My Top 100: Animated Films

Animated Films are usually an over-looked genre when it comes to winning major awards. Over-time, some have been given nominations for some serious awards. I hope that animated films gets the success it deserves, but for now, we are waiting.
This genre does not always have to appeal for kids only. There are many more adult themed animated films out there, including plenty in my top 100:

100) The Great Mouse Detective

99) The Incredibles 2

98) Toy Story 2

97) Soul

96) Nimona

95) Belle: The Dragon And The Freckled Princess

94) Demon Slayer - The Movie: Mugen Train

93) Watership Down

92) The Land Before Time

91) An American Tail

90) Wolfwalkers

89) Loving Vincent

88) Moana

87) Fantasia 2000

86) Atlantis: The Lost Empire

85) Tarzan

84) Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria Of A Starless Night

83) Sing A Bit Of Harmony

82) Ron's Gone Wrong

81) Suzume

80) Josee, The Tiger And The Fish

79) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure

78) The Bears' Famous Invasion Of Sicily

77) Ride Your Wave

76) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

75) The Fox And The Hound

74) Fantasia

73) Ponyo

72) Chicken Run

71) Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

70) Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

69) Ralph Breaks The Internet

68) Big Hero 6

67) Sleeping Beauty

66) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

65) Summer Wars

64) Shrek

63) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

62) Porco Rosso

61) Dumbo

60) The Mitchells vs The Machines

59) Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale

58) Coco

57) Ratatouille

56) Up

55) Kiki's Delivery Service

54) Laputa: Castle In The Sky

53) Song Of The Sea

52) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

51) South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut

50) Ghost In The Shell (1995)

49) The Wild Robot

48) Wolf Children

47) The Lego Batman Movie

46) Shrek 2

45) Liz And The Blue Bird

44) Mirai

43) How To Train Your Dragon 2

42) A Silent Voice

41) Promare

40) Klaus

39) The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya

38) The Lego Movie

37) Zootropolis

36) How To Train Your Dragon

35) Alice In Wonderland (1951)

34) Wreck-It Ralph

33) Inside Out

32) Whisper Of The Heart

31) Tangled

30) The Boy And The Beast

29) Grave Of The Fireflies

28) The Red Turtle

27) The Tale Of The PrincesskAguya

26) Frozen

25) Perfect Blue

24) Your Name.

23) Aladdin (1992)

22) Cinderella (1950)

21) My Neighbour Totoro

20) Pinocchio (1940)

19) Lady And The Tramp (1955)

18) The Nightmare Before Christmas

17) Coraline

16) The Littler Mermaid (1989)

15) The Iron Giant

14) Finding Nemo

13) Toy Story 4

12) Howl's Moving Castle

11) Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind

10) Monsters Inc. - One of Pixar's early features and now recently released a prequel.

Like a lot of Pixar's greats, it is a very emotional one, and yet still manages to create a lot of laughter.

Pixar are well known for their original ideas. The amount in this one is off the scale.

9) The Incredibles - Like, Wall.E, this gem from Pixar exceeded my expectations.

A very impressive story that easily appeals to adults as well as kids. Lots of great family films, involves, families. This one is no exception.

8) The Lion King - Another Disney classic from the 90's and an absolute favourite for many kids around the world.

Everything cries out Disney. Such amazing characters, memorable songs and wonderful story-telling.
The past had Bambi for the tears, this generation were blubbering at The Lion King.

7) Beauty And The Beast - Became the first animated film to get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and rightly so. A traditional fairy tale brought to a 90's audience that welcomed it with open arms.

Released during the Disney renascence period. It had everything a Disney film should have.

Enjoyable characters, laughs, drama and of course the odd sing song.

6) Princess Mononoke - Only saw this recently but was expecting big things, and once again Studio Ghibli delivered.

Lots of mythology involved, some terrific hand-drawn animation and another gem from Miyazaki. Had a mix of Avatar and what the Narnia films should have been.



5) Toy Story 3 - Was a bit nervous that it might not match the success of the previous two, but this just blew my mind.

The creators of Pixar became eternal geniuses in my books after seeing this. They kept the Toy Story franchise going and expanded it even more. It introduced a new batch characters and created a wonderful story that had me smiling from start to finish.

4) Bambi - One of Disney's very early creations and still a favourite of mine and many others. A dramatic story of life in the wild and how important friends are.

It is also involves one of the most famous tear-jerking scenes in film history. I won't spoil it, in case you have not seen it.

3) Wall.E - A huge surprise for me. Was expecting another well established part of the Pixar collection. But Wall.E is so much more then that.

There is a heart within this that will never stop beating. It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'heart-warming'. It is a terrific story and was so close to being the perfect Pixar film in my opinion. This deserved so many Oscars.

2) Spirited Away - The most successful Studio Ghibli film, and probably the best one to get started on when trying out Japanese animation. Director Hayao Miyazaki has become one of my new favorite directors. His imagination is unrivaled, and making great stories within them is just a bonus.

His vision on a girl being trapped in a world of demons and spirits will open your eyes to a whole new world of new movies to your list.

1) Toy Story - Already talked about it in an earlier post. A groundbreaking film and the birth of the world's most recognisable animated film studio, Pixar.

Such great characters, superb flow of the story, lots of laughs and probably the perfect seller for kids as it involves, toys.