (2009)
- Chico and Rita (2011)
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
- The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
- The King of Pigs (2011)
- Consuming Spirits (2012)
- It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
- Boy and the World (2013)
- Song of the Sea (2014)
- Anomalisa (2015)
- In This Corner of the World (2016)
- My Life as a Courgette (2016)
- The Red Turtle (2016)
- Seoul Station (2016)
- Tower (2016)
- The Breadwinner (2017)
- Have a Nice Day (2017)
- Loving Vincent (2017)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- The Wolf House (2018)
- I Lost My Body (2019)
- Bombay Rose (2019)
- Wolfwalkers (2020)
- Bestia (2021)
- Boxballet (2021)
- Cryptozoo (2021)
- Flee (2021)
- The Windshield Wiper (2021)
- Mad God (2022)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)
- Unicorn Wars (2022)
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)
- Distortion (2023)
- Letter to a Pig (2023)
- Ninety-Five Senses (2023)
- Our Uniform (2023)
- Pachyderme (2023)
- Robot Dreams (2023)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- Flow (2024)
Notable arthouse animators
- Walerian Borowczyk
- Suzan Pitt
- Jiri Barta
- Bruno Bozzetto
- Sylvain Chomet
- Gene Deitch
- Michaël Dudok de Wit
- Adam Elliot
- Ari Folman
- Don Hertzfeldt
- Marcell Jankovics
- Andrei Khrzhanovsky
- Satoshi Kon
- Yoji Kuri
- René Laloux
- Richard Linklater
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Tomm Moore
- Yuri Norstein
- Michel Ocelot
- Stephen and Timothy Quay
- Joanna Quinn
- Martin Rosen
- Dash Shaw
- Jan Švankmajer
- Osamu Tezuka
- Masaaki Yuasa
- Karel Zeman
See also
- Studio Ghibli
- Cartoon Saloon
- Independent animation
- Adult animation
- Cult film
- Experimental animation
- Rotoscoping
- Modernist film
- Minimalist film
- Indiewood
References
- The First Animated Feature Ever No Longer Exists|Collider
- 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
- ^ The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup|The Current|The Criterion Collection
- ^ Pioneers in film: the art-house films that shaped popular culture|The Independent
- Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters|HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION
- '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.
- ^ "10 Essential Arthouse Sci-Fi Films". Film School Rejects. 1 September 2018.
- ^ 10 Best Arthouse Animated Movies, Ranked|Collider
- 6 Beloved Soviet and Russian Cartoons - The Moscow Times
- ^ Chris Hicks: New DVDs for the art-house crowd - Deseret News
- Habfürdő in the 2020-2021 Season of Classic Films Catalogue|Gyorgy Kovasznai
- COAGULOPATH
- ^ Drawing the Iron Curtain: Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation on JSTOR
- Son of the White Mare|Cinema St Louis
- 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
- 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
- ^ C What's On: The Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup - Flixist
- 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)
- Ghost in the Shell|EW.com
- 10 Arthouse Horror Films You Should Watch - CBR
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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- 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
- ^ "Euro Animated Films Offer "Darker" Art House Alternative to Hollywood, Exec Says". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017.
- ^ ‘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
- ^ "Animated Movies To Look Forward To". www.amctheatres.com.
- Tower's Unique Visual Style Focuses on Victims, Not Violence|25YL
- 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'".
- ^ Which arthouse films stood out at the autumn festivals?|Features|Screen
- ^ Arthouse Advisory: This year’s Oscar-nominated animated films are creative and compelling, but also are for adult eyes - TheBurg
- ^ 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
- In 'Flee,' an Afghan refugee's tale in vivid animation - ABC News
- 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
- Review: A big heart and one googly eye in 'Marcel the Shell' - ABC News
- 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
- "Studio Moonchalk: Films, Comic Dubs, and Games: Distortion - A RPG Maker Animated Film". Studio Moonchalk. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ 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 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
- ^ 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.
- Son of the White Mare|Cinema St Louis
- 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
External links
- Art-House Animation - Criterion Channel Teaser trailer on Vimeo
- The 100 best animated movies: the best arty movies
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