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Metacritic's Best Animated Movies

by BonaFideBOSS • Created 3 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
Which of these top animated movies according to Metacritic is your favorite?

• Note: Only movies with a Metascore of 90 or above are considered.

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  • Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)

    1. Pinocchio

    19401h 28mApproved99Metascore
    7.5 (167K)
    A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
    DirectorsNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel Blanc
  • Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)

    2. Dumbo

    19411h 4mG96Metascore
    7.2 (147K)
    Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
    DirectorsSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyJames Baskett
  • Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Brian Dennehy, John Ratzenberger, James Remar, Will Arnett, Brad Garrett, Kathy Griffin, Brad Bird, Lindsey Collins, Walt Dohrn, Tony Fucile, Michael Giacchino, Bradford Lewis, Danny Mann, Teddy Newton, Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Jake Steinfeld, Stéphane Roux, Lori Richardson, Thomas Keller, Julius Callahan, Marco Boerries, Andrea Boerries, and Jack Bird in Ratatouille (2007)

    3. Ratatouille

    20071h 51mG96Metascore
    8.1 (886K)
    A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
    DirectorsBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton Oswalt
  • Fantasia (1940)

    4. Fantasia

    19402h 4mG96Metascore
    7.7 (108K)
    A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
    DirectorsJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    5. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (911K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

    6. Beauty and the Beast

    19911h 24mG95Metascore
    8.0 (493K)
    A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
    DirectorsGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse Corti
  • Tom Hanks, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

    7. Toy Story

    19951h 21mG96Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy's bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.
    DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon Rickles
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

    8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    19371h 23mApproved96Metascore
    7.6 (231K)
    Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
    DirectorsWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La Verne
  • WALL·E (2008)

    9. WALL·E

    20081h 38mG95Metascore
    8.4 (1.3M)
    A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
    DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff Garlin
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    10. Grave of the Fireflies

    19881h 28mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.5 (350K)
    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi Yamaguchi
  • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)

    11. Inside Out

    20151h 35mPG94Metascore
    8.1 (868K)
    After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
    DirectorsPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis Black
  • Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

    12. Sita Sings the Blues

    20081h 22mNot Rated93Metascore
    7.6 (5K)
    An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.
    DirectorNina PaleyStarsAnnette HanshawAseem ChhabraBhavana Nagulapally
  • Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jodi Benson, Blake Clark, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Don Rickles, and Frank Welker in Toy Story 3 (2010)

    13. Toy Story 3

    20101h 43mG92Metascore
    8.3 (932K)
    The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
    DirectorLee UnkrichStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan Cusack
  • Tower (2016)

    14. Tower

    20161h 22mTV-1492Metascore
    7.9 (8.4K)
    Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
    DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsMonty MuirViolett BeaneCole Bee Wilson
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

    15. The Triplets of Belleville

    20031h 20mPG-1391Metascore
    7.7 (58K)
    When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
    DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel Robin
  • Flee (2021)

    16. Flee

    20211h 29mPG-1391Metascore
    7.9 (21K)
    A man look back over his life as he grapples with a painful secret he has keep hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband.
    DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad Eskandari
  • Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    17. Waltz with Bashir

    20081h 30mR91Metascore
    8.0 (62K)
    An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
    DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny Dayag
  • Bambi (1942)

    18. Bambi

    19421h 9mApproved91Metascore
    7.3 (160K)
    The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
    DirectorsJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette Audrey
  • Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)

    19. Only Yesterday

    19911h 59mPG90Metascore
    7.6 (40K)
    A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsMiki ImaiToshirô YanagibaYoko Honna
  • Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, and Barry Humphries in Finding Nemo (2003)

    20. Finding Nemo

    20031h 40mG90Metascore
    8.2 (1.2M)
    After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
    DirectorsAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander Gould
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell, and Spencer Fox in The Incredibles (2004)

    21. The Incredibles

    20041h 55mPG90Metascore
    8.0 (856K)
    While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.
    DirectorBrad BirdStarsCraig T. NelsonSamuel L. JacksonHolly Hunter
  • Son of the White Mare (1981)

    22. Son of the White Mare

    19811h 26mUnrated90Metascore
    7.8 (3.2K)
    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.
    DirectorMarcell JankovicsStarsGyörgy CserhalmiVera PapGyula Szabó
  • Persepolis (2007)

    23. Persepolis

    20071h 36mPG-1390Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
    DirectorsVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena Rowlands

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