The 100 best animated movies: the best epic movies
World-famous animators pick the best animated movies ever, including Disney and Pixar movies, cult movies, kids movies, stop-motion, anime and more
Now we know which are the 100 best animation movies of all time. But which are the best Disney movies and which are the best Pixar or Studio Ghibli films? Which are best for kids and families and which are strictly arty, political or edgy?
We’ve applied 26 handy labels to the 100 great animations in our list. Here you’ll find all the films deserving of the label ‘epic’.
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The Incredibles (2004)
A superheroic family tries to blend into their quiet suburban lifestyle, but realises that their skills are nothing to be ashamed of.
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The Iron Giant (1999)
The Ted Hughes novel came to Hollywood in a studio movie that broke technical and storytelling boundaries – if not box-office records.
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Fantasia (1940)
In Disney’s extravaganza, eight fantastical vignettes are scored to music by Bach, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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Akira (1988)
A biker teen unleashes a psychic with apocalyptic powers – oh, and it’s 2019.
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It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
A one-man masterpiece.
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Up (2009)
Pixar’s saddest, sweetest, strangest film.
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Watership Down (1978)
Nothing is child’s play in this vivid, gutsy adaptation of Richard Adams’s novel about a colony of rabbits seeking a new warren.
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Princess Mononoke (1997)
Ancient forests mark the battleground for mankind’s future in this mythical drama set in medieval Japan.
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Chicken Run (2000)
Aardman’s first feature applied their signature style to a tale of farmed chickens trying to break free.
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