25 Animated Films of the 1980s

Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.

A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.

Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.

An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.

A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.

Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague.

A prince of the sea and a child of fire engage in a tragic forbidden romance.

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.

In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

When Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.

A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.