20 Best Animated Movie All Time

Big Hero 6 setting is in a fictional hybrid metropolis called San Fransokyo. Hiro Hamada seeks vengeance for his brother Tadashi Hamada’s death.

Hiro, a young robotics brainiac and his robot Baymax discover a criminal plot. He modifies a Healthcare provider robot as a technologically advanced machine.

The plot moves after Hiro ties up a team of inexperienced crime troopers to tackle the series of mysterious crimes caused by the masked supervillain, Yokai.

Released in 2014, Big Hero 6 features actors such as Ryan Potter and Scott Adsit – with late Stan Lee.

Monsters Inc. is about monsters that work in a power plant. In the movie, the plant goes through magical doors into little children’s bedrooms and scares them.

The energy of the scream then charges up a battery. So far, so good.

Later, one of the employees finds out that the laughter of the children produces much more energy. He wants to make this public, but he’s literally being muzzled.

There’s a machine that sucks all the words out of the mouth of a monster.

Billy Crystal and John Goodman presented their iconic voice in this 2001 movie. Monsters Inc. plot adorably presents that happiness is much more worthy than sorrow. Its story is more centered on finding new things.

Remarkable Disney movie Aladdin features Aladdin and Jasmine as opposites of each other. It is about the mythical culture of Genie.

The major character wants to escape poverty and live in a palace. Aladdin is portrayed as an orphan on the streets of Agrabah.

On the other hand, Jasmine lives in a palace. She is a princess who wants to taste freedom.

Throughout the movie, these two give each other what the other wants. The magical character, Genie and Abu help Aladdin for the utmost reconciliation with Jasmine.

It was quite attractive to audiences in 1992 to see this kind of visually appealing movie. Robin Williams’ voice as Genie adds up spice in the whole 1hr 30 minutes.

Puss in Boots is a visually remarkable animated adventure movie. It may not be the most original film in terms of story but it appeals to both children and adults.

The film is renowned for its excellent animation, humor, and likable characters.

Puss in Boots uses a mix of computer-generated imagery and hand-drawn animation to bring the characters and world of the movie to life.

The character designs are also robust, with Puss and the other main characters all being distinct and memorable.

Tangled is a Disney animated film that was released in 2010. The movie is a retelling of the classic fairytale of “Rapunzel.”

The plot moves around Rapunzel and her prince charming Flynn. He plans to take her out of the cage of mother Gothel.

Throughout the movie, Rapunzel and Flynn develop feelings for each other and learn that family and friendship are more important than anything else.

It is a pictorially stunning and heartwarming tale of adventure, love and self-discovery that appeals to children and adults with its humor, action and emotional depth.

How to Train Your Dragon is a critically acclaimed and widely beloved animated film. Released in 2010 it was directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders.

It historizes fiction of a young Viking named Hiccup who goes against the wishes of his tribe. Particularly, he befriends a dragon and learns to train and ride it.

How To Train Your Dragon has strong animation, voice acting, humor, and emotional depth. It has also depicted an unusual relationship between Hiccup and Toothless – which is seen as relatable and heartwarming.

Spirited Away is the only anime movie on our list. The film was produced and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released in 2001.

The film moves with a young girl Chihiro who stumbles upon a strange town inhabited by spirits while moving to a new home with her parents.

While the plot moves on, her parents are strangely turned into pigs. Chihiro faces a situation where she must navigate this supernatural world to break the curse – and return to her world.

The anime uses Japanese folklore and mythology with the themes of growing up with maturity. Spirited Away won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and is regarded as one of the best anime ever made.

Frozen is a billion-dollar grossing film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was released in 2013 and is based on the fairy tale “The Snow Queen.”

The movie was a massive commercial and critical success, winning an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film.

Frozen depicts strong female lead characters; two sisters Elsa and Anna – and their relationship is relatable and heartwarming.

2006 computer-animated adventure film Cars is produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film revolves around a racecar named Lightning McQueen.

McQueen gets lost on his way to a big race and finds himself helpless in the desert town of Radiator Springs. After he destroys property in the town he learns valuable lessons about life and friendship.

Cars present the characters as likable and relatable such as McQueen and Mater – although these are set in an alternate universe where cars are shown as humans.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a stop-motion animated movie directed by Wes Anderson. It is based on the children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

The major character Mr. Fox presented as a clever and charismatic fox. He fully involves himself in a life of stealing and finally decides to retire; however, Fox can’t quit and returns to his old ways, putting himself and his family in danger.

