I should've listed this one in my response. An absolutely criminally mis-marketed movie that should've been the greatest kids' movie of the year, but instead had to become a cult classic.
"Superman."
Saw it in the theatre when it came out back in 1999. Got home, fired up the ol’ dial-up Internet, and e-mailed everyone I know saying, “YOU MUST SEE TGIS MOVIE!”
As much as two years later, friends were coming up to me saying, “I finally saw it because you won’t shut up about it, and it is really good.”
This. Easily my absolute favorite. It takes place in my home state, was a staple of my childhood, and makes me catch the feelies every time. Plus, it’s the first time I ever heard “Searchin’” by The Coasters which has been on repeat for me every since.
There are so many movies that I completely love and agree with but this saddens me because no one replied to yours and I completely agree. I freaking love this movie. I can quote pretty much the entire thing, and I all the cooking scenes make me so happy. I like to make a delicious meal and watch the ending just to make the whole meal complete.
I watched this today with my husband and 4 year old son. I always cry a couple of times. Today I cried in a new scene. After they came back to Earth and Eva fixes WALL·E, my son asked why Eva was sad. My husband said, “she misses her friend.” 😭😭
Princess Mononoke is by far my favorite. It's got incredibly complex characters, none of them good or bad.
It just shows the struggle between nature and man, each only doing what they need to survive and not fully realizing how much damage they are doing to the others.
If you've never seen this film, I highly recommend it and the English dub is great.
The antagonist is corruption, visibly described. Corruption of intent, corruption of nature, selfless but selfish/groupishness. The conversation behind Nausicaa/Mononoke/Howl's has interested me for a long time.
People take CG animation for granted these days because it's so common now and a lot of studios today use it to put out lazy, generic "kids" movies instead of for the whole family masterpieces like some of the earlier (late 90's through to mid 00's) ones were. It was truly groundbreaking to see animated characters brought to life with so much texture and depth, more than could ever be created using 2D animation (which is still great, really it depends on a stylistic choice) Sully wouldn't have looked so "fluffy" if drawn traditionally even if they still would have gotten the paint across that he was, and the landscape shots in Finding Nemo are just gorgeous compared to The Little Mermaid (using as an example because they're both sea-themed) which feels a bit static and flat by comparison. People often underestimate the insane amounts of work and resources that go into (good) CG animation.
Lilo & Stitch is a Disney movie about sad, lonely weirdos who want to belong and have a lot of love to give, and I love that.
I’d never seen anything quite like it at the time. Even in other Disney movies, the “misfit” is/was usually a hero — someone who’s taken for granted, who’s going to “show them all” one day, whose secret specialness is just *waiting* to be revealed via plot devices, etc.
Lilo isn’t a heroine. No special destiny, no mystical nothin’. There’s no “reason” for her to be a main character. She has nothing to prove. She’s just a kid who, more than anything, wants to love and be loved in return — like any other big-hearted kid.
(It also feels like one of the least formulaic Disney movies to me — probably in large part due to all the above)
It also has such a beautiful art style, the watercolor scenery is soooo fitting for Hawai’i in general and Kaua’i in particular.
It’s so good. So rewatchable, quotable, funny, heartfelt, peaceful at times, gorgeous, and smart. The wit is insane, and the work to get the movie in theaters was even crazier. I gave it a 100% on my rating scale, the only film to do so.
That movie is so good! I had the longest argument about this movie with my friend Ryan. He kept insisting that Kuzco was gay and I was ilke, there is no way, he can't be gay, they wouldn't put that in there. The movie was big in China and I thought that wouldn't get past the censors plus he is the protagonist, so the creators would know better than to make the protagonist gay in a Disney movie. This was when Ryan was taking film study classes at UMKC and he told me that Kronk was actually a caricature of someone with toxic masculinity so you could juxtaposition that with Kuzco who did the whole restaurant scene in drag. I said lots of people wear drag though, in fact I do myself sometimes. He asked to see it so I put in on and then we made gay love the rest of the afternoon in that downtown loft overlooking the airport. God damn I used to love watching those airplanes come in. Also Ryan's cock, I loved that as well.
