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

Hollywood Steps Out (S)

1941 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

6.6

100 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