American Film Institute
Animation
Top Ten Animation Movies Presented by AFI
Top Ten Animated Movies Presented by AFI
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#1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The fairy tale of Snow White, a beautiful young maiden cast into a deep sleep by her evil step-mother.
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#2 Pinocchio
When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life.
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#3 Bambi
Follow the male deer Bambi from birth, through his early childhood experiences with woodland pals Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk.
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#4 The Lion King
A young lion cub hides from his colony after being blamed for his father's death, but triumphantly returns when he realizes it his destiny to be King.
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#5 Fantasia
Walt Disney's animated masterpiece of the 1940s grew from a short-subject cartoon picturization of the Paul Dukas musical piece, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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#6 Toy Story
Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. Woody is a pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy.
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#7 Beauty and the Beast
An arrogant nobleman is turned into a beast and, in order to break the spell, he must win the love of a village girl.
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#8 Shrek
Shrek is suddenly invaded by a hoard of fairy tale characters who have been shunned by the evil Lord Farquaad.
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#9 Cinderella
Cinderella, treated as a slave by her selfish stepfamily, dreams of going to the Prince's ball. She gets her wish courtesy of her Fairy Godmother.
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#10 Finding Nemo
Marlin is a more-than-slightly paranoid Clown Fish who is extremely devoted to his young son Nemo. It's not Marlin's nature to explore unfamiliar waters.
