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 1923 are not included because all such films are in the public domain. (Note that while the film in and of itself may be in the public domain, the original versions may incorporate elements that remain under separate copyright.)

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

Warner Bros.
Sources: ; and Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain.
 * 90 Day Wondering
 * Ain't Nature Grand!
 * Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
 * All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)
 * Any Bonds Today?
 * Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)
 * Battling Bosko
 * Big-Hearted Bosko
 * Big Man from the North
 * Booby Traps
 * Boom Boom
 * Booze Hangs High, The
 * Bosko and Bruno
 * Bosko and Honey
 * Bosko at the Beach
 * Bosko at the Zoo
 * Bosko Shipwrecked!
 * Bosko the Doughboy
 * Bosko the Lumberjack
 * Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
 * Bosko's Dog Race
 * Bosko's Fox Hunt
 * Bosko's Holiday
 * Bosko's Party
 * Bosko's Soda Fountain
 * Bosko's Store
 * Box Car Blues
 * Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
 * Chicken Jitters (1939)
 * Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (1943)
 * Censored
 * Chow Hound, The
 * Coming! Snafu!
 * Congo Jazz
 * Corny Concerto, A (1943)
 * Coy Decoy, A (1941)
 * Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
 * Daffy - The Commando (1943)
 * Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
 * Daffy Duckaroo, The (1942)
 * Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
 * Day at the Zoo, A (1939)
 * Ding Dog Daddy (1942)
 * Dover Boys at Pimento University (or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall), The (1942)
 * Drafty, Isn't It?
 * Ducktators, The (1942)
 * Dumb Patrol (1931)
 * Early Worm Gets the Bird, The
 * Eatin' On The Cuff (or The Moth Who Came to Dinner) (1942)
 * Falling Hare (1943)
 * Farm Frolics (1941)
 * Fifth Column Mouse, The (1943)
 * Fighting Tools
 * Flop Goes the Weasel (1943)
 * Foney Fables (1942)
 * Fox Pop (1942)
 * Freddy the Freshman
 * Fresh Hare (1942)
 * Gas
 * Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)
 * Gift Wrapped (1952)
 * Going Home
 * Gold Rush Daze (1939)
 * Goldbrick, The
 * Good Egg, The
 * Goopy Geer
 * Gopher Goofy
 * Great Big Bunch of You, A
 * Gripes
 * Hamateur Night (1939)
 * Haunted Mouse, The
 * Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
 * Henpecked Duck, The (1941)
 * Hitch in Time, A
 * Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
 * Hobby Horse-Laffs (1942)
 * Hold Anything
 * Hollywood Capers (1935)
 * Hollywood Steps Out (1941)
 * Home Front, The
 * Hop and Go (1943)
 * Hot Spot
 * I Love a Parade
 * I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
 * I Wish I Had Wings
 * Impatient Patient, The (1942)
 * In the Aleutians
 * Infantry Blues, The
 * Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)
 * It's Got Me Again!
 * It's Murder She Says
 * Joe Glow the Firefly (1940)
 * Jungle Jitters (1938)
 * Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
 * Lecture On Camouflage, A
 * Meet John Doughboy (1941)
 * Moonlight for Two
 * No Buddy Atoll
 * Notes to You (1941)
 * Nutty News (1942)
 * One More Time
 * Operation: Snafu
 * Outpost
 * Pagan Moon
 * Pay Day
 * Pigs in a Polka (1943)
 * Point Rationing of Foods
 * Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
 * Porky's Ant
 * Porky's Bear Facts (1941)
 * Porky's Cafe (1942)
 * Porky's Garden
 * Porky's Hired Hand (1940)
 * Porky's Last Stand
 * Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)
 * Porky's Moving Day (1936)
 * Porky's Pastry Pirates
 * Porky's Pooch (1941)
 * Porky's Preview (1941)
 * Porky's Prize Pony
 * Porky's Railroad (1937)
 * Prest-O Change-O (1939)
 * Private Snafu Vs. Malaria Mike
 * Puss n' Booty (1943)
 * Queen Was in the Parlor, The
 * Red-Headed Baby
 * Return of Mr. Hook, The
 * Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
 * Robinson Crusoe Jr.
 * Rookie Revue (1941)
 * Rumors
 * Saps in Chaps
 * Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
 * Secrets of the Caribbean
 * Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives, The
 * Sheepish Wolf, The
 * Sinkin' in the Bathtub
 * Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
 * Snafuperman
 * So Much for So Little
 * Spies
 * Sport Chumpions (1941)
 * Tale of Two Kitties, A (1942)
 * Target: Snafu
 * Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)
 * Three Brothers, The
 * Three's a Crowd
 * Timid Toreador, The (1940)
 * To Duck or Not to Duck (1943)
 * Tokio Jokio (1943)
 * Tokyo Woes
 * Tree's Knees, The
 * Ups 'N Downs
 * Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The (1942)
 * Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
 * Wacky Blackout (1942)
 * Wacky Wabbit, The (1942)
 * We, the Animals Squeak! (1941)
 * We're in the Money
 * Westward Whoa
 * Who's Who in the Zoo (1942)
 * Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
 * Yodeling Yokels
 * You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
 * You're Too Careless With Your Kisses

