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Top Animated Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 50
2 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 79
3 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 82
4 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 104
5 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
6 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 154
7 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
8 Up 2009 Pete Docter 188
9 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 204
10 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 205
11 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 230
12 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 233
13 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 261
14 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 264
15 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 265
16 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield 266
17 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 296
18 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 297
19 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 310
20 Bambi 1942 David Hand 311
21 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 329
22 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
23 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii 374
24 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
25 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 400
26 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 407
27 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
28 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 472
29 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 474
30 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 494
31 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 502
32 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
33 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 563
34 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 573
35 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 601
36 Dumbo 1941 Ben Sharpsteen 616
37 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 653
38 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
39 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 717
40 Fantastic Planet 1973 René Laloux 728
41 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 731
42 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 Hayao Miyazaki 750
43 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 755
44 Coco 2017 Lee Unkrich 809
45 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 811
46 Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot 837
47 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 847
48 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 918
49 Frozen 2013 Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 940
50 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 962
51 Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater 970
52 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 974
53 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 1039
54 Laputa: Castle in the Sky 1986 Hayao Miyazaki 1058
55 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman 1118
56 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 1129
57 Ice Age 2002 Chris Wedge 1163
58 Paprika 2006 Satoshi Kon 1168
59 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 1190
60 The Secret of NIMH 1982 Don Bluth 1203
61 Shrek 2 2004 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon 1287
62 Enchanted 2007 Kevin Lima 1296
63 Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 1305
64 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1310
65 Big Hero 6 2014 Don Hall and Chris Williams 1315
66 Watership Down 1978 Martin Rosen 1316
67 Perfect Blue 1997 Satoshi Kon 1317
68 Despicable Me 2010 Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud 1324
69 Kung Fu Panda 2008 Mark Osborne and John Stevenson 1327
70 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 1389
71 Peter Pan 1953 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1396
72 Duck Amuck 1953 Chuck Jones 1469
73 Alice 1988 Jan Svankmajer 1561
74 Your Name 2016 Makoto Shinkai 1571
75 Wreck-It Ralph 2012 Rich Moore 1576
76 End of Evangelion 1997 Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki 1591
77 Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 1608
78 Pink Floyd the Wall 1982 Alan Parker 1663
79 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter 1689
80 Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki 1737
81 Fritz the Cat 1972 Ralph Bakshi 1782
82 It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012 Don Hertzfeldt 1783
83 Moana 2016 Ron Clements and John Musker 1804
84 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 Lotte Reiniger 1821
85 James and the Giant Peach 1996 Henry Selick 1867
86 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Satoshi Kon 1869
87 The Wrong Trousers 1993 Nick Park 1954
88 How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 Dean DeBlois 1988
89 Corpse Bride 2005 Tim Burton and Mike Johnson 1989
90 Lilo & Stitch 2002 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 1994
91 Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 Travis Knight 1995
92 The Secret of Kells 2009 Tomm Moore 1999
93 Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondo 2004
94 Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 2051
95 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 Mamoru Hosoda 2053
96 Anomalisa 2015 Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman 2061
97 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 2094
98 Robin Hood 1973 Wolfgang Reitherman 2117
99 The Land before Time 1988 Don Bluth 2120
100 Millennium Actress 2001 Satoshi Kon 2133
101 Antz 1998 Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson 2155
102 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 2164
103 The Princess and the Frog 2009 Ron Clements and John Musker 2175
104 The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 Isao Takahata 2178
105 Happy Feet 2006 George Miller 2192
106 When the Wind Blows 1986 Jimmy T. Murakami 2261
107 Ninja Scroll 1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri 2283
108 Tarzan 1999 Kevin Lima and Chris Buck 2288
109 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 2343
110 Song of the Sea 2014 Tomm Moore 2345
111 The Illusionist 2010 Sylvain Chomet 2356
112 The Emperor's New Groove 2000 Mark Dindal 2369
113 An American Tail 1986 Don Bluth 2406
114 The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 2422
115 Brave 2012 Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 2463
116 Heavy Metal 1981 Gerald Potterton 2492
117 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird 2505
118 Space Jam 1996 Joe Pytka 2525
119 Anastasia 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2530
120 Hercules 1997 Ron Clements and John Musker 2549
121 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 Hayao Miyazaki 2576
122 The Rescuers 1977 John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Art Stevens 2586
123 The Lord of the Rings 1978 Ralph Bakshi 2599
124 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2613
125 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman 2625
126 Le Roman de Renard 1937 Irene and Wladyslaw Starewicz 2628
127 A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965 Bill Melendez 2640
128 Sita Sings the Blues 2008 Nina Paley 2676
129 The Brave Little Toaster 1987 Jerry Rees 2685
130 The Simpsons Movie 2007 David Silverman 2711
131 What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones 2744
132 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
133 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2758
134 Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 Winsor McCay 2776
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