I thought with the many claims of lack of representation in children's films as a PoC I should take it upon myself to bring some underrated 영화 of different cultures to light. Granted not all of these are necessarily children's films, but they are all animated and I personally think every kid should see them.
I have each ethnicity I could think of and animated 영화 where that ethnicity is well-represented. I want to build on this so if 당신 don't see your ethnicity here please tell me, I want as many 영화 as I can get with as many different walks-of-life! These depictions are supposed to be respectful.
Note: These are animated feature films that represent the ethnicity, It does not take into account where the 영화 were made, but instead which ethnicity is the one being represented on screen. So for Example, a French made movie whose main cast is Arabic will be in the Arabic section and not the French, the on-screen people is what matters not the nation it was created in.
Black/African:
Princess and the Frog - 2009 American animated feature 의해 디즈니
Kirikou and the Sorceress - 1998 American animated feature about West African folklore Arid - 2016 American CGI animated short film
Mark of Uru - 2010 Nigerian animated feature about the mythology of Africa
African Tales - 2009 release of multiple different a wide spread African stories
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film and the first traditional animated film produced and released 의해 DreamWorks
John Henry - 2000 American animated short film about the American legend John Henry
Our Friend Martin - 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Chika the Rite of Perdition - 2011 animated film about the African legend of Chika
Zarafa - 2012 French-Belgian animated film directed 의해 Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie
Princess of the Sun - 2007 French animated feature film made 의해 Philippe Leclerc Afro Samurai: Resurrection - 2009 Japanese animated movie based off a 인기 series
Soul - 2020 American computer-animated 판타지 comedy-drama film produced 의해 픽사 애니메이션 Studios and released 의해 Walt 디즈니 Pictures
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse - 2018 American computer-animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales
Jewish:
The Rabbi's Cat - French animated film directed 의해 Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
The Ten Commandments - 2007 American computer animated film directed 의해 John Stronach and Bill Boyce
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film released 의해 DreamWorks Joeseph: The King of Dreams - 2000 American animated biblical musical drama film released 의해 DreamWorks
Three Wise Men - 2003 Spanish animated film. It tells the story of the visit of the Magi to the baby 예수님 and the wrath of Herod.
Native American:
Pocahontas - 1998 American animated feature film 의해 디즈니
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron - 2002 American animated western-drama film, produced 의해 DreamWorks Animation
Spunk - link
Skyland - 2006 animated series
Inuit/Eskimo:
Brother Bear - 2003 full-length animated feature film about an Inuit hunter 의해 Disney
Brother 곰 2 - A deeper continuation of Brother Bear about the Inuit culture
Turnngait - 2011 kids short film about An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated 의해 a wild bird.
The Legend of Sarila - The Legend of Sarila is a 2013 Canadian film and Canada's first 3-D animated feature film.
La Grand Chasse de Nanook -
Inuk - 2001 American animated movie about a seven-year-old Inuit boy who lives with his family in the Arctic.
Latin American/ Hispanic:
Coco - 2017 animated featured film about a Latino boy 의해 Pixar/Disney studios
The Book of Life
Road to El Dorado - 2000 Dreamwork's animated picture about Spaniards that venture in Latin America (aztec) to find the city of gold
Elena of Avalor - Computer animated children's cartoon series 의해 Disney
[I]Mochica -
Emperors New Groove - 2000 animated movie with a twist on the story of the Emperor's New Clothes set in Latin America (aztec) 의해 Disney
El Cid: The Legend - 2003 Spanish animated movie about the Spaniard legend El Cid
Lila's Book -
Chica and Rita -
Rio - 2011 animated feature film 의해 BlueSky studios that takes place in Brazil.
Mia and the Migoo - 2008 French-Italian animated film produced 의해 Folimage and directed 의해 Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film is about a young girl's 검색 for her father in a tropical paradise, threatened 의해 the construction of a gigantic hotel resort.
