Animated Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Animated Movies 20 lists (resources listed at bottom of page) were aggregated to create this list of the top 25 animated films of all time. 1. Toy Story (1995) 2. Wall-E (2008) 3. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 4. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 6. The Lion King (1994) 7. Up (2009) 8. Toy Story 3 (2010) 9. The Incredibles (2004) 10. Pinocchio (1940) 11. Fantasia (1940) 12. Finding Nemo (2003) 13. The Iron Giant (1999) 14. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 15. Ratatouille (2007) 16. Bambi (1942) 17. Coraline (2009) 18. Inside Out (2015) 19. South Park: Bigge, Longer & Uncut (1999) 20. Toy Story 2 (1999) 21. Aladdin (1992) 22. The Little Mermaid (1989) 23. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 24. My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988) 25. Monsters, Inc. (2001) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists ABC News/People Magazine (3/22/2011). “Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time” (includes top 5 animated films) American Film Institute (2016). “Top 10 Animation” American Express Essentials “The Top 20 Greatest Animated Movies of All Time” BusinessInsider.com (3/10/2018). “The 50 best animated movies of all time, according to critics” Complex.com (7/17/2019). “The Best Animated Movies of All Time” Entertainment Weekly (9/4/2009). “Best Animated Movies Ever” Guinness Book of Film (1999). “The Top 100 Films by Genre Type” (includes top 5 animated films) IGN.com (6/25/2010). “Top 25 Animated Movies of All-Time” MentalFloss.com (6/13/2017). “The 10 Best Animated Movies of All Time” Parade.com (6/12/2019). “The 20 Greatest Animated Films of All Time, Including All Your Disney Faves” Ranker.com “The Best Animated Films Ever” Rolling Stone (6/26/2016). “40 Greatest Animated Movies Ever” RottenTomatoes.com (as of 8/29/2019). “Tom 100 Animation Movies” ScreenRant.com (7/14/2019). “The 10 Best Animated Movies of All-Time According to IMDB” TheTopTens.com (as of 8/29/2019). “Top Ten Best Animated Movies of All Time” Time Out (2014). “The 100 Best Animated Movies” tvovermind.com (2018). “The Top 20 Animated Films of All-Time” USA Today (6/12/2018). “The 100 best animated movies of all time” Wikipedia.org (8/29/2019). “List of highest-grossing animated films” Originally posted 8/29/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.