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

By Time Out contributors | Posted: Wednesday January 21 2015

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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

Pamela D. Scoville

Pamela D. Scoville is the owner of the Animation Art Guild.

1. Pinocchio
2. Mary Poppins
3. My Neighbor Totoro
4. Ratatouille
5. Brave
6. Charlotte’s Web
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
8. Kiki’s Delivery Service
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. Spirited Away

“If I’d been allowed an 11th choice, it would’ve been Aardman’s Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.”

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Jasper Sharp

Jasper Sharp is a writer and curator whose books include The Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. He is currently making a documentary, The Creeping Garden.

1. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2. Up
3. Mind Game
4. Grave of the Fireflies
5. The Book of the Dead
6. Coraline
7. Whisper of the Heart
8. Watership Down
9. The Iron Giant
10. Fantastic Planet

Brian Sibley

Brian Sibley is a British author, radio personality and scholar who has written countless books, including Cracking Animation: The Aardman Book of 3D Animation.

1. Pinocchio
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
3. The Jungle Book
4. Bambi
5. Toy Story 2
6. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
7. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
8. Monsters, Inc.
9. The Triplets of Belleville
10. Animal Farm

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Daniel Suljic

Daniel Suljic is the artistic director of Animafest in Zagreb, Croatia, and is an animator and musician.

1. Approved for Adoption
2. Ernest & Celestine
3. Fantastic Planet
4. Finding Nemo
5. Goodbye Mr. Christie
6. The Jungle Book
7. Persepolis
8. The Pied Piper
9. When the Wind Blows

Niels Viveen

Niels Viveen is chairman of the J-Pop Foundation, and the organizer of one of the Netherlands’ biggest animation festivals, Anime Festival.

1. Spirited Away
2. Ghost in the Shell
3. My Neighbor Totoro
4. Whisper of the Heart
5. Yona Yona Penguin
6. Oblivion Island
7. The Wind Rises
8. Porco Rosso
9. Toy Story
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Nag Vladermersky

Nag Vladermersky is director of the London International Animation Festival. He’s starting a new monthly event in London, the Animation Spot.

1. Alice
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Grave of the Fireflies
4. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
5. Mary and Max
6. The Pain and the Pity
7. Persepolis
8. Pom Poko
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10. Yellow Submarine

“I chose Yellow Submarine and Snow White after I saw them with fresh eyes alongside my children, and for the joy they have given countless generations of kids. Mary and Max and It’s Such a Beautiful Day for how the most simplistic stick figures and puppets can draw such an emotional response. Fantastic Mr. Fox for its attention to detail and cracking humor. Pom Poko, Persepolis and Grave of the Fireflies for their humanism. Alice and The Pain and the Pity for their anarchy.”

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Ramin Zahed

Ramin Zahed is the editor of Animation magazine, and the author of the new book The Art of DreamWorks Animation.

1. Pinocchio
2. Grave of the Fireflies
3. Toy Story
4. Princess Mononoke
5. The Iron Giant
6. My Neighbor Totoro
7. Ratatouille
8. The Triplets of Belleville
9. Persepolis
10. Watership Down

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