The 100 best animated movies: the best funny movies
World-famous animators pick the best animated movies ever, including Disney and Pixar movies, cult movies, kids movies, stop-motion, anime and more
We’ve applied 26 handy labels to the 100 great animations in our list. Here you’ll find all the films that are especially funny.
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Pinocchio (1940)
A wooden puppet yearns to be a real boy; he must prove himself worthy.
See full entryToy Story (1995)
Cowboy or spaceman – which is Andy’s favorite plaything? And how do these secretly alive toys feel about that?
See full entryThe Incredibles (2004)
A superheroic family tries to blend into their quiet suburban lifestyle, but realises that their skills are nothing to be ashamed of.
See full entryDumbo (1941)
It ain’t easy being gray in one of Disney’s most simple, cute and memorable tales.
See full entrySnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Not the first animated feature, but the start of the Disney empire.
See full entryThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The film that made Christmas creepy.
See full entryFantastic Mr Fox (2009)
An idiosyncratic auteur gets animated with this stop-motion take on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel.
See full entryIt’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
A one-man masterpiece.
See full entryWallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
An eccentric inventor and his loyal canine companion hunt a mutant bunny.
See full entryWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
A live-action gumshoe must prove that a cartoon rabbit has been wrongly accused of murder.
See full entryRatatouille (2007)
Pixar was at the height of its powers when it made this Paris-set tale of a rat with immense cooking talent.
See full entryThe Triplets of Belleville (2003)
An oldster saves her kidnapped grandson with the help of three peculiar singers.
See full entry101 Dalmatians (1961)
Disney’s most stylish baddie concocts a devilish plan.
See full entryBambi (1942)
The film that makes little kids (and grown adults) cry.
See full entrySouth Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Freed from the constraints of network TV, prepubescent paper-cut terrors go on the rampage.
See full entryThe Jungle Book (1967)
Disney gets with the ’60s.
See full entryToy Story 2 (1999)
It’s an emotional reunion as Pixar gets the old gang back together.
See full entryFinding Nemo (2003)
Pixar’s beloved shaggy-fish story hooked the box office.
See full entryToy Story 3 (2010)
Pixar scored a hat trick – in 3D – with the third film of its signature franchise.
See full entryChicken Run (2000)
Aardman’s first feature applied their signature style to a tale of farmed chickens trying to break free.
See full entryHow to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How the Vikings learned to stop warring and love dragons.
See full entryMary and Max (2009)
A wise, funny Claymation tale of lives lived on the edge of society.
See full entryMonsters, Inc. (2001)
Pixar’s purple patch spawns another monster smash.
See full entryAllegro Non Troppo (1976)
Animation meets classical music in an Italian-style Fantasia.
See full entryThe Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Miyazaki’s first feature is an affectionate, fun-filled take on ’60s spy capers.
See full entryThe Lego Movie (2014)
This politically charged family adventure effortlessly transcends its toy-exploiting roots.
See full entryFritz the Cat (1972)
Hard to be a collegian feline in the city? Not really, especially when there’s so much sex and pot to be had.
See full entryTokyo Godfathers (2003)
Three Japanese vagabonds attempt to find the parents of an abandoned baby during Christmastime.
See full entryMind Game (2004)
This anime film is a searingly intense mash-up of styles, genres and narrative techniques.
See full entryWreck-It Ralph (2012)
The thuggish villain of a classic arcade game gets tired of being bad and breaks out of his cage.
See full entryThe Illusionist (2010)
An unfilmed Jacques Tati script is realised with gentle wit and piercing melancholy.
See full entryKiki's Delivery Service (1989)
An animation giant plunders classic kids’ lit for this tale of a resourceful young witch.
See full entryAladdin (1992)
Disney’s comeback was assured when this lively romp made millions.
See full entryRango (2011)
A talking chameleon, used to blending in, must take a bold stand as a Western town’s new sheriff.
See full entryCoraline (2009)
‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ director Selick’s follow-up is altogether more unsettling.
See full entryKung Fu Panda (2008)
It may be mainstream, but this all-action chopsocky film has wit, charm and guts.
See full entryRobin Hood (1973)
The easiest and breeziest of all the classic Disney cartoons.
See full entryCoonskin (1975)
A controversial satire on race relations from ’70s animation outlaw Bakshi.
See full entryThe Tale of the Fox (1930)
The world’s first feature-length stop-motion animation... and one of the greatest.
See full entryThe Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)
This compilation of classic Looney Tunes cartoons deserves to be far better known.
See full entryErnest & Celestine (2012)
A French children’s publishing phenomenon is brought to handmade life in this story of friendship across species.
See full entryParaNorman (2012)
Fun for the whole family – with ghosts and booger-green zombies.
See full entryGoodbye Mr Christie (2011)
Part art piece, part gross-out comedy, part apocalyptic epic, all indescribable.
See full entryGulliver’s Travels (1939)
Jonathan Swift is adapted in the first feature from Disney’s closest rivals.
See full entryJames and the Giant Peach (1996)
Roald Dahl’s beloved but trippy children’s book – about escape, adventure and the company of giant insects – meets its creative match.
See full entryFehérlófia (1981)
Hungarian folktales go psychedelic… and then some.
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