The 25 best animated films ever made

This medium has produced so many masterpieces in almost all genres.


Animation is often considered just for children, but the medium has so much to offer the public of all ages. Yes, many of the best "cartoons" are intended for children, but animation, whether drawn by hand or created with a computer, gives storytellers for the tools to artisanal narrative It would be impossible to share with the public like any other way, a well illustrated fact (without puns) by this list of 25 of the best animated films of all time.

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1
The adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Still from The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Comenius-Film GmbH / Milestone Films

The oldest surviving animated film, this 65 -minute Curio is both historically significant and beautiful to watch. Director Lotte Reiniger pioneer a Handmade animated style involving paper silhouettes to tell a story taken from the pages of Arabian Nights .

2
Akira (1988)

Still from Akira
Toho

Japanese filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo managed to pile up his own series of sprawling manga in this dense and confusing visionary science fiction epic, located in a futuristic version of Tokyo inhabited by itinerant motorcycle gangs and super fed adolescents.

3
The beauty and the Beast (1991)

Still from Beauty and the Beast
Walt Disney Studios movies

It was the first animated film to win a Oscar appointment for the best image , and it is easy to see why: this is the perfect incarnation of the classic Disney formula. He brings a classic fairy tale to a living life (fortunately, giving the holder of holder much more substance than poor snow-cob), helped by one of the largest dozen songs of all time.

4
Bambi (1942)

bambi
Walt Disney Studios movies

Where Disney films earlier have created memorable caricature characters, this comforting and painful adaptation of the Felix Salten The 1923 novel strives with natural realism in all things. Today's CGI animation can be able to create grass blades that seem perfect, but the flora and bambi fauna will always be more real for me.

5
Coraline (2009)

Still from Coraline
Development features

Based on a news by Neil Gaiman and brought to the screen by the director of The nightmare before Christmas ,, Coralie Follows a young girl who discovers a hidden door in her new house which leads to a parallel world which initially seems superior to all ways, but soon reveals sinister secrets - although they should have been obvious, given his button eyes scary "from the other". Coralie is the rare children's film that is not afraid to frighten her young idiotic audience.

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6
Frozen (2013)

Still from Frozen
Walt Disney Studios movies motion

Disney has invigorated the princess's report with this story of two sisters, Elsa and Anna, whose relationship between narrow childhood is torn when Elsa's special powers (drawing explosions of ice from her hands when she is turned upside down ) endangered. Years later, when a shaded prince plunges to scam the solitary Anna in commitment, Elsa accidentally plunges her kingdom into eternal winter, and the adventure leading to their reconciliation begins.

7
the Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Still from Grave of the Fireflies
Toho

Greeted by the end Roger Ebert as "an emotional experience so powerful that it forces An animation rethink "This heartbreaking war tale follows the orphaned brothers and sisters Seita and Settsuko while they are struggling to survive in the midst of devastation and loss after the bombing of Japan during the Second World War. While the director Isao Takahata refused to call the film "Anti-War", " His humanist message is undeniable. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

8
The iron giant (1999)

Iron Giant
Photos of Warner Bros.

Director Brad Make one of most profitable animated films Always with its epic superhero The Incredibles 2 , but his best film is this beloved jewel but launched. Set in the middle of the paranoia of the spatial race of the era of the Cold War, The iron giant Follows a young boy who performs on an crushed meteor who turns out to be a giant space for space. Which starts like a roll AND. - The Esque adventure matures in a thoughtful examination of the way the choices we make to shape that we are.

9
The last unicorn (1982)

Still from The Last Unicorn
Jensen Farley Photos

Drawn by hand by many of the same animators who would continue to work to Hayao Miyazaki At Studio Ghibli, this adaptation of Peter S. Beagle's A fantastic novel beloved on a lonely unicorn that goes in a quest to find more of its genre is strange, surreal and unforgettable. (But your mileage can vary on the score of folk song, rockers from the 70s.)

10
The Lion King (1994)

Still from The Lion King
Walt Disney Studios movies

Any success of the recent "live" remake of Disney The Lion King It happened because the original is already a perfect film - so good, even the CGI animal effects, even realistic in fault, could not spoil it. The 1994 version, a loose update of Hamlet Located on the African savannah and featuring animal distribution, is emblematic at all levels, from detailed hand -to -hand animation Elton John ,, Tim Rice , And Hans Zimmer soundtrack.

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11
Millennium actress (2001)

Still from Millennium Actress
Klockworx

Japanese director Satoshi Kon Died of pancreatic cancer in 2010 At only 46, interrupting a brilliant career which included four films, including a tense hitchcockian thriller ( Perfect blue ) and a polishing science fiction thriller ( Paprika ). But his masterpiece was in 2001 Millennium actress , a mature drama in which a journalist interviews a world -renowned actress at the twilight of her career, her life story playing in flashbacks that slip and transform into scenes from her film - suggesting that reality exists somewhere between the real lived experience and memories we make of it.

12
My neighbor Totoro (1988)

Still from My Neighbor Totoro
Toho

The beloved story of the Japanese Masters Hayao Miyazaki excels both as a sweet story of two sisters who fight to reconcile with the hospitalization of their mother and a fantastic fable stuffed with imaginative creatures, the formidable but cuddly Totoro Au Galloping Cat Bus (which is exactly what it looks like).