Encanto - American computer-animated musical 판타지 film produced 의해 Walt 디즈니 Pictures about a Columbian girl being the only one in her family without powers
Romnichal Gypsy:
Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1996 American animated musical drama film produced 의해 Walt 디즈니 Feature 애니메이션 for 디즈니 Pictures
The Red Shoes - 2000
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths -
The Pirate Fairy -
Middle Eastern/ Arabic:
The 노래 Princess -
Aladdin - 1992 American animated feature set in the fiction Middle Eastern land of Agraba 의해 Disney
The Thief and the Cobbler -
Azur & Asmar -
Bilal -
Muhammad the Last Prophet -
Prince Moon and Princess Sun
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Tehran Taboo
Gwen: Book of Sand
Persepolis -
The Prophet -
The Breadwinner -
Ali Baba Aur 41 Chor -
Egyptian:
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film released 의해 DreamWorks
Joeseph: King of Dreams - 2000 American animated biblical musical drama film released 의해 DreamWorks
Asterix & Cleopatra
Princess of the Sun - 2007 French animated feature film made 의해 Philippe Leclerc about a young Egyptian Princess
The Ten Commandments
Cleopatra - 1970
Chinese:
Little Door Gods -
Mulan - 1996 American animated movie about the legend of Hua 뮬란 of China 의해 Disney
Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King -
Princess Iron Fan -
Kuiba -
The Monkey King Hero -
Lotus Latern -
The Monkey King
Over The Moon - 2020 computer-animated musical 판타지 film directed 의해 Glen Keane and co-directed 의해 John Kahrs about an Asian American girl who’s 로스트 her mother.
Ne Zha - 2019 Chinese 3D computer 애니메이션 판타지 adventure film directed and written 의해 Jiaozi. (Birth of the Demon Child Ne Zha)
White Snake - 2019 animated feature about the Chinese fable of a white snake-demon Blanca who loses her memory
The wide variety of Chinese animation.
Japanese:
Spirited Away - 2001Japanese animated 판타지 film written and directed 의해 Hayao Miyazaki and produced 의해 Studio Ghibli
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kubo and the Two Strings
My Neighbor Totoro
Big Hero 6 - 2014 American CGI animated 영화 about a half Japanese half white boy that sloves a mystery behind his robots and his brother's death 의해 Disney
Princess Mononoke -
The Tale of Princess Kayuga -
Howl's Moving Castle -
Grave of the Fireflies -
Castle in the Sky -
In This Corner of the World -
Ponyo -
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind -Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Ninja Scroll -
Whisper of the Heart - 1995
The wide variety of Japanese animation.
Korean:
Empress Chung -
Yobi the Five Tailed Fox -
Oseam -
The House -
The King of Pigs -
My Beautiful Girl, Mari -
Lost in the Moonlight -
Snow White and The Red Shoes - Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs is a Korean CGI movie based on "Snow White"
The wide variety of Korean animation.
Thai:
The Birth of Buddha -
The King and I -
The Adventure of Sudsakor -
Nak -
Indonesian/Malaysian/ South East Asian:
Puteri -
Budak Lapok -
Geng: The Adventure Begins -
Upin & Ipin -
Princess Urduja -
Raya and the Last Dragon - Raya and the Last Dragon is an American animated film produced at Walt 디즈니 애니메이션 Studios and distributed 의해 Walt 디즈니 Studios
Indian: :
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Ramayana
Dashavatar
Lava Kusa: The Warrior Twins - 2010 애니메이션 film written and directed 의해 Dhavala Satyam
The Jungle Book -
The Jungle Book 2 - a continuation of The Jungle book with 더 많이 extensive representation
The Life of Buddha
Polynesian/Pacific Islander:
Moana - 2016 American CGI animated feature produced 의해 디즈니 about a Polynesian princess in an adventure based off of Polynesian mythology
Lilo and Stitch - 2002 American animated film about 2 Hawaiian sisters and their discovery of an alien 의해 Disney
Ogo and Mampato in Rapa Nui -
Urduja - 2008 animated film adaptation of the legend of the warrior princess Urduja of Pangasinan a Filipino legend
Wanderers in the Land of Elementia -
Russian/Slavic:
Anastasia - 1997 American animated epic musical 판타지 film directed and produced 의해 former Walt 디즈니 애니메이션 Studios directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in association with 여우 애니메이션 Studios
Long Way North - A 2015 film in which, Sacha, a young girl of the Russian aristocracy, has always been fascinated 의해 the adventurous life of her grandfather
The Snow Queen - 1940s
The Wild Swans
Little Longnose
Ilya and the Three Robbers
Ilya Muroments - 1975
Three Bogatyrs and Shamahanskaya Tsartsa - 2010
Three 히어로즈 and the King of the Sea
Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych
Klaus - 2019 영어 Spanish animated 크리스마스 film written and directed 의해 Sergio Pablos in his directorial about the first Sänta Klaus
Nordic/Norse/Netherlands:
Frozen 2013 American CGI animated feature film about two princesses 의해 디즈니 animation
The Snow Queen - 2013
How to Train Your Dragon - 2010 American CGI animated movie about a Norse teenager from the island of Berk produced 의해 DreamWorks
Beowulf -
Wizards - 의해 Ralph Bakshi
Legends of Valhalla -
Valhalla -
Astrid and the Vikings - 1967
German/Swiss/Austrian:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarf - 1937 American animated movie (the first full-length animated movie) 의해 Walt 디즈니 Animation
Heidi
Little Longnose
Lissi und Der Wilde Kasier
Celtic, Irish, Scottish:
Gulliver's travels -
Secret of the Kells - 2009 Irish-French-Belgian animated 판타지 film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century.
