I collected over 20 lists of the best animated films of all time from the Internet and combined them into one meta-list. The results are below: every feature or short animated film that was on at least three of the original source lists, organized in chronological order. The list contains both short and feature animated films. Some of the lists included only feature films, while others had both shorts and features.
To see a version of the list organized by rank (that is, with the films on the most lists at the top) , go here. The ranked version of the list also has images.
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- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany, 1926) (on 6 lists)
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Production/Distribution: Comenius-Film GmbH
Feature (silhouette animation, 65 min.)
- Steamboat Willie (US, 1928) (on 5 lists)
Directors: Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks
Production/Distribution: Disney Cartoons/Celebrity Productions
Short (7 min. 47 sec.)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (US, 1937) (on 12 lists)
Directors: David Hand, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (83 min.)
- Pinocchio (US, 1940) (on 12 lists)
Directors: Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (88 min.)
- Fantasia (US, 1940) (on 11 lists)
Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (mixed live action/animation; musical anthology, 126 min.)
- Dumbo (US, 1941) (on 6 lists)
Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (64 min.)
- Bambi (US, 1942) (on 10 lists)
Directors: David D. Hand, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (70 min.)
- Cinderella (US, 1950) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (74 min.)
- Alice in Wonderland (US, 1951) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Clyde Geronomi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (75 min.)
- Duck Amuck (US, 1953) (on 5 lists)
Director: Chuck Jones
Production/Distribution: Warner Bros./Warner Bros.
Short (6 min. 53 sec.)
- Peter Pan (US, 1953) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronomi & Wilfred Jackson
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures
Feature (77 min.)
- Lady and the Tramp (US, 1955) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (76 min.)
- What’s Opera, Doc? (US, 1957) (on 4 lists)
Director: Chuck Jones
Production/Distribution: Warner Bros./Warner Bros.
Short (6 min. 53 sec.)
- Sleeping Beauty (US, 1959) (on 6 lists)
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, et al.
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (75 min.)
- 101 Dalmatians (US, 1961) (on 7 lists)
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (79 min.)
- The Jungle Book (US, 1967) (on 4 lists)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (78 min.)
- Yellow Submarine (UK/US, 1968) (on 9 lists)
Director: George Dunning
Production/Distribution: Apple/King Features/TVC London/United Artists
Feature (89 min.)
- Fritz the Cat (US, 1972) (on 4 lists)
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Production/Distribution: Steve Krantz/Cinemation Industries
Feature (78 min.)
- Fantastic Planet (France/Czechoslovakia, 1973) (on 5 lists)
Director: René Laloux
Production/Distribution: Les Films Armorial/ORTF/Jiri Trnka/Argos
Feature (71 min.)
- Heavy Traffic (US, 1973) (on 4 lists)
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Production/Distribution: Steve Krantz/American International Pictures
Feature (mixed live action/animation, 77 min.)
- Robin Hood (US, 1973) (on 4 lists)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (83 min.)
- Belladonna of Sadness (Japan, 1973) (on 3 lists)
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Production/Distribution: Mushi Production/Nippon Herald Films
Feature (86 min.)
- The Street (Canada, 1976) (on 3 lists)
Director: Caroline Leaf
Production/Distribution: National Film Board of Canada
Short (paint-on-glass, 10 min.)
- Watership Down (UK, 1978) (on 5 lists)
Director: Martin Rosen
Production/Distribution: Nepenthe/Cinema International
Feature (102 min.)
- Storytime (UK, 1968-1972, 1979) (on 4 lists)
Director: Terry Gilliam
Short (anthology, 9 min.)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (US, 1979) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe, et al.
Production/Distribution: Chuck Jones Enterprises/Warner Bros.
Feature (compilation of shorts with bridging sequences, 98 min.)
- The King and the Mockingbird (France, unfinished version 1952; completed 1980) (on 3 lists)
Director: Paul Grimault
Production/Distribution: Les Films Paul Grimault/Les Films Gibé/Antenne 2/Gaumont
Feature (87 min.)
