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Rotten Tomatoes: Top 50 Animated Movies of All-Time

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Parallax

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Jason said:
50. south park - bigger, longer & uncut
49. watership down
48. the rescuers
47. paprika
46. fantasia (2000)
45. sleeping beauty
44. tim burton's corpse bride
43. the emperor's new groove
42. lilo & stitch
41. howl's moving castle
40. cinderella
39. mulan
38. lady and the tramp
37. tazan
36. the jungle book
35. akira
34. the little mermaid
33. bambi
32. shrek 2
31. kung fu panda
30. shrek
29. a bug's life
28. the simpsons movie
27. aladdin
26. the lion king
25. princess mononoke
24. beauty and the beast
23. the triplets of belleville
22. yellow submarine
21. antz
20. monsters, inc.
19. james and the giant peach
18. wallace & gromit: the curse of the Were-rabbit
17. persepolis
16. ratatouille
15. dumbo
14. the iron giant
13. spirited away
12. 101 dalmatians
11. the incredibles
10. the nightmare before christmas
09. who framed roger rabbit?
08. chicken run
07. fantasia (1940)
06. finding nemo
05. wall-e
04. toy story
03. pinocchio
02. snow white and the seven dwarfs
01. toy story 2

I'd like to see The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Ponyo on the Cliff make it on this list someday.
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what the fuck? is this a joke? antz doesnt deserve a spot on a best anything list, and to give it a higher spot than lion king? list is bullshit
 
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ProfessorLobo

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ElectricBlue187 said:
Toy Story 2?

This must be a joke. It's the worst Pixar movie I've seen. I'm pretty sure they were forced to make it
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Strangely enough, it has 100% positive reviews and everyone holds it in high regard. It's been years since I've seen it, but I don't understand it either. It contains Star Wars puns for God's sake.
 
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Armitage

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OpinionatedCyborg said:
You kidding me? Tonari no Totoro is only a few levels better than Henshin de Kaizen, one of the best Japanese films of ALL TIME. uncultured morons.
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Most people couldn't make a decent top 10 list of the best jazz albums but I wouldn't call them uncultured.
 
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braimuge

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Jason said:
50. south park - bigger, longer & uncut
49. watership down
48. the rescuers
47. paprika
46. fantasia (2000)
45. sleeping beauty
44. tim burton's corpse bride
43. the emperor's new groove
42. lilo & stitch
41. howl's moving castle
40. cinderella
39. mulan
38. lady and the tramp
37. tazan
36. the jungle book
35. akira
34. the little mermaid
33. bambi
32. shrek 2
31. kung fu panda
30. shrek
29. a bug's life
28. the simpsons movie
27. aladdin
26. the lion king
25. princess mononoke
24. beauty and the beast
23. the triplets of belleville
22. yellow submarine
21. antz
20. monsters, inc.
19. james and the giant peach
18. wallace & gromit: the curse of the Were-rabbit
17. persepolis
16. ratatouille
15. dumbo
14. the iron giant
13. spirited away
12. 101 dalmatians
11. the incredibles
10. the nightmare before christmas
09. who framed roger rabbit?
08. chicken run
07. fantasia (1940)
06. finding nemo
05. wall-e
04. toy story
03. pinocchio
02. snow white and the seven dwarfs
01. toy story 2

I'd like to see The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Ponyo on the Cliff make it on this list someday.
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first - THANK YOU FOR THE LIST it should be in the OP
second - why the fuck am i the only wondering why treasure planet isnt on this list
third - snow white....really??
fourth - kung fu panda is awesome....go watch it....NOW
 
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knkng

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BobFromPikeCreek said:
Grave of The Fireflies isn't really that great. People only talk about it because it's depressing.
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What.The.Fuck.

I think it's the exact opposite of what you're saying. It's gets a bad reputation (if for any reason) due to being animated and of such serious nature. I'd love to know how this movie is lesser than any of the other movies on the list. Critically speaking, it's shits all over everything, and I don't care if it's not fun for the whole family.


http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000319/REVIEWS08/3190301/1023
Roger Ebert said:
"Grave of the Fireflies" is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation. Since the earliest days, most animated films have been "cartoons" for children and families. Recent animated features such as "The Lion King," "Princess Mononoke" and "The Iron Giant" have touched on more serious themes, and the "Toy Story" movies and classics like "Bambi" have had moments that moved some audience members to tears. But these films exist within safe confines; they inspire tears, but not grief. "Grave of the Fireflies" is a powerful dramatic film that happens to be animated, and I know what the critic Ernest Rister means when he compares it to "Schindler's List" and says, "It is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen."

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Yes, it's a cartoon, and the kids have eyes like saucers, but it belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made.
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Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
Also, does anyone else absolutely LOATHE Wallace and Gromit? Do those movies have any semblence of a plot/story at all?
 
