Films with live action and animation

This is a list of films with live action and animation, films that combine live action and animation elements, typically interacting.

Short films by decade

1900s

* 1900 – '' The Enchanted Drawing''

1910s

* 1914 – '' Gertie the Dinosaur''
* 1917 – ''När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras'' ("''When Captain Grogg was to be painted''")
* 1918 – ''Out of the Inkwell'' series (animated characters in live-action surroundings: series between 1918 and 1929)

1920s

* 1923 – ''Alice Comedies'' series (live-action girl in animated surroundings, produced from 1923 to 1927)
* 1929 – '' Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid''

1930s

* 1933 – '' Zero for Conduct''
* 1936 – ''Puppet Show''
* 1938 – '' Daffy Duck in Hollywood'' (live-action film clips)

1940s

* 1940 – ''You Ought to Be in Pictures''
* 1940 – '' Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner''
* 1943 – '' Who Killed Who?'' (two live-action sequences)
* 1944 – '' What's Cookin' Doc?''
* 1949 – '' Señor Droopy''
* 1949 – '' The House of Tomorrow''
* 1949 – '' Rabbit Hood'' (footage from ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'')

1950s

* 1951 – '' Cold Turkey'' (live-action wrestling match on TV)
* 1953 – '' The Three Little Pups'' (cowboys riding horses; Southern Wolf riding on black-and-white live-action horse)
* 1959 – '' Donald in Mathmagic Land'' (live-action character at a billiards game, orchestra, paintings, human figures and live-action objects)
* 1959 – '' The Mouse That Jack Built'' (live-action sequence at the end)

1960s

* 1961 – '' Donald and the Wheel'' (silhouettes of two actors, live-action objects and female dancer)
* 1961 – '' The Litterbug'' (opening and closing credits live-action environments)
* 1965 – '' Pink Panzer''
* 1966 – ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (opening and closing sequences)
*1967 – ''Jack and the Beanstalk''
* 1968 – ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' (opening and closing sequences)

1970s

* 1970 - '' The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth'' (live-action transitions into animated environments)
* 1974 – '' Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'' (opening and closing sequences)
* 1976 – '' Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals'' (animated characters in live-action environments)

1980s

* 1983 – '' Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore'' (opening and closing sequences)
* 1983 – '' What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?'' (partially colorized World War II footage)

1990s

* 1990 – '' Deepa & Rupa: A Fairy Tale from India'' (India animated short)
* 1990 – '' Rockin' Through the Decades'' (TV special)
* 1991 – '' Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas'' (TV specials)
* 1992 – '' Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers'' (one shot of a live-action mouth on Daffy Duck's bill)
* 1995 – '' Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable''

2000s

* 2004 – '' Save Virgil''
* 2006 – '' The Sparky Book''
* 2007 – '' Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse''

2010s

* 2010 – ''Pixels''

2020s

* 2023 – '' Once Upon a Studio''

Primary animated feature films by decade

1930s

* 1937 – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (Book only)

1940s

* 1940 – '' Fantasia''
* 1942 – ''Saludos Amigos''
* 1943 – '' Victory Through Air Power'' Animated documentary
* 1944 – ''The Three Caballeros''
* 1946 – ''Make Mine Music'' (David Lichine and Tatiana Riabouchinska in Two silhouettes)
* 1947 – ''Fun and Fancy Free'' (story sequences)
* 1948 – ''Melody Time'' (with Amigo Lady from ''Blame it on the Samba'' and Roy Rogers, Bobby Driscoll, and Luana Patten from Pecos Bill)
* 1949 – ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (only library)

1950s

* 1950 – ''Cinderella'' (Book only)
* 1957 – ''The Snow Queen'' (live-action prologue with Art Linkletter)
* 1959 – ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Book only)

1960s

* 1965 – '' The Man from Button Willow'' (live-action opening sequence)
* 1966 – '' The Daydreamer'' (live-action and stop-motion sequences)
* 1968 – '' Yellow Submarine''

1970s

* 1970 – ''The Phantom Tollbooth''
* 1972 – '' Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies'' (TV) - (live action Mad Mirror Land sequence)
* 1974 – ''Down and Dirty Duck''
* 1974 – ''Journey Back to Oz''
* 1975 – '' Han's Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'' (live-action sequences) (Japanese Anime)
* 1976 – '' Allegro Non Troppo'' (Italian animated film)
* 1976 – '' Once Upon a Girl''
* 1977 – '' Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure'' (Claire Williams sequences)
* 1977 – ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' (opening and closing sequences)
* 1978 – ''The Lord of the Rings''
* 1978 – ''Metamorphoses'' (Japanese anime)