- The Secret of NIMH (US, 1982) (on 6 lists)
Director: Don Bluth
Production/Distribution: United Artists/Aurora/Don Bluth/MGM-UA
Feature (83 min.)
- Dimensions of Dialogue (Czechoslovakia, 1983) (on 3 lists)
Director: Jan Švankmajer
Production/Distribution: Krátký Film Praha
Short (stop-motion, 12 min.)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japan, 1984) (on 3 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Topcraft/Toei Company
Feature (117 min.)
- Street of Crocodiles (UK, 1986) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay
Production/Distribution: Keith Griffiths
Short (stop-motion, 21 min.)
- Castle in the Sky (Japan, 1986) (on 3 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toei Company
Feature (124 min.)
- The Man Who Planted Trees (Canada, 1987) (on 3 lists)
Director: Frédéric Back
Production/Distribution: CBC/Societe Radio-Canada/Direct Cinema Limited
Short (30 min.)
- Akira (Japan, 1988) (on 13 lists)
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Production/Distribution: Tokyo Movie Shinsha/Toho
Feature (124 min.)
- Grave of the Fireflies (Japan, 1988) (on 11 lists)
Director: Isao Takahata
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (89 min.)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Japan, 1988) (on 10 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (86 min.)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (US, 1988) (on 9 lists)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Production/Distribution: Touchstone/Amblin/Silver Screen Partners/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (mixed live action/animation, 104 min.)
- The Cat Came Back (Canada, 1988) (on 3 lists)
Director: Cordell Barker
Production/Distribution: National Film Board of Canada/Buena Vista Pictures
Short (8 min.)
- The Little Mermaid (US, 1989) (on 11 lists)
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (83 min.)
- Kiki’s Delivery Service (Japan, 1989) (on 4 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toei Company
Feature (102 min.)
- Beauty and the Beast (US, 1991) (on 13 lists)
Directors: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (84 min.)
- Only Yesterday (Japan, 1991) (on 4 lists)
Director: Isao Takahata
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (118 min.)
- Aladdin (US, 1992) (on 12 lists)
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (90 min.)
- Porco Rosso (Japan, 1992) (on 4 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (94 min.)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (US, 1993) (on 11 lists)
Director: Henry Selick
Production/Distribution: Touchstone/Skellington/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (stop-motion, 76 min.)
- The Wrong Trousers (UK, 1993) (on 5 lists)
Director: Nick Park
Production/Distribution: Aardman/Wallace & Gromit Ltd./BBC/Lionheart
Short (stop-motion, 29 min.)
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (US, 1993) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm
Production/Distribution: Warner Bros./Warner Bros.
Feature (76 min.)
- The Lion King (US, 1994) (on 14 lists)
Directors: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (88 min.)
- Toy Story (US, 1995) (on 13 lists)
Director: John Lasseter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (CGI, 81 min.)
- Ghost in the Shell (Japan/UK, 1995) (on 6 lists)
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Production/Distribution: Palm/Production I.G./Bandai Visual/Manga/Shochiku/Metrodome
Feature (82 min.)
- Whisper of the Heart (Japan, 1995) (on 3 lists)
Director: Yoshifumi Kondō
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (111 min.)
- James and the Giant Peach (UK/US, 1996) (on 4 lists)
Director: Henry Selick
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Allied Filmmakers/Skellington/Buena Vista
Feature (stop-motion, 79 min.)
- Princess Mononoke (Japan, 1997) (on 9 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (133 min.)
- Perfect Blue (Japan, 1997) (on 6 lists)
Director: Satoshi Kon
Production/Distribution: Madhouse/Rex Entertainment
Feature (81 min.)
- Hercules (US, 1997) (on 5 lists)
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (93 min.)
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons (France/Belgium/UK/Canada, 1997) (on 4 lists)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Production/Distribution: Les Armateurs/Django/Folimage/BBC/Téléfilm Canada/Les Grands Films Classiques
Short (24 min.)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (Japan, 1997) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki
Production/Distribution: Gainax/Production I.G./Toei Company
Feature (87 min.)
