Criteria - Influence, Impact on Animated Cinema, Cultural Impact, Innovation, Popularity, Animation Quality.
This list includes Animated films of all genres and styles, this includes - Standard Animated Films -
CGI Animated Films - Stop Motion Animated Films - Rotoscope or Trace Animated Films - Live Action/
Animated Films - R Rated and X Rated Animated Films - Anime - Other Foreign Animated Films -
Made For Video/TV Animated Films.
Last updated 4-28-08
Newly added names are in RED
Edited By: bryan
1. Fantasia - (1940) (Disney) 2. Toy Story - (1995) (Disney/Pixar) 3. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - (1937) (Disney) (1st feature length animated movie) 4. Pinocchio - (1940) (Disney) 5. The Lion King - (1994) (Disney) 6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - (1988) (Disney) 7. Bambi - (1942) (Disney) 8. The Nightmare Before Christmas - (1993) (Dir. Tim Burton) (Disney) 9. Beauty And The Beast - (1991) (Disney) 10. Princess Mononoke - (1999) (Miramax) (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki) (Japan) 11. Yellow Submarine - (1968) (MGM/UA Studios) 12. Waking Life - (2001) (Twentieth Century Fox) 13. Finding Nemo - (2003) (Disney/Pixar) 14. Sleeping Beauty - (1959) (Disney) 15. Cinderella - (1950) (Disney) 16. Spirited Away - (2001) (Japan) 17. A Bug's Life - (1998) (Disney/Pixar) 18. Aladdin - (1992) (Disney) 19. Animal Farm - (1954) (UK) 20. Fritz the Cat - (1972) (Ralph Bakshi) 21. Akira - (1988) (Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo) (Japan) 22. The Little Mermaid - (1989) (Disney) 23. Shrek - (2001) (DreamWorks) 24. The Iron Giant - (1999) (Warner Home Video) 25. My Neighbor Totoro - (1988) 26. Dumbo - (1941) (Disney) 27. Heavy Traffic - (1973) (Ralph Bakshi) 28. Monsters Inc. - (2001) (Disney/Pixar) 29. Heavy Metal - (1981) (Columbia/Tristar Studios ) 30. Song of the South - (1946) (Disney) 31. Castle in the Sky - (1986) 32. American Pop - (1981) (Ralph Bakshi) 33. Robot Carnival - (1993) (Best Film & Video) (Japan) 34. Peter Pan - (1953) (Disney) 35. Time Masters - (1982) (Image Entertainment) (Dir. René Laloux) (France) 36. Toy Story 2 - (1999) (Disney/Pixar) 37. Watership Down - (1978) (Warner Studios) 38. James and the Giant Peach - (1996) (Disney) 39. The Triplets of Belleville - (2003) (Sony Pictures Classics) (France) 40. Grave Of The Fireflies - (1988) (Wea Corp) (Dir. Isao Takahata) (Japan) 41. Allegro Non Troppo - (1977) (Home Vision Entertainment) (Italy) 42. 101 Dalmatians - (1961) (Disney) 43. Antz - (1998) (DreamWorks) 44. Lilo & Stitch - (2002) (Disney) 45. Fantastic Planet - (1973) (Anchor Bay Entertainment) (Dir. René Laloux) (France) 46. Gulliver's Travels - (1939) (Fleischer Studios) 47. Tarzan - (1999) (Disney) 48. A Scanner Darkly - (2006) (Warner Home Video) 49. The Phantom Tollbooth - (1969) (Warner Studios) 50. Fantasia/2000 - (2000) (Disney) 51. Anastasia - (1997) (Twentieth Century Fox) 52. The Jungle Book - (1967) (Disney) 53. Ratatouille - (2007) (Disney/Pixar) 54. Lady and the Tramp - (1955) (Disney) 55. The Lord of the Rings - (1978) (Ralph Bakshi) 56. Charlotte's Web - (1973) (Paramount) (Dir. Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto) 57. Hercules - (1997) (Disney) 58. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - (1984) (Topcraft) 59. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - (1999) (Paramount Studio) 60. Kiki's Delivery Service - (1989) (Toei Animation) (Japan) 61. An American Tail - (1986) (Disney) 62. The Three Caballeros - (1945) (Disney) 63. Alice in Wonderland - (1951) (Disney) 64. The Incredibles - (2004) (Disney) 65. The Secret of NIMH - (1982) 66. Vampire Hunter D - (1993) (Urban Vision) (Dir. Carl Macek, Toyoo Ashida) (Japan) 67. Pocahontas - (1995) (Disney) 68. Coonskin - (1975) (Ralph Bakshi) 69. Howl's Moving Castle -(2004) (Dir. Hayao Miyazaki) (Japan) 70. Make Mine Music - (1946) (Disney) 71. Ghost in the Shell - (1996) (Palm Pictures/Manga Video) (Dir. Mamoru Oshii) (Japan) 72. The Prince of Egypt - (1998) (Dreamworks Skg) 73. Wicked City - (1993) (Urban Vision) (Dir.Yoshiaki Kawajiri) (Japan) 74. Wizards - (1977) (Ralph Bakshi) 75. Dinosaur - (2000) (Disney) 76. Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust - (2001) (Urban Vision Enterta) (Dir. Tai Kit Mak) (Japan) 77. The Animatrix - (2003) (Dir.Peter Chung) 78. Ninja Scroll - (1996) (Palm Pictures/Manga Video) (Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri) (Japan) 79. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest - (1992) (20th Century Fox) 80. Corpse Bride - (2005) (Dir. Tim Burton) (Warner Bros.) 81. Gay Purr-ee - (1962) (Warner Studios) 82. The Plague Dogs - (1982) (Nepenthe Productions) 83. Twilight of the Cockroaches - (1987) (Dir. Hiroaki Yoshida) (Japan) 84. The Fox and the Hound - (1981) (Disney) 85. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad - (1949) (Disney) 86. The Land Before Time - (1988) (Universal Studios) 87. The Brave Little Toaster - (1987) (Hyperion Pictures) 88. The Castle of Cagliostro - (1991) (Palm Pictures/Manga Video) (Japan) 89. Metropolis - (2001) (Columbia Tristar) (Japan) 90. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - (1996) (Disney) 91. The Last Unicorn - (1982) (Lions Gate) 92. Bedknobs and Broomsticks - (1971) (Disney) 93. The Rescuers Down Under - (1990) (Disney) 94. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - (2003 U.S.) (Japan) 95. Aero-Troopers - (2003) (Monarch) 96. Beavis & Butthead Do America - (1996) (Paramount Studio) 97. Ice Age - (2001) (Fox Home Entertainment) 98. Robin Hood - (1973) (Disney) 99. Fun and Fancy Free - (1947) (Disney) 100. Cars - (2006) (Disney/Pixar)
In February, 1914 at the Palace Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934)
premiered "Gertie the Dinosaur", (containing 10,000 drawings with backgrounds), in an interactive cartoon where he (in person) seemed to step into his animated cartoon by walking behind the screen at the right time and showing up as part of the animation. Many consider this the first 'successful' animated cartoon (others being considered just novelty acts).
In November, 1914, "Gertie the Dinosaur" was released to theaters around the country, being the first animated
film viewed by movie goers at the time.
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