Direction: Tex Avery
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Tex Avery. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Looney Tunes (TV Series)
1930 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Chuck Jones · Friz Freleng · Tex Avery · Bob Clampett
Plot Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first...
7.1
32K votes
7.1
32K votes
Red Hot Riding Hood (S)
1943 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Red Hot Riding Hood is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released on May 8, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1994 it was voted #7 of The...
7.0
963 votes
7.0
963 votes
Bad Luck Blackie (S)
1949 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A cute and very tormented kitten is bullied by an incomparably evil bulldog, who lives to know better after a black cat crosses his path.
6.8
207 votes
6.8
207 votes
Northwest Hounded Police (S)
1946 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.
6.8
171 votes
6.8
171 votes
Who Killed Who? (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A man is murdered, and the detective tries to find out whodunit. But the house he's investigating is decidedly haunted, and he never knows just what's round the next corner...
6.8
184 votes
6.8
184 votes
Tom and Jerry (TV Series)
1940 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction William Hanna · Joseph Barbera · Tex Avery · Michael Lah
Plot Tom and Jerry is a successful and long-running series of theatrical short subjects created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a...
6.8
31K votes
6.8
31K votes
What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.
6.7
35 votes
6.7
35 votes
Magical Maestro (S)
1952 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A magician is spurned by an opera singer, and takes a spectacular revenge by replacing the conductor and turning the hapless tenor into one thing after another. And watch out...
6.7
144 votes
6.7
144 votes
Swing Shift Cinderella (S)
1945 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Bored with chasing Red Riding Hood, the Wolf decides to go after Cinderella, but her fairy godmother takes a shine to him instead - and has an arsenal of magical...
6.6
86 votes
6.6
86 votes
Porky's Duck Hunt (S)
1937 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Porky tries out his new hunting gear and blasts a hole in his apartment roof (and neighbor's backside). At the swamp, neither he nor the other hunters can hit anything....
6.6
36 votes
6.6
36 votes
I Love to Singa (S)
1936 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer," a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa," but only jazz.
6.6
261 votes
6.6
261 votes
The Cagey Canary (S)
1941 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery · Bob Clampett
Plot A cat (not Sylvester) tries to capture a little canary bird (not Tweety), and not get caught by protective Granny.
6.6
29 votes
6.6
29 votes
King-Size Canary (S)
1947 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot King-Size Canary is an animated cartoon short that debuted in movie theaters in 1947. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by cartoon legend Tex Avery. An unnamed alley cat...
6.6
405 votes
6.6
405 votes
6.6
100 votes
A Wild Hare (S)
1940 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp.
6.6
289 votes
6.6
289 votes
Cock-a-Doodle Dog (S)
1951 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot After a long hard day of being a dog, Spike wants nothing more than to get some shut-eye. Unfortunately for him, the barnyard rooster just wants to crow all night,...
6.5
24 votes
6.5
24 votes
Dumb-Hounded (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot The Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.
6.5
159 votes
6.5
159 votes
Symphony in Slang (S)
1951 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot Various saints are logging details of everyone entering Heaven, but because they're a bit out of touch with early 1950s slang, they come up with some very strange impressions of...
6.5
76 votes
6.5
76 votes
The Cat That Hated People
1948 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people...
6.4
95 votes
6.4
95 votes
Car of Tomorrow (S)
1951 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Tex Avery
Plot A humorous look at the possible future of automotive technology from the Tex Avery team of animators. Predicted developments include gadgets aimed at children, female drivers, young drivers, backseat drivers,...
6.4
105 votes
6.4
105 votes