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.

Daniel Thomas MacInnes
1. Only Yesterday
2. Whisper of the Heart
3. Fantasia
4. Pinocchio
5. The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
6. Princess Mononoke
7. Gauche the Cellist
8. Night on the Galactic Railroad
9. Yellow Submarine
10. Waking Life

Helen McCarthy
1. My Neighbor Totoro
2. Sleeping Beauty
3. Porco Rosso
4. Tokyo Godfathers
5. The Incredibles
6. Pom Poko
7. Lilo & Stitch
8. King Kong
9. Summer Wars

Marco Pelliteri
1. Akira
2. Allegro Non Troppo
3. Chicken Run
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. 101 Dalmatians
6. Princess Mononoke
7. Rango
8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
9. Strings
10. The Triplets of Belleville

Chris Robinson
1. Consuming Spirits
2. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
3. Persepolis
4. Heavy Traffic
5. Animal Farm
6. Waking Life
7. The Tune
8. Tito on Ice
9. Mary and Max