13
The nightmare before Christmas (1993)

Still from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Walt Disney Studios movies

Tim Burton's hitchhiking musical merges black and comforting heart as Jack Skellington ( Chris Sarandon / / Danny Elfman ), the king of Halloweentown pumpkin, discovers the magic of Christmas ... and is horribly mistaken. Although initially ignored at the box office, he has since become an indelible seasonal classic, that you have chosen to watch it in October or December.

14
Persepolia (2007)

Still from Persepolis
Sony Pictures Classics

Based on Marjane Sartrapi Autobiographical novel of the same name and directed by the author, Persepolia Traces its maturity in the context of the Iranian revolution. Thanks to illustrations in black and white, Sartrapi gives life to both history and personal conflicts while the main character of the adolescent has trouble staying faithful to different political landscapes.

15
Pinocchio (1940)

pinocchio
Walt Disney Studios movies

Guided by the blue fairy and his loyal conscience, Jiminy Cricket, the wooden puppet Pinocchio travels through the vice and the literal belly of a whale to become a real boy. Presenting kidnappings, slavery and a scene where the capricious friend of the puppet is transformed into a donkey while shouting for his mother, the second feature of Disney haunted childhood for years.

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16
Nimh's secret (1982)

Still from The Secret of NIMH
MGM / UA Entertainment Co.

Leader Bluth donation left a Disney in difficulty In the early 1980s, determined to make animated films in his own words. One of his best in a series of classics (including Earth before time And An American tail ), this adaptation of the children's book to a group of super-intelligent mice that escape from a scientific laboratory contains a greater depth, complexity and darkness than your average film for children with speaking animals.

17
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

snow white and the seven dwarfs
Walt Disney Studios movies

The very first complete animation function produced in the United States was a revelation in 1937, has become one of the most profitable films of all time , has established the Disney inheritance and still holds today. Although its thin but faithful interpretation of the classic fairy tale is not exactly commendable with regard to modern gender policy, the careful and innovative animation remains impressive more than eight decades later.

18
Sea song (2014)

Still from Song of the Sea
Studiocanal

This animated characteristic of Ireland is an unusual fable on a young boy whose mother disappeared shortly after the birth of her younger sister. He wants the girl, but nevertheless part of a quest to save her after having learned that she (and her mother) are both ardens of the Irish legend. Under the fantastic assets, it is a moving story on the pain of loss and the links that can bring you closer.

19
Spider-man: in the spider (2018)

Still from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures outing

Given their comic strip roots, it is logical that the best superhero film of all time is an animated functionality. This awarded adventure of the Oscars presented the wider world of Miles Morales, a very different version of your sympathetic neighborhood web-slinger than the Peter Parker that most moviegoers did not know, and introduced CGI animation in a new era . His freewheeling style contains decades of aesthetics of comics in a reality that is heartworming a story that passes through the dimensions but never loses track of its well -drawn characters.

20
Removed as if by enchantment (2001)

Still from Spirited Away
Toho

Double (or triple) on the surrealist elements that have made My neighbor Totoro So memorable, Miyazaki's Oscar -rant masterpiece Removed as if by enchantment is a fantasy of a portal on an obstinate young girl named Sen who walks in a dilapidated amusement park designed to look like a Japanese bathing bath and populated by a bizarre assembly of speaking animals and river minds , slightly by the cruel witch and transformative who transformed Sen's Sen Parents into giant pigs. The dreamlike story will also put you under a spell.

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21
Toy story (1995)

Still from Toy Story
Walt Disney Studios movies

Just as revolutionary as a success as snow White was back in 1937, the first computer animated feature reveals the secret inner life and jealous insecurity of your favorite childhood toys. It is a very imaginary world - endearing characters and a perfectly constructed plot have prepared the field for dozens of additional classics from the Pixar animation studio.

22
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

the triplets of belleville
Sony Pictures Classics

In the midst of the tour of France, an old woman and her dog left to save her kidnapped grandson, with a decisive pass from the titular trio - three elderly (but living) women who were once an act of singing and dance. Mixing the animation styles and taking place with a minimal dialogue, it is an idiotic and inventive tribute to silent films, the bicycle and the French culture that will make you want to give a hug to your most eccentric aunt.

23
Wall-e (2008)

Still from Wall-E
Walt Disney Studios movies

Located in 2805, Wall-e Tell the story of a small lonely robot left to clean the mess on an uninhabitable land after humanity ransacked it. With a score of Thomas Newman (Cousin of Excited ) And a strangely touching robot love story, the charms of Pixar's dystopian tale, despite the deployment practically without dialogue throughout its first half.

24
Yellow (1968)

Still from Yellow Submarine
United artists

Although it appears in a brief live action sequence at the end, the Beatles barely participated in the realization of this animated function inspired by their music, which is a shame - it is the best encapsulation of their pop aesthetics Art Pop: Light History but heavy on style, a series of psychedelic clips gathered via a strange story on the Blues of Music.

25
your name (2016)

Still from Your Name
Toho

Many American moviegoers always consider animation as stuff on most children, but Japanese anime throws a much wider net-for example, with this funny, sexy, science fiction (briefly most profitable Japanese film of all time ) Follow a teenager and a girl who finds herself inexplicably jumping between the body and through time. It is not all the love stories that what can only succeed as when his characters meet only by the final framework.


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