From the forest lairs of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, to Ralph Bakshi's urbane concrete jungles, to the furthest reaches of the galaxy in Wall-E, Rotten Tomatoes presents the 75 best-reviewed animated movies ever released.
Sorted by a specially weighted Tomatometer formula, it is our intention that this list illuminates the topical variety and endless emotional range of a great, enduring film medium.
Puss in Boots (2011)
84%
Adjusted Score: 87.616%
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Critics Consensus: It isn't deep or groundbreaking, but what it lacks in profundity, Puss in Boots more than makes up for with an abundance of wit, visual sparkle, and effervescent charm.
Synopsis: Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough...
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Directed By:
Chris Miller
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Hercules (1997)
84%
Adjusted Score: 86.586%
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Critics Consensus: Fast-paced and packed with dozens of pop culture references, Hercules might not measure up with the true classics of the Disney pantheon, but it's still plenty of fun.
Synopsis: Disney's animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. The son of Greek gods Zeus (voice of Rip Torn) and...
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Metropolis (Metoroporisu) (2001)
87%
Adjusted Score: 88.025%
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Critics Consensus: A remarkable technical achievement, Metropolis' eye-popping visuals more than compensate for its relatively routine story.
Synopsis: Playing like a candy-colored hybrid of Fritz Lang's film of the same name and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis borrows its plot...
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Directed By:
Rintaro
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The Rescuers (1977)
83%
Adjusted Score: 85.68%
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Critics Consensus: Featuring superlative animation, off-kilter characters, and affectionate voice work by Bob Newhart and Zsa Zsa Gabor, The Rescuers represents a bright spot in Disney's post-golden age.
Synopsis: Two fantasy novels by Margery Sharp were combined for in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers. The title characters are a pair of mice, Bernard...
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Mulan (1998)
86%
Adjusted Score: 89.753%
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Critics Consensus: Exploring themes of family duty and honor, Mulan breaks new ground as a Disney film, while still bringing vibrant animation and sprightly characters to the screen.
Synopsis: Disney's cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale about a peasant girl who disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father's...
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The Princess and the Frog (2009)
84%
Adjusted Score: 88.679%
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Critics Consensus: The warmth of traditional Disney animation makes this occasionally lightweight fairy-tale update a lively and captivating confection for the holidays.
Synopsis: Set in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century, The Princess and the Frog concerns a poor African-American girl named Tiana who has a knack...
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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
85%
Adjusted Score: 88.779%
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Critics Consensus: The Emperor's New Groove isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family.
Synopsis: A ruler learns how the other half lives -- the animal half, that is -- in this animated comedy-adventure from the Walt Disney Studios. Kuzco (voice of...
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Directed By:
Mark Dindal
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The Jungle Book (1967)
86%
Adjusted Score: 89.166%
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Critics Consensus: With expressive animation, fun characters, and catchy songs, The Jungle Book endures as a crowd-pleasing Disney classic.
Synopsis: The final animated feature produced under the supervision of Walt Disney is a lively neo-swing musical, loosely based upon the tales of Rudyard...
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Lilo & Stitch (2003)
86%
Adjusted Score: 89.541%
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Critics Consensus: Edgier than traditional Disney fare, Lilo and Stitch explores issues of family while providing a fun and charming story.
Synopsis: The original voice cast of Lilo & Stitch returns for this direct-to-video sequel, which follows the further adventures of Stitch (aka Experiment 626)...
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
83%
Adjusted Score: 88.835%
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Critics Consensus: As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet.
Synopsis: Tim Burton returns to the dark but fanciful animated style of The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stop-motion black comedy. Victor (voice of...
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My Dog Tulip (2009)
90%
Adjusted Score: 91.046%
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Critics Consensus:
Synopsis: A bittersweet account of the author's 14-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian, MY DOG TULIP was written, directed and animated by award-winning...
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Fantastic Planet (1973)
88%
Adjusted Score: 90.216%
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Critics Consensus: Fantastic Planet is an animated epic that is by turns surreal and lovely, fantastic and graceful.
