The 100 best animated movies: animation experts
Experts including Disney and Pixar directors, Wes Anderson, Nick Park and Carlos Saldanha vote for their favorite animated movies
How did we choose the 100 best animated movies of all time? We went straight to the experts and asked them to tell us their personal top ten films. From there we calculated the top 100 overall best animated movies. Here you'll find the personal selections of people including Ed Desroches (the current president of the International Association of Animated Film), Steve Alpert (who has held executive positions at both Disney and Studio Ghibli) and the anime specialist Helen McCarthy. Explore their top tens here.

Rolf Giesen
1. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
2. Allegro Non Troppo
3. The Congress
4. Fantasia
5. Grave of the Fireflies
6. Ice Age
7. Kung Fu Panda
8. The Monkey King
9. My Neighbor Totoro
10. Ratatouille

John Grant
1. Alice
2. An American Tail
3. Cool World
4. Mr. Bug Goes to Town
5. My Neighbor Totoro
6. Sleeping Beauty
7. Spirited Away
8. Tokyo Godfathers
9. Vampiros en La Habana!
10. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Steve Hulett
Steve Hulett is the business representative for the Animation Guild. Before becoming a union rep, he worked as a story writer for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
1. 101 Dalmatians
2. Aladdin
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Tangled
5. The Emperor’s New Groove
6. The Incredibles
7. Dumbo

Justin Johnson
1. Pinocchio
2. When the Wind Blows
3. Toy Story 3
4. Grave of the Fireflies
5. The Nightmare Before Christmas
6. The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
7. 5 Centimeters Per Second
8. Jason and the Argonauts
9. Spirited Away
10. Alice
Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell
1. Alice
2. The Iron Giant
3. My Neighbor Totoro
4. Whisper of the Heart
5. Akira
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Tokyo Godfathers
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
9. Night on the Galactic Railroad
10. Pom Poko

Kevin B. Lee
1. Consuming Spirits
2. Pinocchio
3. Up
4. Howl’s Moving Castle
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Waking Life
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
8. Team America: World Police
9. Sita Sings the Blues
10. Paprika

Nathan Loofburrouw
1. Watership Down
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Grave of the Fireflies
4. How to Train Your Dragon
5. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
6. Gravity
7. Toy Story
8. Allegro Non Troppo
9. Heavy Traffic
10. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit