--Animated Shorts 1970's
by Landy99 | created - 23 Feb 2017 | updated - 11 Oct 2017 | PublicA list I compiled by using 14 lists from 10 web sites and separating them into decades. First iteration... Recommendations very much appreciated!
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1. Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970)
8 min | Animation, Short
The world is divided into factions, on opposite sides of issues; each side is, of course, right. And so the gap between the people grows, until someone challenges the absolutist view of what's "right."
Director: Lee Mishkin | Stars: Orson Welles, Diana Hale
Votes: 409
2. Pixillation (1970)
4 min | Animation, Short
Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.
Directors: Ken Knowlton, Lillian Schwartz
Votes: 93
3. A Christmas Carol (1971 TV Short)
28 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,923
4. Evolution (1971)
11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A humourous illustration of the natural process of evolution.
Director: Michael Mills
Votes: 252
5. How the Sausage Dog Work (1972)
8 min | Animation, Short, Thriller
You need to respect nature because it is very valuable.
Director: Julian Józef Antonisz
Votes: 579
6. Lineman (1972–1991)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When artist draws a magic line, it takes on a life of its own, becoming a silhouette of a living hot-tempered person. This "Mr. Line" wants more things drawn so he can enjoy himself, but the artist loves having fun on Mr. Line's account.
Stars: Carlo Bonomi, Osvaldo Cavandoli
Votes: 3,130
7. Secha pri Kerzhentse (1971)
10 min | Animation, Short, War
The film is set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov and uses Russian frescoes and paintings from the 14th-16th centuries.
Directors: Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yuri Norstein
Votes: 637
8. The Crunch Bird (1971)
GP | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A woman goes into a pet store seeking a gift for her husband. She decides to get him a bird with a most unusual talent, but her gift brings about an unforeseen result.
Director: Ted Petok | Star: Len Maxwell
Votes: 566
9. The Roll-Call (1971)
7 min | Animation, Short, War
An experimental animated short in which a roll call is held for the recently deceased in New York City.
Director: Ryszard Czekala
Votes: 280
10. The Selfish Giant (1971)
26 min | Animation, Short
A giant builds a wall to keep children out of his garden, but then winter sets in permanently.
Director: Peter Sander | Stars: Paul Hecht, Charles Aznavour, The King Sisters, Alyce King
Votes: 369
11. Butterfly (1972)
10 min | Animation, Short
How far can the confrontation between nature and civilization go? Metaphorical animation with music by Alfred Schnittke.
Director: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
Votes: 266
12. Damon the Mower (1972)
3 min | Animation, Short
This short uses an experimental form to illustrate a poem by Andrew Marvell.
Director: George Dunning
Votes: 284
13. The Demon (1972)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Two brothers who live with their sick mother go deer hunting, but encounter a demon.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Votes: 337
14. Tchou-tchou (1972)
14 min | Short, Family
A fantasy where children's building blocks and music effects do everything. Blocks represent the make-believe city and the two children who play in it. Blocks even act out the story when an... See full summary »
Director: Co Hoedeman
Votes: 94
15. The Heart (1973)
10 min | Animation, Short
Short stop motion animated colour film using some cutout animation. The film has a musical sound track.
Director: Piotr Kamler
Votes: 113
16. Frank Film (1973)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Biography
One soundtrack features the animator narrating an autobiography; the other features him reading a list of words beginning with the letter 'F'. The images on screen tie these two soundtracks together.
Directors: Caroline Mouris, Frank Mouris | Star: Frank Mouris
Votes: 783
17. Heavy-Light (1973)
7 min | Animation, Short
This is one of those abstract animated films in which colored, richly textured light moves in a black, three-dimensional space. The pictures and the electronic score are unified in a strict... See full summary »
Director: Adam Beckett
Votes: 40
18. The Cricket in Times Square (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Chester Cricket gets trapped inside a picnic basket and transported from his home in Connecticut to the middle of New York City. Alone and lost, he meets up with Harry and Tucker, a cat and... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Les Tremayne, June Foray, Kerry MacLane
Votes: 312
19. Café Bar (1974)
6 min | Short, Animation
An animated short film in which a man and a woman have a conversation in a cafe.
Director: Alison De Vere
Votes: 281
20. Closed Mondays (1974)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life.
Directors: Bob Gardiner, Will Vinton | Stars: Todd Oleson, Holly Johnson
Votes: 808
21. Fuji (1974)
8 min | Animation, Short
An animated short of passengers on a train with Mt. Fuji visible from the window.
Director: Robert Breer
Votes: 331
23. Sisyphus (1974)
3 min | Animation, Short
The film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sysiphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting ... See full summary »
Director: Marcell Jankovics
Votes: 1,040
24. Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975)
30 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Godfrey | Stars: Richard Briers, Harry Fowler, Barbara Moore, Angus Lennie
Votes: 361
25. Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Stars: Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Mariya Vinogradova, Aleksey Batalov
Votes: 8,080
26. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975 TV Short)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A young mongoose protects his human family from two murderous cobras.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Orson Welles, June Foray, Les Tremayne, Michael LeClair
Votes: 2,146
27. Dojoji Temple (1976)
19 min | Animation, Short
A man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Votes: 318
28. Leisure (1976)
14 min | Animation, Short
A short course of boring history about how not to die of boredom.
