List of animated films in the public domain in the United States

The following is a list of animated films in the public domain in the United States for which there is a source to verify its status as public domain under the terms of U.S. copyright law. For more information, see List of films in the public domain in the United States. Films published before are not included because all such films are in the public domain (Note: while the film in and of itself may be in the public domain, the original versions may incorporate elements that remain under a separate copyright).

Some shorts listed here, such as the Private Snafu series, were produced for the United States government. Because they were produced for the U.S. government, they automatically fall into the public domain.

Warner Bros. Pictures

The films listed below were last owned by Warner Bros. Pictures when the time for their renewals came up.

Source: Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain

Looney Tunes

Every short from has entered the public domain as of 2026.

1. Ups 'n Downs (1931)
2. Dumb Patrol (1931)
3. Yodeling Yokels (1931)
4. Bosko's Holiday (1931)
5. The Tree's Knees (1931)
6. Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931)
7. Bosko the Doughboy (1931)
8. Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931)
9. Bosko's Fox Hunt (1931)
10. Bosko at the Zoo (1932)
11. Battling Bosko (1932)
12. Big-Hearted Bosko (1932)
13. Bosko's Party (1932)
14. Bosko and Bruno (1932)
15. Bosko's Dog Race (1932)
16. Bosko at the Beach (1932)
17. Bosko and Honey (1932)
18. Bosko's Store (1932)
19. Bosko the Lumberjack (1932)
20. Hollywood Capers (1935)
21. Boom Boom (1936)
22. Westward Whoa (1936)
23. Porky's Railroad (1937)
24. Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)
25. Porky's Garden (1937)
26. Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
27. The Timid Toreador (1940)
28. The Haunted Mouse (1941)
29. Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941)
30. Porky's Bear Facts (1941)
31. Porky's Preview (1941)
32. Porky's Ant (1941)
33. A Coy Decoy (1941)
34. Porky's Prize Pony (1941)
35. Meet John Doughboy (1941)
36. We, the Animals Squeak! (1941)
37. The Henpecked Duck (1941)
38. Notes to You (1941)
39. Robinson Crusoe, Jr. (1941)
40. Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)
41. Porky's Pooch (1941)
42. Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)
43. Who's Who in the Zoo (1942)
44. Porky's Cafe (1942)
45. Saps in Chaps (1942)
46. Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
47. Nutty News (1942)
48. Hobby Horse-Laffs (1942)
49. Gopher Goofy (1942)
50. Wacky Blackout (1942)
51. The Ducktators (1942)
52. Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942)
53. The Impatient Patient (1942)
54. The Daffy Duckaroo (1942)
55. Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (1943)
56. Hop and Go (1943)
57. Tokio Jokio (1943)
58. Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
59. Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
60. Puss n' Booty (1943)

Merrie Melodies

1. Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)

United Artists

The films listed below were last owned by United Artists when the time for their renewals came up.

Source: Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain

Merrie Melodies

1. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)
2. One More Time (1931)
3. You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931)
4. Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)
5. Red-Headed Baby (1931)
6. Pagan Moon (1932)
7. Freddy the Freshman (1932)
8. Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932)
9. Goopy Geer (1932)
10. It's Got Me Again! (1932)
11. Moonlight for Two (1932)
12. The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932)
13. I Love a Parade (1932)
14. You're Too Careless With Your Kisses! (1932)
15. I Wish I Had Wings (1932)
16. A Great Big Bunch of You (1932)
17. Three's a Crowd (1932)
18. The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1932)
19. I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
20. Jungle Jitters (1938)
21. Have You Got Any Castles (1938)
22. Hamateur Night (1939)
23. Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
24. Gold Rush Daze (1939)
25. A Day at the Zoo (1939)
26. Prest-O Change-O (1939)
27. Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)
28. Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
29. The Early Worm Gets the Bird (1940)
30. Farm Frolics (1941)
31. Sport Chumpions (1941)
32. All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)
33. Rookie Revue (1941)
34. The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942)
35. The Wacky Wabbit (1942)
36. Foney Fables (1942)
37. Fresh Hare (1942)
38. Fox Pop (1942)
39. The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)
40. The Sheepish Wolf (1942)
41. A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)
42. Ding Dog Daddy (1942)
43. Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
44. Pigs in a Polka (1943)
45. The Fifth-Column Mouse (1943)
46. Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
47. A Corny Concerto (1943)
48. Falling Hare (1943)
49. Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)