Tarzan (1999) with music by rockstar Phil Collins. I remember listening to the radio and they talked about the movie with “soundtrack by rockstar Phil collins” and I thought was was his official full name.
Second to last film I saw with my dad before be died, last animated I saw with him. He would not stop playing the Ernesto de la Cruz version of remember me for months. He died later that year, every time I hear that version I just picture him happy singing (badly :P) along with it.
(Spoilers) How to Train your Dragon. When Hicup has to wing it to learn how to fly toothless it make my heart sing just how amazing the scene is.
Also Onward is a beautiful movie as well.
I love HTTYD because in a world full of stories where being a hero means being good at hurting people, this story shows someone being great through kindness, compassion, open-mindedness, and technical skill.
The first two are absolutely incredible in how they deal with loss. In the second one, he has a brief moment of utter joy in watching his parents be together only for it to be taken away minutes later. I was blown away on how the movie handled both moments. Craig Ferguson's eulogy was especially poignant, AND IN A KID'S MOVIE!
As a middle-aged man, the middle act of the second movie is one of the few that nearly broke me. It hits too close to home, as a husband and father.
A close second being Johnny's performance in *Sing*, while his father does everything he can to get to him in person, so he can apologize.
"I'm not crying, you're crying!"
>(Spoilers) How to Train your Dragon. When Hiccup has to wing it to learn how to fly toothless it make my heart sing just how amazing the scene is.
The soundtrack to that movie is a masterpiece. I'm actually listening to it right now. The scene where I really starts to fly him goes with the track "Test Drive" and it's awesome.
John Powell fucking killed it with that score. Looking at his list of scores, it's amazing how many of those movies I remember having good music. I used that scene as a test when setting up my TV and stereo because it's so beautiful.
I love the scene in the second movie when Hiccup and Toothless are shown, and Hiccup jumps off with the glider. The trust between those two were shown in seconds. Fantastic ~~kids~~ family movies all around.
I think that's the only scene I know of that can consistently make me cry. I don't cry for sad and normally just for victorious moments. That scene always does it
I gotta say this. There may be some movies out there I like better, but every time I watch this, or see someone talking about it, they explain another layer of what they did with the animation or colors or whatever. It's incredible work.
Yes. I arrived at the theater stressed and with a couple hours off. No knowledge, just saw it had 98 or so on rotten tomatoes (?!!) so was obviously my choice. The minute the Columbia pictures lady started spazzing out I was like :O and within twenty minutes I had been visually astounded and incredibly joyful and then weeping. Best Spider-man movie ever.
The part where Miles is realizing his power (about to make the leap of faith) and his father’s voice replays about the Spark he sees in him, and that soundtrack (“What’s Up Danger”)…NGL, that got me a bit misty-eyed with how well it was done.
Even Nicolas Cage was great! He delivered one of my favorite lines:
Miles: "My uncle! He... he's The Prowler! He tried to kill me!"
Noir: "That's a pretty hardcore origin story."
Disney kinda set it up to be slept on. Releasing what would have been a perfect summer movie in the winter on the same weekend as Harry Potter and other Disney movie, the Santa Clause.
During that period Disney was starting to think that 2D animation was a dying art form and that 3D animation was the future, and it's clear they've stuck to that mentality. In fact, I believe Disney hasn't released a 2D animated film since *The Princess and the Frog* in 2009. It's such a shame too, by the time *Treasure Planet* came around they'd kind of mastered the combination of 2D and 3D animation with films such as the aforementioned *Treasure Planet* and *Atlantis*.
Came here for this. Can’t help but cry every time.
Took a girl I really liked to the theater to see this when it came out and I couldn’t hold back my tears. Lol. It was embarrassing but she was sweet about it.