Synopsis: This futuristic story takes place on a faraway planet where giants rule, and oppressed humanoids rebel against the machine-like leaders.
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Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
87%
Adjusted Score: 91.446%
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Critics Consensus: Exquisitely illustrated by master animator Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle will delight children with its fantastical story and touch the hearts and minds of older viewers as well.
Synopsis: Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
87%
Adjusted Score: 90.868%
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Critics Consensus: Quirky humor, plucky characters and solid slapstick make this family comedy a frenetically tasty time at the movies.
Synopsis: Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett's beloved children's book of the same name, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs follows inventor Flint Lockwood (voice...
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
90%
Adjusted Score: 90.879%
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Critics Consensus: A touching and sentimental anime.
Synopsis: Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon directs his third anime feature with the holiday film Tokyo Godfathers. The story takes place in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on...
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
92%
Adjusted Score: 94.526%
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Critics Consensus: My Neighbor Totoro is a heartwarming, sentimental masterpiece that captures the simple grace of childhood.
Synopsis: This superbly animated children's tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mei, two...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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Tarzan (1999)
88%
Adjusted Score: 92.029%
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Critics Consensus: Disney's Tarzan takes the well-known story to a new level with spirited animation, a brisk pace, and some thrilling action set-pieces..
Synopsis: Walt Disney Pictures' animated adventure "Tarzan" is an innovative and entertaining exploration of the classic tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs. With...
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The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (2010)
90%
Adjusted Score: 92.772%
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Critics Consensus: An engrossing love letter to fans of adult animation, The Illusionist offers a fine antidote to garish mainstream fare.
Synopsis: The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept...
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Directed By:
Sylvain Chomet
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The Secret of Kells (2009)
91%
Adjusted Score: 92.787%
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Critics Consensus: Beautifully drawn and refreshingly calm, The Secret of Kells hearkens back to animation's golden age with an enchanting tale inspired by Irish mythology.
Synopsis: Follow 12-year-old Brendan (voice of Evan McGuire) as he battles Vikings and confronts an ancient serpent god on a mission to locate a legendary...
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Akira (1988)
87%
Adjusted Score: 90.289%
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Critics Consensus: Akira is distractingly bloody and violent, but its phenomenal animation and sheer kinetic energy helped set the standard for modern anime.
Synopsis: One of the most influential examples of anime, Akira is based on the manga (comic book) by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story is set in the post-apocalyptic...
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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
87%
Adjusted Score: 92.303%
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Critics Consensus: Kung Fu Panda has a familiar message, but the pleasing mix of humor, swift martial arts action, and colorful animation makes for winning Summer entertainment.
Synopsis: A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero when a treacherous enemy spreads chaos throughout the countryside in this animated martial arts...
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Lady and the Tramp (1955)
89%
Adjusted Score: 93.717%
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Critics Consensus: A nostalgic charmer, Lady and the Tramp's token sweetness is mighty but the songs and richly colored animation are technically superb and make for a memorable experience.
Synopsis: Lady and the Tramp represented two "firsts" for Disney: It was the studio's first Cinemascope animated feature, and it was their first full-length...
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Bolt (2008)
88%
Adjusted Score: 93.718%
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Critics Consensus: Bolt is a pleasant animated comedy that overcomes the story's familiarity with strong visuals and likable characters.
Synopsis: From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes Bolt, the tale of a superstar TV pup (voiced by John Travolta) who gets plopped in the middle of America with...
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Rango (2011)
88%
Adjusted Score: 93.891%
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Critics Consensus: Rango is a smart, giddily creative burst of beautifully animated entertainment, and Johnny Depp gives a colorful vocal performance as a household pet in an unfamiliar world.
Synopsis: Rango is a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while facing a major identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole...
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Directed By:
Gore Verbinski
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52
Shrek (2001)
89%
Adjusted Score: 93.973%
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Critics Consensus: While simultaneously embracing and subverting fairy tales, the irreverent Shrek also manages to tweak Disney's nose, provide a moral message to children, and offer viewers a funny, fast-paced ride.
