Topic of this paper was animated films in the teaching of media culture, and especially on animated films about Tom and Jerry. The paper presents parts of the Curriculum of the subject Croatian language for primary and secondary schools, and a more detailed part of the Curriculum describes the subject component of the Croatian language - Culture and Media. In addition to the Croatian Language Curriculum, the Curriculum for primary and secondary schools and sections on the teaching of media culture for the first four grades of primary school were also studied. The paper also mentions film and its expressive components, as well as its history in the world and Croatia. The paper lists the types of films, and in particular, the animated film and its history are researched and presented. The animated film chapter is followed by an analysis of animated films about Tom and Jerry and an overview of some episodes. Within this paper, a study was conducted to determine whether younger schoolchildren are familiar with the characters of Tom and Jerry, whether they watch and talk about these films in media culture classes, whether they watch films about Tom and Jerry in their free time, and what are their impressions of them. The research was conducted in two primary schools from Osijek: Dobriša Cesarić Elementary School and August Šenoa Elementary School. The study involved 123 students from the first to the fourth grade of primary school. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that most students are familiar with animated films about Tom and Jerry and watch them in their free time. However, a very small percentage of respondents watched the same films at school and talked to their teachers about them.