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Best Animation Movies of the 1930s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

188 animation films from the 1930s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), at 7.6 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 7.6 on IMDb against 96 on Metacritic.

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1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '1938 Fantasy / Animation 7.6 - 96 7.1 David Hand
2 The Old Mill '1937 Animation / Thriller / Musical / Horror 7.7 - - 7.3 Wilfred Jackson
3 The Band Concert '1935 Animation / Comedy / Musical 7.8 - - 7.2 Wilfred Jackson
4 Mickey's Trailer '1938 Animation / Comedy 7.9 - - 7.4 Ben Sharpsteen
5 Three Little Pigs '1933 Musical / Animation / Comedy 7.5 - - 6.9 Burt Gillett
6 The Ugly Duckling '1939 Animation / Comedy 7.6 - - 7.0 Hamilton Luske
7 Lonesome Ghosts '1937 Animation / Comedy / Horror 7.5 - - 6.9 Burt Gillett
8 Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves '1937 Comedy / Animation 7.7 - - 7.5 Dave Fleischer
9 Clock Cleaners '1937 Animation / Comedy 7.4 - - 7.1 Ben Sharpsteen
10 Brave Little Tailor '1938 Animation / Fantasy / Comedy 7.5 - - 6.9 Bill Roberts
11 Popeye the Sailor '1933 Animation / Comedy 7.6 - - 6.9 Dave Fleischer
12 Porky in Wackyland '1938 Animation / Comedy 7.6 - - 7.0 Robert Clampett
13 The Mascot '1933 Animation / Fantasy 7.7 - - 7.0 Władysław Starewicz
14 I Love to Singa '1936 Animation / Comedy / Musical 7.6 - - 6.8 Tex Avery
15 Thru the Mirror '1936 Animation / Comedy / Fantasy 7.5 - - 7.2 David Hand
16 The Mad Doctor '1933 Animation / Comedy / Horror 7.6 - - 7.2 David Hand
17 Peace on Earth '1939 Animation / War 7.5 - - 7.1 Hugh Harman
18 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor '1936 Animation / Comedy 7.3 - - 6.6 Dave Fleischer
19 Snow-White '1933 Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Musical 7.4 - - 6.8 Dave Fleischer
20 Porky's Duck Hunt '1937 Animation / Comedy 7.3 - - 6.7 Tex Avery
21 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp '1939 Drama / Comedy / Animation 7.6 - - 7.1 Dave Fleischer
22 Modern Inventions '1937 Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi 7.1 - - 6.8 Jack King
23 Magician Mickey '1937 Animation / Comedy 7.1 - - 7.0 David Hand
24 Flowers and Trees '1932 Animation / Musical / Romance / Comedy / Thriller 7.2 - - 6.9 Burt Gillett
25 Music Land '1935 Animation / Musical / Romance 7.4 - - 6.9 Wilfred Jackson
26 Minnie the Moocher '1932 Musical / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror 7.3 - - 6.6 Dave Fleischer
27 Mickey's Fire Brigade '1935 Animation / Comedy 7.4 - - 7.1 Ben Sharpsteen
28 Somewhere in Dreamland '1936 Fantasy / Animation 7.5 - - 7.3 Dave Fleischer
29 Moving Day '1936 Animation / Comedy 7.4 - - 6.4 Ben Sharpsteen
30 Little Hiawatha '1937 Animation / Comedy 6.9 - - 6.6 David Hand
31 Moose Hunters '1937 Animation / Comedy 6.9 - - 6.5 Ben Sharpsteen
32 Bimbo's Initiation '1931 Comedy / Animation / Musical / Horror 7.3 - - 7.0 Dave Fleischer
33 On Ice '1935 Animation / Comedy 7.2 - - 6.8 Ben Sharpsteen
34 Mickey's Good Deed '1932 Animation / Comedy 7.4 - - 6.5 Burt Gillett
35 Ferdinand the Bull '1938 Animation / Comedy 7.1 - - 6.7 Dick Rickard
36 The Old Man of the Mountain '1933 Animation 7.4 - - 6.7 Dave Fleischer
37 The Tortoise and the Hare '1935 Animation / Fantasy 7.1 - - 6.6 Wilfred Jackson
38 The Worm Turns '1937 Animation / Comedy 6.8 - - 6.0 Ben Sharpsteen
39 Donald's Lucky Day '1939 Animation / Comedy 7.1 - - 6.4 Jack King
40 The Autograph Hound '1939 Animation / Comedy 7.1 - - 6.7 Jack King
41 Woodland Café '1937 Animation / Musical 6.7 - - 6.5 Wilfred Jackson
42 Santa's Workshop '1932 Animation / Comedy / Fantasy 7.1 - - 6.6 Wilfred Jackson
43 Pluto's Judgement Day '1935 Animation / Comedy / Horror 7.2 - - 6.7 David Hand
44 The Hockey Champ '1939 Animation / Comedy 7.0 - - 6.9 Jack King
45 Officer Duck '1939 Animation / Comedy 7.0 - - 6.0 Clyde Geronimi
46 Alpine Climbers '1936 Animation / Comedy 7.2 - - 6.5 David Hand
47 Boat Builders '1938 Animation / Comedy 7.1 - - 6.9 Ben Sharpsteen
48 Don Donald '1937 Animation / Comedy / Romance 6.7 - - 6.2 Ben Sharpsteen
49 The Practical Pig '1939 Animation 6.9 - - 6.6 Dick Rickard
50 Mickey's Amateurs '1937 Animation 6.5 - - 6.7 Walt Pfeiffer

Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.

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David Hand Wilfred Jackson Ben Sharpsteen Burt Gillett Hamilton Luske Dave Fleischer Bill Roberts Robert Clampett Władysław Starewicz Tex Avery Jack King Clyde Geronimi

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