| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration |
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| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | United States | Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired from October 1 to October 8, 1972, as a two-part installment of the syndicated animated anthology seriesFestival of Family Classics (1972–1973). | 1973 | 40 minutes |
Adventures of Mowgli
Маугли (Maugli) | Soviet Union | Roman Davydov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Theatrical | | July 31, 1973 | 96 minutes |
The Adventures of Barbapapa
Le avventure di Barbapapà | Italy | Annette Tison
Talus Taylor | Polyscope B. V.
Frank Fehmers Productions B. V.
Reflex Cinematographica
Distribuzione Heritage Italiana | Traditional | Theatrical | | | 70 minutes |
The Adventures of Hijitus
Las aventuras de Hijitus | Argentina | Manuel García Ferré | Producciones García Ferré | Traditional | Theatrical | | September 12, 1973 | 82 minutes |
Belladonna of Sadness
哀しみのベラドンナ (Kanashimi no Beradonna)
La Sorcière (The Witch) | Japan
France | Eiichi Yamamoto | Mushi Production
Nippon Herald Films | Traditional | Theatrical | [1] | June 30, 1973 | 86 minutes |
| The Black Arrow | Australia | Leif Gram | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 14th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | December 2, 1973 | |
| Charlotte's Web | United States | Charles A. Nichols
Iwao Takamoto | Paramount Pictures
Hanna-Barbera
Sagittarius Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | | March 1, 1973 | 94 minutes |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | United States
Australia | William Hanna
Joseph Barbera | Hanna-Barbera Australia | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 9th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | September 23, 1973 | 60 minutes |
Fantastic Planet
La Planète sauvage
Divoká planeta (The Wild Planet) | Czechoslovakia
France | René Laloux | Jiří Trnka Studio | Traditional | Theatrical | | May 11, 1973 | 71 minutes |
| Heavy Traffic | United States | Ralph Bakshi | Krantz Films
Cine Camera
American International Pictures | Traditional | Theatrical | | August 8, 1973 | 76 minutes |
| The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Trip | United States | Jim Gates | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises | Traditional/Live action | Television special | Originally aired as the 5th installment of the ABC anthology television seriesABC Afterschool Special (1972–1997). | February 7, 1973 | 45 minutes |
Johnny Corncob
János vitéz (John the Valiant) | Hungary | Marcell Jankovics[2][3] | Pannónia Filmstúdió | Traditional | Theatrical | FirstHungarian animated feature. | May 1, 1973 | 74 minutes |
Johnny in the Valley of the Giants
Joë petit boum-boum (Joe the Little Boom Boom) | France | Jean Image | Films Jean Image | Traditional | Theatrical | | April 19, 1973 | 60 minutes |
| Kidnapped | Australia | Leif Gram | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 10th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | October 22, 1973 | 47 minutes |
King Dick
Il nano e la strega (The Dwarf and the Witch) | Italy | Gioacchino Libratti | Alpha D. C.
Monti Film
S. O. N. – Parigi | Traditional | Theatrical | | | 67 minutes |
Little 8th Route Army
小八路 | China | Lei You | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Stop motion | Theatrical | | | |
| Lost in Space | United States | Charles A. Nichols | Hanna-Barbera
20th Century-Fox Television | Traditional | Television film | | September 8, 1973 | 60 minutes |
| Luvcast U.S.A. | United States | Robert Balser | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises | Traditional | Television film
Anthology film | | January 6, 1973 | 60 minutes |
Magic Adventure
Mágica aventura | Spain | Cruz Delgado | Estudios Cruz Delgado | Traditional | Theatrical | | June 9, 1973 | 69 minutes |
| Man: The Polluter | Canada
Yugoslavia | Don Arioli
Hugh Foulds
Chuck Jones
Wolf Koenig
Kaj Pindal
Frank Nissen
Pino Van Lamsweerde
Milan Blazekovic
Zlatko Bourek
Nedeljko Dragic
Boris Kolar
Aleksandar Marks
Vladimir Jutrisa
Dusan Vukotic
Ante Zaninovic | National Film Board of Canada
Zagreb Film | Traditional | Television film | | August 8, 1973 | 53 minutes |
| Marco | United States
Japan | Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass
Toho Company
Video Tokyo Production (Animagic) | Stop motion/Live action | Theatrical | | December 1973 | 109 minutes |
Mazinger Z vs. Devilman
マジンガーＺ対デビルマン (Majingā Zetto tai Debiruman) | Japan | Tomoharu Katsumata | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | | July 18, 1973 | 43 minutes |
| The Mini-Munsters | United States | Gerard Baldwin | Fred Calvert Productions
Universal Television | Traditional | Television film | | October 27, 1973 | 60 minutes |
| Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus | United States | | Fred Calvert Productions
20th Century-Fox Television | Traditional | Television film | Sequel toNanny and the Professor (1972). | November 17, 1973 | 60 minutes |
Once Upon a Time
Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue (Maria d'Oro and Bello Blue) | Italy
West Germany | Roberto Gavioli
Rolf Kauka | Kauka-Film
Gamma Film | Traditional | Theatrical | | December 12, 1973 | 78 minutes |
The Panda's Great Adventure
パンダの大冒険 (Panda no Daibōken) | Japan | Yugo Serikawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | | March 17, 1973 | 53 minutes |
| Piconzé | Brazil | Ypê Nakashima | Telstar Filmes | Traditional | Theatrical | FirstBrazilian animated feature film filmed in color. | January 24, 1973 | 80 minutes |
| Robin Hood | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | | November 8, 1973 | 83 minutes |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Australia | Leif Gram | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 11th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | October 28, 1973 | 47 minutes |
| That Girl in Wonderland | United States | Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass | Traditional | Television film | | January 13, 1973 | 60 minutes |
| The Three Musketeers | United States
Australia | William Hanna
Joseph Barbera | Hanna-Barbera Australia | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 13th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 23, 1973 | 50 Minutes |
| Treasure Island | United States | Hal Sutherland | Filmation
Warner Bros. Pictures | Traditional | Theatrical | First film of the aborted Filmation anthology film seriesFamily Classics, which yielded from a distribution deal with Warner Bros. by the animation studio. | December 9, 1973 | 87 minutes |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | United States
Australia | William Hanna
Joseph Barbera | Hanna-Barbera Australia | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 12th installment of theCBS animated anthology seriesFamous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 22, 1973 | 60 minutes |
| Walt Disney's 50th Anniversary Show | United States | Norman Tokar
David Hand
Jack Hannah
Jack King
Jack Kinney
Dick Lundy
Charles A. Nichols
Ben Sharpsteen | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical
Anthology film | Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States. | July 12, 1973 | 87 minutes |