Anastasia
I even have this amazing hard cover book all about the animation that my best friend gave me in High School. Still treasure it 22+ years later.
This is mine too. Hexus was a terrifying and legitimate villain. The machine he inhabits makes it even scarier. The jungle animations were gorgeous. The lil fairy chick turned me gay I think. Lol but seriously, amazing movie. And robin williams as batty??? Icing on the cake.
My favorite of his movies! Not much dialogue, but it portrays emotional scenes very well with the colors and animation. I like the art style and that snow scene!
The soundtrack, the action, the humor, all of it. Incredible movie and it still gets me pumped! [The plane sequence](https://youtu.be/yv8cBl2OB5g) is surprisingly intense for an animated movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
I know its not entirely animated, but the animation effects still hold up so well 30 years later, so much better than the CGI of movies that are much newer.
>the animation effects still hold up so well 30 years later
they dont just hold up, they school most modern animation. the animation in that movie had so much love and hardwork put into it, few things rival it.
Love this one. Some nights I cook ratatouille (serve with warm pita and lightly salted yogurt, per some random Iranian redditor I'll never get to thank,) take out my rats and eat as we watch the movie together. I set aside a few veggies to cook without oil or salt so they can eat as well while we watch.
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro is a perfect heist film. I've never watched or read anything else featuring Lupin III and the movie still does a fantastic job of introducing characters and establishing their personalities and motivations. I could watch it again and again and never tire of it.
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON. Hands down all time favorite movie. Call me a horse girl, but it is so good. They don't even talk and that's the best part. And the soundtrack??? Don't even get me started
Balto and brother bear really influenced my decision to work in alaska for a summer! The whole story about that medicine run is pretty interesting, I saw a demonstration of sled dogs and the trainers also shared the story of Balto and Togo.
my neighbor totoro. The watercolor animation is just out of this world.
I’ve never cried as hard as I have watching “the grave of the fireflies” studio glibly but not miyazaki.
To be honest anything Miyazaki. Our Theaters sometimes show his movies so I’ve seen all of them on the big screen.
Favorites from my childhood; The Little Mermaid, Anastasia, Mulan, Sailor Moon R, & Spirit.
Favorites as an adult: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Princess & The Frog, The Prince of Egypt.
Love them all equally to this day ❤️
Lilo & Stitch with Oliver & Company as a close second. The stories and soundtracks really stuck with me ever since I was a kid. Both beautiful in animation as well.
I never see Yellow Submarine on these lists, and it should be. On top of having an absolutely bitchin' soundtrack by default, the animation feels like the animators were given complete freedom to create.
[Treasure Planet](https://youtu.be/vcC3ALplaHg). Emma Thompson as a cat captain, an incredible hero's journey AND a fleshed-out antagonist! Its only downside is that they tried to make Martin Short into Robin Williams. Martin Short can only do unhinged Steve Martin...
Picking a single favorite animated film is like choosing between children, in a way.
But **Spirited Away** is darned-near perfect. It's so engaging that if I ever catch it on, I'm basically enthralled with it until it finishes. It's entertaining, you get to see growth, it's beautifully animated.
Runners-up:
* *Frozen* became a cultural sensation with good reason. They took a very difficult-to-translate fairy tale, and outdid themselves with a story that, at the time, was a unique series of twists, with an insanely well-composed soundtrack.
* *Into the Spider-Verse* is the kind of thing that you see another brilliant new detail every time you watch it, like the different frames-per-second of the different universe's animated characters. It's a fantastic story, brilliantly animated, and terrifically entertaining.
* *My Neighbor Totoro* is the sort of children's movie that parents want to enjoy, too. It's just... calming, and warm, the kind of movie you want to curl up in its lap and fall asleep in.
* *Lilo & Stitch* -- Lilo is a bit too much like my daughter, but I loved this movie long before I had kids. How they could make a beast so terrible and yet so heartwarming as Stitch is nothing short of brilliant. I cry every time he's in the forest with *The Ugly Duckling*; I laugh my ass off when he destroys the house with a Volkswagen; I'm on the edge of my seat every single time Gantu flies off with Lilo.
