List of films featuring claymation

Key to the colors used below
Type of film
C Clay animated films
H Films with live action and animation

This is a list of media that showcase claymation, and is divided into three sections: film (both short and feature-length), television (both series and made-for-television films), and music videos. For a list of stop motion films in general, please go here.

In film

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Film Year Director(s) Notes
C $9.99 2008 Tatia Rosenthal
C A Close Shave 1995 Nick Park The third Wallace and Gromit film from the franchise.
C A Grand Day Out 1990 Nick Park The first Wallace and Gromit film from the franchise.
C A Matter of Loaf and Death 2008 Nick Park The fourth Wallace and Gromit film from the franchise.
C A Town Called Panic 2009 Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
H A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2011 Todd Strauss-Schulson Laika created the clay animation hallucination segment.[1]
C Adam 1992 Peter Lord
C The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 Will Vinton For Fun, Danger, And Excitement!
H Alice 1988 Jan Švankmajer
C The Animated Haggadah 1985 Rony Oren
C The Apostle 2012 Fernando Cortizo
H Baby Snakes 1979 Frank Zappa The clay animation sequences were created by Bruce Bickford.
H Better Off Dead 1985 Savage Steve Holland The film is a mix between claymation, drawing, and live action. Claymation was by Jimmy Picker.
C Break! 1985 Garri Bardin
C Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord, Nick Park A comedy movie about chickens, escaping from a farm that plans to kill the chickens, to make chicken pies.
C Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023 Sam Fell Sequel to the 2000 film.
C Clay (or the Origin of Species) 1964 Eli Noyes
H Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation 1978 Will Vinton A documentary film that explores the Will Vinton Studio.
C Closed Mondays 1974 Will Vinton, Bob Gardiner
C Coraline 2009 Henry Selick
C Consuming Spirits 2012 Chris Sullivan
C Creature Comforts 1989 Nick Park
H The Daydreamer 1966 Jules Bass
C Early Man 2018 Nick Park
H Faust 1994 Jan Švankmajer
C Gumbasia 1955 Art Clokey
C Gumby: The Movie 1995 Art Clokey The reference of The 1957 Show.
H The Happiness of the Katakuris (カタクリ家の幸福, Katakuri-ke no Kōfuku) 2001 Takashi Miike A surreal horror-comedy that features clay animated sequences.
C Harvie Krumpet 2003 Adam Elliot
C He-Man and She-Bar 1972 Eli Noyes
C Hell and Back 2015 Tom Gianas & Ross Shuman
C Heungbu-wa Nolbu 1967 Kang Taeung
C The House 2022 Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza Anthology film special comprising three separate stories.
C John and Michael 2004 Shira Avnni
C Jubilee Bunt-a-thon 2012 Nick Park
C Last Year's Snow Was Falling 1983 Alexander Tatarsky
H The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 Wes Anderson Henry Selick was in charge of the film's clay animation visual effects.[2]
C Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot
H Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon The film features sequences that are clay animated.[3]
C Modeling 1921 Max Fleischer Part of the animated film series Out of the Inkwell.
H Monkeybone 2001 Henry Selick
H Moonwalker 1988 Jerry Kramer, Colin Chilvers The film features a clay animation segment by Will Vinton called "Speed Demon".
C More 1998 Mark Osborne
C New Year Song of Ded Moroz 1983 Alexander Tatarsky
C The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick
C ParaNorman 2012 Sam Fell, Christ Butler
C The Peanut Vendor 1933 Len Lye
C Pinocchio 2022 Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
C The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 2012 Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
C Plasticine Crow 1981 Alexander Tatarsky
C Plastiphobia 1962 Fred O'Neal, Val Federoff
C Pos Eso 2015 Samuel Ortí Martí
H Return to Oz 1985 Walter Murch The Will Vinton Studio created the Nome King sequences; Vinton was nominated for an Oscar.
H Reveries of a Solitary Walker 2015 Paolo Gaudio
C Seryi Volk & Krasnaya Shapochka 1990 Garri Bardin
C Shaun the Sheep Movie 2015 Richard Starzak, Mark Burton
C A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 2019 Richard Phelan and Will Becher
H Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977 Sam Wanamaker
C Stage Fright 1997 Steve Box
C Tengers 2007 Michael J. Rix
C Tiap-Liap, House Painters 1984 Garri Bardin
H Toys in the Attic 2009 Jiří Barta The film is a mix between claymation, drawing, and live action.[4]
C Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Nick Park, Steve Box
C The Wanted 18 2014 Amer Shomali
C Wendell & Wild 2022 Henry Selick
C The Wrong Trousers 1993 Nick Park The second Wallace and Gromit film from the franchise.