- Geri’s Game (US, 1997) (on 3 lists)
Director: Jan Pinkava
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista
Short (CGI, 5 min.)
- Mulan (US, 1998) (on 6 lists)
Director: Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (87 min.)
- A Bug’s Life (US, 1998) (on 4 lists)
Director: John Lasseter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista
Feature (CGI, 95 min.)
- Antz (US, 1998) (on 3 lists)
Director: Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/DreamWorks
Feature (CGI, 83 min.)
- The Iron Giant (US, 1999) (on 12 lists)
Director: Brad Bird
Production/Distribution: Warner Bros./Warner Bros.
Feature (87 min.)
- Toy Story 2 (US, 1999) (on 10 lists)
Director: John Lasseter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista
Feature (CGI, 92 min.)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (US, 1999) (on 9 lists)
Director: Trey Parker
Production/Distribution: Comedy Central/Paramount
Feature (81 min.)
- The Old Man and the Sea (Russia/Canada/Japan, 1999) (on 4 lists)
Director: Aleksandr Petrov
Production/Distribution: Bernard Lajoie/Tatsuo Shimamura/Filmoption International
Short (paint-on-glass, 20 min.)
- Tarzan (US, 1999) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Kevin Lima & Chris Buck
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista
Feature (88 min.)
- Chicken Run (UK/US/France, 2000) (on 9 lists)
Directors: Peter Lord & Nick Park
Production/Distribution: Aardman Features/DreamWorks
Feature (stop-motion, 84 min.)
- The Emperor’s New Groove (US, 2000) (on 5 lists)
Director: Mark Dindal
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (78 min.)
- Father and Daughter (Netherlands/UK, 2000) (on 4 lists)
Director: Michaël Dudok de Wit
Production/Distribution: CinéTé Filmproductie/Cloudrunner Ltd
Short (8 min. 30 sec.)
- Spirited Away (Japan, 2001) (on 19 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (124 min.)
- Shrek (US, 2001) (on 10 lists)
Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/PDI/DreamWorks
Feature (CGI, 90 min.)
- Monsters, Inc. (US, 2001) (on 9 lists)
Director: Pete Docter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (CGI, 92 min.)
- Waking Life (US, 2001) (on 9 lists)
Director: Richard Linklater
Production/Distribution: IFC/Thousand Words/Flat Black/Detour/Fox Searchlight
Feature (rotoscoping, 101 min.)
- Millennium Actress (Japan, 2001) (on 7 lists)
Director: Satoshi Kon
Production Distribution: Madhouse/The KlockWorx
Feature (87 min.)
- Lilo & Stitch (US, 2002) (on 5 lists)
Director: Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (85 min.)
- Finding Nemo (US, 2003) (on 13 lists)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (CGI, 100 min.)
- The Triplets of Belleville (France/Belgium/Canada/UK, 2003) (on 12 lists)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Production/Distribution: Les Armateurs/Champion/Vivi/France 3/BBC/Diaphana/Tartan
Feature (78 min.)
- Tokyo Godfathers (Japan, 2003) (on 5 lists)
Director: Satoshi Kon
Production/Distribution: Madhouse/Sony Pictures
Feature (92 min.)
- The Incredibles (US, 2004) (on 15 lists)
Director: Brad Bird
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (GCI, 115 min.)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan, 2004) (on 8 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (119 min.)
- Shrek 2 (US, 2004) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/PDI/DreamWorks
Feature (CGI, 92 min.)
- The Man with No Shadow (Canada/Switzerland, 2004) (on 3 lists)
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
Production/Distribution: National Film Board of Canada/Studio GDS/RTs Radio Télévision Suisse
Short (10 min.)
- Mind Game (Japan, 2004) (on 3 lists)
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Production/Distribution: Studio 4°C/Asmik Ace Entertainment
Feature (103 min.)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (UK/US, 2005) (on 8 lists)
Directors: Nick Park & Steve Box
Production/Distribution: Aardman/DreamWorks/DreamWorks
Feature (stop-motion, 85 min.)