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legend166

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Anyone who hates on Pixar must have no soul.

Especially those that hate on Pixar and then praise The Lion King, Aladin, etc.
 
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GhaleonEB

Member
Kusagari said:
Can someone explain why CHICKEN RUN is so high? Seriously, that's the worst part of the entire list.
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Really? I've never heard Chicken Run hate before. I forgot to mention it earlier, but it's one of my favorites. In my top 10 animiated films.
 
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JzeroT1437

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I would like to see a Disney-centralized version of this list. They're too historically rooted in animation to compile a "fair" list with other non-Disney flicks.
 
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cryptic

Member
Stopsign said:
There are four films on there that I've been meaning to watch... Persepolis, Pripika, Triplets of Belleville, and Akira. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight. Any opinions on which ones are better out of those? I'll probably only rent/buy two for now.
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Late, but Akira can change lives.
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Lol at the people in this thread who think their opinion=fact

Anyways, my top 10:

1. The Iron Giant
2. The Thief and the Cobbler
3. Wall-E
4. Ratatouille
5. The Incredibles
6. The Nightmare before Xmas
7. Cowboy Bebop Movie
8. Futurama: Bender's Big Score
9. An American Tale
10. The Lion King
 
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Another_visitor

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Fuzz Rez said:
Ummm, where's Tonari no Totoro ? Isn't one of those titles that should always be on thses lists ?
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What I was about to say. All 'top' lists are kind of pointless but without Totoro, this one is ridiculous.
 
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OpinionatedCyborg

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I'm missing a lot of movies that I've seen, but here are what my animated film rankings look like from criticker:
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Subtract the animated shorts, and you get a decent idea of what my top 10 would be.

edit: wow, I haven't ranked many Pixar movies at all. I better get on that.

Consistently scoring movies is pretty darn tough. I find myself revising scores weeks or months after the fact. For example, Space Jam should be at least a 90 and Shrek 2's about 50 points too high. I gave Wall-E a 95 when it came out, but upon watching ET with my little cousins I went back and check its score -- I gave ET a 90. ET > Wall-E, so they swapped scores.
 
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devilhawk

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Ratatouille and chicken run are too high. Aladdin and lion king are too low.
Peter pan? Plenty of old ones I'd take higher.

Oh and where is Cars 2? lol
 
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Johann

Member
ProfessorLobo said:
Take those out and you already have a better list. I haven't seen James and the Giant Peach in years and years, is it really that good? It hardly even gets talked about.
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It's an excellent adaptation of the book. Great atmosphere and use of stop-motion (it starts live action and then becomes stop-motion animation).
 
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F-Pina

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BobFromPikeCreek said:
Grave of The Fireflies isn't really that great. People only talk about it because it's depressing.
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I don't talk about things or decide what is good or bad by other peoples standards. I watch a movie and decide later if i like it or not. On my list this would be on the first ten.

Oh just shut up :p
 
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beelzebozo

Jealous Bastard
BobFromPikeCreek said:
Grave of The Fireflies isn't really that great. People only talk about it because it's depressing.
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i love you.

i hope this is a serious post, because i had the same reaction to it. i was relatively unimpressed, especially considering the tidal wave of hype that washes over me each time someone brings it up.

and complaining about disney's dominance of the list is like complaining about a list of top twenty professional basketball moments containing a lot of michael jordan and larry bird.
 
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JzeroT1437

Member
beelzebozo said:
i love you.

i hope this is a serious post, because i had the same reaction to it. i was relatively unimpressed, especially considering the tidal wave of hype that washes over me each time someone brings it up.

and complaining about disney's dominance of the list is like complaining about a list of top twenty professional basketball moments containing a lot of michael jordan and larry bird.
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I also don't like Grave that much. People on her say it makes them cry and talk about how "human" the whole thing is, but it wasn't altogether very impacting to me. The whole movie actually felt pretty clumsy. I think a lot of the love it gets here is correlated with the amount of Japanophiles there are on the board and their almost creepy obsession with Japanese culture.

I still wanna see a Disney list. I think they have 50+ movies that could be considered masterpieces, but I dunno. Even if they don't, it'd be neat to see.
 
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Danne-Danger

Member
You know, I just watched Toy Story 2 because of this list. And while not really, really great it was actually pretty good (until the last third of the movie that is, and the ending, ugh).

It has some great concepts in there but I felt that it never really followed through on any of them... fun to watch though, I'd probably rate it up there with The Incredibles, but nowhere near the top spot.
 