1980s

* 1981 – '' American Pop''
* 1981 – '' Around the World with Dot'' (Australian animation)
* 1983 – '' Dot and the Bunny'' (Australian animation)
* 1983 – '' Twice Upon a Time'' (animated film with color live-action sequences)
* 1986 – '' Dot and Keeto'' (Australian animation)
* 1986 – ''Dot and the Whale'' (Australian animation)
* 1986 – '' The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure'' (TV special)
* 1987 – ''Dot and the Smugglers'' (Australian animation)
* 1987 – '' Dot Goes to Hollywood'' (Australian animation)
* 1987 – '' Twilight of the Cockroaches'' (Japanese anime)
* 1987 – '' Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose'' (TV film: live-action footage of Spruce Goose flight shown during museum tour)
* 1988 – ''Treasure Island'' (Soviet film)
* 1988 – '' It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown'' (TV special)
* 1988 – '' Katy, Kiki y Koko'' (a.k.a. ''Katy Meets the Aliens'' or ''Katy and the Katerpillar Kids'' - aliens watch live-action footage from Earth) (Spanish animation)

1990s

* 1990 – '' Werner – Beinhart!'' (German Animation)
* 1991 – '' Rock-A-Doodle''
* 1992 – '' Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala'' (Australian Animation)
* 1993 – '' Opéra imaginaire'' (France Stop-motion)
* 1994 – ' (German animation)
* 1994 – '' Dot in Space'' (Australian Animation)
* 1994 – ''Faust'' (Czech Republic animation)
* 1994 – '' The Pagemaster''
* 1995 – '' Balto'' (live-action scenes)
* 1996 – '' James and the Giant Peach''
* 1997 – '' The Beautician and the Beast''
* 1997 – ''The End of Evangelion'' (Japanese Anime)
* 1997 – ''Hercules''
* 1999 – '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (character with live-action face and live-action posters seen in background)
* 1999 – '' Belle's Tales of Friendship'' (direct-to-video film)
* 1999 – ''Fantasia 2000''

2000s

* 2000 – ''The Tigger Movie''
* 2000 – ''Dinosaur''
* 2001 – '' Christmas Carol: The Movie'' (British animation)
* 2001 – '' The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart''
* 2002 – ''Lilo & Stitch'' (clip of Earth vs. the Spider)
* 2002 – ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' (live-action animals throughout the end credits)
* 2003 – '' Y Mabinogi'' (the majority of this film was animated, although the opening and closing acts were live-action)
* 2004 – '' Back to Gaya'' (also known as ''Boo, Zino & the Snurks'') (German-Spanish animation)
* 2004 – '' The Polar Express''
* 2004 – '' Cine Gibi: O Filme'' (Brazil animation)
* 2004 – '' Springtime with Roo'' (direct-to-video film)
* 2004 – '' The Lion King 1½'' (live-action commercial on theater screen when Pumbaa sits on remote) (direct-to-video film)
* 2005 – '' The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes'' (direct-to-video film)
* 2005 – '' Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (clips from Them!) (direct-to-video film)
* 2005 – '' Hoodwinked!''
* 2006 – ''Happy Feet'' (live-action scenes)
* 2006 – ''Princess'' (animation with live-action scenes) (Danish animation)
* 2006 – '' Arthur and the Invisibles'' (France Animation)
* 2007 – '' Chicago 10'' (animation documentary)
* 2007 – ''Beowulf''
* 2008 – ''WALL-E''
* 2008 – ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (live-action ending sequence)
* 2008 – '' Igor'' (live-action scenes and James Lipton cameo on TV)
* 2008 – ''Waltz with Bashir'' (one live-action sequence)
* 2009 – '' Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard'' (France Animation)

