The 100 best animated movies: film critics and journalists
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 critics and journalists. Some of them are from Time Out, both in the US and the UK, and others include Owen Gleiberman, who until recently was the film critic at Entertainment Weekly, and J Hoberman, formerly of the Village Voice and currently a writer for the New York Times. Explore their top tens here.
Film critics and journalists: A-L

Sam Adams (in alphabetical order)

Catherine Bray

Cath Clarke

Dave Calhoun
Dave Calhoun is Time Out’s global film editor.

Alex Dudok de Wit
Alex Dudok de Wit is a journalist and writer specializing in film and animation. He is the son of Michael Dudok de Wit.
Film critics and journalists: G-K

Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman was a film critic for Entertainment Weekly for 24 years.

Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez is the film editor and founder of Slant Magazine.

J. Hoberman (in alphabetical order)
J. Hoberman is the home-video columnist for The New York Times. He wrote for The Village Voice for 33 years, serving as its senior film critic from 1988 to 2012.

Tom Huddleston
Tom Huddleston is a film writer for Time Out London.


Film critics and journalists: L-P

Peter Labuza
1. Waking Life
2. Spirited Away
3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
4. The Iron Giant
5. Waltz With Bashir
6. Finding Nemo
7. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
8. Chicken Run
9. The Triplets of Belleville
10. Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors

Guy Lodge
1. Bambi
2. Watership Down
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Spirited Away
5. The Illusionist
6. The Secret of NIMH
7. Mary and Max
8. The Jungle Book
9. A Town Called Panic
10. Grave of the Fireflies

Andrew Osmond
1. Bambi
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Castle in the Sky
4. Fantasia
5. Grave of the Fireflies
6. The Incredibles
7. Kiki’s Delivery Service
8. The King and the Mockingbird
9. Night on the Galactic Railroad

Keith Phipps
1. Dumbo
2. The Incredibles
3. Spirited Away
4. Toy Story 2
5. The Iron Giant
6. Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. The Little Mermaid
9. Waking Life
10. Fantasia

Matt Prigge
1. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
2. Heaven and Earth Magic
3. The Three Caballeros
4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Toy Story 2
7. Alice
8. Coonskin
9. Fantastic Planet
10. Spirited Away
Film critics and journalists: Q-Z

Nathan Rabin
1. Pinocchio
2. Dumbo
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
4. Waking Life
5. A Scanner Darkly
6. The Incredibles
7. Ratatouille
8. Toy Story 3
9. Spirited Away
10. Persepolis

Tasha Robinson
1. The Incredibles
2. Charlotte’s Web
3. Akira
4. Spirited Away
5. The Jungle Book
6. The Iron Giant
7. My Neighbor Totoro
8. Kirikou and the Sorceress
9. The Castle Of Cagliostro
10. The Triplets Of Belleville

Joshua Rothkopf
1. Pinocchio
2. Spirited Away
3. When the Wind Blows
4. A Scanner Darkly
5. The Secret of NIMH
6. Fantasia
7. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
8. The Incredibles
9. The Iron Giant
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Keith Uhlich
1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
2. Looney Tunes: Back in Action
3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
4. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
5. The Adventures of Tintin
6. Sita Sings the Blues
7. The Iron Giant
8. The Triplets of Belleville
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
10. Winnie the Pooh