1001 toons you need to watch before you die

Explore the magic of classic cartoons and timeless animation! From Disney's Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Betty Boop and Felix the cat to rare gems of golden age animation, dive into a rich archive of must-watch cartoons. Perfect for kids, animation lovers, and educators - your guide to vintage animation history and iconic cartoon classics starts here.

Get started Hit me!

The 1936 Oscar Loss

The 1936 Oscar Loss

In 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Lavishly animated and technically groundbreaking, it was Fleischer Studios’ most ambitious cartoon to date.

But the Oscar went to Disney’s The Country Cousin, a gentle, dialogue-free short about a country mouse visiting the big city. The Academy favored Disney’s polished charm over Popeye’s bold adventure.

Though it didn’t win, Sindbad remains a classic - widely praised, historically important, and now in the public domain.


Latest articles

  • Puss Gets the Boot 5 days ago

    Puss Gets the Boot is a landmark in animation history - it introduced audiences to the chaotic cat-and-mouse duo that would later be known as Tom and...

  • Thru the Mirror 5 days ago

    Loosely inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass”, the film follows Mickey as he steps through his bedroom mirror into a bizarre and whi...

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1 week ago

    The success of Snow White proved that animation could sustain a feature-length narrative and deliver powerful emotional experiences. It launched the D...

  • The Blow Out 1 week ago

    This was Avery’s second cartoon for Warner Bros., and it already showed signs of the anarchic humor that would define his work.

  • Porky’s Duck Hunt 2 weeks ago

    First appearance of Daffy Duck, one of Warner Bros.' most iconic characters. A pivotal shift toward more manic, irreverent humor in animation.

  • Scaredy Cat 2 weeks ago

    Directed with a cinematic touch, Scaredy Cat feels almost Hitchcockian at times. It’s the first in a trilogy of horror-themed shorts starring Sylveste...

  • The Tell-Tale Heart 2 weeks ago

    Guilt in Shadows. Among the first American animated films intended strictly for adults with surreal visuals.

  • The Mad Doctor 3 weeks ago

    The Mad Doctor is one of the darkest and most unusual entries in the classic Mickey Mouse series.

  • Feline Follies 3 weeks ago

    Long before Mickey or Bugs, one clever black cat paved the way for animated stardom. This cartoon is considered to be the birth of Felix the Cat.

  • Poor Cinderella 3 weeks ago

    First in the series of Fleischer's Color classics. It used Cinecolor as Walt Disney held an exclusive contract with Technicolor for its superior three...