Movies are surely one of the best possible ways to amuse oneself. You can laugh, cry, and learn something from them.
With the vast admiration of the earlier post "top 5 animated movies", we would like to credit some more animated movies of all time in this upcoming list.
With the increased popularity and more advancements in animation software, history has given us some of the best animated movies.
We have also said earlier, the only limitation is the artist's imagination during the production of animated movies.
Let's glance at some of the great work in the animation movies industry since 2000.
List of best animated movies of all time
1Monsters Inc
(2001, IMDb 8.0)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Horror
A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc.
The lovable furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan ( Sulley) and short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski is his wisecracking best friend.
Discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night.
Now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains.
Those are Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.
Sequel(s)
Monster univ
(2013, IMDb 7.3)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Horror
Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met, they couldn't stand each other.
This movie unlocks the door to how Mike and Sully overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
2Shrek
(2001, IMDb 7.8)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to 'persuade' Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back.
Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is awaiting her true love in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon.
But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek, an ugly ogre, begin to fall in love with the lovely princess, but Fiona is also hiding a huge secret.
Sequel(s)
Shrek 2
(2004, IMDb 7.2)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
Shrek (Mike Myers) has rescued Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), got married, and now its time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy.
Shrek and King Harold (John Cleese) find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. It's not just the family who are unhappy.
Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) returns from a failed attempt at rescuing Fiona and works alongside his mother, the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), to try and find a way to get Shrek away from Fiona.
Shrek the third
(2007, IMDb 6.0)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
When King Harold (John Cleese) of Far, Far Away dies, the clumsy Shrek (Mike Myers) becomes the immediate successor of the throne.
However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie (Justin Timberlake) in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to be able to return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona (Cameron Diaz).
Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d'état to become the new King.
Shrek forever after
(2010, IMDb 6.3)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
The once hideous ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) is now living a good life with wife Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and his three children. But he soon has a meltdown in front of them and his friends during his kids' birthday party.
He suddenly wants to be a real ogre like he was before he ever met Fiona. So he turns to devious dealmaker Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) for help. At first, Shrek lives the life he once lost and everything is good.
But he soon finds out that he has been set up by Rumpelstiltskin, who now rules the land with an iron fist. Teaming with friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Fiona, and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), Shrek is in for the fight of his life as he tries to get his life back before time runs out.
3Cars
(2006, IMDb 7.1)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sport
While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it.
Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner.
Sequel(s)
Cars 2
(2011, IMDb 6.1)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport
The famous racecar Lightning McQueen and his team are invited to compete in the World Grand Prix race.
There, McQueen's best friend Mater finds himself involved in international espionage, and alongside two professional British spies, attempts to uncover a secret plan led by a mysterious mastermind and his criminal gang, which threatens the lives of all competitors in the tournament.
Cars 3
(2017, IMDb 6.7)
Genre:Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves.
To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns.
Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage!
4Monsters vs aliens
(2009, IMDb 6.4)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Thriller
When a meteorite from outer space hits a young California woman named Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.
As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland), on a desperate order from President Hathaway (Stephen Colbert), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.
5UP
(2009, IMDb 8.2)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
As a boy, Carl Fredricksen wanted to explore South America and find the forbidden Paradise Falls.
About 64 years later he gets to begin his journey along with Boy Scout Russell by lifting his house with thousands of balloons.
On their journey, they make many new friends including a talking dog and figure out that someone has evil plans. Carl soon realizes that this evildoer is his childhood idol.
6Despicable Me
(2010, IMDb 7.6)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this house is a vast secret hideout.
Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. Gru delights in all things wicked.
Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.
The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes (Elsie Fisher).
Sequel(s)
Despicable me 2
(2013, IMDb 7.3)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
While Gru, the ex-supervillain, is adjusting to family life and an attempted honest living in the jam business, a secret Arctic laboratory is stolen. The Anti-Villain League decides it needs an insider's help and recruits Gru in the investigation.
Together with the eccentric AVL agent, Lucy Wilde, Gru concludes that his prime suspect is the presumed dead supervillain, El Macho, whose teenage son is also making the moves on his eldest daughter, Margo.
Seemingly blinded by his overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to Lucy, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly kidnapped en masse for some malevolent purpose.
Despicable me 3
(2017, IMDb 6.3)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru (Steve Carell) finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis.
But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother - a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps - one former supervillain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.
7Arthur Christmas
(2011, IMDb 7.1)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy
This movie reveals the incredible, never-before-seen answer to every child's question: "So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?"
The answer: Santa's (Jim Broadbent's) exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole.
But at the center of this movie is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur (James McAvoy), with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
8Rise of the guardians
(2012, IMDb 7.3)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world.
9Wreck It Ralph
(2012, IMDb 7.7)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. The problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy.
But they do love heroes...
So when a modern, fps game arrives, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan -- win a medal. But soon wrecks everything and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade.
Ralph's only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz, a young troublemaking "glitch" from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy.
But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it's "Game Over" for the entire arcade?
Sequel(s)
Ralph breaks the internet
(2018, IMDb 7.1)
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Taking place six years after saving the arcade from Turbo's vengeance, the Sugar Rush arcade cabinet has broken, forcing Ralph and Vanellope to travel to the Internet via the newly-installed Wi-Fi router in Litwak's Arcade to retrieve the piece capable of saving the game.
10Inside Out
(2015, IMDb 8.2)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco.
Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness.
The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters.
Although Joy, Riley's main emotion, tries to keep things positive. The emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
11Minions
(2015, IMDb 6.4)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
Ever since the dawn of time, the Minions have lived to serve the most despicable of masters.
From the T-Rex to Napoleon, the easily distracted tribe has helped the biggest and the baddest of villains. Now, join protective leader Kevin, teenage rebel Stuart, and lovable little Bob on a global road trip.
They'll earn a shot to work for a new boss, the world's first female supervillain, and try to save all of Minion Kind from annihilation.
12KUBO and the two strings
(2016, IMDb 7.8)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta.
This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters to chase Kubo. To survive, he must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior.
13COCO
(2017,IMDb 8.4)
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music / Mystery
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events.
Along the way he meets charming trickster Hector. They together set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
14SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER VERSE
(2018, IMDb 8.4)
Genre: Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Sci-Fi
Miles Morales is a New York teen struggling with school, friends, and, on top of that, being the new Spider-Man.
When he comes across Peter Parker, the erstwhile savior of New York, in the multiverse, Miles must train to become the new protector of his city.
15KLAUS
(2019, IMDb 8.2)
Genre: Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
When Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) distinguishes himself as the postal academy's worst student.
He is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the feuding locals hardly exchange words let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up when he finds an ally in local teacher Alva (Rashida Jones) and discovers Klaus (Oscar® winner J.K. Simmons), a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
These unlikely friendships return laughter to Smeerensburg, forging a new legacy of generous neighbors, magical lore, and stockings hung by the chimney with care. An animated Christmas comedy movie directed by Despicable Me co-creator Sergio Pablos, KLAUS co-stars Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, and JK Simmons.
Other mentions
- Madagascar(2005, 6.9)
- Madagascar Escape 2 Africa(2008, 6.6)
- Madagascar 3:Europe's Most Wanted (2012, 6.8)
- Rio(2011, 6.9)
- Rio 2(2014, 6.3)
- The secret life of pets(2016, 6.5)
- The secret life of pets 2(2019, 6.5)
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