2010s

* 2010 – '' Ultramarines: The Movie'' (British animation)
* 2010 – '' Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds'' (France animation)
* 2011 – '' Brasil Animado'' (Brazil animation)
* 2011 – '' Rango''
* 2011 – '' Winnie the Pooh''
* 2011 – '' Happy Feet Two'' (live-action scenes)
* 2012 – '' El Santos vs. la Tetona Mendoza'' (Mexican animation)
* 2013 – '' The Congress'' (Israeli animation)
* 2013 – '' Shimajirō to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2013 – ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (British animation)
* 2013 – '' Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants'' (France-Belgium animation)
* 2014 – '' Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2014 – ''The Lego Movie''
* 2014 – '' Shimajiro to Kujira no Uta'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2014 – '' Seth's Dominion'' (Canada animated documentary)
* 2015 – '' Madea's Tough Love'' (DTV film; live-action opening and closing scenes)
* 2015 – '' Shimajirō to Ōkina Ki'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2016 – '' Shimajirō to Kuni Ehon'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2016 – '' Sausage Party'' (live action footage of actors shown during final scene)
* 2016 – '' Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!'' (Japanese Anime)
* 2016 – '' Upin & Ipin: Jeng Jeng Jeng!'' (Malaysian animated feature films)
* 2017 – '' Bunyan and Babe''
* 2017 – ''The Lego Batman Movie'' (footage from ''Jerry Maguire'')
* 2017 – '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (live-action puppetry sequence)
* 2017 – ''The Lego Ninjago Movie''
* 2019 – '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''
* 2019 – '' Playmobil: The Movie''

2020s

* 2020 – '' Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe'' (DTV film brief live-action segment)
* 2021 – '' The Mitchells vs. the Machines'' (animated film with live-action puppetry, footage, and imagery)
* 2023 – '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (live-action scene featuring Peggy Lu as Mrs. Chen, live-action appearance of Donald Glover as an alternate version of Aaron Davis / Prowler, and footage from ''Spider-Man'' (2002) and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012)
* 2023 – '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem'' (footage from ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' and '' Snake Fist Fighter'')
* 2023 – ''Wish'' (Book only)
* 2024 – '' IF''

Primary live-action feature films by decade

1920s

* 1925 – '' The Lost World'' (Dinosaurs made by Willis O'Brien)

1930s

* 1930 – '' King of Jazz'' (animated segment by Walter Lantz)
* 1931 – ''Frankenstein'' (live-action)
* 1933 – ''Alice in Wonderland'' (animated segment "The Walrus and the Carpenter")
* 1933 – ''King Kong'' (King Kong made by Willis O'Brien)
* 1933 – '' Son of Kong'' (Little Kong made by Willis O'Brien)
* 1933 – '' Zero for Conduct''
* 1934 – '' Babes in Toyland''
* 1934 – '' Hollywood Party'' (animated segment "The Hot Choc-Late Soldiers")
* 1934 – '' Servants' Entrance'' (sequence with animated singing silverware)
* 1935 – ''The New Gulliver''
* 1939 – '' The Golden Key''
* 1939 – '' The Wizard of Oz''

1940s

* 1941 – '' The Lady Eve''
* 1941 – '' The Reluctant Dragon''
* 1945 – '' Anchors Aweigh'' (Tom and Jerry make an appearance)
* 1946 – ''Song of the South''
* 1946 – '' Holiday in Mexico''
* 1946 – ''Ziegfeld Follies'' - (deleted stop-motion sequence)
* 1948 – ''Superman'' (flying sequences)
* 1948 – '' Two Guys from Texas''
* 1949 – ''Alice in Wonderland''
* 1949 – '' Mighty Joe Young'' (Joe Young made by Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen)
* 1949 – '' My Dream Is Yours''
* 1949 – '' So Dear to My Heart''

1950s

* 1950 – '' Atom Man vs. Superman''
* 1950 – '' Destination Moon''
* 1950 – ''The Great Rupert''
* 1953 – '' Dangerous When Wet'' (Tom and Jerry make an appearance)
* 1953 – '' Robot Monster''
* 1954 – ''Godzilla'' (stop-motion scene of Godzilla's tail destroying the Nichigeki Theater building)
* 1956 – ''Forbidden Planet''
* 1956 – '' Invitation to the Dance'' (The third and final segment of Sinbad the Sailor)
* 1957 – '' The Black Scorpion''
* 1958 – ''Tom Thumb''
* 1958 – ''Vertigo'' (Dream Sequence)
* 1959 – '' I Was a Satellite of the Sun''
* 1959 – '' Behemoth, the Sea Monster''
* 1959 – '' The Devil's Disciple''
* 1959 – ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People''

