Greatest Animated Films Of All-Time - Page 2

48. The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, 2009)

 

 

For my money, the most gorgeous animated film I've ever seen. I was blown away by it.

 

 

Okay, you redeemed yourself with Secret of NIMH.  And yes, Bluth never again matched what he did in that film.  Probably never had as strong a story either.

 

Judas wants love.  No pain.

 

To be fair, my love of WIZARDS is colored by the fact that my brother took me to see it in the theaters back in 1977 when I was 7 years old.  It, along with STAR WARS, defined my year.

 This counts as animated, right?

49.  Room for the best animated horror parody ever?  WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2005)

 

 

 

So much so, it made it into number twelve.

50. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941)

 

 

 

I'm a total sucker for this movie.

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Well if we're drawing from the Parker & Stone well you have to include ETA:amended... 50. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut

 

Filthy, wrong, crass, and some of the funniest comedy ever put to screen - oh and a quite wonderful, fully functioning musical to boot.

 

 

If you disagree with this inclusion you know what you can do with your fucking face you uncle fuckers...

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Not to be nitpicky, but as much as I love it, TEAM AMERICA isn't animated.  

51. A Bugs Life (John Lasseter, 1998)

 

The "forgotten" Pixar film. I love this Seven Samurai adventure.

 

I guess you're right.  I don't know why I was thinking there was use of stop motion in it.  I shall strike it from the record.

 

We agree with you so much it was already picked on the first page. 

 

52.  Chicken Run (Peter Lord & Nick Park, 2000)

 

53.  THE LITTLE MERMAID (Ron Clements, John Musker, 1989)

 

 

This should have been in the top 50, guys.  It started the Disney Renaissance and STILL has the two best songs from any Disney film ('Kiss the Girl' and 'Under the Sea').  It holds up beautifully, too.

I think this list is for features only, so:

 

54. I Married A Strange Person (Bill Plympton, 1997)

 

 

I prefer Plympton's short films, but this is one of his rare feature-lengths. A sorely underrated animator.

55. When the Wind Blows (Jimmy Murakami, 1986)

 

 

See it with Grave of the Fireflies.  Then try not to kill yourself.

56. Perfect Blue (1997)

 

 

One of the greatest psychological mindfuck thrillers and commentary on pop-star image ever constructed. On top of that, it's Aronofsky approved.

57.  Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)

 

 

This may be Pixar's prettiest film.  And the Marlin/Dory dynamic still works even after having seen this a dozen times.  If "I'm home" doesn't kill you, you're already dead inside.

great call on Nemo, somehow made Ellen tolerable and fun, plus Willem Dafoe!!
 

58. While I admit this film has some flaws, I absolutely loved it as a kid.  It's so dark for a Disney animated fim.  The Villian is an undead nekromancer, and Andy Serkis owes a debt to John Byner's Gurgi voice.

59.  Lady and the Tramp.   (1955)

 

For my money, one of the great screen romances of any genre.

 

60. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006)

 

61. Tokyo Godfathers (Kon Satoshi, 2003)

 

Truly touching and beautiful to behold. Kon's best.

 

I have a personal rule that I never put anything on a 'best of all time' list if it isn't at least 20 years old. I'm gonna break it here.

 

62. Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley, 2008)

 

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html

63. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)

 

Slacker rotoscoped. Even if the free-form philosophizing and vignette structure aren't for everybody, the beautiful and imaginative animation alone justifies its existence.

 

Not to sound like a total cynic, but does it do anything more interesting than the poster? Most of those images look like what you'd see on YouTube if Windows Movie Maker had Photoshop art effects...

Yes. They move in beautiful ways.

 

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64. Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon) 2001

Arguably the greatest accomplishment in anime storytelling, this look at the life of an actress is epic in scope and grand in emotion. Truly amazing direction by Kon (animated or not, he shows himself to be a superb filmmaker).

 

65. Robot Carnival (1987, dir. various) A user's guide to anime, with many tropes and plots codified within this beautiful anthology. Impossible to find, and more's the pity.

 

 

No one objected when it was named earlier. 

66. Fist of the North Star (Toyoo Ashida, 1986)

 

67. The Adventures of Mark Twain (Will Vinton, 1986)

 

Samuel Clemens is joined by Tom, Huck, and Becky on his fantastical airship for his deathwish trip to Halley's Comet. In clay. Weird, fun, often quite beautiful, one of a kind.

 

68. Coonskin (Ralph Bakshi, 1975)

 

 

A masterwork, say I. Brilliant use of stereotypes to critique stereotypes. Cravenly renamed Streetfight for VHS. As radical a vision as has been made in America, animated or not.

69. The Plague Dogs (Martin Rosen, 1982)

 

 

If Watership Down traumatized a generation of British kids, this drove them to Prozac. Extremely downbeat, shocking at times (as when one of the dogs meets a hunter), unforgettable.

70. Otomo Katsuhiro's Memories (Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Otomo)



An anthology film consisting of three short films based on the Manga work of Otomo Katsuhiro. The first story is a space thriller about a haunted spaceship that seems to be dragging in space junk from all around it, adding to itself, becoming larger and larger. The second is a comedy about a guy who develops deadly BO. The third is more of a fable about a totalitarian city that is perpetually at war with an unseen enemy, or is the government just saying that to control the population?

All of the shorts are a delight and I have to say that this anthology film is perhaps one of the best blind buys I've ever made.

THE PLAGUE DOGS might be one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.  

71. Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen/Hamilton Luske/Norman Ferguson/T. Hee/Wilfred Jackson/Jack Kinney/Bill Roberts, 1940)

 

72. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot, 2009)

 

 

73. Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011)

 

74. 101 Dalmatians (Clyde Geronimi/Hamilton Luske, 1961)

 

How the hell did we get to #71 without PINOCCHIO?   

The horrifying "donkey transformation scene". That's why.

75. Beauty & The Beast (Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise, 1991)

 

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A.k.a. My #1 Childhood Trauma. Sheez, that bit still freaks me out.

That said, it is a terrifically well-done sequence for what it is.

(Well, actually, it's tied with the graphic appliance dismemberment at the climax of The Brave Little Toaster. They kinda fluctuate.)

FUCK The Brave Little Toaster.*

 

[*I have an irrational hatred for that movie]

If Pinocchio were made by Disney today, all those donkeys would magically turn back into boys at the end. But nope, salt mines. Hardcore.

 

To me, the most fascinating thing about Pinocchio is the conscious contrast between the physical behavior of living things versus inanimate objects set in motion. The "No Strings" number probably shows this off most explicitly, but I also like the scene where Pinocchio is hooked on the Fox's umbrella handle and continues with a walking-forward motion while the Fox simulates walking by hopping in place next to him. Just incredible attention to detail.

 

God, yes.  It's the most horrifying metaphor for male puberty ever! 

76. Cinderella (Clyde Geronimi/Hamilton Luske/Wilfred Jackson, 1950)

 

DUMBO is on the first page.

I think you should have an honorary "partially animated" section just so you can include The Wall.

 

But as long as Watership Down is in here I'm happy.

 

 

 

This was a TV Movie, but it's probably the best adaptation we'll ever see:

Wind in the Willows (Cosgrove Hall) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086590/

 

 

If anybody lists Avatar, it has to share it's placement with Fern Gully, LOL.

 

 

 

EDIT: Oh fuck, just remembered a few more possibles...

1954 version of Animal Farm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047834/

 

The Devil and Daniel Mouse

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262368/

(Another Nelvana production - ie: Rock n'  Rule)