The following is a list of animated feature films produced and/or released by Universal Pictures. The lists have been broken down categorically by sub-studio, etc.
Universal began releasing animated films during the 1980s which were produced by outside studios, such as Topia and The Master of Colors in 1981, Gools in 1984, Svengali in 1985, An American Tail in 1986, The Land Before Time in 1988, Fields of Melancholy in 1989, and Jetsons: The Movie and Liche's Wish in 1990. Then, in 1997, the studio released its first self-produced animated feature film with Ama and the Mysterious Crystal, and has hence continued to produce shorts, featurettes, and feature films to this day. Between collaborating with other studios to co-produce films to Universal distributing animated features produced by other companies, Universal no longer produces all their animated content under the Universal banner. Their most recent film, Paradoria 2, released in 2019, marks the studio's 19th feature-length animated film.
Universal Animation Studios[]
The following is a list of the animated films that were produced by Universal Animation Studios, formerly known as Universal Feature Animation, beginning with Ama and the Mysterious Crystal.
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ama and the Mysterious Crystal | December 19, 1997 |
| 2 | Paint World | December 25, 1999 |
| 3 | Mistress Masham's Repose | December 20, 2000 |
| 4 | Magina | September 19, 2003 |
| 5 | Computeropolis | July 2, 2004 |
| 6 | Me & Mobo | July 7, 2006 |
| 7 | Computeropolis 2 | July 6, 2007 |
| 8 | Swapped | July 2, 2008 |
| 9 | Woo La La | November 25, 2009 |
| 10 | Computeropolis 3 | December 10, 2010 |
| 11 | Nepola's Odyssey | September 23, 2011 |
| 12 | Quest | December 7, 2012 |
| 13 | Luna & Zak | December 13, 2013 |
| 14 | Nepola's Odyssey II | December 12, 2014 |
| 15 | Paradoria | December 11, 2015 |
| 16 | Imagimals | March 3, 2017 |
| 17 | Lix | December 8, 2017 |
| 18 | Computeropolis: The Deep Web | June 1, 2018 |
| 19 | Paradoria 2 | November 8, 2019 |
| Upcoming | ||
| 20 | Imagimals 2 | September 18, 2020 |
| 21 | Computeropolis: Webcation | May 13, 2022 |
| 22 | Mechagirl | December 21, 2022 |
| 23 | Untitled films | December 20, 2023 |
| 24 | December 25, 2024 | |
| 25 | Bauhaus Gone Bonkers! | TBA |
| 26 | Makeshift Miracle | |
| 27 | Untitled animated Woody Woodpecker film | |
| 28 | Untitled John France-developed film about a leopard gecko | |
Live-action and partially animated movies[]
All of the following are live-action films and documentaries films that contain at least some animated scenes and/or sequences.
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King of Jazz | April 19, 1930 |
| 2 | Xanadu | August 8, 1980 |
| 3 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | March 31, 1983 |
| 4 | Psycho III | July 6, 1986 |
| 5 | Gunomilia | May 13, 1987 |
| 6 | Closet Land | March 6, 1991 |
| 7 | Jurassic Park | June 11, 1993 |
| 8 | The Flintstones | May 27, 1994 |
| 9 | Casper | May 26, 1995 |
| 10 | Babe | August 4, 1995 |
| 11 | Dragonheart | May 31, 1996 |
| 12 | The Nutty Professor | June 28, 1996 |
| 13 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | May 23, 1997 |
| 14 | Small Soldiers | July 10, 1998 |
| 15 | Babe: Pig in the City | November 25, 1998 |
| 16 | Dudley Do-Right | August 27, 1999 |
| 17 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | April 28, 2000 |
| 18 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | June 30, 2000 |
| 19 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | July 28, 2000 |
| 20 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | November 17, 2000 |
| 21 | Jurassic Park III | July 18, 2001 |
| 22 | Hulk | June 20, 2003 |
| 23 | The Cat in the Hat | November 21, 2003 |
| 24 | The Pet Squadron | March 5, 2004 |
| 25 | Doom | October 21, 2005 |
| 26 | King Kong | December 14, 2005 |
| 27 | Nanny McPhee | January 27, 2006 |
| 28 | The Incredible Hulk | June 13, 2008 |
| 29 | Land of the Lost | June 5, 2009 |
| 30 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | August 13, 2010 |
| 31 | Paul | March 18, 2011 |
| 32 | Hop | April 1, 2011 |
| 33 | Ted | June 29, 2012 |
| 34 | Jurassic World | June 12, 2015 |
| 35 | Ted 2 | June 26, 2015 |
| 36 | Krampus | December 4, 2015 |
| 37 | Warcraft | June 10, 2016 |
| 38 | Woody Woodpecker | October 5, 2017 (Brazil) |
| 39 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | June 22, 2018 |
| 40 | Welcome to Marwen | December 21, 2018 |
| 41 | The Pet Squadron: Resilience | July 26, 2019 |
| 42 | Cats | December 20, 2019 |
| 43 | Dolittle | January 17, 2020 |
| Upcoming | ||
| 44 | Jurassic World: Dominion | June 10, 2022 |
| 45 | The Pet Squadron 3 | July 23, 2021 |
Multimedia Animation[]
This is the complete list of Multimedia Animation films distributed or owned by Universal which have had a theatrical release. It was shut down in 1996 and has merged into Universal Animation.
