wannabeanimator:

This is just my opinion on animated movies everyone should watch at least once. I’ll break it down into three categories. Enjoy!

The Widely-Known
(aka films you’ve probably already seen one or more times)

Anastasia (1997) (US), Fox, dir. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

Bambi (1942) (US), WDAS, dir. David Hand

Chicken Run (2000) (UK/US), Aardman, dir. Peter Lord and Nick Park

Inside Out (2015) (US), Pixar, dir. Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen

The Iron Giant (1999) (US), Warner Bros., dir. Brad Bird

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) (US), DWA, dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson

The Land Before Time (1988) (US), Sullivan Bluth, dir. Don Bluth

The Lion King (1994) (US), WDAS, dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff

The Little Mermaid (1989) (US), WDAS, dir. Ron Clements and John Musker

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (JP), Studio Ghibli, dir. Hayao Miyazaki

ParaNorman (2012) (US), Laika, dir. Chris Butler and Sam Fell

Pinocchio (1940) (US), WDAS, dir. Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen

The Prince of Egypt (1998) (US), DWA, dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells

Shrek (2001) (US), DWA, dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson

Spirited Away (2001) (JP), Studio Ghibli, dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Toy Story (1995) (US), Pixar, dir. John Lasseter

Treasure Planet (2002) (US), WDAS, dir. Ron Clements and John Musker

The Kinda-Known
(aka films you’ve probably either seen once or have on your want-to-watch list)

Akira (1988) (JP), TMS Ent., dir. Katsuhiro Ôtomo

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (US), Amblimation, dir. Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells

Ernest & Celestine (2012) (FR), Les Armateurs, dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) (JP), Madhouse, dir. Mamoru Hosoda

Paprika (2006) (JP), Madhouse, dir. Satoshi Kon

Song of the Sea (2014) (UK), Cartoon Saloon, dir. Tomm Moore

Summer Wars (2009) (JP), Madhouse, dir. Mamoru Hosoda

Tokyo Godfathers (2003) (JP), Madhouse, dir. Satoshi Kon and Shôgo Furuya

The Triplets of Belleville (2003) (FR), Les Armateurs, dir. Sylvain Chomet

We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993) (US), Amblimation, dir. 
Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, and Ralph Zondag

When Marnie Was There (2014) (JP), Studio Ghibli, dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

The Wind Rises (2013) (JP), Studio Ghibli, dir. Hayao Miyazaki

The Lesser-Known
(aka films you’ve probably either vaguely heard of and haven’t seen or haven’t even heard of)

A Letter to Momo (2011) (JP), Production I.G, dir. Hiroyuki Okiura

The Cat Returns (2002) (JP), Studio Ghibli, dir. Hiroyuki Morita

Cats Don’t Dance (1997) (US), Turner, dir. Mark Dindal

Colorful (2010) (JP), Ascension, dir. Keiichi Hara

Khumba (2013) (AF), Triggerfish, dir. Anthony Silverston

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) (JP), TMS Ent., Masami Hata and William Hurtz

Metropolis (2001) (JP), Bandai, dir. Rintaro

Nocturna (2007) (FR), Filmax Ent., dir. Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado

The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut (1993, 2013) (CA), Richard Williams Productions, dir. Richard Williams