- Corpse Bride (UK/US, 2005) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Mike Johnson & Tim Burton
Production/Distribution: Tim Burton Productions/Laika Entertainment/Warner Bros.
Feature (stop-motion, 77 min.)
- Paprika (Japan, 2006) (on 8 lists)
Director: Satoshi Kon
Production/Distribution: Madhouse/Sony Pictures
Feature (90 min.)
- Lifted (US, 2006) (on 3 lists)
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista
Short (CGI, 5 min.)
- Persepolis (France/US, 2007) (on 14 lists)
Directors: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
Production/Distribution: 2.4.7./France 3/Kennedy-Marshall/Diaphana/Sony Pictures Classics
Feature (biographical drama, 96 min.)
- Ratatouille (US, 2007) (on 12 lists)
Director: Brad Bird
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Buena Vista Pictures
Feature (CGI, 111 min.)
- Oktapodi (France, 2007) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier & Emud Mokhberi
Production/Distribution: Gobelins L’Ecole de L’Image/Talantis Films
Short (2 min. 26 sec.)
- The Simpsons Movie (US, 2007) (on 3 lists)
Director: David Silverman
Production/Distribution: 20th Century Fox/Gracie Films/20th Century Fox
Feature (87 min.)
- WALL-E (US, 2008) (on 17 lists)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 98 min.)
- Waltz with Bashir (Israel/France/Germany/US/Finland, 2008) (on 12 lists)
Director: Ari Folman
Production/Distribution: Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films d’Ici/Frazor Film/Sony Pictures Classics
Feature (docudrama, 90 min.)
- Kung Fu Panda (US, 2008) (on 8 lists)
Directors: John Stevenson & Mark Osborne
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/Paramount
Feature (CGI, 92 min.)
- French Roast (France, 2008) (on 4 lists)
Director: Fabrice Joubert
Production/Distribution: Bibo Bergeron
Short (8 min.)
- Sita Sings the Blues (US, 2008) (on 4 lists)
Director: Nina Paley
Production/Distribution: Nina Paley/GKIDS
Feature (82 min.)
- Bolt (US, 2008) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Chris Williams & Bryon Howard
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 96 min.)
- La Maison en Petits Cubes (The House of Small Cubes) (Japan, 2008) (on 3 lists)
Director: Kunio Katō
Production/Distribution: Oh! Production
Short (12 min.)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (US, 2009) (on 16 lists)
Director: Wes Anderson
Production/Distribution: 20th Century Fox/Indian Paintbrush/Regency
Feature (stop-motion, 87 min.)
- Up (US, 2009) (on 15 lists)
Director: Pete Docter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 96 min.)
- Coraline (US, 2009) (on 10 lists)
Director: Henry Selick
Production/Distribution: Laika/Pandemonium/Focus Features
Feature (stop-motion, 100 min.)
- Mary and Max (Australia, 2009) (on 6 lists)
Director: Adam Elliot
Production/Distribution: Screen Australia/Melodrama/Film Victoria/SBS TV/Adirondack/Icon
Feature (stop-motion, 90 min.)
- Ponyo (Japan, 2009) (on 4 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (101 min.)
- The Princess and the Frog (US, 2009) (on 4 lists)
Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (97 min.)
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (US, 2009) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Production/Distribution: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
Feature (CGI, 90 min.)
- The Secret of Kells (Ireland/Belgium/France, 2009) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey
Production/Distribution: Les Armateurs/Vivi/Cartoon Saloon/France 2/Buena Vista/Kinepolis/Gébéka
Feature (75 min.)
- Alma (Spain, 2009) (on 3 lists)
Director: Rodrigo Blaas
Production/Distribution: Independent
Short (5 min. 30 sec.)
- Toy Story 3 (US, 2010) (on 13 lists)
Director: Lee Unkrich
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 103 min.)
