A list of animated feature films released in the 1940s.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | |||||||
| Pinocchio | United States | Won 2 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", and for Best Original Score. | |||||
| Fantasia | United States | Various | First animated feature, and first feature film to be presented in stereophonic surround sound. Won 2 special Academy Awards. | ||||
| 1941 | |||||||
| The Reluctant Dragon | United States | Alfred Werker (live action) Hamilton Luske (animation) | Package film/Documentary | ||||
| Dumbo | United States | ||||||
| Princess Iron Fan Tie shan gong zhu | China | First Chinese animated feature, and the first animated feature from Asia. | |||||
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | United States | Last animated feature made in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor, launching the United States into World War II. | |||||
| 1942 | |||||||
| Bambi | United States | ||||||
| Saludos Amigos | United States | Package film | |||||
| 15 mil dibujos | Chile | Lost film, First animated feature to be made in Chile. | |||||
| 1943 | |||||||
| Victory Through Air Power | United States | Documentary | |||||
| 1944 | |||||||
| The Three Caballeros | United States | Package film | |||||
| 1945 | |||||||
| The Lost Letter Propavshaya gramota | Soviet Union | First traditional full-length animated film for USSR and Soyuzmultfilm studio | |||||
| | Japan | First Japanese animated feature. | |||||
| Handling Ships | Instructional film, and the first British animated feature. | ||||||
| Anchors Aweigh (film) | Traditional/Live-Action | ||||||
| Ziegfeld Follies (film) | Traditional/Live-Action | ||||||
| The Enchanted Sword | Spain | First Spanish animated feature and the first animated feature film produced in color outside of the United States. | |||||
| 1946 | |||||||
| Make Mine Music | United States | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Joshua Meador Robert Cormack | Package film, and the first American animated feature to be made after World War II. | ||||
| The Tinderbox Fyrtøjet | Denmark | First Danish animated feature. | |||||
| Holiday in Mexico | Traditional/Live-Action | ||||||
| Song of the South | United States | ||||||
| 1947 | |||||||
| The Humpbacked Horse Konyok-Gorbunok | Soviet Union | ||||||
| The Crab with the Golden Claws Le crabe aux pinces d'or | Belgium | First Belgian animated feature. | |||||
| Fun and Fancy Free | United States | Package film | |||||
| The Czech Year Spalicek | Czechoslovakia | First Czech animated feature. | |||||
| 1948 | |||||||
| Melody Time | United States | Package film | |||||
| So Dear to My Heart | United States | ||||||
| Water for Fire Fighting | United Kingdom | Instructional film | |||||
| Happy Holidays | Spain | ||||||
| 1949 | |||||||
| The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv slavík | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Alice in Wonderland | France | ||||||
| The Dynamite Brothers | Italy | First Italian animated feature. | |||||
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | United States | Package film | |||||
| The Singing Princess | Italy | ||||||
| Adventures of Esparadrapo | Spain |