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A choice of 184 of the best animated movies released between 2000 and 2024. Please note: This list contains both child-friendly and adult-oriented movies. Please check the Motion Picture Rating and Parents Guide for details.
The lists include: Time Out, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, GameDesigning, The Top Tens, Movie-Film-Review, Complex, IGN, Watchmojo, flickchart, film-school-wtf, listal, and The Guardian. The films here are ranked in terms of points, although how many lists the appear in and the highest rank are also shown.
From Snow White and Into The Spider-Verse to Princess Mononoke and Toy Story, these are the best animated movies and the ones that make the medium a human achievement.
Here are the best animated movies chosen by Hollywood directors, world-famous animators and celebrities, including Disney and Pixar classics, anime and more
- 27 'The Incredibles'
- 26 'Beauty and The Beast'
- 25 'Akira'
- 24 'How to Train Your Dragon'
- 23 'A Silent Voice'
- 22 'Mary and Max'
- 21 'Monsters, Inc.'
- 20 'My Neighbor Totoro'
- 19 'The Iron Giant'
- 18 'Inside Out'
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Widely considered to be one of Pixar's greatest and fan-favorite works, The Incredibleshas surmounted a powerful legacy as one of the finest and most brilliantly crafted 3D animated movies of all time. The film follows the story of Bob Parr, who was once on top of the world as one of the most beloved superhero figures, Mr. Incredible, but after a litigious legal battle, superheroes as a whole have been shunned into hiding. Now, living a normal family life with fellow former superhero Helen an...
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
One of the most critically acclaimed and revolutionary Disney films that cemented their status as masters of the medium during their legendary Renaissance era, Beauty and the Beastbecame an immediate classic. Based on the classic fairy tale, the film follows the bright young Belle, who finds herself being imprisoned in the castle of a once-celebrated prince who has been transformed into a wild, vicious beast. However, Belle slowly opens up to the Beast and sees the humanity within him, beginn...
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Easily one of the most influential animated movies of all time when it comes to action and science fiction, the impact and continued legacy of Akiracan still widely be felt in action filmmaking to this day. The film takes place in a futuristic crime-laden Neo-Tokyo, as it follows a group of rebellious young biker gang members accidentally coming across a secret military project. After this encounter ends up giving one of the members, Tetsuo, overwhelming psychic abilities, he begins a rampage...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
The 2010 film that birthed a massively successful franchise, How to Train Your Dragontransports viewers to the exciting Viking village of Berk, where dragons – and dragon slayers – are a part of daily life. In the midst of all this is Hiccup, a young and naive Viking who has big dreams, which are transformed when he meets a powerful dragon known as the Night Fury, who soon changes his mind about the supposedly ferocious beasts. Since then, Hiccup and Toothless (which he names the adorable yet...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
One of the biggest tearjerkers that anime has to offer, A Silent Voicefollows the story of Shouya, a student who, as a young boy, consistently bullied the new girl in his class, Shouko, because she was deaf. Eventually, the bullying becomes too much for the rest of the class, as they begin to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. Now in high school, Shouya deeply regrets his actions as a child, tormented by his actions, and sets out to do everything he can to atone for his sins and make...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
A beautiful story of friendship and determination brought to life by a duo of brilliant vocal performances and beautiful stop-motion animation, Mary and Max is a feat of storytelling and a genuine work of art. The film follows the unlikely friendship between two pen pals; an eight-year-old girl named Mary (Toni Collette) living in Melbourne, and a 44-year-old obese man named Max (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) living in New York. What initially started as an unexpected way to pass the time for a ch...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Unsurprisingly one of the top animated movies of all time, Monsters, Inc. is a classic that can provide a nostalgic viewing experience. Set in the bustling Monstropolis, the film follows the story of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his loyal companion Mike Wazowski, who work at the titular company that harnesses the power of children's screams to generate energy. When a young girl named Boo accidentally stumbles into the monster realm, the duo embarks on a mission to safely return the kid to h...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
One of the first films to come from the legendary Studio Ghibli, My Neighbor Totorocemented the studio as one of the greatest of all time when it comes to breathtaking and mesmerizing 2D animation. The film follows two young sisters who move to the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and while adjusting to their new surroundings, end up discovering the magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest sister ends up running away from home, the older sister is f...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Despite initially being a massive box office bomb, The Iron Gianthas since been established as a true animated classic, being one of the greatest blendings of 2D and 3D animation at the edge of the 20th century. The film follows the story of Hogarth, a young boy living in 1957 Maine who makes the miraculous discovery of a giant robot from outer space. He soon finds himself making an unexpected friendship with the robot, and is forced to hide him away so that the government won't take him away...
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Diving deep into the inner workings of the mind, Inside Out is a Pixar film that introduces audiences to 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) and the emotions that drive her – Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). When Riley's family moves to a new city, her emotions go haywire, forcing them to reevaluate and come to a better understanding of their own role in Riley's life. The premise itself makes the movie worth watching,...
The TOP 200 animated movies of all time (no Rs) in order from best to worst. This ranking is based on hundreds (probably thousands) of critic ratings plus scores from audiences too. There are two pages so if you don't see a movie, it might be on page 2.
Jun 21, 2011 · 1. Pinocchio. Everett. For his follow-up to Snow White, Walt Disney developed a plotline that would anchor many animated features (Kung Fu Panda, Tangled, Happy Feet, The Little Mermaid, just...