Released in 2009, Fantastic Mr. Fox received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Toy Story is the first computer-animated 3D film produced by Pixar. It was released in 1995 when computer-generated 3D animations started to get popular.

Toy Story narrates a group of toys that come to life when their owner, Andy, is not around. Toy Story follows the adventures of Woody, a cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger action figure.

The voice cast includes Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, who is seen as top-notch and gives memorable performances.

Although it didn’t win any Oscar Awards, the movie was nominated in three categories.

The Incredibles tells the story of a family of former superheroes who save the world. To do that, they must come out of retirement and resolve personal issues.

It is the first Brad Bird directed movie on our list, which Pixar Studios released in 2004.

The Incredibles‘ visuals are considered highly detailed and imaginative, with great use of color. Made under the superhero genre – with well-developed characters, clever humor and fantastic action sequences, it won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Here comes another Brad Bird movie Ratatouille released in 2007. The film is set in the culinary world of Paris, France.

It tells us the story of a rat named Remy, who dreams of becoming a chef. Remy pursues a journey of struggles to achieve his dream despite his species’ bad reputation.

The relationship between humans and rats is presented through an emotional story in Ratatouille. Movie’s voice cast includes Patton Oswalt, Jane Lynch, and Brad Garrett.

Brad Bird impressed the world by winning Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year once again through this movie.

WALL-E is a 2008 science fiction animated film directed by Andrew Stanton. The film is set on abandoned Earth with last remaining trash-collecting robot WALL-E.

It shows Earth is polluted and covered in garbage, and WALL-E is still collecting trash. The story follows WALL-E as he discovers a new mission in life and embarks on a journey across the galaxy.

The movie is set on dystopian Earth, imagining robot characters with humanistic behaviors.

Commercially and critically acclaimed, it won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and was nominated for various other awards.

Finding Nemo shows a narrative of a clownfish named Nemo who gets captured by a diver. The movie is about his journey to escape from an aquarium.

Also, the film shows a real struggle of an overprotective father to rescue his son.  In pursuit of getting freedom Nemo faces challenges in the sea. 

It has some lovable characters such as Dory – who has short-term memory loss and Gill, the leader of the aquarium in the Dentist’s office.

Popular faces including William Dafoe, Ellen DeGeneres, and Andrew Stanton provided their voice in the Pixar animation. The movie bagged several awards counting Best Animated Feature at the Oscars.

2009 movie Up presents an elderly widower named Carl Frederickson. He wishes to fulfill his lifelong dream of traveling to South America by attaching thousands of helium balloons.

Carl plans to embark on a journey with his wife, Ellie from his house. The movie shows the ups and downs of their life – the death of Ellie and the loneliness of Carl.

Carl meets a young boy named Russell throughout the course, and the two plan an adventure together.

Up won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for several other awards. This movie is mixed with realistic sadness and emotions.

It was unimaginable to think of a movie like Pinocchio in 1940. Disney produced the second animated movie and it turned into box office success.

The storyline comes from the adaptation of an Italian book called The Adventure of Pinocchio. A living puppet, Pinocchio wishes to become a real boy and have adventures with his woodcarver father Geppetto.

Star casts such as Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards, and Christian Rub voiced over in Pinocchio. It won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is second superhero genre movie in this article. The first picture in the whole list produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

The movie explores the concept of the “Spider-Verse,” featuring multiple versions of Spider-Man from different dimensions.

Later, it is adapted in live action movie Spiderman: No Way Home – where Peter Parker seeks help of Doctor Strange to travel in multiverse seeking his real identity.

Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Film is one of the accolades won by the movie. Other prestigious awards also include the list.

First ever Spanish-American animation Klaus is one of the best Christmas movies ever. It tells the story of a postman named Jesper and toymaker Klaus.

Jesper is sent to a remote island town where he makes friends with Klaus. Jesper executes a plan of using Klaus to spread joy throughout the town.

The movie is historically set back in Norway and relates to the mythology of Santa Claus. It is a 2D animation movie where hand-drawn pictures are used to create the motion.

The Lion King is a 1994 musical family movie produced by Walt Disney Animation. The movie is adapted from the tragedy of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Elton John, Tim Rice and Hans Zimmer grabbed two Academy Awards for the Lion King.

The Lion King makes viewers acknowledge the story of the separation and the struggle of a fatherless child. The tragicomedy inspires movie lovers about the hope of becoming successful.

The movie’s voice casts include Jeremy Irons, Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones, so on.