Brave - 2013 American CGI animated feature 의해 픽사 (Disney) about a young Scottish princess.
Song of the Sea - 2014 film based on the Irish legend of the Selkies, Song of the Sea tells the story of the last seal-child, Saoirse, and her brother Ben
Wolfwalkers - 2020 animated 판타지 adventure film directed 의해 Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Greek/Italian/Peloponnesian:
Hercules -
Asterix & Cleopatra -
Pinocchio -
The 노래 Princess - 1939
he Twelve Tales of Asterix -1976
The Olympus Guardians -
Gladiators: The Conspiracy -
English/Brittish:
The Last Unicorn
Sword in the Stone
Quest for Camelot
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
The Legend of the Titanic
Titanic
Big Friendly Giant
Faeries
James and the Giant Peach
101 Dalmations
Princess and the Goblin
Tarzan
French:
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Ratatouille
The Triplets of Belleville
A Monster in Paris
A Cat in Paris
The Red Shoes - 2017
Leap! - 2016 animated feature about an orphan girl that dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris
Danish:
The Little Mermaid
Valhalla
Ronal the Barbarian
Beowulf
Princess and the Pea
Thumbelina - 의해 Don Bluth
Mentions:
Misc. White/American: Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Coraline, monster House, Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, 양치류, 고 사리 Gully, Inside Out, The wide variety of American animation.
Misc. White/South African: Tarzan
White/Australian: The Rescuers: Down Under, Dot and the 캥거루
All the pictures are of my personal favorites of each category BTW.
Let me know if you'd like 더 많이 information along with all of the movies!
I have each ethnicity I could think of and animated 영화 where that ethnicity is well-represented. I want to build on this so if 당신 don't see your ethnicity here please tell me, I want as many 영화 as I can get with as many different walks-of-life! These depictions are supposed to be respectful.
Note: These are animated feature films that represent the ethnicity, It does not take into account where the 영화 were made, but instead which ethnicity is the one being represented on screen. So for Example, a French made movie whose main cast is Arabic will be in the Arabic section and not the French, the on-screen people is what matters not the nation it was created in.
Black/African:
Princess and the Frog - 2009 American animated feature 의해 디즈니
Kirikou and the Sorceress - 1998 American animated feature about West African folklore Arid - 2016 American CGI animated short film
Mark of Uru - 2010 Nigerian animated feature about the mythology of Africa
African Tales - 2009 release of multiple different a wide spread African stories
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film and the first traditional animated film produced and released 의해 DreamWorks
John Henry - 2000 American animated short film about the American legend John Henry
Our Friend Martin - 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Chika the Rite of Perdition - 2011 animated film about the African legend of Chika
Zarafa - 2012 French-Belgian animated film directed 의해 Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie
Princess of the Sun - 2007 French animated feature film made 의해 Philippe Leclerc Afro Samurai: Resurrection - 2009 Japanese animated movie based off a 인기 series
Soul - 2020 American computer-animated 판타지 comedy-drama film produced 의해 픽사 애니메이션 Studios and released 의해 Walt 디즈니 Pictures
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse - 2018 American computer-animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales
Kiriko and the Sorceress
Jewish:
The Rabbi's Cat - French animated film directed 의해 Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
The Ten Commandments - 2007 American computer animated film directed 의해 John Stronach and Bill Boyce
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film released 의해 DreamWorks Joeseph: The King of Dreams - 2000 American animated biblical musical drama film released 의해 DreamWorks
Three Wise Men - 2003 Spanish animated film. It tells the story of the visit of the Magi to the baby 예수님 and the wrath of Herod.
The Prince of Egypt
Native American:
Pocahontas - 1998 American animated feature film 의해 디즈니
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron - 2002 American animated western-drama film, produced 의해 DreamWorks Animation
Spunk - link
Skyland - 2006 animated series
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron
Inuit/Eskimo:
Brother Bear - 2003 full-length animated feature film about an Inuit hunter 의해 Disney
Brother 곰 2 - A deeper continuation of Brother Bear about the Inuit culture
Turnngait - 2011 kids short film about An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated 의해 a wild bird.