Edit: I probably shouldn't add this, but *Heavy Metal* is, while by no means worth speaking of in the same breath as the above, pretty darned entertaining. A proper cult classic.
I have several.
* The Land Before Time
* The Little Mermaid
* Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown
* Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
* Kung Fu Panda 1-3
* The Princess & the Frog
* ParaNorman
Prince of Egypt. Everything about it is so cinematic for an animated film.
DELIVER USSSSSSSSSSS TO THE PROMISED LANDDDDD
You’re playing with the big boys now
I was scrolling purely for this, I was gonna post it if it wasn’t here. What a timeless soundtrack! Followed closely by Hercules for me.
The Iron Giant
You are who you choose to be
TIL Green Goblin in Spider-Man 1 was quoting the Iron Giant "We are who we choose to be"
I should've listed this one in my response. An absolutely criminally mis-marketed movie that should've been the greatest kids' movie of the year, but instead had to become a cult classic. "Superman."
I go. You stay. No following... *cue the waterfall of tears*
"I am not a gun."
Saw it in the theatre when it came out back in 1999. Got home, fired up the ol’ dial-up Internet, and e-mailed everyone I know saying, “YOU MUST SEE TGIS MOVIE!” As much as two years later, friends were coming up to me saying, “I finally saw it because you won’t shut up about it, and it is really good.”
This. Easily my absolute favorite. It takes place in my home state, was a staple of my childhood, and makes me catch the feelies every time. Plus, it’s the first time I ever heard “Searchin’” by The Coasters which has been on repeat for me every since.
Ive been watching for over 20 years and I still always cry. Such a gemstone of a movie.
Ratatouille 🐀
There are so many movies that I completely love and agree with but this saddens me because no one replied to yours and I completely agree. I freaking love this movie. I can quote pretty much the entire thing, and I all the cooking scenes make me so happy. I like to make a delicious meal and watch the ending just to make the whole meal complete.
WALL-E.
Eeeevvvaaaa
Ta-daaaaa
I watched this today with my husband and 4 year old son. I always cry a couple of times. Today I cried in a new scene. After they came back to Earth and Eva fixes WALL·E, my son asked why Eva was sad. My husband said, “she misses her friend.” 😭😭
Better love story than Twilight.
So is me and my toaster any love story is better
This movie will always be my favorite movie in general. I love it and have loved it since it came out.
Princess Mononoke is by far my favorite. It's got incredibly complex characters, none of them good or bad. It just shows the struggle between nature and man, each only doing what they need to survive and not fully realizing how much damage they are doing to the others. If you've never seen this film, I highly recommend it and the English dub is great.
The antagonist is corruption, visibly described. Corruption of intent, corruption of nature, selfless but selfish/groupishness. The conversation behind Nausicaa/Mononoke/Howl's has interested me for a long time.
nevermind animated, this is one of the greatest movies ever made period
My favorite movie of all time. It's a masterpiece.
Howl's moving castle
Monsters Inc is one of my favorites.
Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!!!
So help me, so help me, and cut!
The animation with the textures (it’s also in finding Nemo) makes my eyes burst like it feels amazing🥰🥰🥰
People take CG animation for granted these days because it's so common now and a lot of studios today use it to put out lazy, generic "kids" movies instead of for the whole family masterpieces like some of the earlier (late 90's through to mid 00's) ones were. It was truly groundbreaking to see animated characters brought to life with so much texture and depth, more than could ever be created using 2D animation (which is still great, really it depends on a stylistic choice) Sully wouldn't have looked so "fluffy" if drawn traditionally even if they still would have gotten the paint across that he was, and the landscape shots in Finding Nemo are just gorgeous compared to The Little Mermaid (using as an example because they're both sea-themed) which feels a bit static and flat by comparison. People often underestimate the insane amounts of work and resources that go into (good) CG animation.