Director: Bruce Petty | Star: Alexander Archdale
Votes: 448
29. Mindscape (1976)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
Director: Jacques Drouin
Votes: 826
30. Quasi at the Quackadero (1976)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Quasi, a duck, spends the day at a bizarre amusement park with fellow duck Anita and a robot named Rollo, but his rude and annoying behavior soon becomes impossible for his companions to tolerate.
Director: Sally Cruikshank | Stars: Sally Cruikshank, Kim Deitch
Votes: 734
31. The Street (1976)
10 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.
Director: Caroline Leaf | Stars: Mort Ransen, Sarah Dwight, John Hood, Vera Leitman
Votes: 830
32. Crane's Feathers (1977)
10 min | Animation, Short
An old man who took in and nursed a wounded crane is visited by a young, beautifully dressed woman.
Director: Ideya Garanina
Votes: 130
33. David (1977)
9 min | Animation, Short
Director: Paul Driessen | Stars: Peter Bierman, Aart Staartjes
Votes: 58
34. Firing Range (1977)
10 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A military scientist creates a mind-reading weapon for his generals on a remote island. After the demonstration, the generals are pleased. Little do they realize, both the weapon, and the creator of the weapon have a mind of their own.
Director: Anatoliy Petrov | Stars: Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Sergey Martynov, Oleg Mokshantsev
Votes: 443
35. The Sand Castle (1977)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
On a sandy desert, a man made of sand constructs other sand creatures to help make a beautiful sand castle for themselves.
Director: Co Hoedeman
Votes: 1,170
36. Powers of Ten (1977)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames | Star: Philip Morrison
Votes: 2,371
37. The Bead Game (1977)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
To a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of war.
Director: Ishu Patel
Votes: 702
38. The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (1977)
G | 10 min | Animation, Short
A traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature.
Director: Caroline Leaf
Votes: 367
39. Boy and Girl (1978)
8 min | Animation, Short
A poetic study of the relationship between a boy and a girl.
Director: Rozaliya Zelma
Votes: 25
41. Skola hodanja (1978)
8 min | Animation, Short
Everybody wants to change the way a man walks.
Director: Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo
Votes: 46
42. Rowing Across the Atlantic (1978)
24 min | Animation, Short
A short film about a couple who leave their home in New York City and spend the rest of their lives in a boat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Jean-François Laguionie | Stars: Charlotte Maury-Sentier, Jean-Pierre Sentier
Votes: 210
43. Satiemania (1978)
14 min | Animation, Short
A short film which documents the animator's satirical outlook on life using only music and images to convey the message.
Director: Zdenko Gasparovic
Votes: 396
44. Special Delivery (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hapless husband neglects to clear the icy walk, which leads to the mailman slipping and breaking his neck. A comedy of errors results from his attempts to hide the body.
Directors: Eunice Macaulay, John Weldon | Stars: Sandy Sanderson, Jean Marchand
Votes: 1,131
45. The Small One (1978)
G | 26 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Ordered by his father to sell his old, small donkey, named Small One, a boy in ancient Palestine takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph.
Directors: Don Bluth, Jack Cutting, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Sean Marshall, William Woodson, Olan Soule, Hal Smith
Votes: 2,092
46. Asparagus (1979)
Not Rated | 20 min | Animation, Short
An animated, surreal, visually stunning as well as rather uniquely imaginative candy-colored nightmare from indie artist Suzan Pitt.
Director: Suzan Pitt
Votes: 1,465
48. Every Child (1979)
6 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
An abandoned baby is repeatedly left on a series of doorsteps in a well-to-do community, only to be rejected by each in turn until the infant arrives at the one social group that shows any concern and compassion.
Director: Eugene Fedorenko | Stars: Bernard Carez, Sophie Cowling, Raymond Pollender
Votes: 1,014
49. Harpya (1979)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus
Votes: 1,064
50. House of Flames (1979)
Not Rated | 19 min | Animation, Short
A solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto | Star: Tetsunojo Kanze
Votes: 282
51. The Tale of Tales (1979)
29 min | Animation, Short
Distant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.
Director: Yuri Norstein | Star: Aleksandr Kalyagin
Votes: 4,136
52. The Cat in the Hat (1971 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.
Director: Hawley Pratt | Stars: Allan Sherman, Daws Butler, Pamelyn Ferdin, Tony Frazier
Votes: 2,143
53. Opéra imaginaire (1993 TV Movie)
51 min | Animation, Music, Musical
an assembly of animated short films based on classic music greats.
Directors: José Abel, Hilary Audus, Jonathan Hills, Raimund Krumme, Guionne Leroy, Ken Lidster, Jimmy T. Murakami, Stephen Palmer, Monique Renault, Pascal Roulin, Christophe Vallaux | Stars: Ana Lucia Alves, Sébastien Chollet, Alain de Greffe, Ruggero De Pas
Votes: 139
54. The Lorax (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.
Director: Hawley Pratt | Stars: Eddie Albert, Bob Holt, Athena Lorde, Harlen Carraher
Votes: 3,386
55. The Cat in the Hat (1971 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.
Director: Hawley Pratt | Stars: Allan Sherman, Daws Butler, Pamelyn Ferdin, Tony Frazier
Votes: 2,143
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