The best Chuck Jones’s documentary movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Chuck Jones’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Chuck Jones.
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation
7.7/10
This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS "Great Performances" series, examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most celebrated animators, Chuck (Charles M.) Jones. He is best known for Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe LePew. Included are plenty of behind-the-scenes descriptions of how an animated film is made, and (best of all) many clips from Chuck's cartoons.
Mark Twain
8.3/10
Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
7.8/10
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and personality to the world's most beloved icon. "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" takes you behind the scenes to meet Walt Disney's best friend and chief animator.
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
7.2/10
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
7.3/10
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
7.7/10
A documentary about the life and career of legendary cartoon director Fred "Tex" Avery.
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
8/10
The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors with his myriad of voices for classic animated characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and scores of others. However, animation was only one of the fields where Blanc shone through in his long career. This film covers the life of this amazingly talented and big hearted actor, comedian and musician as he became one of the performing greats from the golden ages of American animation and radio through to the 1980s.
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
7.8/10
A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family.
The Making of Dr. Seuss' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'
7.1/10
Phil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
6.4/10
A Documentary about the Looney Tunes war cartoons
It Hopped One Night: A Look at "One Froggy Evening"
6.4/10
A documentary about Chuck Jones' classic animated short One Froggy Evening.
Cartoons Go To War
This remarkable documentary dedicates itself to an extraordinary chapter of the second World War – the psychological warfare of the USA. America’s trusted cartoon darlings from the studios of Warner Bros., Paramount, and the “big animals” of the Disney family were supposed to give courage to the people at the homefront, to educate them, but also to simultaneously entertain them. Out of this mixture grew a genre of its own kind – political cartoons. Insightful Interviews with the animators and producers from back then elucidate in an amusing and astonishing way under which bizarre circumstances these films partially came into existence.
Portrait of Tex Avery
Documentary of American animation directory Tex Avery including interviews with his peers including Chuck Jones.
Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
6.5/10
An interview with 'Tex Avery'.
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
7/10
Chuck Amuck: The Movie is a 1991 documentary film about Chuck Jones' career with Warner Bros., centered on his work with Looney Tunes; narrated by Dick Vosburgh.
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Meet the creators of the Looney Tunes, animation's zaniest and most beloved characters! Join Chuck Jones, Friz Freling and Mel Blanc as they share rare and personal memories about Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and some of the wildest stories behind your favorite cartoons!
