Mario Cartoons & Movies
Every Mario film and TV series on Super Luigi Bros, from the 1986 anime that gave Mario his first film role, through the three DiC cartoons of 1989 to 1991 and the 1993 live-action movie. Each page has the cast, release dates, box office or broadcast details, trivia and our own write-ups, with full episode guides for the cartoons.
Films3
TV series3
Cartoon episodes91
Years covered1986 – 1993
Mario Films
Mario’s big-screen appearances, in release order. Click a poster for the full page.
Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!
Mario’s first film: an hour-long Japanese anime that sends the brothers through a Famicom and into the Mushroom Kingdom.
Cast, story & facts
The Wizard
Universal’s road movie about a young gaming prodigy, remembered for giving America its first look at Super Mario Bros. 3.
Cast, story & facts
Super Mario Bros.
Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo in the first live-action video game film, set in the dinosaur city of Dinohattan.
Cast, story & facts
Mario TV Series
The three DiC cartoons, each with an episode-by-episode guide, cast lists, trivia and bloopers.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Live-action sketches with Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells wrapped around 52 Mario cartoons, with The Legend of Zelda on Fridays.
Episode guide
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Saturday-morning adventures on NBC against King Koopa and the seven Koopa Kids, straight out of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Episode guide
Super Mario World
The last of DiC’s Mario cartoons, set in Dinosaur Land with Yoshi and the cave people, home of the notorious “Mama Luigi”.
Episode guide