Synopsis: In this fully computer-animated fantasy from the creators of Antz, we follow the travails of Shrek (Mike Myers), a green ogre who enjoys a life of...
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Winnie the Pooh (2011)
90%
Adjusted Score: 93.096%
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Critics Consensus: Short, nostalgic, and gently whimsical, Winnie the Pooh offers young audiences -- and their parents -- a sweetly traditional family treat.
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh. Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original...
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Chico & Rita (2012)
86%
Adjusted Score: 87.455%
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Critics Consensus:
Synopsis: Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they...
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The Little Mermaid 3D (1989)
91%
Adjusted Score: 95.484%
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Critics Consensus: The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era for Disney animation with warm and charming hand-drawn characters and catchy musical sequences.
Synopsis: Disney's The Little Mermaid was the first in a series of blockbusters that restored the venerable firm's reputation as the world's premiere...
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Tangled (2010)
90%
Adjusted Score: 94.784%
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Critics Consensus: While far from Disney's greatest film, Tangled is a visually stunning, thoroughly entertaining addition to the studio's classic animated canon.
Synopsis: When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and...
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Shrek 2 (2004)
89%
Adjusted Score: 94.653%
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Critics Consensus: It may not be as fresh as the original, but topical humor and colorful secondary characters make Shrek 2 a winner in its own right.
Synopsis: After battling a fire-breathing dragon and the evil Lord Farquaad to win the hand of Princess Fiona, Shrek now faces his greatest challenge: the...
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Mary and Max (2009)
95%
Adjusted Score: 95.94%
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Critics Consensus: Mary and Max is a lovingly crafted, startlingly inventive piece of animation whose technical craft is equaled by its emotional resonance.
Synopsis: Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet director Adam Elliot returns to the world of clay animation with this simple tale of the innocent correspondence...
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Directed By:
Adam Elliot
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Sleeping Beauty (1959)
91%
Adjusted Score: 95.354%
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Critics Consensus: This Disney dreamscape contains moments of grandeur, with its lush colors, magical air, one of the most menacing villains in the Disney canon.
Synopsis: Disney produced this lavish animated fairy tale, the most expensive cartoon ever made up to its release with a budget of $6 million. When the young...
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Ghost in the Shell (1996)
94%
Adjusted Score: 95.243%
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Critics Consensus: A stunning feat of modern animation, Ghost in the Shell offers a thoughtful, complex treat for anime fans, as well as a perfect introduction for viewers new to the genre.
Synopsis: In the year 2029, the world has become interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. That same network also becomes...
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Directed By:
Mamoru Oshii
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
91%
Adjusted Score: 94.518%
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Critics Consensus: Aardman Animations broadens their humor a bit for Arthur Christmas, a clever and earnest holiday film with surprising emotional strength.
Synopsis: The 3D, CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas, an Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, at last reveals the incredible, never-before...
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Directed By:
Sarah Smith
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Aladdin (1992)
92%
Adjusted Score: 95.47%
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Critics Consensus: A highly entertaining entry in Disney's renaissance era," Aladdin is beautifully drawn, with near-classic songs and a cast of scene-stealing characters.
Synopsis: Not to be confused with the hit film from Walt Disney Productions featuring the voice of Robin Williams, this animated adaptation of the classic...
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The Lion King (1994)
90%
Adjusted Score: 98.009%
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Critics Consensus: Emotionally stirring, richly drawn, and beautifully animated, The Lion King stands tall within Disney's pantheon of classic family films.
Synopsis: One of the most popular Disney animated musicals, The Lion King presents the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal...
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
90%
Adjusted Score: 96.246%
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Critics Consensus: The Simpsons Movie contains the hearty laughs, biting satire, and honest portrayal of an American family that makes the show so popular. And it boasts slicker animation and polished writing that hearkens back to the show's glory days.