- How to Train Your Dragon (US, 2010) (on 11 lists)
Directors: Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/Paramount
Feature (CGI, 98 min.)
- Tangled (US, 2010) (on 7 lists)
Directors: Nathan Greno & Byron Howard
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 100 min.)
- The Illusionist (France/UK, 2010) (on 6 lists)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Production/Distribution: Pathé/Django/Allied/Warner Bros.
Feature (79 min.)
- Zero (Australia, 2010) (on 3 lists)
Director: Christopher Kezelos
Production/Distribution: Zealous Creative
Short (stop-motion, 12 min. 32 sec.)
- Despicable Me (US, 2010) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin
Production/Distribution: Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment
Feature (CGI, 95 min.)
- The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan, 2010) (on 3 lists)
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (95 min.)
- Rango (US, 2011) (on 9 lists)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Production/Distribution: Nickelodeon/Blind Wink/GK/Paramount
Feature (CGI, 107 min.)
- Arthur Christmas (UK/US, 2011) (on 3 lists)
Director: Sarah Smith
Production/Distribution: Columbia/Sony Pictures/Aardman
Feature (CGI, 97 min.)
- Wreck-it Ralph (US, 2012) (on 6 lists)
Director: Rich Moore
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 101 min.)
- ParaNorman (US, 2012) (on 5 lists)
Directors: Sam Fell & Chris Butler
Production/Distribution: Laika/Focus Features
Feature (stop-motion, 105 min.)
- It’s Such a Beautiful Day (US, 2012) (on 5 lists)
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Production/Distribution: Bitter Films
Feature (62 min.)
- Frankenweenie (US, 2012) (on 3 lists)
Director: Tim Burton
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Tim Burton Productions/Walt Disney
Feature (stop-motion, 87 min.)
- Ernest & Célestine (France/Belgium/Luxembourg, 2014) (on 6 lists)
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner
Production/Distribution: La Parti/Les Armateurs/Melusine/StudioCanal
Feature (80 min.)
- Frozen (US, 2013) (on 6 lists)
Directors: Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 102 min.)
- The Wind Rises (Japan, 2013) (on 5 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (126 min.)
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japan, 2013) (on 4 lists)
Director: Isao Takahata
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (137 min.)
- The LEGO Movie (US/Australia/Denmark, 2014) (on 11 lists)
Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Production/Distribution: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/RatPac-Dun/Lego System/Vertigo
Feature (CGI, 101 min.)
- Song of the Sea (Ireland/Belgium/Denmark/France/Luxembourg, 2014) (on 8 lists)
Director: Tomm Moore
Production/Distribution: Cartoon Saloon/Melusine/Big Farm/Superprod/Noerlum/StudioCanal
Feature (94 min.)
- Big Hero 6 (US, 2014) (on 4 lists)
Director: Don Hall & Chris Williams
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 102 min.)
- When Marnie Was There (Japan, 2014) (on 3 lists)
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (103 min.)
- Inside Out (US, 2015) (on 12 lists)
Director: Pete Docter
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 95 min.)
- Anomalisa (US, 2015) (on 10 lists)
Directors: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
Production/Distribution: Starburns/Snoot/Paramount
Feature (stop-motion, 90 min.)
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (UK/France, 2015) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Production/Distribution: Aardman/Anton Capital/StudioCanal
Feature (stop-motion, 85 min.)
- World of Tomorrow (US, 2015) (on 4 lists)
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Production/Distribution: Bitter Films
Short (16 min.)
- The Peanuts Movie (US, 2015) (on 3 lists)
Director: Steve Martino
Production/Distribution: 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky/Feigco
Feature (CGI, 88 min.)
- The Little Prince (France, 2015) (on 3 lists)
Director: Mark Osborne
Production/Distribution: ON/Orange/LPPTV/M6/Lucky Red/Paramount
Feature (CGI, 108 min.)