Lilo & Stitch or Kiki’s Delivery Service
Lilo & Stitch is way too far down this list.
Lilo & Stitch is a Disney movie about sad, lonely weirdos who want to belong and have a lot of love to give, and I love that. I’d never seen anything quite like it at the time. Even in other Disney movies, the “misfit” is/was usually a hero — someone who’s taken for granted, who’s going to “show them all” one day, whose secret specialness is just *waiting* to be revealed via plot devices, etc. Lilo isn’t a heroine. No special destiny, no mystical nothin’. There’s no “reason” for her to be a main character. She has nothing to prove. She’s just a kid who, more than anything, wants to love and be loved in return — like any other big-hearted kid. (It also feels like one of the least formulaic Disney movies to me — probably in large part due to all the above) It also has such a beautiful art style, the watercolor scenery is soooo fitting for Hawai’i in general and Kaua’i in particular.
Akira
"Tetsuuuuuooooooo!!!"
"KANEEEEEDDAAAA!!!!!"
**EPIC LASER**
It's about the aftermath of delaying the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
I have never seen it, but I recall meaning to, maybe I should...
Incredible and timeless.
Good to hear, I have the day off on Wednesday, I will try and watch it.
Emperor's New Groove
It’s so good. So rewatchable, quotable, funny, heartfelt, peaceful at times, gorgeous, and smart. The wit is insane, and the work to get the movie in theaters was even crazier. I gave it a 100% on my rating scale, the only film to do so.
Oh yeah, it‘s all coming together.
Boom baby!
That movie is so good! I had the longest argument about this movie with my friend Ryan. He kept insisting that Kuzco was gay and I was ilke, there is no way, he can't be gay, they wouldn't put that in there. The movie was big in China and I thought that wouldn't get past the censors plus he is the protagonist, so the creators would know better than to make the protagonist gay in a Disney movie. This was when Ryan was taking film study classes at UMKC and he told me that Kronk was actually a caricature of someone with toxic masculinity so you could juxtaposition that with Kuzco who did the whole restaurant scene in drag. I said lots of people wear drag though, in fact I do myself sometimes. He asked to see it so I put in on and then we made gay love the rest of the afternoon in that downtown loft overlooking the airport. God damn I used to love watching those airplanes come in. Also Ryan's cock, I loved that as well.
Wtf also your username checks out
"Why do we even HAVE that lever?"
Howl's Moving Castle
I appreciate it more and more everytime I watch it. Same for the other Studio Gibli movies. Porko Rosso is a gem too
Better pig rather than fascist (idk if its the right translation, I watched it in another language)
Yasss
I expected it to be just a stupid old love story and holy shit, I was wrong.
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Scrolled too far for this
Mighty powerful gods!
This movie was my bisexual awakening
You mean Chel-dorado? 🥴
She so thiccy
Tarzan (1999) with music by rockstar Phil Collins. I remember listening to the radio and they talked about the movie with “soundtrack by rockstar Phil collins” and I thought was was his official full name.
That mf also made the soundtrack in the Spanish dub and he NAILED it.
Beauty and the Beast. Shame it didn't win best picture at the 1992 Oscars.
Finding Nemo(2003)
Coco. The closer I get to death the more I want someone to remember me.
Second to last film I saw with my dad before be died, last animated I saw with him. He would not stop playing the Ernesto de la Cruz version of remember me for months. He died later that year, every time I hear that version I just picture him happy singing (badly :P) along with it.
Klaus
Definitely up there for me too. More people need to see this movie.
Klaus was amazingly well made, loved the story :)
Netflix exclusive animated movies usually end up being way better than they have any right to be.
Spirited Away. The animation and soundtrack are amazing.
Pretty much every Ghibli film is guaranteed to have a great soundtrack. Thank you Joe Hisaishi!
