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Top Animated Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 32
2 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 38
3 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 55
4 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 92
5 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 106
6 Up 2009 Pete Docter 112
7 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 115
8 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 144
9 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 163
10 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 169
11 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 173
12 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 175
13 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 184
14 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman 189
15 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 205
16 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 210
17 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 224
18 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
19 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen 229
20 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 231
21 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 256
22 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 276
23 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 285
24 Coco 2017 Lee Unkrich 304
25 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii 324
26 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 327
27 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 334
28 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 338
29 Bambi 1942 David Hand 342
30 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 347
31 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 367
32 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 427
33 Frozen 2013 Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 465
34 Dumbo 1941 Ben Sharpsteen 482
35 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 505
36 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 532
37 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 552
38 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 564
39 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 566
40 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 578
41 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 599
42 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 634
43 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 646
44 Your Name 2016 Makoto Shinkai 670
45 Fantastic Planet 1973 René Laloux 696
46 Moana 2016 Ron Clements and John Musker 702
47 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 Hayao Miyazaki 710
48 Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 740
49 Big Hero 6 2014 Don Hall and Chris Williams 804
50 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 817
51 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 836
52 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 847
53 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 855
54 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 870
55 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 885
56 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 917
57 Paprika 2006 Satoshi Kon 933
58 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 952
59 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 995
60 Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot 1019
61 Laputa: Castle in the Sky 1986 Hayao Miyazaki 1039
62 Enchanted 2007 Kevin Lima 1049
63 Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 Travis Knight 1058
64 Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 1092
65 Shrek 2 2004 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon 1114
66 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1127
67 Soul 2020 Pete Docter 1130
68 The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 Isao Takahata 1148
69 The Secret of NIMH 1982 Don Bluth 1156
70 Perfect Blue 1997 Satoshi Kon 1162
71 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Rich Moore 1242
72 It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012 Don Hertzfeldt 1276
73 Despicable Me 2010 Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud 1285
74 Watership Down 1978 Martin Rosen 1287
75 Peter Pan 1953 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1290
76 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023 Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson 1292
77 Ice Age 2002 Chris Wedge 1309
78 Kung Fu Panda 2008 Mark Osborne and John Stevenson 1321
79 How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 Dean DeBlois 1386
80 End of Evangelion 1997 Hideaki Anno 1407
81 Toy Story 4 2019 Josh Cooley 1448
82 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 1449
83 Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 1477
84 Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater 1514
85 The Princess and the Frog 2009 Ron Clements and John Musker 1520
86 Hercules 1997 Ron Clements and John Musker 1524
87 Song of the Sea 2014 Tomm Moore 1570
88 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 1575
89 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird 1582
90 The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 1601
91 The LEGO Batman Movie 2017 Chris McKay 1632
92 Corpse Bride 2005 Tim Burton and Mike Johnson 1665
93 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 Lotte Reiniger 1696
94 Millennium Actress 2001 Satoshi Kon 1716
95 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 1742
96 Space Jam 1996 Joe Pytka 1765
97 The Secret of Kells 2009 Tomm Moore 1769
98 Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondô 1775
99 Duck Amuck 1953 Chuck Jones 1783
100 The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2021 Michael Rianda 1794
101 Brave 2012 Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 1808
102 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter 1841
103 Lilo & Stitch 2002 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 1869
104 Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki 1902
105 Tarzan 1999 Chris Buck and Kevin Lima 1911
106 Ernest & Celestine 2012 Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner 1947
107 James and the Giant Peach 1996 Henry Selick 1955
108 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 1964
109 The Emperor's New Groove 2000 Mark Dindal 2019
110 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman 2027
111 My Life as a Zucchini 2016 Claude Barras 2030
112 Wolfwalkers 2020 Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 2035
113 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Shôgo Furuya and Satoshi Kon 2070
114 Encanto 2021 Jared Bush and Byron Howard 2102
115 The Land before Time 1988 Don Bluth 2136
116 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2153
117 Shaun the Sheep Movie 2015 Mark Burton and Richard Starzak 2198
118 Cars 2006 John Lasseter 2239
119 Anomalisa 2015 Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman 2247
120 Sita Sings the Blues 2008 Nina Paley 2289
121 Alice 1988 Jan Svankmajer 2368
122 The Jungle Book 2016 Jon Favreau 2379
123 Klaus 2019 Sergio Pablos 2406
124 The Wrong Trousers 1993 Nick Park 2422
125 The Prince of Egypt 1998 Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells 2446
126 An American Tail 1986 Don Bluth 2478
127 The Illusionist 2010 Sylvain Chomet 2498
128 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2545
129 The Secret World of Arrietty 2010 Hiromasa Yonebayashi 2556
130 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 Dean DeBlois 2570
131 Ninja Scroll 1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri 2574
132 Despicable Me 2 2013 Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud 2600
133 The King and the Mockingbird 1980 Paul Grimault 2625
134 The Great Mouse Detective 1986 Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and John Musker 2626
135 The Rescuers 1977 John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Art Stevens 2627
136 The Sword in the Stone 1963 Wolfgang Reitherman 2634
137 Heavy Metal 1981 Gerald Potterton 2647
138 Robin Hood 1973 Wolfgang Reitherman 2672
139 Metropolis 2001 Rintarô 2721
140 Happy Feet 2006 George Miller 2747
141 Frankenweenie 2012 Tim Burton 2760
142 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 2775
143 The Breadwinner 2017 Nora Twomey 2785
144 The Aristocats 1970 Wolfgang Reitherman 2791
145 Winnie the Pooh 2011 Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall 2804
146 Anastasia 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2814
147 What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones 2825
148 When the Wind Blows 1986 Jimmy T. Murakami 2845
149 Onward 2020 Dan Scanlon 2856
150 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966 Chuck Jones 2870
151 The Simpsons Movie 2007 David Silverman 2884
152 Raya and the Last Dragon 2021 Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada 2920
153 Flee 2021 Jonas Poher Rasmussen 2921
154 Finding Dory 2016 Andrew Stanton 2959
155 The Brave Little Toaster 1987 Jerry Rees 2978
156 Mind Game 2004 Masaaki Yuasa 2987
157 The Last Unicorn 1982 Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. 2990
158 The Fox and the Hound 1981 Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens 3026
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