The Legend of Sarila - The Legend of Sarila is a 2013 Canadian film and Canada's first 3-D animated feature film.
La Grand Chasse de Nanook -
Inuk - 2001 American animated movie about a seven-year-old Inuit boy who lives with his family in the Arctic.
Brother Bear
Latin American/ Hispanic:
Coco - 2017 animated featured film about a Latino boy 의해 Pixar/Disney studios
The Book of Life
Road to El Dorado - 2000 Dreamwork's animated picture about Spaniards that venture in Latin America (aztec) to find the city of gold
Elena of Avalor - Computer animated children's cartoon series 의해 Disney
[I]Mochica -
Emperors New Groove - 2000 animated movie with a twist on the story of the Emperor's New Clothes set in Latin America (aztec) 의해 Disney
El Cid: The Legend - 2003 Spanish animated movie about the Spaniard legend El Cid
Lila's Book -
Chica and Rita -
Rio - 2011 animated feature film 의해 BlueSky studios that takes place in Brazil.
Mia and the Migoo - 2008 French-Italian animated film produced 의해 Folimage and directed 의해 Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film is about a young girl's 검색 for her father in a tropical paradise, threatened 의해 the construction of a gigantic hotel resort.
Encanto - American computer-animated musical 판타지 film produced 의해 Walt 디즈니 Pictures about a Columbian girl being the only one in her family without powers
The Book of LIfe
Romnichal Gypsy:
Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1996 American animated musical drama film produced 의해 Walt 디즈니 Feature 애니메이션 for 디즈니 Pictures
The Red Shoes - 2000
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths -
The Pirate Fairy -
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Middle Eastern/ Arabic:
The 노래 Princess -
Aladdin - 1992 American animated feature set in the fiction Middle Eastern land of Agraba 의해 Disney
The Thief and the Cobbler -
Azur & Asmar -
Bilal -
Muhammad the Last Prophet -
Prince Moon and Princess Sun
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Tehran Taboo
Gwen: Book of Sand
Persepolis -
The Prophet -
The Breadwinner -
Ali Baba Aur 41 Chor -
The Thief and the Cobbler, (The Princess and the Cobbler)
Egyptian:
Prince of Egypt - 1998 American animated epic musical film released 의해 DreamWorks
Joeseph: King of Dreams - 2000 American animated biblical musical drama film released 의해 DreamWorks
Asterix & Cleopatra
Princess of the Sun - 2007 French animated feature film made 의해 Philippe Leclerc about a young Egyptian Princess
The Ten Commandments
Cleopatra - 1970
The Last Unicorn
Chinese:
Little Door Gods -
Mulan - 1996 American animated movie about the legend of Hua 뮬란 of China 의해 Disney
Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King -
Princess Iron Fan -
Kuiba -
The Monkey King Hero -
Lotus Latern -
The Monkey King
Over The Moon - 2020 computer-animated musical 판타지 film directed 의해 Glen Keane and co-directed 의해 John Kahrs about an Asian American girl who’s 로스트 her mother.
Ne Zha - 2019 Chinese 3D computer 애니메이션 판타지 adventure film directed and written 의해 Jiaozi. (Birth of the Demon Child Ne Zha)
White Snake - 2019 animated feature about the Chinese fable of a white snake-demon Blanca who loses her memory
The wide variety of Chinese animation.
Little Door Gods
Japanese:
Spirited Away - 2001Japanese animated 판타지 film written and directed 의해 Hayao Miyazaki and produced 의해 Studio Ghibli
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kubo and the Two Strings
My Neighbor Totoro
Big Hero 6 - 2014 American CGI animated 영화 about a half Japanese half white boy that sloves a mystery behind his robots and his brother's death 의해 Disney
Princess Mononoke -
The Tale of Princess Kayuga -
Howl's Moving Castle -
Grave of the Fireflies -
Castle in the Sky -
In This Corner of the World -
Ponyo -
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind -Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Ninja Scroll -
Whisper of the Heart - 1995
The wide variety of Japanese animation.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Korean:
Empress Chung -
Yobi the Five Tailed Fox -
Oseam -
The House -
The King of Pigs -
My Beautiful Girl, Mari -
Lost in the Moonlight -
Snow White and The Red Shoes - Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs is a Korean CGI movie based on "Snow White"
The wide variety of Korean animation.
