Best Animated Movies Of All Time
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Up
(2009)
By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway. (96 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
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The Incredibles
(2004)
A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world. (115 mins.)
Director: Brad Bird
3.
Finding Nemo
(2003)
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. (100 mins.)
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
4.
Monsters, Inc.
(2001)
Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted. (92 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman
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How to Train Your Dragon
(2010)
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. (98 mins.)
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
(2009)
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. (90 mins.)
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
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Toy Story
(1995)
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. (81 mins.)
Director: John Lasseter
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Toy Story 2
(1999)
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting. (92 mins.)
Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon
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Toy Story 3
(2010)
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. (103 mins.)
Director: Lee Unkrich
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Madagascar
(2005)
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs (86 mins.)
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
(2008)
The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents. (89 mins.)
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
(2012)
Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style. (93 mins.)
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
13.
Ratatouille
(2007)
With dreams of becoming a chef, a culinary genius in the form of a rat, makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famed restaurant. (111 mins.)
Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
14.
The Lion King
(1994)
Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. (89 mins.)
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
15.
Kung Fu Panda
(2008)
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts. (90 mins.)
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
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Kung Fu Panda 2
(2011)
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past. (91 mins.)
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
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Aladdin
(1992)
Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince. (90 mins.)
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
18.
9
(2009)
A rag doll that awakens in a post-apocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation. (79 mins.)
Director: Shane Acker
19.
Beowulf
(2007)
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge. (115 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
20.
Treasure Planet
(2002)
A Disney animated version of "Treasure Island". The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders. (95 mins.)
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
21.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. (87 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
22.
Rango
(2011)
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff. (107 mins.)
Director: Gore Verbinski
23.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(2012)
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. (88 mins.)
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
24.
Wreck-It Ralph
(2012)
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives. (108 mins.)
Director: Rich Moore
25.
Despicable Me
(2010)
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. (95 mins.)
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
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