Hand Drawn Animation Movies

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...

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...

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

In this epic remake of the 2016 film, based on the childhood card game of DCW, the characters of Donovan, Jash and Season Square go on a journey,...

Documentary about Yasuo Otsuka, famous Japanese animator and mentor of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Featuring interviews with Japanese animation...

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

On a lonely night, a girl searching for her missing dog is transported to a magical world, where she reunites with her friend in an unexpected form....

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

Two boys play poker on a dull afternoon. As one boy inadvertently touches and makes eye contact with the other, it sparks a beautiful, imaginative...

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...

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

A windows cleaner is struggling to keep the building he is assigned to free from any dirt.

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

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

Made by 21st Cinetics and Billy Budd Films for the Morris County, Pennsylvania Division of Drug Control and Intervention, “Holy Smoke in Three...

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

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

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...

Short experimental film. A man gets possessed by a demon as it speaks to his subconcious.

A bumble bee's first winter overtakes her garden, leaving her distraught -- luckily, her friend is there to cheer her up!