AFI's Top 10 Animated Films

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From AFI's Ten Top 10 lists, here's the top 10 American animated film:

10. Finding Nemo
9. Cinderella
8. Shrek
7. Beauty and the Beast
6. Toy Story
5. Fantasia
4. The Lion King
3. Bambi
2. Pinocchio
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Can you say "bias towards Disney" (can understand no Miyazaki fims since this is for AMERICAN films, 9 out of 10 films being Disney)?
 
maybe AFI or somebody should make a seperate list for the greatest Non-Disney/Pixar films or something..:shrug:

at least they didn't say greatest Disney/Pixar films :p:p
 
I mostly agree with the list, despite the majority of them being the Disney. The fact of the matter is that most of Disney's early work is really incredible. I personally would've pushed Bambi all the way up to the top for the animation alone. Not to mention it's story is one of the best to come out of Disney, IMO.
 
The problem with Top 10 lists like these is that they're too subjective; all of them are based on one person or group's personal opinions. Everyone's going to have their own choices about what should or shouldn't have made the list.

Which is why I usually don't pay much regard to Top 10 lists.
 
What do you expect? Disney IS the studio that has put out the most amount of quality animated features. Warner Bros did awesome with the shorts and television. As well as Hanna-Barbera. But when it comes to MOVIES, Disney (as well as Pixar) puts out the good stuff. DreamWorks has released some good stuff here and there, but they have a long way to go.
 
Woo, turned out to be even more boring than my prediction from a few weeks back:



Here's something more interesting: IGN's top 25. It was made in March but I only found it recently, and it's got some good stuff. It's the first American list I've seen that includes Kirikou and the Sorceress, for a start.



Unfortuantley, "interesting" isn't how I'd describe the message board discussion:
 
Well I don't think it's biased, Disney really does make the best movies. There aren't many non-disney films that could be in the Top 10. Shrek is one of those few. The list looks completely accurate to me.
 
I dunno, it's theoretically possible to make a list of 10 American animated features without too much overlap. I mean, you could have a Disney film, a Pixar film, a Dreamworks film, a Burton film, a Linklater film, a Zemeckis film, a Bluth film, a Bakshi film, a Hubley film and the Iron Giant. There'd be a good amount of variety there.
 
It's not like there's really any point in complaining about this, but here goes anyway. I think Snow White is overrated due to its historical significance, and I think The Nightmare Before Christmas deserves to be there both for its greatness and its significance. Not that it ushered in a new age of stop-motion animation or anything, but it's just such a landmark achievement in the subgenre.

I would also put The Prince of Egypt on there, but it never made a huge impact, so I understand its omission in that sense.
 
My whole problem with the night (aside from the oversight of The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Iron Giant, and Aladdin) is that the American Film Institute called animation a "genre."

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Animation is a MEDIUM, not a "genre." Science-fiction is a genre. Comedy is a genre. Drama is a genre. I have seen animated sci-fi, animated comedies, and animated dramas (I'd actually would like to see more Americans do that myself). Again, animation is a MEDIUM, not a "genre."

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The general public can't even think of an animated movie that's not done by Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks.
People aren't going to remember animated movies that didn't do good in movie theaters, or aren't meant for kids.

Today I realized how much Who Framed Roger Rabbit should be on that list.

The problem with this makes the American Film Institute look like a bunch of idiots.
 
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