Best 1950s Animation Movies
Looking for the best 1950s Animation movies? These are the 48 highest-rated 1950s Animation titles in our catalogue, led by His Bitter Half, What's Opera, Doc? and Rabbit Fire. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.
1. His Bitter Half (1950)
★ 8.1/10
Daffy Duck marries for money, but the bossy wife and her raucous, trouble-making little son soon have him wanting out.
2. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
★ 7.6/10
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
3. Rabbit Fire (1951)
★ 7.5/10
Daffy Duck and Bugs argue back and forth whether it is duck season or rabbit season. The object of their arguments is hunter Elmer Fudd.
4. Tree for Two (1952)
★ 7.4/10
A rough and tough bulldog named Spike sets out with his admirer, a small dog named Chester, to rough up a cat. They encounter Sylvester and chase him into a junkyard, where a black panther that escaped from a zoo just…
5. A Mouse Divided (1953)
★ 7.4/10
A drunken stork delivers a baby mouse to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cat. Sylvester is about to eat the little rodent when it calls him Daddy. Touched, Sylvester adopts the mouse as his son - which…
6. No Parking Hare (1954)
★ 7.4/10
A construction worker wants to blast Bugs out of his rabbit hole so he can build a freeway.
7. The Fair Haired Hare (1951)
★ 7.3/10
Yosemite Sam and Bugs battle it out over property rights above Bugs' rabbit hole.
9. Double or Mutton (1955)
★ 7.3/10
Ralph Wolf wants to steal sheep; Sam Sheepdog wants to stop him. Ralph's tricks include digging a tunnel, walking a tightrope, launching a guided missile, dressing as Little Bo Peep, shooting a cannon and growing Sam's…
10. Piker's Peak (1957)
★ 7.3/10
In the Alps Bugs and Yosemite Sam vie for 50,000 Cronkites, the prize for the who "climbs the Schmatterhorn."
11. Wild and Woolly Hare (1959)
★ 7.2/10
Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam duel with trains in an Old West shootout.
12. Rabbitson Crusoe (1956)
★ 7.2/10
Crusoe, played by Yosemite Sam, has been living off coconuts for 20 years when Bugs washes up on his island.
13. Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1954)
★ 7.2/10
Aladdin, a poor tailor in Baghdad, discovers a magic lamp with a genie inside. After he uses it to gain wealth and the hand of the caliph's daughter, he must fend off an evil sorcerer who wants the lamp for himself.
14. Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
★ 7.2/10
King Arthur's kingdom and the knights of the Round Table are in the doldrums since the Dark Knight stole the Singing Sword and put it under the protection of a fire-breathing dragon. The king's jester, Bugs Bunny, says…
15. Rabbit Every Monday (1951)
★ 7.2/10
Yosemite Sam traps Bugs Bunny and tries to cook him -- until he sees that Bugs is having a party and wants to join in the fun.
16. Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953)
★ 7.2/10
Bugs Bunny stumbles on the carrot patch of Paul Bunyan, but doesn't realize that it is guarded by a 124-foot, 4,600-ton dog named Smidgen.
17. The Framed Cat (1950)
★ 7.1/10
Tom filches a drumstick from a fresh-baked chicken. When Mammy is about to discover him, he hands it off to Jerry; this lets him be a hero to Mammy and still get his chicken. Jerry is miffed, and sees his chance to…
18. Boobs in the Woods (1950)
★ 7.1/10
Porky sets out to the great outdoors to paint landscapes, but Daffy claims that the lake and mountains are his, and he refuses to let Porky paint them.
19. Cracked Quack (1952)
★ 7.1/10
Daffy Duck takes shelter from a blizzard by sneaking into a cozy home owned by Porky Pig. Daffy tries to secretly mooch off of Porky for an entire winter, but Porky's dog realizes that Daffy isn't the stuffed ornament…
20. Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958)
★ 7.1/10
Wile E. Coyote is once again after the Road Runner, this time resorting to hand grenades, dynamite, falling rocks and a speed potion (which contains vitamins R, P and M).
21. The Caliph Stork (1954)
★ 7.0/10
Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.
22. Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
★ 7.0/10
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (as Jack) find themselves at the top of a beanstalk where they get chased around by a giant Elmer Fudd.
23. The Grasshopper and the Ant (1954)
★ 7.0/10
A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.
24. A Bear for Punishment (1951)
★ 6.9/10
Junyer Bear has a number of surprises for Good Ol' Pa on Good Ol' Father's Day, whether he wants them or not.
25. Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)
★ 6.9/10
Baby-Faced Finster robs a bank, but the baby carriage with the money in it goes down Bugs' rabbit hole.
26. People Are Bunny (1959)
★ 6.9/10
Daffy Duck needs to get Bugs Bunny into QTTV's studio ASAP in order to win the thousand dollar prize.
27. Ben and Me (1953)
★ 6.9/10
A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas; including the beginning of the Declaration of Independance!
28. Plop Goes the Weasel! (1953)
★ 6.9/10
A lip-smacking weasel invades the barnyard of Foghorn Leghorn and his usual canine foe, and Foghorn is quite willing to put baby chicks in danger of being taken by the weasel so long as it makes the dog appear to be…
29. Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956)
★ 6.8/10
Bugs takes a wrong turn off the Hollywood freeway and tunnels into the headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte.
30. The Frog Prince (1954)
★ 6.8/10
"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others include "The Gallant Little Tailor", "Hänsel and Gretel", "Sleeping…
31. Now, Hare This (1958)
★ 6.7/10
Big Bad Wolf and his little nephew try to trap Bugs Bunny by making like fairy tale characters.
32. Pup on a Picnic (1955)
★ 6.7/10
Spike is taking his son on a picnic. Jerry keeps hiding in the basket, so Tom keeps disrupting the picnic while chasing him.
33. Scat Cats (1957)
★ 6.7/10
Spike's owner is going out of town and leaves Spike and Tyke in charge.
34. Upswept Hare (1953)
★ 6.6/10
Penthouse dwelling Elmer Fudd brings home a beautiful flowering desert plant and - unknowingly - Bugs Bunny.
35. This Is a Life? (1955)
★ 6.6/10
Parody of "This is Your Life," with Elmer Fudd as the host and Bugs Bunny as the guest of honor, much to the disgust of Daffy Duck. On several occassions, Granny has to whack Daffy over the head to get him to be quiet…
36. The Vanishing Duck (1958)
★ 6.6/10
George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck, but his plans are thwarted when it (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing cream and uses it to get even.
37. Busy Buddies (1956)
★ 6.6/10
Tom and Jerry need to repeatedly come to the rescue when a teenage babysitter, supposed to be looking after the baby, is more interested in talking on the telephone than in paying attention to the baby who keeps…
38. Mucho Mouse (1957)
★ 6.6/10
A Spanish cat is more interested in playing flamenco guitar than trying to catch the mouse El Magnifico (Jerry). Tom arrives from the States with world champion mouse-catching credentials to have a go.
39. Blue Cat Blues (1956)
★ 6.6/10
Jerry narrates in voiceover: Tom has fallen hard for the cat next door, and competes with rich cat Butch for her affections. But Butch outspends Tom to a ludicrous level at every turn. Tom goes downhill after that…
40. Happy Go Ducky (1958)
★ 6.6/10
The Easter bunny brings an egg for Tom and Jerry that hatches into the little duckling. He keeps getting into water he shouldn't: the aquarium, water cooler, bathtub, sink, as the boys keep rescuing it. They try to…
41. One Droopy Knight (1957)
★ 6.6/10
Sir Droopalot and Sir Butchalot (Droopy and Butch) vie with each other to kill a dragon that is terrorizing their kingdom. Whomever vanquishes the dragon will marry the king's daughter.
42. Robin Hoodwinked (1958)
★ 6.5/10
Jerry and a friend overhear that Robin Hood is imprisoned; they set off to free him, but first they have to contend with his guard, Tom.
43. Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
★ 6.4/10
Bugs lectures his nephew Clyde about early America, inserting himself into events wherever possible.
44. Southbound Duckling (1955)
★ 6.4/10
Jerry's little duckling friend has packed his bag and is all set to fly south for the winter despite the book Jerry keeps showing him that points out that domestic ducks do not fly south, and despite his inability to…
45. Hare-Less Wolf (1958)
★ 6.3/10
An absent-minded wolf sets out to catch Bugs for dinner but keeps forgetting what he was heading out to shoot in the first place.
46. His Hare Raising Tale (1951)
★ 6.3/10
Bugs tells stories to his nephew Clyde derived from earlier cartoons ("Baseball Bugs", "Stage Door Cartoon", "Rabbit Punch", "Falling Hare", and "Haredevil Hare").
47. A Phantasy (1952)
★ 6.2/10
An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres. The spheres drift in space while changing shapes and come back down to…
48. Backwoods Bunny (1959)
★ 6.2/10
When Bugs vacations in the Ozarks he is pursued by hungry buzzards.
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