Synopsis: They've kept television viewers laughing for nearly 20 years, and now the most popular animated family on the small screen makes the leap into...
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Directed By:
David Silverman
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
93%
Adjusted Score: 96.196%
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Critics Consensus: The arresting and dynamic visuals, offbeat details and light-as-air storytelling make James and the Giant Peach solid family entertainment.
Synopsis: A young boy's discovery of a gigantic peach triggers an eventful journey across the sea in this strikingly designed and surprisingly twisted animated...
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Directed By:
Henry Selick
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
95%
Adjusted Score: 96.313%
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Critics Consensus: The Secret of NIMH is a dark, well-told tale that respects its young audience enough to not tone down its subject matter.
Synopsis: Frustrated with the Walt Disney studio's reluctance to produce full-length animated films, Don Bluth and a number of animators left the studio in the...
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Directed By:
Don Bluth
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A Bug's Life (1998)
92%
Adjusted Score: 96.469%
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Critics Consensus: Blending top notch animation with rousing adventure, witty dialogue, and memorable characters, A Bug's Life is another Pixar winner.
Synopsis: John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released...
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Ponyo (2008)
92%
Adjusted Score: 96.963%
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Critics Consensus: While not Miyazaki's best film, Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that's a sweetly poetic treat for children of all ages.
Synopsis: Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki returns for his ninth animated feature with Ponyo, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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Coraline (2009)
89%
Adjusted Score: 96.219%
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Critics Consensus: With its vivid stop-motion animation combined with Neil Gaiman's imaginative story, Coraline is a film that's both visually stunning and wondrously entertaining.
Synopsis: A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling...
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Directed By:
Henry Selick
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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1999)
94%
Adjusted Score: 97.142%
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Critics Consensus: With its epic story and breathtaking visuals, Princess Mononoke is a landmark in the world of animation.
Synopsis: This $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
94%
Adjusted Score: 97.385%
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Critics Consensus: Richly detailed and loaded with surreal touches, The Triplets of Belleville is an odd, delightful charmer.
Synopsis: French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet directs the animated feature The Triplets of Belleville. A young boy is raised by his grandmother, Madame Souza, in...
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Directed By:
Sylvain Chomet
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Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (1988)
97%
Adjusted Score: 99.05%
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Critics Consensus: An achingly sad anti-war film, Grave of the Fireflies is one of Studio Ghibli's most profoundly beautiful, haunting works.
Synopsis: Grave of the Fireflies opens on an evening in 1945, after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II; and in a train station, the young Seita dies...
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Directed By:
Isao Takahata
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Bambi (1942)
91%
Adjusted Score: 98.358%
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Critics Consensus: Elegantly animated and deeply touching, Bambi is an enduring, endearing, and moving Disney classic.
Synopsis: The classic Felix Salter story Bambi provides the basis for this near-perfect Disney animated feature. We follow the male deer Bambi from birth,...
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Directed By:
David Hand
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Yellow Submarine (2012)
96%
Adjusted Score: 96.711%
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Critics Consensus: A joyful, phantasmagoric blend of colorful animation and the music of the Beatles, Yellow Submarine is delightful (and occasionally melancholy) family fare.
Synopsis: Yellow Submarine is an animated meandering journey filled with puns and dry British humor, where psychedelic music videos take precedent over any...
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
92%
Adjusted Score: 99.8%
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Critics Consensus: Enchanting, sweepingly romantic, and featuring plenty of wonderful musical numbers, Beauty and the Beast is one of Disney's most elegant animated offerings.
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios' magical classic Beauty and the Beast returns to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D(TM), introducing a whole new...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
93%
Adjusted Score: 99.408%
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Critics Consensus: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a delightfully funny feast for the eyes with multi-generational appeal -- and it shows Wes Anderson has a knack for animation.
Synopsis: A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers, who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director...
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Directed By:
Wes Anderson
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Monsters, Inc. (2012)
96%
Adjusted Score: 102.178%
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Critics Consensus: Even though Monsters, Inc lacks the sophistication of the Toy Story series, it is a still delight for children of all ages.
Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves...
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Antz (1998)
95%
Adjusted Score: 99.729%
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Critics Consensus: Featuring a stellar voice cast, technically dazzling animation, and loads of good humor, Antz should delight both children and adults.
Synopsis: DreamWorks and Pacific Data Images collaborated on this all computer-animated comedy-adventure about the ant angst of misfit worker ant, Z (voice of...
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
100%
Adjusted Score: 100.246%
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Critics Consensus: A tour de force for filmmaker Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues gives the Ramayana its animated due with a visually vibrant, dazzlingly imaginative triumph.
Synopsis: Two women having troubles with their men, separated by several centuries, find their stories coming together in this animated comedy-drama from artist...
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Directed By:
Nina Paley
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Chicken Run (2000)
97%
Adjusted Score: 101.795%
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Critics Consensus: Chicken Run has all the charm of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit, and something for everybody. The voice acting is fabulous, the slapstick is brilliant, and the action sequences are spectacular.
Synopsis: Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation (and won three Academy awards) with its short subjects featuring...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
95%
Adjusted Score: 100.396%
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Critics Consensus: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a subtly touching and wonderfully eccentric adventure featuring Wallace and Gromit.
Synopsis: Eccentric inventor Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and his faithful if often perplexed dog Gromit are back in their first feature-length adventure...
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Cinderella (1950)
97%
Adjusted Score: 101.54%
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Critics Consensus: The rich colors, sweet songs, adorable mice and endearing (if suffering) heroine make Cinderella a nostalgically lovely charmer.
Synopsis: Cinderella was Walt Disney's return to feature-length "story" cartoons after eight years of turning out episodic pastiches like Make Mine Music and...
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
96%
Adjusted Score: 100.397%
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Critics Consensus: A wholly innovative, original, and vital history lesson, with pioneering animation, Waltz With Bashir delivers its message about the Middle East in a mesmerizing fashion.
Synopsis: Director Ari Folman's animated, quasi-documentary Waltz With Bashir follows the filmmaker's emotional attempt to decipher the horrors that unfolded...
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Directed By:
Ari Folman
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
100%
Adjusted Score: 101.154%
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Critics Consensus: Kiki's Delivery Service is a heartwarming, gorgeously-rendered tale of a young witch discovering her place in the world.
Synopsis: Veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest,...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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101 Dalmatians (1961)
97%
Adjusted Score: 101.271%
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Critics Consensus: With plenty of pooches and a memorable villain (Cruella De Vil), this is one of Disney's most enduring, entertaining animated films.
Synopsis: This Disney animated classic is based on the children's story by Dodie Smith. The story involves the canine pets of a struggling composer and his...
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Spirited Away (2001)
97%
Adjusted Score: 101.298%
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Critics Consensus: Spirited Away is a dazzling, enchanting, and gorgeously drawn fairy tale that will leave viewers a little more curious and fascinated by the world around them.
Synopsis: Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale...
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Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki
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Persepolis (2007)
96%
Adjusted Score: 100.636%
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Critics Consensus: Persepolis is an emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem, and the film's simple black-and-white images are effective and bold.
Synopsis: Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi collaborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi's bestselling autobiographical...
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
96%
Adjusted Score: 101.108%
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Critics Consensus: The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stunningly original and visually delightful work of stop-motion animation.
Synopsis: Despite having recently presided over a very successful Halloween, Jack Skellington, aka the Pumpkin King, is bored with his job and feels that life...
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Directed By:
Henry Selick
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The Iron Giant (1999)
97%
Adjusted Score: 102.015%
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Critics Consensus: Engaging, endearing, affecting and charmingly retro, The Iron Giant tackles touchy subjects and complex relationships with a steady hand and beautiful animation direction from Brad Bird.
Synopsis: A boy's best friend is his robot in this animated adventure from Brad Bird, best known for his TV work on such series as The Simpsons, King of the...