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X26

Banned
It seems like a decent list, I'd consider Wall-E the best pixar movie myself though, but maybe that's just because it's still fresh in my mind
 
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Great Rumbler

Member
Top 50 according to IMDB:

1 WALL·E (2008) 8.6/10 (74414 votes)
2 Spirited Away (2001) 8.4/10 (71993 votes)
3 Princess Mononoke (1997) 8.2/10 (48157 votes)
4 Cat City (1986) 8.2/10 (2748 votes)
5 Ratatouille (2007) 8.2/10 (86743 votes)
6 Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (118976 votes)
7 Incredibles, The (2004) 8.1/10 (116034 votes)
8 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 8.1/10 (23339 votes)
9 Toy Story (1995) 8.1/10 (104147 votes)
10 Mind Game (2004) 8.1/10 (1384 votes)
11 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) 8.1/10 (1350 votes)
12 Lion King, The (1994) 8.1/10 (93558 votes)
13 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 8.0/10 (13274 votes)
14 Whisper of the Heart (1995) 8.0/10 (5118 votes)
15 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8.0/10 (18698 votes)
16 Persepolis (2007) 8.0/10 (13818 votes)
17 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 8.0/10 (29396 votes)
18 Castle in the Sky (1986) 8.0/10 (14665 votes)
19 Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975) 8.0/10 (4545 votes)
20 Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) 8.0/10 (53721 votes)
21 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) 8.0/10 (2544 votes)
22 Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (87537 votes)
23 Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (136283 votes)
24 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (83633 votes)
25 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.9/10 (51915 votes)
26 Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (30667 votes)
27 When the Wind Blows (1986) 7.9/10 (1421 votes)
28 Ninja Scroll (1993) 7.9/10 (9026 votes)
29 Millennium Actress (2001) 7.8/10 (3784 votes)
30 Iron Giant, The (1999) 7.8/10 (29937 votes)
31 Kung Fu Panda (2008) 7.8/10 (31444 votes)
32 Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) 7.8/10 (11404 votes)
33 Fantasia (1940) 7.8/10 (25101 votes)
34 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7.8/10 (29177 votes)
35 Ghost in the Shell (1995) 7.8/10 (20792 votes)
36 Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) 7.8/10 (3236 votes)
37 Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) 7.8/10 (1457 votes)
38 Akira (1988) 7.8/10 (30472 votes)
39 Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) 7.7/10 (4737 votes)
40 Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) 7.7/10 (1344 votes)
41 Aladdin (1992) 7.7/10 (51804 votes)
42 Vampire Hunter D (2000) 7.7/10 (7242 votes)
43 Watership Down (1978) 7.7/10 (7352 votes)
44 Porco Rosso (1992) 7.7/10 (8096 votes)
45 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) 7.7/10 (65946 votes)
46 The Triplets of Belleville (2003) 7.7/10 (15366 votes)
47 Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The (1977) 7.7/10 (3935 votes)
48 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) 7.6/10 (8542 votes)
49 Pinocchio (1940) 7.6/10 (14964 votes)
50 Simpsons Movie, The (2007) 7.6/10 (95017 votes)
 
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X26

Banned
So I notice the brave little toaster isn't up there, and check to see it's RT rating: 75%? wut? That movie was awesome
 
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NetMapel

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I'm with the camp that isn't all impressed by Graves of the Fireflies. It's a propaganda film designed to make people emotional and sympathetic about the Japanese during World War II. I understand the main characters are innocent civilians, but I just have a tough time sympathizing them after Japan's atrocities in WWII.
 
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DonasaurusRex

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...wait wait Iron Giant, Nightmare Before Christmas and 101 Dalmations got beat out by Who framed roger rabbit and chicken run....wtf??? Lion King doesnt even make the top 10? I didnt look at all 50 but im guessing they didnt include foreign films not one anime in the top 10 i can think of some that are better than chicken run and WFRR....Heavy Metal better be on there.
 
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Dabookerman

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Wow, where the hell did all this Pixar hate come from :lol

Ok, personally, I wouldn't put any 3D Dreamworks films in there, because they are all awful. The list is very western, lack of a lot of Japanese animations.

Tonari no Totoro is awesome, but I thought the mini sequel was a fuck loads better, just pure awesome.

And since when did people hate Toy Story 2 O_O???
 
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Zoramon089

Banned
Danne-Danger said:
You know, I just watched Toy Story 2 because of this list. And while not really, really great it was actually pretty good (until the last third of the movie that is, and the ending, ugh).

It has some great concepts in there but I felt that it never really followed through on any of them... fun to watch though, I'd probably rate it up there with The Incredibles, but nowhere near the top spot.
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Yeah but Toy Story > Toy Story 2...
 
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permutated

Banned
Wall-E is not better than NEMO, seriously.

Otherwise, pretty great list. Though Akira is easily top 20, unless they watched the HORRID redub that was released in 2000.
 
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