Where to watch Norman McLaren in the UK
Find every Norman McLaren film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 5 May 2026.
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
Norman McLaren films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Norman McLaren, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Daedalus (2024) as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
- A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946) Director
- Grierson (1973) as Self (archive footage)
- Christmas Cracker (1963) Director
- Neighbours (1952) Director
- Fiddle De-Dee (1947) Director
- Narcissus (1983) Director
- Pinscreen (1973) Director
- Spheres (1969) Producer
- Begone Dull Care (1949) Director
- Stars and Stripes (1939) Director
- Serenal (1959) Director
- Around Is Around (1951) Animation Director
- Love on the Wing (1939) Director
- Polychrome Fantasy (1935) Director
- Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944) Director
- Mony a Pickle (1938) Director
- 7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings (1933) Director
- Lines: Vertical (1960) Director
- Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990) Original Music Composer
- NBC Valentine Greeting (1940) Director
- Boogie-Doodle (1941) Director
- Now Is the Time (1951) Sound Designer
- Rythmetic (1956) Director
- Two Bagatelles (1953) Director
- Pas de Deux (1968) Director
- A Phantasy (1952) Director
- Pen Point Percussion (1951) Director
- A Chairy Tale (1957) Director
- Short and Suite (1959) Director
- Ballet Adagio (1972) Director
- Chants populaires nº 5 (1943) Director
- McLaren on McLaren (1983) as Self
- Spook Sport (1940) Director
- Defence of Madrid (1936) Cinematography
- V for Victory (1941) Director
- Alouette (1944) Director
- Dots (1940) Director
- Lines: Horizontal (1962) Director
- Camera Makes Whoopee (1935) Editor
- The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees (1970) as Self
- Rock the Boat (1944) Director
- Hen Hop (1942) Director
- Twirligig (1952) Producer
- Blackbird (1958) Director
- Blinkity Blank (1955) Producer
- Hell Unltd (1936) Director
- Seven Surprizes (1963) Director
- The Flicker Film (1961) Director
- Opening Speech (1969) Director
- 5 for 4 (1942) Director
- Scherzo (1939) Director
- News for the Navy (1937) Director
- Korean Alphabet (1967) Music
- Canon (1964) Director
- Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977) Director
- A Job in a Million (1937) Editor
- Tour en l'air (1973) as Self
- Animated Motion: Part 5 (1978) Director
- Hoppity Pop (1946) Director
- Tanguy Landscape Test (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Book Bargain (1937) Director
- Chants populaires nº 6 (1946) Director
- The Obedient Flame (1939) Director
- Mail Early for Christmas (1959) Director
- Mosaic (1965) Director
- Animated Motion: Part 1 (1976) Director
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren (1972) as Self
- Animated Motion: Part 3 (1977) Director
- La poulette grise (1947) Director
- Animated Motion: Part 4 (1977) Director
- Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short (1985) Cast
- Loops (1940) Director
- New York Lightboard Record (1961) Director
- Allegro (1939) Director
- McLaren in Ottawa (1949) Director
- Jacques Drouin: In Relief (2009) as Archive Footage
- Mail Early (1941) Director
- Up There in the Mountains (1946) Director
- Barrel Zoom (1943) Director
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Most-watched Norman McLaren films currently: Daedalus (2024), A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946), Grierson (1973), Christmas Cracker (1963), Neighbours (1952).
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