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Directed By:
Brad Bird
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Dumbo (1941)
97%
Adjusted Score: 102.923%
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Critics Consensus: Dumbo packs plenty of story into its brief runtime, along with all the warm animation and wonderful music you'd expect from a Disney classic.
Synopsis: The shortest of Disney's major animated features Dumbo involves a baby elephant with unusually large ears. Ostracized from the rest of the circus...
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Directed By:
Ben Sharpsteen
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
98%
Adjusted Score: 102.47%
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Critics Consensus: Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars.
Synopsis: The son of a Viking chief must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness to the tribe in directors Chris...
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Ratatouille (2007)
96%
Adjusted Score: 103.161%
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Critics Consensus: Pixar succeeds again with Ratatouille, a stunningly animated film with fast pacing, memorable characters, and overall good humor.
Synopsis: A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine...
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Directed By:
Brad Bird
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The Incredibles (2004)
97%
Adjusted Score: 103.389%
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Critics Consensus: Even though The Incredibles is more violent than previous Pixar offerings, it still a witty and fun-filled adventure that almost lives up to its name.
Synopsis: Directed by Brad Bird, The Incredibles revolves around former high-profile superhero Bob Parr (aka Mr. Incredible), who has not-so-successfully...
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Directed By:
Brad Bird
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Finding Nemo (2003)
99%
Adjusted Score: 105.454%
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Critics Consensus: Breathtaking animation, talented vocal work, and a well-written screenplay add up to another Pixar success.
Synopsis: In this stunning underwater adventure, with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, Finding Nemo follows the comedic and momentous journey...
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WALL-E (2008)
96%
Adjusted Score: 103.945%
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Critics Consensus: Charming, audacious, and timely, Wall-E's lighthearted magic and stellar visuals testify once again to Pixar's ingenuity.
Synopsis: Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a...
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Directed By:
Andrew Stanton
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
98%
Adjusted Score: 105.388%
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Critics Consensus: With its involving story and characters, vibrant art, and memorable songs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set the animation standard for decades to come.
Synopsis: It was called "Disney's Folly." Who on earth would want to sit still for 90 minutes to watch an animated cartoon? And why pick a well-worn Grimm's...
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Directed By:
David Hand
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Fantasia (1940)
96%
Adjusted Score: 102.789%
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Critics Consensus: A landmark in animation (and a huge influence on the medium of music video), Disney's Fantasia is a relentlessly inventive blend of the classics with phantasmagorical images.
Synopsis: Fantasia, Walt Disney's animated masterpiece of the 1940s, grew from a short-subject cartoon picturization of the Paul Dukas musical piece The...
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Pinocchio (1940)
100%
Adjusted Score: 105.199%
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Critics Consensus: Ambitious, adventurous, and sometimes frightening, Pinocchio arguably represents the pinnacle of Disney's collected works -- it's beautifully crafted and emotionally resonant.
Synopsis: When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto (Christian Rub) builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The...
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Toy Story (1995)
100%
Adjusted Score: 105.345%
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Critics Consensus: As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.
Synopsis: Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured...
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Directed By:
John Lasseter
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Toy Story 3 (2010)
99%
Adjusted Score: 106.331%
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Critics Consensus: Deftly blending comedy, adventure, and honest emotion, Toy Story 3 is a rare second sequel that really works.
Synopsis: Pixar returns to their first success with Toy Story 3. The movie begins with Andy leaving for college and donating his beloved toys -- including Woody...
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Directed By:
Lee Unkrich
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Up (2009)
98%
Adjusted Score: 106.806%
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Critics Consensus: Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth.
Synopsis: A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated...
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Toy Story 2 (1999)
100%
Adjusted Score: 106.988%
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Critics Consensus: Toy Story 2 employs inventive storytelling, gorgeous animation, and a top notch voice cast to deliver another rich moviegoing experience for all ages, one that's arguably even better than its predecessor.
Synopsis: Woody the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy box return in this computer-animated sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story....
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