1960s

* 1960 – ''Dinosaurus!''
* 1960 – '' The 3 Worlds of Gulliver''
* 1961 – '' The Parent Trap'' (opening and closing credits sequence in stop-motion)
* 1961 – '' Babes in Toyland'' (stop-motion soldiers)
* 1962 – ''Jack the Giant Killer''
* 1962 – '' The Fabulous Baron Munchausen''
* 1962 – ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm''
* 1963 – '' Cici Can'' (animated ghost by ''Yalçın Çetin'')
* 1963 – ''The Pink Panther''
* 1963 – ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (opening credits sequence)
* 1964 – ''Mary Poppins''
* 1964 – '' A Shot in the Dark''
* 1964 – ''Dogora'' (animated tentacle sequences)
* 1964 – '' The Incredible Mr. Limpet''
* 1964 – '' Tale about the Lost Time''
* 1964 – '' The Misadventures of Merlin Jones'' (stop-motion opening sequence)
* 1964 – '' A Jester's Tale''
* 1964 – ''A Fistful of Dollars''
* 1966 – '' The Stolen Airship''
* 1967 – '' Bedazzled'' (characters turn into animated flies)
* 1968 – '' Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters''
* 1968 – '' The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (opening sequence and linking sequences by Richard Williams)
* 1968 – ''Madigan's Millions'' (animated collage opening credits sequence)
* 1968 – '' Inspector Clouseau'' (Pink Panther sequences)
* 1968 – '' Out of an Old Man's Head''
* 1968 – ''Head''
* 1969 – '' The Valley of Gwangi''

1970s

* 1970 – '' Song of Norway''
* 1970 – '' The Nameless Knight''
* 1970 – '' Cry of the Banshee'' (animated opening credits sequence)
* 1971 – ''On the Comet''
* 1971 – '' Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' (animated book, nightclub and soccer match).
* 1971 – ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' (animated sequences)
* 1971 – '' The Million Dollar Duck'' (animated eggs and duck shown throughout opening credits sequence)
* 1971 – ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''
* 1971 – '' And Now for Something Completely Different''
* 1971 – ''200 Motels''
* 1972 – '' Godzilla vs. Gigan'' (manga sequences)
* 1972 – '' The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes'' (live-action with stop-motion and animated sequences)
* 1972 – '' The War Between Men and Women''
* 1973 – '' Heavy Traffic''
* 1973 – ''Marco'' (live action and stop motion sequences)
* 1974 – '' The Golden Voyage of Sinbad''
* 1974 – ''Herbie Rides Again''
* 1974 – ''The Little Prince''
* 1974 – '' Dunderklumpen!''
* 1975 – '' Coonskin''
* 1975 – ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' (animated sequences)
* 1975 – '' The Return of the Pink Panther''
* 1975 – '' Bugs Bunny: Superstar'' (documentary with animated and live-action footage)
* 1976 – ''Futureworld'' (CGI-animated hand from the 1972 film A Computer Animated Hand and CGI-animated face from the 1974 film Faces & Body Parts)
* 1976 – ''Eraserhead'' (one scene)
* 1976 – '' I, Tintin''
* 1976 – '' The Pink Panther Strikes Again''
* 1977 – '' Pete's Dragon'' (Elliot the dragon animated character)
* 1977 – '' Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger''
* 1977 – ''Star Wars'' (stop-motion Holochess sequence created by Tippett Studio, and CGI-animated Death Star attack plan briefing sequence from Jet Propulsion Laboratory made by Larry Cuba and Gary Imhoff)
* 1977 – '' Freaky Friday'' (opening sequences)
* 1977 – '' Dot and the Kangaroo''
* 1977 – ''Gulliver's Travels''
* 1977 – ''Annie Hall''
* 1977 – '' Sender Nordlicht''
* 1978 – '' Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue''
* 1978 – '' The Water Babies''
* 1978 – '' Laserblast''
* 1978 – '' Revenge of the Pink Panther''
* 1978 – '' Grease'' (animated opening sequence)
* 1978 – ''The Light Princess'' (backgrounds and most animals are animated)
* 1978 – ''Metamorphoses''
* 1978 – '' Star Wars Holiday Special'' (animated segment called "The Faithful Wookiee")
* 1979 – ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (animated sequences)
* 1979 – '' The Little Convict''
* 1979 – '' Baby Snakes''
* 1979 – '' The Black Hole'' (CGI-animated opening sequence)
* 1979 – '' Harpya''

1980s

* 1980 – '' The Great Rock & Roll Swindle'' (some segments)
* 1980 – '' Xanadu'' (animated sequence by Don Bluth)
* 1980 – ''9 to 5'' (one scene)
* 1980 – '' Gamera: Super Monster'' (animated sequence)
* 1980 – ''Popeye

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