The House
Thai:
The Birth of Buddha -
The King and I -
The Adventure of Sudsakor -
Nak -
The Adventure of Sudsakorn
Indonesian/Malaysian/ South East Asian:
Puteri -
Budak Lapok -
Geng: The Adventure Begins -
Upin & Ipin -
Princess Urduja -
Raya and the Last Dragon - Raya and the Last Dragon is an American animated film produced at Walt 디즈니 애니메이션 Studios and distributed 의해 Walt 디즈니 Studios
Princess Urduja
Indian: :
Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Ramayana
Dashavatar
Lava Kusa: The Warrior Twins - 2010 애니메이션 film written and directed 의해 Dhavala Satyam
The Jungle Book -
The Jungle Book 2 - a continuation of The Jungle book with 더 많이 extensive representation
The Life of Buddha
Ramayana
Polynesian/Pacific Islander:
Moana - 2016 American CGI animated feature produced 의해 디즈니 about a Polynesian princess in an adventure based off of Polynesian mythology
Lilo and Stitch - 2002 American animated film about 2 Hawaiian sisters and their discovery of an alien 의해 Disney
Ogo and Mampato in Rapa Nui -
Urduja - 2008 animated film adaptation of the legend of the warrior princess Urduja of Pangasinan a Filipino legend
Wanderers in the Land of Elementia -
Moana
Russian/Slavic:
Anastasia - 1997 American animated epic musical 판타지 film directed and produced 의해 former Walt 디즈니 애니메이션 Studios directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in association with 여우 애니메이션 Studios
Long Way North - A 2015 film in which, Sacha, a young girl of the Russian aristocracy, has always been fascinated 의해 the adventurous life of her grandfather
The Snow Queen - 1940s
The Wild Swans
Little Longnose
Ilya and the Three Robbers
Ilya Muroments - 1975
Three Bogatyrs and Shamahanskaya Tsartsa - 2010
Three 히어로즈 and the King of the Sea
Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych
Klaus - 2019 영어 Spanish animated 크리스마스 film written and directed 의해 Sergio Pablos in his directorial about the first Sänta Klaus
Anastasia
Nordic/Norse/Netherlands:
Frozen 2013 American CGI animated feature film about two princesses 의해 디즈니 animation
The Snow Queen - 2013
How to Train Your Dragon - 2010 American CGI animated movie about a Norse teenager from the island of Berk produced 의해 DreamWorks
Beowulf -
Wizards - 의해 Ralph Bakshi
Legends of Valhalla -
Valhalla -
Astrid and the Vikings - 1967
Beowulf
German/Swiss/Austrian:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarf - 1937 American animated movie (the first full-length animated movie) 의해 Walt 디즈니 Animation
Heidi
Little Longnose
Lissi und Der Wilde Kasier
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
Celtic, Irish, Scottish:
Gulliver's travels -
Secret of the Kells - 2009 Irish-French-Belgian animated 판타지 film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century.
Brave - 2013 American CGI animated feature 의해 픽사 (Disney) about a young Scottish princess.
Song of the Sea - 2014 film based on the Irish legend of the Selkies, Song of the Sea tells the story of the last seal-child, Saoirse, and her brother Ben
Wolfwalkers - 2020 animated 판타지 adventure film directed 의해 Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Secret of the Kells
Greek/Italian/Peloponnesian:
Hercules -
Asterix & Cleopatra -
Pinocchio -
The 노래 Princess - 1939
he Twelve Tales of Asterix -1976
The Olympus Guardians -
Gladiators: The Conspiracy -
Hercules
English/Brittish:
The Last Unicorn
Sword in the Stone
Quest for Camelot
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
The Legend of the Titanic
Titanic
Big Friendly Giant
Faeries
James and the Giant Peach
101 Dalmations
Princess and the Goblin
Tarzan
The Last Unicorn
French:
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Ratatouille
The Triplets of Belleville
A Monster in Paris
A Cat in Paris
The Red Shoes - 2017
Leap! - 2016 animated feature about an orphan girl that dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris
Beauty and The Beast
Danish:
The Little Mermaid
Valhalla
Ronal the Barbarian
Beowulf
Princess and the Pea
Thumbelina - 의해 Don Bluth
Mentions:
Misc. White/American: Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Coraline, monster House, Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, 양치류, 고 사리 Gully, Inside Out, The wide variety of American animation.
Misc. White/South African: Tarzan
White/Australian: The Rescuers: Down Under, Dot and the 캥거루
All the pictures are of my personal favorites of each category BTW.
Let me know if you'd like 더 많이 information along with all of the movies!
Awkward.
