The Film-Lover's Check List: Greatest Animations

Greatest Animations

Disney Traditional


	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
	Pinocchio (1940)
	Fantasia (1940)
	Dumbo (1941)
	Bambi (1942)
	Saludos Amigos (1942)
	The Three Caballeros (1944)
	Make Mine Music (1946)
	Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
	Melody Time (1948)
	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
	Cinderella (1950)
	Alice In Wonderland (1951)
	Peter Pan (1953)
	Lady and the Tramp (1955)
	Sleeping Beauty (1959)
	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
	The Sword In the Stone (1963)
	The Jungle Book (1967)
	The Aristocats (1970)
	Robin Hood (1973)
	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
	The Rescuers (1977)
	The Fox and the Hound (1981)
	The Black Cauldron (1985)
	The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
	Oliver & Company (1988)
	The Little Mermaid (1989)
	The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
	Beauty and the Beast (1991)
	Aladdin (1992)
	The Lion King (1994)
	Pocahontas (1995)
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
	Hercules (1997)
	Mulan (1998)
	Tarzan (1999)
	Fantasia 2000 (1999)
	The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
	Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
	Lilo & Stitch (2002)
	Treasure Planet (2002)
	Brother Bear (2003)
	Home On the Range (2004)
	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
	Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Disney 3D


	Dinosaur (2000)
	Chicken Little (2005)
	Meet the Robinsons (2007)
	Bolt (2008)
	Tangled (2010)
	Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
	Frozen (2013)
	Big Hero 6 (2014)

DisneyToon Studios


	Planes (2013)
	Planes 2 (2014)

Pixar


	Toy Story (1995)
	A Bug's Life (1998)
	Toy Story 2 (1999)
	Monsters, Inc. (2001)
	Finding Nemo (2003)
	The Incredibles (2004)
	Cars (2006)
	Ratatouille (2007)
	WALL*E (2008)
	Up (2009)
	Toy Story 3 (2010)
	Cars 2 (2011)
	Brave (2012)
	Monsters University (2013)

DreamWorks Traditional


	The Prince of Egypt (1998)
	The Road To El Dorado (2000)
	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

DreamWorks 3D


	Antz (1998)
	Shrek (2001)
	Shrek 2 (2004)
	Shark Tale (2004)
	Madagascar (2005)
	Over the Hedge (2006)
	Flushed Away (2006)
	Shrek the Third (2007)
	Bee Movie (2007)
	Kung Fu Panda (2008)
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
	Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009)
	How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
	Shrek Forever After (2010)
	Megamind (2010)
	Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
	Puss In Boots (2011)
	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
	Rise of the Guardians (2012)
	The Croods (2013)
	Turbo (2013)
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
	How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
	Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Blue Sky Studios


	Ice Age (2002)
	Robots (2005)
	Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
	Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
	Rio (2011)
	Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
	Epic (2013)
	Rio 2 (2014)

ImageMovers


	The Polar Express (2004)
	Beowulf (2007)
	A Christmas Carol (2009)
	Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Sony Pictures Animation


	Open Season (2006)
	Surf's Up (2007)
	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
	Hotel Transylvania (2012)
	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Illumination Entertainment


	Despicable Me (2010)
	Hop (2011)
	The Lorax (2012)
	Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Vanguard Animation


	Valiant (2005)
	Happily N'Ever After (2006)
	Space Chimps (2008)
	Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010)

Other 3D


	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
	Appleseed (2004)
	Hoodwinked! (2005)
	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
	Happy Feet (2006)
	Monster House (2006)
	The Ant Bully (2006)
	The Wild (2006)
	Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007)
	Battle For Terra (2007)
	TMNT (2007)
	The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
	Igor (2008)
	9 (2009)
	Astro Boy (2009)
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
	Alpha and Omega In 3D (2010)
	Rango (2011)
	The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
	Arthur Christmas (2011)
	Happy Feet Two (2011)
	Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2011)
	Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
	The Lego Movie (2014)
	The Book of Life (2014)

Looney Tunes


	Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
	The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
	1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
	Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
	Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Charlie Brown Features


	A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
	Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
	Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
	Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980)