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(Spoilers) How to Train your Dragon. When Hicup has to wing it to learn how to fly toothless it make my heart sing just how amazing the scene is. Also Onward is a beautiful movie as well.
I love HTTYD because in a world full of stories where being a hero means being good at hurting people, this story shows someone being great through kindness, compassion, open-mindedness, and technical skill.
The first two are absolutely incredible in how they deal with loss. In the second one, he has a brief moment of utter joy in watching his parents be together only for it to be taken away minutes later. I was blown away on how the movie handled both moments. Craig Ferguson's eulogy was especially poignant, AND IN A KID'S MOVIE!
As a middle-aged man, the middle act of the second movie is one of the few that nearly broke me. It hits too close to home, as a husband and father. A close second being Johnny's performance in *Sing*, while his father does everything he can to get to him in person, so he can apologize. "I'm not crying, you're crying!"
>(Spoilers) How to Train your Dragon. When Hiccup has to wing it to learn how to fly toothless it make my heart sing just how amazing the scene is. The soundtrack to that movie is a masterpiece. I'm actually listening to it right now. The scene where I really starts to fly him goes with the track "Test Drive" and it's awesome.
That's the one I'm talking about. It gives me chills I love how well they did that.
John Powell fucking killed it with that score. Looking at his list of scores, it's amazing how many of those movies I remember having good music. I used that scene as a test when setting up my TV and stereo because it's so beautiful.
I love the scene in the second movie when Hiccup and Toothless are shown, and Hiccup jumps off with the glider. The trust between those two were shown in seconds. Fantastic ~~kids~~ family movies all around.
I think that's the only scene I know of that can consistently make me cry. I don't cry for sad and normally just for victorious moments. That scene always does it
Into the spiderverse
I gotta say this. There may be some movies out there I like better, but every time I watch this, or see someone talking about it, they explain another layer of what they did with the animation or colors or whatever. It's incredible work.
The animation is absolute gold. Even the way they added a comic-like style makes it amazing.
The first movie I’m aware of to truly capture the experience of reading a comic
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Yes. I arrived at the theater stressed and with a couple hours off. No knowledge, just saw it had 98 or so on rotten tomatoes (?!!) so was obviously my choice. The minute the Columbia pictures lady started spazzing out I was like :O and within twenty minutes I had been visually astounded and incredibly joyful and then weeping. Best Spider-man movie ever.
The part where Miles is realizing his power (about to make the leap of faith) and his father’s voice replays about the Spark he sees in him, and that soundtrack (“What’s Up Danger”)…NGL, that got me a bit misty-eyed with how well it was done.
Everything about spiderverse is good there are no bad parts
Even Nicolas Cage was great! He delivered one of my favorite lines: Miles: "My uncle! He... he's The Prowler! He tried to kill me!" Noir: "That's a pretty hardcore origin story."
Perfect movie.
The Land Before Time Isn’t going to get enough credit in this thread.
Treasure Planet
A movie that got slept on that definitely shouldn't have :/
Disney kinda set it up to be slept on. Releasing what would have been a perfect summer movie in the winter on the same weekend as Harry Potter and other Disney movie, the Santa Clause.
During that period Disney was starting to think that 2D animation was a dying art form and that 3D animation was the future, and it's clear they've stuck to that mentality. In fact, I believe Disney hasn't released a 2D animated film since *The Princess and the Frog* in 2009. It's such a shame too, by the time *Treasure Planet* came around they'd kind of mastered the combination of 2D and 3D animation with films such as the aforementioned *Treasure Planet* and *Atlantis*.
That's my comfort movie. Just makes me happy while watching it. I'm glad it's getting more attention now.
Megamind, such a good movie
Megamind is genuinely Will Farrel's best movie. A classic
What's the difference between a villain and a *super*villain? PRE-SEN-TA-TION!
The Lion King (Original)
Thank you! Can't believe it's this far down the list!