Universal/Walter Lantz
Source:


 * All 1931-32 Disney Oswald reissues by Lantz, with the exception of All Wet
 * All 1943-44 stop-motion instructional films for the US Navy
 * All 1948-49 and 1953 Coca-Cola advertisements
 * All advertisements for Albers, Auto-Lite, Carnation, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, and Kellogg's
 * Amazing Recovery of Inbad the Ailer, The [industrial film for Saraka]
 * Bandmaster, The [1931]
 * Beach Combers
 * Blood is Needed [produced for the American Red Cross]
 * Boy Meets Dog [unreleased short for Ipana Toothpaste]
 * Enemy Bacteria, The [instructional film for US Navy]
 * Gremlin Mr. N'Tane [instructional film for US Armed Forces]
 * House of Magic
 * Making Good
 * Mechanical Man
 * Pantry Panic (1941)
 * Plumber, The
 * Quail Hunt, The
 * Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
 * Silly Superstition
 * Story of Human Energy, The [educational film for the Corn Products Refining Co.]
 * Take Heed Mr. Tojo [instructional film for US Navy with Mr. Hook]

Paramount

 * A Date to Skate (1938)
 * Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
 * Ancient Fistory (1954)
 * Arctic Giant, The (1942)
 * Baby Wants a Battle (1953)
 * Billion Dollar Limited (1942)
 * Bride and Gloom (1954)
 * Bulleteers, The (1942)
 * Customers Wanted (1939)
 * Destruction Inc. (1942)
 * Electric Earthquake (1942)
 * Eleventh Hour (1942)
 * Gulliver's Travels (film)
 * I'm in the Army Now (1936)
 * I Never Changes My Altitude (1937)
 * Japoteurs (1942)
 * Jungle Drums (1943)
 * Little Swee'Pea (1936)
 * Magnetic Telescope, The (1942)
 * Mechanical Monsters, The (1941)
 * Me Musical Nephews (1942)
 * Mummy Strikes, The (1943)
 * Paneless Window Washer, The (1937)
 * Pop-Pie a la Mode (1945)
 * Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
 * Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
 * Secret Agent (1943)
 * Showdown (1942)
 * Superman (1941)
 * Taxi-Turvy (1954)
 * Terror on the Midway (1942)
 * Underground World, The (1943)
 * Volcano (1942)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

 * The Discontented Canary (1934)
 * Doggone Tired (1949)
 * Jerky Turkey (1945)
 * To Spring (1936)

Others

 * Moonbird (1959)
 * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Copyright status uncertain, see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer copyright issues