- April and the Extraordinary World (France/Belgium/Canada, 2015) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci
Production/Distribution: Je Suis Bien/StudioCanal/Kaibou/Need/Arte France/Jouror/RTBF/Proximus/Tchack
Feature (106 min.)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (US, 2016) (on 6 lists)
Director: Travis Knight
Production/Distribution: Laika/Focus Features
Feature (stop-motion, 102 min.)
- Moana (US, 2016) (on 5 lists)
Director: John Musker & Ron Clements
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI 107 min.)
- Your Name (Japan, 2016) (on 5 lists)
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Production/Distribution: CoMix Wave Films/Toho
Feature (107 min.)
- Zootopia (US, 2016) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Production/Distribution: Walt Disney/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 108 min.)
- Tower (US, 2016) (on 4 lists)
Director: Keith Maitland
Production/Distribution: Go-Valley/ITVS/Kino Lorber
Feature (documentary; live action/rotoscoping, 82 min.)
- Finding Dory (US, 2016) (on 3 lists)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 97 min.)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (China/US, 2016) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Alessandro Carloni
Production/Distribution: DreamWorks/20th Century Fox
Feature (CGI, 95 min.)
- Sausage Party (US/Canada, 2016) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan
Production/Distribution: Columbia/Annapurna/Point Grey/Sony Pictures
Feature (CGI, 89 min.)
- My Life as a Courgette (Switzerland/France, 2016) (on 3 lists)
Director: Claude Barras
Production/Distribution: Rita/Blue Spirit/Gebeka/KNM/Praesens-Film
Feature (stop-motion, 65 min.)
- The Red Turtle (Japan/France, 2016) (on 3 lists)
Director: Michaël Dudok de Wit
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Wild Bunch/Prima Linea/Why Not/Arte France/CN4/Belvision/Toho
Feature (80 min.)
- Coco (US, 2017) (on 5 lists)
Director: Lee Unkrich
Production/Distribution: Pixar/Walt Disney
Feature (CGI, 105 min)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (US, 2018) (on 5 lists)
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman
Production/Distribution: Columbia/Marvel/Sony/Pascal/Arad/Lord Miller/Sony Pictures
Feature (CGI, 117 min.)
- Isle of Dogs (US/UK/Japan/Germany, 2018) (on 3 lists)
Director: Wes Anderson
Production/Distribution: 20th Century Fox/Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical/Studio Babelsberg/Scott Rudin/3 Mills/Fox Searchlight
Feature (stop-motion, 101 min.)
- Wolfwalkers (Ireland/Luxembourg/France, 2020) (on 4 lists)
Directors: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart
Production/Distribution: Cartoon Saloon/Melusine/Wildcard/Haut et Court
Feature (103 min.)
- Flee (Denmark/France/Norway/Sweden/UK/US, 2021) (on 4 lists)
Director: Jonas Poher Rasumussen
Production/Distribution: Vice/RYOT/Left Handed/Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Arte/Neon/Participant
Feature (documentary, 90 min.)
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines (China/US, 2021) (on 3 lists)
Director: Mike Rianda
Production/Distribution: Columbia/Sony Pictures/Lord Miller/One Cool/Netflix
Feature (CGI, 109 min.)
- The Boy and the Heron (Japan, 2023) (on 3 lists)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Production/Distribution: Studio Ghibli/Toho
Feature (124 min.)
- Robot Dreams (Spain/France, 2023) (on 3 lists)
Director: Pablo Berger
Production/Distribution: Arcadia/Lokiz/Noodles/Les Films du Worso/Elle Driver/Mama/RTVE/Movistar Plus+/BTeam/Wild Bunch
Feature (102 min.)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (US, 2023) (on 3 lists)
Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson
Production/Distribution: Columbia/Marvel/Sony Pictures/Pascal/Lord Miller/Arad
Feature (CGI, 140 min.)
- Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium, 2024) (on 5 lists)
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Production/Distribution: Sacrebleu/Take Five/Dream Well/Baltic Content/UFO/Le Parc
Feature (85 min.)
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany, 1926) (on 6 lists)