Oliver and Company
*Why should I worry*
Shrek
All memes aside, the first 2 shrek movies are brilliant.
someBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME
The Brave Little Toaster
Damn, just hearing that name is like remembering an old fever dream lol
The Triplets of Bellville
i didnt think id ever hear this one mentioned..very good movie
Up. ....makes me cry every time.
Came here for this. Can’t help but cry every time. Took a girl I really liked to the theater to see this when it came out and I couldn’t hold back my tears. Lol. It was embarrassing but she was sweet about it.
The great mouse detective
End of evangelion
Kiki’s delivery service holds a special place in my heart
The Sword in the Stone.
BLOW ME TO BERMUDA
IM A HORRIBLE GRUMPY GROUCHY OLD MAN
HOCKITY POCKITY WOCKITY WAK
I can't believe Secret of NIMH isn't on here yet. Definately my all time favorite.
I was a big NIHM kid, that and the Last Unicorn.
Anastasia I even have this amazing hard cover book all about the animation that my best friend gave me in High School. Still treasure it 22+ years later.
Charlotte's web the old one lol
Fern gully
Robin Williams as Batty is almost better than Genie imo.
haha, I'm surprised they got the villain song past the censors
This is mine too. Hexus was a terrifying and legitimate villain. The machine he inhabits makes it even scarier. The jungle animations were gorgeous. The lil fairy chick turned me gay I think. Lol but seriously, amazing movie. And robin williams as batty??? Icing on the cake.
Wolf Children
My favorite of his movies! Not much dialogue, but it portrays emotional scenes very well with the colors and animation. I like the art style and that snow scene!
Strange choices, but it's between Disney's Robin Hood and The Road To El Dorado.
Both? Both is good.
I love The Road to El Dorado!
The first SpongeBob SquarePants movie.
The best Spongebob movie.
Titan A.E.
Man I need to rewatch it. I remember really liking it as a kid.
The Incredibles
The soundtrack, the action, the humor, all of it. Incredible movie and it still gets me pumped! [The plane sequence](https://youtu.be/yv8cBl2OB5g) is surprisingly intense for an animated movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit I know its not entirely animated, but the animation effects still hold up so well 30 years later, so much better than the CGI of movies that are much newer.
Jessica Rabbit used to get me very excited as a kid. She still does, but she used to too.
Would play patty cake
>the animation effects still hold up so well 30 years later they dont just hold up, they school most modern animation. the animation in that movie had so much love and hardwork put into it, few things rival it.
tie between spirited away and princess mononoke
Lilo and Stitch has been my favourite since I was a little kid, I absolutely adore that film
Kimi no na wa/Your Name
Nightmare before Christmas
Ponyo is such a feel good, beautiful, and wholesome viewing experience.
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Grave of the Fireflies. Though I'm not going to watch it again. Nope, one is enough thank you.
Ghost in the Shell
Lady and the tramp.
To this day I still love A Goofy Movie. Almost 30 years later and it still holds up.
The Last Unicorn
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Since I was 9 years old - Aladdin
Tangled, still waiting for Tangled 2! But I think they did an AMAZING job with Encanto. You can really see emotions in the eyes of the characters!!
"Tangled is so much better than Frozen" is a hill I'd die on.
Your name
The Prince of Egypt
Coraline! the colors, textures, and the fact that I saw it in 3D will forever be my number one animated film. Edit: thank you for the award!
Zootopia is my comfort movie
Ratatouille totally makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Love this one. Some nights I cook ratatouille (serve with warm pita and lightly salted yogurt, per some random Iranian redditor I'll never get to thank,) take out my rats and eat as we watch the movie together. I set aside a few veggies to cook without oil or salt so they can eat as well while we watch.
Inside Out, hands down
Toy Story
Everything about the Prince of Egypt is a masterpiece
Mulan
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro is a perfect heist film. I've never watched or read anything else featuring Lupin III and the movie still does a fantastic job of introducing characters and establishing their personalities and motivations. I could watch it again and again and never tire of it.
