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[ZombiePlatypus]

God-tier thread. So many awesome looking recommendations. Subbed.

Have to second/third/whatever every mention of Tripples de Belleville (still need to see L'Illusioniste) and Satoshi Kun movies.

The Laws of Eternity. This film literally changed my life and it will change yours. I know others who have seen it would agree.

I have no idea what this is even about but I'm totally intrigued.

Also...this is hardly obscure but I really don't see it getting any love.

 

[DarkFlow]

nm wrong list I was looking at.

 

[TEJ]

This is the highest grossing hand drawn movie ever, what more do you want?

whoops lol didn't see the edit

I agree on KFP series needing more love. Gets the martial arts animation well as well as Eastern philosophy.

My man.

 

[aGuyInaBearSuit]

The Rescuers Down Under.

Easily the most sadly overlooked film of the Disney Renaissance.

 

[DarkFlow]

whoops lol didn't see the edit



My man.

Yeah it's the highest gross DREAMWORKS hand drawn picture ever, I knew that list looked odd.

Worldwide Grosses for Animated Dreamworks Movies:

1) Shrek 2 (2004, $150 million budget): $919,838,758
2) Shrek 3 (2007, $160 million budget): $798,958,162
3) Shrek 4 (2010, $165 million budget): $752,600,867
4) Madagascar 3 (2012, $145 million budget): $746,921,274
5) Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011, $150 million budget): $665,692,281
6) Kung Fu Panda (2008, $130 million budget): $631,744,560
7) Madagascar 2 (2008, $150 million budget): $603,900,354
8) The Croods (2013, $135 million budget): $587,204,668
9) Puss in Boots (2011, $130 million budget): $554,987,477
10) Madagascar (2005, $75 million budget): $532,680,671
11) HTTYD 1 (2010, $165 million budget): $494,878,759
12) Shrek (2001, $60 million budget): $484,409,218
13) HTTYD 2 (2014, $145 million budget): $424,129,000 (estimated)
14) Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009, $175 million budget): $381,509,870
15) Shark Tale (2004, $75 million budget): $367,275,019
16) Over the Hedge (2006, $80 million budget): $336,002,996
17) Megamind (2010, $130 million budget): $321,885,765
18) Rise of the Guardians (2012, $145 million budget): $306,941,670
19) Bee Movie (2007, $150 million budget): $287,594,577
20) Turbo (2013, $127 million budget): $282,570,682
21) Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014, $145 million budget): $268,604,423
22) Chicken Run (2000, $45 million budget): $224,834,564
23) The Prince of Egypt (1998, $70 million budget): $218,613,188
24) Wallace & Gromit (2005, $30 million budget): $192,610,372
25) Flushed Away (2006, $149 million budget): $178,120,010
26) Antz (1998, $105 million budget): $171,757,863
27) Spirit (2002, $80 million budget): $122,563,539
28) Sinbad (2003, $60 million budget): $80,767,884
29) The Road to El Dorado (2000, $95 million budget): $76,432,727

 

[Tomohawk]

Secret of N.I.M.H. doesn't seem to get the rememberance that it deserves. It's such a fantastically dark story, which I suppose works against it since movies for kids now seem so much brighter and friendlier. The Black Cauldron, too, falls into the "scares the shit outta kids" category that seems to cause animated movies to fall off the map.

I second secret of N.I.M.H, though i much prefer the book.

 

[Bitanator]

The characters had a lot of charm, don't know why the critics shit on this one.

Also the movie "The Wild" that Madagascar rip off that at moments is funnier than it. That one again shines on the characters, they say silly quotable lines, and the wildebeests are hilarious

 

[terrisus]

I second secret of N.I.M.H, though i much prefer the book.

This.

 

[Alric]

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Not only was it one if not the best looking CGI movie i've seen but it was always a fun movie. Except that one song part, the one single song almost ruined it for me.

 

[Bradach]

Me and my brothers wore this VHS out when we were young. It's LOTR animation from 1978. Excellent drawings and animation. I wasn't too keen on the modified FMV they had in from time to time though. I think they done it to save money.

http://youtu.be/5qqgPa33mXU

 

[MiguelMexMIstery]

Coraline. It wasn't a flop, but it did disappear from public consciousness quite quickly once it left the cinemas. It's a great family film in its own right and also served as a springboard for me to explore Neil Gaiman's other work.

Oh man, I freakin' love this movie, it's amazing.

 

[sn00zer]

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Not only was it one if not the best looking CGI movie i've seen but it was always a fun movie. Except that one song part, the one single song almost ruined it for me.

Oh this is sooo true...very simple story beats, but it reminded me of kids adventure films from the 80s and 90s


Another great Guardian movie

 

[Rlan]

 

[Sphinx805]

Frozen.

 

[TEJ]

groovy

This is probably the best written animated movie I have ever seen.

 

[BTM]

Meet the Robinsons
Megamind
Emperor's New Groove

 

[novenD]

The Wings of Honnêamise features some of the greatest work to ever come out of Japan's top animators, a phenomenal character driven story, and one of the best depictions of a space program ever put to film.

Nobody I've met has ever even heard of it.

Please, go watch it on Hulu.

(Thanks to Gaffer Naked Snake for this)

 

[bitesnintendog]

The two Batman the Animated Series movies and the Batman Beyond the Return of the Joker deserve to be seen by people who only watch the live action movies.

 

[Boss Doggie]

GaHoole is a very very toned version of the book series iirc

And did the movie fail? It sets up for the sequel.

 

[Currygan]

I thought Kung-Fu Panda was a complete cheese fest and the duck/pig villagers were creepy and lifeless. The Panda said awesome all the time, which is kinda telling of the quality of the writing these films have.

KFP is kinda meh, has a really underwhelming final fight, and plot is absolutely paper thin, but Tai Lung's escape remains one of the most impressive action scenes I've seen in recent years, animated or not


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEFjMOjyQEs

 

[Boss Doggie]

Dissing KFP are we?

I still think KFP2 is superior but seriously

 

[TEJ]

Dissing KFP are we?

I still think KFP2 is superior but seriously

Yeah, KFP2 is definitely the stronger movie. He is entitled to his opinion even if I disagree with it.

 

[legacyzero]

I think "The Second Renaissance" from the Animatrix deserves to be a feature film.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

A Cat in Paris.

Just finished watching this. It was adorable and endearing, and fuck I really want a game of it. So much platforming and stealth. It'd basically be another Sly Cooper.