TOY STORY Tops Animation List
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It’s official now. On March 4, 2003, Toy Story earned recognition as the best full-length animated feature of all time, an honor bestowed by the Online Film Critics Society. Working from a reminder list of 350 animated films (going back to 1926 and The Adventures of Prince Achmed), OFCS members voted for the "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" – a follow-up to its list of "Top 100 Villains of All Time."
Toy Story defeated such classics as Fantasia and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which came in second and third, respectively. Here are the top 25 films:
- Toy Story
(1995)
- Fantasia
(1940)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1937)
- Toy Story 2
(1999)
- The Iron Giant
(1999)
- Beauty and the Beast
(1991)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
(1988)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
(1999)
- Spirited Away
(2002)
- Pinocchio
(1940)
- The Lion King
(1994)
- Chicken Run
(2000)
- Bambi
(1942)
- Shrek
(2001)
- Princess Mononoke
(1999)
- Monsters Inc.
(2001)
- Yellow Submarine
(1968)
- Aladdin
(1992)
- Akira
(1989)
- A Bug’s Life
(1998)
- The Little Mermaid
(1989)
- Grave of Fireflies
(1988)
- Dumbo
(1941)
- Waking Life
(2001)
As a voting member of OFCS, a group composed of 138 accredited Internet-based film critics from many different countries, I was pleased to see two of my favorites, Chicken Run and Princess Mononoke, in the top 25. Still, finding Ice Age at number 29 and Mulan at number 49 shocked me. But, hey, at least they made it to the top 100. I also think Toy Story 2 was a better movie than the original.
Despite my minor complaints and although the list is a bit heavy with Walt Disney films and on recent technologically advanced animation, I think it’s a good one. To view the complete list, go to the OFCS Web site (hosted by Rotten Tomatoes).