Don Bluth


	The Secret of NIMH (1982)
	An American Tail (1986)
	The Land Before Time (1988)
	All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)
	Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
	Thumbelina (1994)
	A Troll In Central Park (1994)
	The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
	Anastasia (1997)
	Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
	Titan A.E. (2000)

Ralph Bakshi


	Fritz the Cat (1972)
	Heavy Traffic (1973)
	Coonskin (1975)
	Wizards (1977)
	The Lord of the Rings (1978)
	American Pop (1981)
	Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
	Fire and Ice (1983)
	Cool World (1992)

Foreign Traditional


	The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
	Animal Farm (1954)
	Fantastic Planet (1973)
	Allegro Non Troppo (1977)
	When the Wind Blows (1986)
	Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
	The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
	Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
	The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
	Renaissance (2006)
	Persepolis (2007)
	Waltz With Bashir (2008)
	The Secret of Kells (2009)
	The Illusionist (2010)
	A Cat In Paris (2010)
	Chico & Rita (2010)
	Ernest & Celestine (2012)

Other Traditional


	Gulliver's Travels (1939)
	Gay Purr-ee (1962)
	Yellow Submarine (1968)
	The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
	Charlotte's Web (1973)
	Watership Down (1978)
	The Last Unicorn (1982)
	The Plague Dogs (1982)
	The Flight of Dragons (1982)
	Transformers: The Movie (1986)
	The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
	Light Years (1988)
	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
	The Iron Giant (1999)
	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
	Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
	Curious George (2006)
	The Simpsons Movie (2007)
	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters (2007)
	Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
	Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013)

Other Rotoscoping


	Heavy Metal (1981)
	Waking Life (2001)
	A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Wallace and Gromit


	A Grand Day Out (1989)
	The Wrong Trousers (1993)
	Wallace and Gromit In a Close Shave (1995)
	Cracking Contraptions (2002)
	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
	A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)

Henry Selick


	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
	James and the Giant Peach (1996)
	Coraline (2009)

Other Claymation


	The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
	The Miracle Maker (2000)
	Chicken Run (2000)
	Corpse Bride (2005)
	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
	Mary and Max (2009)
	A Town Called Panic (2009)
	ParaNorman (2012)
	The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
	Frankenweenie (2012)
	The Boxtrolls (2014)

Studio Ghibli


	Laputa: Castle In the Sky (1986)
	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
	Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
	Only Yesterday (1991)
	Porco Rosso (1992)
	The Ocean Waves (1993)
	Pom Poko (1994)
	Whisper of the Heart (1995)
	Princess Mononoke (1997)
	My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
	Spirited Away (2001)
	The Cat Returns (2002)
	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
	Tales From Earthsea (2006)
	Ponyo (2008)
	The Borrowers (2010)
	From Up On Poppy Hill (2011)
	The Wind Rises (2013)
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
	When Marnie Was There (2014)

Satoshi Kon


	Perfect Blue (1998)
	Millennium Actress (2001)
	Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
	Paprika (2006)

Makoto Shinkai


	Voices of a Distant Star (2003)
	The Place Promised In Our Early Days (2004)
	5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
	Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below (2011)
	Garden of Words (2013)

Neon Genesis Evangelion


	Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
	The End of Evangelion (1997)
	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

Other Notable Anime


	The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
	Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (1984)
	Akira (1988)
	Ghost In the Shell (1995)
	Memories (1995)
	Metropolis (2001)
	Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001)
	The Animatrix (2003)
	Ghost In the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
	Mind Game (2004)
	Steamboy (2004)
	Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (2006)
	Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
	Summer Wars (2009)
	A Letter To Momo (2011)
	Wolf Children (2012)
	Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Deja vu (2013)

Partial Animation


	Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
	Anchors Aweigh (1945)
	Song of the South (1946)
	Mary Poppins (1964)
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
	Tron (1982)
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
	Space Jam (1996)
	Osmosis Jones (2001)
	Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003)
	Enchanted (2007)
	Chicago 10 (2007)
	Avatar (2009)
	The Smurfs (2011)
	The Smurfs 2 (2013)