Best Animated Movies

Animation is an incredible art of displaying a series of images in a rapid manner, to give an illusionary visual effect of real time. The first animated short silent film, was made by J. Stuart Blackton in the year 1906. After that, many cartoonists and animators came up with new technical and innovative ideas of animation and brought up the field of animation to a whole new level. Today, the Animation industry, has flourished to a very large extent and every year, several animated movies are released. With such a huge number of animated movies to the date, making a list of best animated movies is certainly a daunting task. Given here is an attempt to make a list of some of the most popular and best animated movies of all time.

Top Animated Movies - Nominated for Academy Awards

Given below is a list of some of the best animated movies ever made. The animated movies written in bold letters are winners of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

• Shrek (2001)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Spirited Away (2002)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
• Treasure Planet (2002)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Brother Bear (2003)
• The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Shark Tale (2004)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Cars (2006)
• Monster House (2006)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Persepolis (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• WALL-E (2008)
• Bolt (2008)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Up (2009)
• Coraline (2009)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• The Secret of Kells (2009)

Best Animated Movies for Kids

Given below are some animated movies that are very popular among kids.

• Finding Nemo (2003)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
• 101 Dalmatians (1961)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Return to Never Land (2002)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Fantasia (1940)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Tarzan (1999)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• The Animatrix (2003)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Atlantis - The Lost Empire (2001)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• Dumbo (1941)
• Sleeping Beauty (1955)
• The Rescuers (1977)
• Hercules (1997)
• Robots (2005)
• The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• Transformers: The Movie (1986)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Best Animated Movies of All Time

• What's Opera, Doc? - A short animated film directed by Chuck Jones, in the year 1957, for Warner Bros. Cartoons.
• WALL-E - A science fiction animated film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, in the year 2008. The film has also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
• Toy Story - A 1995 film, that features voice of famous actor Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and has won eight Annie Awards, including the Best Animated Feature.
• Tale of Tales - A Soviet animated movie that received the title of greatest animated film of all time.
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - A very popular animated movie based upon the fairy tale written by Brothers Grimm. It was released in the year 1937 and is the first animated movie produced by Walt Disney that was presented in full color.

These were some of the best animated movies for you. So, download these movies from the Internet or borrow them from your friends, but make sure you watch them. But, before that, make a note that the above given list of best animated movies might be incomplete and the list might have missed some movies.