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Master of Colors | December 25, 1981 |
| 2 | Gools | December 21, 1984 |
| 3 | Biancabella and the Snake | July 2, 1986 |
| 4 | The Workers | November 20, 1987 |
| 5 | Liche's Wish | November 16, 1990 |
| 6 | East of the Sun and West of the Moon | November 25, 1992 |
| 7 | The Three Princes and Their Beasts | May 28, 1993 |
| 8 | Romeo and Juliet | December 16, 1994 |
Amblimation[]
The following films were produced by Amblimation, the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, before Universal began releasing animated films through their own feature animation department. However, Universal did not own the studio. Amblimation was closed in 1997 and folded into DreamWorks Animation after Balto was completed.
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | November 22, 1991 |
| 2 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | November 24, 1993 |
| 3 | Balto | December 22, 1995 |
DreamWorks Animation[]
On April 28, 2016, Universal's parent company NBCUniversal announced a $3.8 billion deal to buy DreamWorks Animation. On August 22, 2016, the deal was completed. Universal took over the distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation starting in 2019 with the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, after DreamWorks Animation's distribution deal with 20th Century Fox ended.
The following films are produced by DreamWorks Animation, which are currently owned by Universal and it has assumed distribution rights to all of the DWA films released by DreamWorks Pictures (1998–2005), Paramount Pictures (2006–2012) and 20th Century Fox (2013–2017).
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antz | October 2, 1998 |
| 2 | The Prince of Egypt | December 18, 1998 |
| 3 | The Road to El Dorado | March 31, 2000 |
| 4 | Chicken Run | June 23, 2000 |
| 5 | Shrek | May 18, 2001 |
| 6 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | May 24, 2002 |
| 7 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | July 2, 2003 |
| 8 | Shrek 2 | May 19, 2004 |
| 9 | Shark Tale | October 1, 2004 |
| 10 | Madagascar | May 27, 2005 |
| 11 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | October 7, 2005 |
| 12 | Over the Hedge | May 19, 2006 |
| 13 | Flushed Away | November 3, 2006 |
| 14 | Shrek the Third | May 18, 2007 |
| 15 | Bee Movie | November 2, 2007 |
| 16 | Kung Fu Panda | June 6, 2008 |
| 17 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | November 7, 2008 |
| 18 | Monsters vs. Aliens | March 27, 2009 |
| 19 | How to Train Your Dragon | March 26, 2010 |
| 20 | Shrek Forever After | May 21, 2010 |
| 21 | Megamind | November 5, 2010 |
| 22 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | May 26, 2011 |
| 23 | Puss in Boots | October 28, 2011 |
| 24 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | June 8, 2012 |
| 25 | Rise of the Guardians | November 21, 2012 |
| 26 | The Croods | March 22, 2013 |
| 27 | Turbo | July 17, 2013 |
| 28 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | March 7, 2014 |
| 29 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | June 13, 2014 |
| 30 | Penguins of Madagascar | November 26, 2014 |
| 31 | Home | March 27, 2015 |
| 32 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | January 29, 2016 |
| 33 | Trolls | November 4, 2016 |
| 34 | The Boss Baby | March 31, 2017 |
| 35 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | June 2, 2017 |
| 36 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | February 22, 2019 |
| 37 | Abominable | September 27, 2019 |
| 38 | Trolls World Tour | April 10, 2020 |
| 39 | The Croods: A New Age | November 25 2020 |
| 40 | Spirit Untamed | June 4, 2021 |
| 41 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | July 2 2021 |
| 42 | The Bad Guys | April 22, 2022 |
| 43 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | December 21, 2022 |
| 44 | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kracken | June 30, 2023 |
| 45 | Trolls Band Together | November 17, 2023 |
| 46 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | March 8, 2024 |
Universal Animation Glendale[]
This is the complete list of films produced at the Glendale Universal animation studio which have had a theatrical release.
