<Tr> <Td> Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade </Td> <Td> First all - digital composite . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Les Fables géométriques </Td> <Td> First broadcast series of animated CGI shorts . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Die Hard 2 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First digitally - manipulated matte painting . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> RoboCop 2 </Td> <Td> An early use of real - time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Backdraft </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> First use of photorealistic CGI fire in a motion picture . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Terminator 2: Judgment Day </Td> <Td> First realistic human movements on a CGI character . The first partially computer - generated main character and the first blockbuster movie to feature multiple morphing effects . First use of a personal computer to create major movie 3D effects . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Death Becomes Her </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First human skin CGI software . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jurassic Park </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First photorealistic CG creatures . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Live & Kicking </Td> <Td> First TV program to feature a live computer - generated character as part of its cast . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> VeggieTales </Td> <Td> First completely computer animated direct - to - video release . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Babylon 5 </Td> <Td> First television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects . First TV use of virtual sets . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Insektors </Td> <Td> First fully computer animated TV series . First use of character animation in a computer animated television series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Radioland Murders </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First use of virtual CGI sets with live actors . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ReBoot </Td> <Td> First half - hour computer animated TV series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Flintstones </Td> <Td> First CGI - rendered fur . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Crow </Td> <Td> First deceased actor (Brandon Lee) to be re-created through CGI . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Waterworld </Td> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> First realistic CG water . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Casper </Td> <Td> First CGI lead character in a feature - length live - action film, and first CGI characters to interact realistically with live actors . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Toy Story </Td> <Td> First CGI feature - length animation . Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2005 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cassiopeia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A Brazilian CGI animated feature film produced and released by NDR Filmes in Brazil on April 1, 1996 . First CGI feature - length animation that did not use scanned models for heads . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Island of Dr. Moreau </Td> <Td> First film to use motion capture CGI to portray a character . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> DragonHeart </Td> <Td> First 2D all - CGI backgrounds with live actors . First film to use ILM's Caricature software (created during the film's production). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beast Wars: Transformers </Td> <Td> First CGI Transformers animated series produced by Mainframe Entertainment . Sequel to the original Transformers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Star Wars (Episodes IV, V and VI Special Editions) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First re-release of a film to incorporate CGI characters and elements . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marvin the Martian in 3D </Td> <Td> First CG film created for viewing with 3D glasses . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Titanic </Td> <Td> First wide - release feature film with major elements rendered under the open - source Linux operating system . Also included a number of advances, specifically in the rendering of flowing water . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Bug's Life </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> First CG anamorphic widescreen film . First all - digital transfer to DVD . First film to be reframed for home video releases . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Invasion: Earth </Td> <Td> First major use of digital effects in a British TV series </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> What Dreams May Come </Td> <Td> First use of 3D CGI in combination with 3D location scanning (Lidar) and motion - analysis based 3D camera tracking in a feature film . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fight Club </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> First photogrammetry based virtual cinematography scenes, including the first bullet time sex scene with fully naked body renderings of famous actors in leading roles (Helena Bonham Carter, Brad Pitt); renderings of different settings with both extreme close - ups and wide shots; and the first very photorealistic close - up rendering of a human face - which also belongs to a famous actor in a leading role (Edward Norton) - with detailed facial deformation and extreme close - ups (starting at the cell - level of the brain, flying through the different layers of tissues, a follicle and the skin with sweat droplets). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Matrix </Td> <Td> First use of CG interpolation with bullet time effects . Added to the National Film Registry in 2012 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace </Td> <Td> First film to use CG extensively for thousands of shots, including backgrounds, environmental effects, vehicles, and crowds . Several CG characters stood alongside real actors in dozens of shots, making them the first CG "supporting" cast members . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Film </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

The first feature film produced entirely with cgi (computer-generated imagery) was toy story