Animated Films

This is my list of movies I

  • like,
  • —didn’t like or want to pretend never happened—, and
  • ⇒ need to watch again or for the first time.

Pixar Animation Studios Features

  1. Toy Story, 1995.
  2. A Bug’s Life, 1998.
  3. Toy Story 2, 1999.
  4. Monsters Inc., 2001. Nominated, Academy Award, Best Animated Film.
  5. Finding Nemo, 2003. Winner, Academy Award, Best Animated Film.
  6. The Incredibles, 2004. Winner, Academy Award, Best Animated Film.
  7. Cars, 2006. Nominated, Academy Award, Best Animated Film.
  8. Ratatouille, 2007. Winner, Academy Award, Best Animated Film.
  9. Wall-E, 2008. Critically acclaimed. Probably will win Oscar.
  10. Up, 2009. Pete Docter (Monsters Inc.) directing.
  11. Toy Story 3, 2010. Lee Unkrich directing.
  12. Cars 2, 2011. Brad Lewis directing.
  13. The Bear and the Bow, 2011. Brenda Chapman (Prince of Egypt) directing.
  14. Newt, 2012. Gary Rydstrom (Lifted) directing.
  15. ... ?

Pixar Shorts

  1. Andre and Wally B, 1985.
  2. Luxo, Jr., 1986. (Toy Story 2 DVD, 2 pack)
  3. Red’s Dream, 1987.
  4. Tin Toy, 1988. (Toy Story DVD, 2 pack)
  5. Knick Knack, 1989. (Finding Nemo DVD)
  6. Geri’s Game, 1997. (A Bug’s Life DVD)
  7. For the Birds, 2000. (Monster’s Inc DVD)
  8. Mike’s New Car, 2003. (Monster’s Inc DVD)
  9. Boundin’, 2004. (Incredibles DVD)
  10. Jack Jack Attack, 2005. (Incredibles DVD)
  11. One Man Band, Anisy 2005, Theaters 2006. In theaters with Cars.
  12. Lifted, 2007 (Ratatouille DVD)
  13. Your Friend the Rat, 2007 (Ratatouille DVD). I love this one. It is so quirky and strange (and factual).
  14. Presto, 2008.
  15. Burn-E, 2008. (Wall-E DVD)

Walt Disney’s Full-Length Animated Feature Films

Wikipedia List:

  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937.
  2. Pinocchio, 1940.
  3. Fantasia, 1940. parts are great, some not so great.
  4. Dumbo, 1941.
  5. ⇒ Bambi, 1942.
  6. Saludos Amigos, 1943.
  7. ⇒ The Three Caballeros, 1945.
  8. Make Mine Music, 1946.
  9. Fun and Fancy Free, 1947.
  10. Melody Time, 1948.
  11. ⇒ The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad, 1949.
  12. Cinderella, 1950.
  13. Alice In Wonderland, 1951.
  14. Peter Pan, 1953.
  15. Lady And The Tramp, 1955.
  16. Sleeping Beauty, 1959.
  17. 101 Dalmations, 1961.
  18. The Sword And The Stone, 1963.
  19. The Jungle Book, 1967.
  20. The Aristocats, 1970.
  21. Robin Hood, 1973.
  22. ⇒ The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, 1977.
  23. The Rescuers, 1977.
  24. The Fox And The Hound, 1981.
  25. —The Black Cauldron, 1985.—
  26. ⇒ The Great Mouse Detective, 1986.
  27. Oliver & Company, 1988.
  28. The Little Mermaid, 1989.
  29. The Rescuers Down Under, 1990.
  30. Beauty And The Beast, 1991.
  31. Aladdin, 1992.
  32. The Lion King, 1994.
  33. Pocahontas, 1995.
  34. ⇒ The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, 1996.
  35. ? ⇒ Hercules, 1997.
  36. Mulan, 1998.
  37. —Tarzan, 1999.—
  38. Fantasia 2000 was released nationwide on January 1, 2000, starting a 4-month IMAX exclusive showing.
    1. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven
    2. Pines of Rome, Ottorino Respighi (Flying Whales)
    3. Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
    4. Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102, Dmitri Shostakovich (Soldier)
    5. Carnival of the Animals, Camille Saint-Sans (Flamingos + Yo-Yo)
    6. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Paul Dukas
    7. Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar (Noah’s Ark with Donald and Daisy)
    8. Firebird Suite - 1919 Version, Igor Stravinsky
  39. The Emperor’s New Groove, December 10, 2000.
  40. —Atlantis: The Lost Empire, June 15, 2001.—
  41. ⇒ Lilo & Stitch, June 16, 2005.
  42. —Treasure Planet, November 27, 2005.—
  43. —Brother Bear, November 7, 2003. (Phil Collins songs)—
  44. —Home On The Range, March 21, 2004.—
  45. —Chicken Little, November, 2005.—
  46. Meet the Robinsons, 2007.
  47. Bolt, 2007.
  48. The Princess and the Frog, 2009.
  49. Rapunzel, 2010.

Aardman Studios

  1. Wallace and Gromit: Three Amazing Adventures
  2. Chicken Run
  3. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Tim Burton

  1. The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. ⇒ James and the Giant Peach
  3. ⇒ Corpse Bride

Warner Brothers (Brad Bird & Company)

  1. Iron Giant, 1999.

Fox

  1. ⇒ Anastasia?
  2. ⇒ Ice Age?

DreamWorks

  1. Prince of Egypt
  2. —Road to El Dorado—
  3. —Antz—
  4. Shrek
  5. Shrek 2 (meh)
  6. —Shark Tale—
  7. —Madagascar—
  8. —Over the Hedge— meh
  9. —Shrek 3— so bad, terrible excuse for a story, great production value and effects, almost way too good for the story

Animation

I love animated movies because I love animation. The other main reason I love animation is because (well done) animated films tend to satisfy my requirements for "not wasting my time" and "collectability" more often than typical movies:

  1. The film contains no trash that would prevent me from showing it to kids. This helps ensure that the storywriting must be stronger; most movies are all about so-called entertainment value (i.e. sex, drugs, off-color humor, violence) where values aren’t really valued at all. The other reason is that I’m still (proudly) easily offended by (even in passing) low, tasteless content sadly mistaken for art or entertainment or realistic-ness. I feel this addiction to the explicit illicit on the part of moviemakers is a result of (1) implicit clamor for more by increasingly desensitized audiences, and (2) necessary compensation for movies with lack of real story writing.
  2. Adults enjoy the film even more than the kids because the story is clever, honest, uninsulting and cleverly unpredictable. You remember liking this film as a child and you’re not embarrased by it as an adult because it’s utterly unlike the usual producer/marketing-department manufactured kitsch (e.g. Cinderella II being the archetypal example of kitsch).

I feel that movies can be serious and intellectually interesting while remaining uplifting and avoiding the explicit. Many moviegoers will undoubtedly disagree with me, but I will just have to vote with my feet and stick to my principles. With Pixar buying Disney for -$7.4B, perhaps the quality of Disney animated films will return to its former glory, and then we can all enjoy at least two worthwhile films a year. One from Pixar Animation Studios, and one from Disney Feature Animation... We’ll see.