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onion Mastori: The Movie | July 1, 2005 |
| 2 | Curious George | February 10, 2006 |
| 3 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | July 10, 2009 (Denmark) |
| 4 | Woody Woodpecker | October 5, 2017 (Brazil) |
Illumination[]
Universal has collaborated (and currently owns) Illumination Entertainment to release or will release the following films:
| # | Film | Date of original release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 |
| 2 | Hop | April 1, 2011 |
| 3 | The Lorax | March 2, 2012 |
| 4 | Despicable Me 2 | July 3, 2013 |
| 5 | Minions | July 10, 2015 |
| 6 | The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 |
| 7 | Sing | December 21, 2016 |
| 8 | Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 |
| 9 | The Grinch | November 9, 2018 |
| 10 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 |
| 11 | Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 |
| 12 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 |
| 13 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | April 5, 2023 |
| 14 | Migration | December 22, 2023 |
| 15 | Despicable Me 4 | July 3, 2024 |
Other animated films distributed by Universal[]
Unlike the films above that were made by Universal, the films below were only distributed by Universal.
| # | Film | Date of original release | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Snow Queen | November 20, 1959 | Soyuzmultfilm |
| 2 | Pinocchio in Outer Space | December 22, 1965 | Belvision Studios |
| 3 | Flying Phantom Ship | March 7, 1971 | Toei Animation |
| 4 | Serene | April 9, 1977 | Wide Slope Animation |
| 5 | Chambers | July 15, 1978 | |
| 6 | Topia | June 12, 1981 | Universal animation entertainment |
| 7 | Svengali | November 15, 1985 | Universal animation entertainment |
| 8 | An American Tail | November 21, 1986 | Sullivan Bluth Studios Universal animation entertainment |
| 9 | The Land Before Time | November 18, 1988 | Sullivan Bluth Studios Universal animation entertainment |
| 10 | Fields of Melancholy | June 3, 1989 | Wide Slope Animation Universal animation entertainment |
| 11 | Jetsons: The Movie | July 6, 1990 | Hanna-Barbera Productions Universal animation entertainment |
| 12 | Magic, Travelling & Circuses | July 26, 1996 | Wide Slope Animation Universal animation entertainment |
| 13 | Maze of the Castle | June 5, 1998 | Nest Entertainment Rich Animation Studios Universal animation entertainment |
| 14 | Momo | December 25, 2001 | Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica Taurus Produktion universal illustration animation |
| 15 | Princess Arete | November 22, 2002 | Studio 4°C universal illustration animation |
| 16 | The Magic Roundabout | November 23, 2005 | Pathé Action Synthese universal illustration animation |
| 17 | The Princess and the Pied Piper | December 20, 2006 | Frenzy Animation universal illustration animation |
| 18 | The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | January 11, 2008 | Big Idea Entertainment Starz Animation illustration |
| 19 | Cinnamon the Movie | March 28, 2008 | Madhouse Bandai illustration |
| 20 | The Tale of Despereaux | December 19, 2008 | Relativity Media Framestore Feature Animation illustration |
| 21 | Saturn | October 4, 2013 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mikros Image illustration |
Animated films released under the Focus Features label[]
This following list shows animated films released through Universal's Focus Features label. Most of them are stop-motion films produced by Laika.
| # | Film | Date of original release | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coraline | February 6, 2009 | Laika Pandemonium illustration |
| 2 | 9 | September 9, 2009 | Starz Animation Tim Burton Productions illustration |
| 3 | ParaNorman | August 17, 2012 | Laika illustration |
| 4 | The Boxtrolls | September 26, 2014 | Laika illustration |
| 5 | Ratchet & Clank | April 29, 2016 | Gramercy Pictures Cinema Management Group Blockade Entertainment PlayStation Originals Rainmaker Entertainment illustration |
| 6 | Kubo and the Two Strings | August 19, 2016 | Laika illustration |