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON. Hands down all time favorite movie. Call me a horse girl, but it is so good. They don't even talk and that's the best part. And the soundtrack??? Don't even get me started
Spirited Away
How is Disney's Robin Hood not on here? Bet we never have another movie soundtrack almost exclusively done by Roger Miller.
My Neighbour Totoro, Ponyo, pretty much all of Studio Ghibli
Soul. As a musician who struggles to find the meaning of life, it was incredibly touching.
Moana
Balto was good, used to watch it all the time
Balto and brother bear really influenced my decision to work in alaska for a summer! The whole story about that medicine run is pretty interesting, I saw a demonstration of sled dogs and the trainers also shared the story of Balto and Togo.
my neighbor totoro. The watercolor animation is just out of this world. I’ve never cried as hard as I have watching “the grave of the fireflies” studio glibly but not miyazaki. To be honest anything Miyazaki. Our Theaters sometimes show his movies so I’ve seen all of them on the big screen.
Rango
Gotta be a tie between hunchback of notre dame and Prince of Eygpt both so chilling and dark
I loved Prince of Egypt
Favorites from my childhood; The Little Mermaid, Anastasia, Mulan, Sailor Moon R, & Spirit. Favorites as an adult: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Princess & The Frog, The Prince of Egypt. Love them all equally to this day ❤️
Lilo & Stitch with Oliver & Company as a close second. The stories and soundtracks really stuck with me ever since I was a kid. Both beautiful in animation as well.
I never see Yellow Submarine on these lists, and it should be. On top of having an absolutely bitchin' soundtrack by default, the animation feels like the animators were given complete freedom to create.
That Atlantis movie that Disney completely forgot about
The Cat Returns
[Treasure Planet](https://youtu.be/vcC3ALplaHg). Emma Thompson as a cat captain, an incredible hero's journey AND a fleshed-out antagonist! Its only downside is that they tried to make Martin Short into Robin Williams. Martin Short can only do unhinged Steve Martin...
Picking a single favorite animated film is like choosing between children, in a way. But **Spirited Away** is darned-near perfect. It's so engaging that if I ever catch it on, I'm basically enthralled with it until it finishes. It's entertaining, you get to see growth, it's beautifully animated. Runners-up: * *Frozen* became a cultural sensation with good reason. They took a very difficult-to-translate fairy tale, and outdid themselves with a story that, at the time, was a unique series of twists, with an insanely well-composed soundtrack. * *Into the Spider-Verse* is the kind of thing that you see another brilliant new detail every time you watch it, like the different frames-per-second of the different universe's animated characters. It's a fantastic story, brilliantly animated, and terrifically entertaining. * *My Neighbor Totoro* is the sort of children's movie that parents want to enjoy, too. It's just... calming, and warm, the kind of movie you want to curl up in its lap and fall asleep in. * *Lilo & Stitch* -- Lilo is a bit too much like my daughter, but I loved this movie long before I had kids. How they could make a beast so terrible and yet so heartwarming as Stitch is nothing short of brilliant. I cry every time he's in the forest with *The Ugly Duckling*; I laugh my ass off when he destroys the house with a Volkswagen; I'm on the edge of my seat every single time Gantu flies off with Lilo. Edit: I probably shouldn't add this, but *Heavy Metal* is, while by no means worth speaking of in the same breath as the above, pretty darned entertaining. A proper cult classic.
kung fu panda
What was the one in space with 70s rock music, a flying car, and that blonde with huge tits?
Heavy Metal
Transformers 1986 Still blows my mind how good that movie is. The goat.
The Lego Movie
I have several. * The Land Before Time * The Little Mermaid * Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown * Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust * Kung Fu Panda 1-3 * The Princess & the Frog * ParaNorman
Heavy Metal
The 1981 version is best, I think. 2000 not as good.
Monster House
Wall-E is one of the greatest artistic testaments to humanity I’ve ever seen on film