The 100 best animated movies: the best foreign-language 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 foreign-language films explored in the project.
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Spirited Away (2001)
Moving is a drag for ten-year-old Chihiro, until she discovers she’s meant to work in a bathhouse for the spirit world.
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Alice (1988)
This Lewis Carroll adaptation, from a brilliant Czech surrealist, is too wild and wonderful for kids.
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Akira (1988)
A biker teen unleashes a psychic with apocalyptic powers – oh, and it’s 2019.
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
This unflinching war story proves that, in animation, anything is possible.
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Fantastic Planet (1973)
Surreal social commentary in a Gallic animated sci-fi milestone.
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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
An oldster saves her kidnapped grandson with the help of three peculiar singers.
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Persepolis (2007)
An Iranian expat remembers her tumultuous childhood during the Islamic revolution.
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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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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
The madness and futility of war... in animation.
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Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
Animation meets classical music in an Italian-style Fantasia.
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