In television

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Show/Series Year Creator(s) Notes
ABC bumpers 1987 Olive Jar Films
Claymation Christmas Celebration 1987 Will Vinton
Claymation Easter 1992 Will Vinton
Arnold Escapes From Church 1988 Craig Bartlett
Arnold Rides a Chair 1991 Craig Bartlett
The Arnold Waltz 1990 Craig Bartlett
Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 2008 Fransesco Misseri
Bump in the Night 1994 Danger Productions
The California Raisin Show 1989 Fred Wolf Films
Celebrity Deathmatch 1998 Eric Fogel
Claymation Comedy of Horrors 1989 Will Vinton
Community 2010 Duke Johnson Episode: "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"
Creation 1980 Will Vinton
Creature Comforts 1990 Aardman Animations
Davey and Goliath 1960 Art Clokey, Ruth Clokey, Dick Sutcliffe
Follow that Goblin 1992 Craig Bartlett
Gary and Mike 2001 Will Vinton
Gogs 1993 Deiniol Morris, Michael Mort
Good Night, Little Ones 1981 Aleksandr Tatarskiy Animated caption for a TV show under the same name.
The Great Cognito 1982 Will Vinton
Gumby 1956 Art Clokey Series consists of The Gumby Show (1956–1968) and Gumby Adventures (1988).
H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories 2007 Toei Animation
I Go Pogo 1979 Stowmar Enterprises
Inside-Out Boy 1990 Tom Gasek
Kot v sapogakh 1995 Garri Bardin
Legacy 1979 Will Vinton
The Little Prince 1979 Will Vinton
Mad TV 1995 Corky Quakenbush Segments: "Raging Rudolph", "The Reinfather", "Clops", "Gumby Old Men" and "A Pack of Gifts Now" (1995–1997)
Martin the Cobbler 1977 Will Vinton
Meet the Raisins! 1988 Will Vinton, Barry Bruce
Mio Mao 1974 L+H Films
Moral Orel 2005 Dino Stamatopoulos
Morph 1976 Peter Lord, David Sproxton
Mr. Bill shorts on Saturday Night Live 1976–1981 Walter Williams
Mr. Go[5] 1996–2006 Argentina
Oscar and Friends 1995 Cameron Chittock
Pingu 1986 Otmar Gutmann
The PJs 1999 Will Vinton
Plasmo 1996 Anthony Lawrence
The Raisins: Sold Out! The California Raisins II 1990 Will Vinton
The Red and the Blue 1976 L+H Films
Rex the Runt 1998 Richard Goleszowski
Rip Van Winkle 1978 Will Vinton
Robot Chicken 2005 Seth Green, Matthew Senreich
Shaun the Sheep 2007 Richard Goleszowski, Alison Snowden, David Fine
Taiko no Tatsujin 2005 Kids Station
The Trap Door 1984 Terry Brain, Charlie Mills

In music videos

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Song Year Musician Director(s)
"A Christmas Gift" 1980 Paul Stookey Will Vinton
"Aberdeen" 2011 Cage the Elephant Isaac Rentz
"All Your Light" 2011 Portugal. The Man Justin Kramer, Lee Hardcastle
"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" 1999 Marilyn Manson Pete List
"Bedshaped" 2004 Keane Corin Hardy
"Bones" 2006 The Killers Tim Burton
"Darkness" 2013 King Khan and the Shrines Hylas Film
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1998 Primus Mike Johnson
"Do for Love" 1998 Tupac Shakur
"Eazy" 2022 The Game, Kanye West
"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" 2012 Tame Impala Joe Pelling, Becky Sloan
"Innuendo" 1991 Queen Rudi Dolezal, Hannes Rossacher
"I Stay Away" 1994 Alice in Chains Nick Donkin
"Jurassic Park" 1993 "Weird Al" Yankovic Mark Osborne, Scott Nordlund
"Line Up" 1994 Elastica
"Live for Loving You" 1991 Gloria Estefan
"Mia" 1999 Chevelle Jonathan Richter
"Misty" 2011 Kate Bush
"The Mockingbird & the Crow" 2023 Hardy Lee Hardcastle
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" 1987 Nina Simone Peter Lord
"Prison Sex" 1993 Tool Adam Jones
"Ratamahatta" 1996 Sepultura Fred Stuhr
"Ready, Able" 2009 Grizzly Bear Allison Schulnik
"Reet Petite" 1986 Jackie Wilson Giblets Studio
"Resilient" 2020 Katy Perry Aya Tanimura
"Rifles Spiral" 2012 The Shins Jamie Caliri, Alexander Juhasz
"Road to Nowhere" 1985 Talking Heads Stephen R. Johnson, David Byrne
"Same Ol' Road" 2002 Dredg American McGee[6]
"Save Me" 2010 Killswitch Engage Jim Starace[7]
"Sledgehammer" 1986 Peter Gabriel Stephen R. Johnson
"Snowman" 2020 Sia Lior Molcho
"Sober" 1993 Tool Fred Stuhr[8]
"Star Trekkin'" 1987 The Firm The Film Garage
"Three Little Pigs" 1993 Green Jellÿ Fred Stuhr[8]
"Underneath The Mistletoe" 2017 Sia Lior Molcho
"Vanz Kant Danz" 1985 John Fogerty Will Vinton
"Walkie Talkie Man" 2004 Steriogram David Kahne
"Weasel Stomping Day" 2006 "Weird Al" Yankovic The Robot Chicken team
"Speed Demon" 1988 Michael Jackson Will Vinton
"When It Began" 1991 The Replacements
"White Winter Hymnal" 2008 Fleet Foxes Sean Pecknold[9]

References

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  1. ^ Suzanne-Mayer, Dominick (September 24, 2014). "Everybody, Meet Laika: The Critics' Choice for Film Animation". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Jessen, Taylor (December 15, 2004). "Hydronicus Inverticus: An Interview with Henry Selick". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Neumaier, Joe (June 11, 2015). "'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' review: Not just another teen movie". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (March 16, 2012). "The Best Czech Movies You Probably Haven't Seen". /Film. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  5. ^ Mr. Go: El Boxeador (Completo). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Same Ol' Road". www.dredg.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Firecloud, Johnny (May 24, 2010). "World Premiere: Killswitch Engage 'Save Me' Video". CraveOnline. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "In Passing..." Animation World Magazine. 2 (9). Animation World Network. December 1997. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  9. ^ Cone, Justin (July 8, 2008). "Sean Pecknold: Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal"". Motionographer. Retrieved March 9, 2015.