Direction: Ralph Bakshi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ralph Bakshi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


American Pop

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot "American Pop" is the animated story of a very talented and troubled family starting with 19th century Russia and moving through several generations of musicians. The film covers American music...

7.4

686 votes

7.4

686 votes

The What a Cartoon Show (TV Series)

1995 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Patrick A. Ventura · Genndy Tartakovsky · Van Partible · Butch Hartman

Plot Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

6.8

26 votes

6.8

26 votes

Coonskin (Street Fight)

1975 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Cast Barry White · Charles Gordone · Scatman Crothers · Philip Michael Thomas

Plot A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the...

6.7

120 votes

6.7

120 votes

Fire and Ice

1983 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot From their stronghold in Icepeak, the evil Queen Juliana and her son Nekron send forth a wave of glaciers, forcing humanity to retreat south. Nekron sends a delegation to King...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

Heavy Traffic

1973 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Cast Joseph Kaufmann · Beverly Hope Atkinson

Plot An animated feature which begins, ends and occasionally combines with, live-action filmed on location. A white dropout struggles to create comics and animated films, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty...

6.3

228 votes

6.3

228 votes

Hey Good Lookin'

1982 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot A middle-aged woman meets a strange man on the streets at night who shows her the remains of a leather jacket. He takes her back to Brooklyn of 1953, and...

6.2

28 votes

6.2

28 votes

The Lord of the Rings

1978 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF...

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6.2

9K votes

6.2

9K votes

Fritz the Cat

1972 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot Based on a series of comics by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, this X-rated animated film brings a cynical eye to the idealism of the 1960s. It's a world where black...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Wizards

1977 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot In a post-apocalyptic future, humankind is destroyed and the fantastic races of ancient legend emerge to repopulate the earth. In fulfillment of an ancient prophesy twin sons -- wizards --...

5.8

623 votes

5.8

623 votes

Spider-Man (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Ray Patterson · Clyde Geronimi · Sid Marcus · Grant Simmons

Plot A teenage boy with the powers of a spider fights crime as the Webslinging Wonder.

5.6

928 votes

5.6

928 votes

Spicy City (TV Miniseries)

1997 · Series · 180 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot A cross between cyberpunk and film noir, Spicy City, according to Gary Susman of Boston Phoenix, is 'a near-future world where technology has divorced mind from body, via virtual reality,...

5.6

127 votes

5.6

127 votes

5.4

279 votes

The Marvel Superheroes (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · Canada

Direction Ralph Bakshi · Chuck Harriton · Grant Simmons · Doug Wildey

Plot The Marvel Super Heroes is a Canadian-made animated television series starring five comic-book superheroes from Marvel Comics. It was first syndicated, on U.S. television, in 1966. Produced by Grantray-Lawrence Animation,...

5.2

163 votes

5.2

163 votes

Mighty Heroes (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi · Robert Taylor

Plot When a great city is threatened by a wide assortment of supervillians, they shoot up the fireworks to summon the Mighty Heroes. This sextet of stumble bum heroes go out...

5.1

37 votes

5.1

37 votes

Last Days of Coney Island

2015 · Movie · 22 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

5.0

23 votes

5.0

23 votes

Iron Man (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 25 min. · Canada

Direction Ralph Bakshi · Clyde Geronimi · Sid Marcus

Plot Tony Stark, head of Stark Enterprises, was seriously wounded and captured in Vietnam while inspecting weapon prototypes in the field. To keep his injured heart alive, he built a revolutionary...

5.0

283 votes

5.0

283 votes

Marvin Digs (S)

1967 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Plot Marvin, a teenage ball of fur, gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors.

4.9

36 votes

4.9

36 votes

4.9

50 votes

The Sub-Mariner (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 20 min. · Canada

Direction Ralph Bakshi · Chuck Harriton · Grant Simmons

Plot Namor, the hybrid son of a human seaman and an Atlantian princess, is unique among his people. Unlike his subjects, he is incredibly strong, can breath air as well as...

4.7

27 votes

4.7

27 votes

Cool World

1992 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Bakshi

Cast Kim Basinger · Brad Pitt · Gabriel Byrne · Carrie Hamilton

Plot Jack Deebs is a cartoonist who is due to be released from jail. His comic book "Cool World" describes a zany world populated by "doodles" (cartoon characters) and "noids" (humanoids)....

4.5

6K votes

4.5

6K votes