Popeye the Sailor cartoons

1. I'm in the Army Now (1936)
2. Little Swee'Pea (1936)
3. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
4. The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
5. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
6. I Never Changes My Altitude (1937)
7. A Date to Skate (1938)
8. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
9. Customers Wanted (1939)
10. Me Musical Nephews (1942)
11. Shuteye Popeye (1952)
12. Big Bad Sindbad (1952)
13. Ancient Fistory (1953)
14. Floor Flusher (1954)
15. Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954)
16. Taxi-Turvy (1954)
17. Bride and Gloom (1954)
18. Greek Mirthology (1954)
19. Fright to the Finish (1954)
20. Private Eye Popeye (1954)
21. Gopher Spinach (1954)
22. Cookin' with Gags (1955)
23. Popeye for President (1956)
24. Out to Punch (1956)
25. Assault and Flattery (1956)
26. Insect to Injury (1956)
27. Parlez Vous Woo (1956)
28. I Don't Scare (1956)
29. A Haul in One (1956)
30. Nearlyweds (1957)
31. The Crystal Brawl (1957)
32. Patriotic Popeye (1957)
33. Spree Lunch (1957)
34. Spooky Swabs (1957)

Looney Tunes

1. To Duck or Not to Duck (1943)
2. Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
3. Daffy – The Commando (1943)

Universal Pictures

The films listed below were last owned by Universal Pictures when the time for their renewals came up.

1. House of Magic (1937)
2. Silly Superstition (1939)
3. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)
4. Pantry Panic (1941)

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Every short from and before has entered the public domain as of 2026.

1. The Bandmaster (1931)
2. Mechanical Man (1932)
3. Making Good (1932)
4. The Plumber (1933)
5. The Quail Hunt (1935)

MGM cartoons

The films listed below were last owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when the time for their renewals came up.

1. Funny Face (1932)
2. To Spring (1936)
3. Jerky Turkey (1945)
4. Doggone Tired (1949)

National Periodical Publications

The films listed below were last owned by National Periodical Publications when the time for their renewals came up.

Superman cartoon series

1. Superman (1941)
2. The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
3. The Arctic Giant (1942)
4. Billion Dollar Limited (1942)
5. The Bulleteers (1942)
6. Destruction, Inc. (1942)
7. Electric Earthquake (1942)
8. Eleventh Hour (1942)
9. Japoteurs (1942)
10. The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
11. Showdown (1942)
12. Terror on the Midway (1942)
13. Volcano (1942)
14. Jungle Drums (1943)
15. The Mummy Strikes (1943)
16. Secret Agent (1943)
17. The Underground World (1943)

National Telefilm Associates

Every short from and before has entered the public domain as of 2026.

The films listed below were last owned by National Telefilm Associates when the time for their renewals came up.

Fleischer Studios

• Somewhere in Dreamland (1936)
• The Cobweb Hotel (1936)
• Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
• Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Famous Studios

• The Friendly Ghost (1945)
• Hector's Hectic Life (1948)

Viacom

Every Terrytoons short from has entered the public domain as of 2026.

The films listed below were last owned by Viacom when the time for their renewals came up.

1. Wolf! Wolf! (1944)

Walt Disney Productions

The films listed below were last owned by Walt Disney Productions when the time for their renewals came up.

Every short from and before has entered the public domain as of 2026.

1. The Mad Doctor (1933)
2. The Cookie Carnival (1935)
3. Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952)

U.S. Government films

The films listed below are works of the United States government, which makes them public domain.

Source: Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain

Private Snafu (Warner Bros.)

Produced between 1943 and 1945.

1. Booby Traps
2. Censored
3. The Chow Hound
4. Coming! Snafu!
5. Fighting Tools
6. Gas
7. Going Home
8. Gripes
9. The Home Front
10. Hot Spot
11. In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment
12. The Infantry Blues
13. The Goldbrick
14. It's Murder She Says
15. A Lecture on Camouflage
16. Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
17. Rumors
18. Secrets of the Caribbean
19. Snafuperman
20. Spies
21. Target: Snafu
22. Three Brothers
23. Operation: Snafu
24. Outpost
25. Pay Day
26. No Buddy Atoll

Mr. Hook (Warner Bros.)

Produced between 1943 and 1945.

1. The Good Egg
2. The Return of Mr. Hook
3. Tokyo Woes

Walt Disney Productions

1. The Spirit of '43 (1943)

Other government films

Warner Bros.

1. 90 Day Wondering (1956)
2. Any Bonds Today? (1942)
3. Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)
4. A Hitch in Time (1955)
5. Point Rationing of Foods (1943)
6. So Much for So Little (1949)

• All 1943–1944 Fred Brunish stop-motion instructional films for the U.S. Navy

Miscellaneous

• All U.S.-based productions made before , including much of the Farmer Al Falfa, Felix the Cat, Out of the Inkwell, Krazy Kat, and Winsor McCay libraries, along with the earliest Walt Disney productions, including Laugh-O-Gram Studio and Alice Comedies.

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