My Favorite Animated Movies

After teenage Max decides to impress the girl of his dreams by putting on an impromptu concert fashioned after teen idol Powerline,and well recieved by all the students in his school. This lands him a date with Roxanne.
However, the concert is not well recieved by the school principal who deliberately misrepresents it, tells Goofy that his son is part of a gang, has started a riot and is well on the way to the electric chair. A panicked but well meaning Goofy decides to take the summer off and save his son from the imagined life of crime by taking his son on a lengthy cross country father son fishing trip. Hilarious adventures and mishaps ensue which allow the movie to gracefully discuss themes such as parent/child relationships, growing up, decision making, priorities, trust, feelings, friendship and dating.

Following the disaster wrought upon the world by a mysterious being called ‘Akira’, Neo Tokyo is now in social and economic turmoil. In such a decaying city, feisty Kaneda and his shy friend Tetsuo survive by running around in a biker gang, chasing local rivals and generally evading the police. Everything changes, however, when Tetsuo crashes into a strange-looking boy during a bike chase and the military ends up taking him away. When he eventually returns to his friends, he’s no longer the same weak little boy they always knew – in fact, a military experiment has turned him into something beyond human imagination. While the military is intent on reclaiming its specimen at any cost, Tetsuo is sick of being bullied around and is about to show everyone, including his friend Kaneda, exactly who is boss. This bloody anime classic is a must see for any animation lover.

In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner 'street-rat' named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Abu, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey to stop the plottings of the sinister Vizier Jafar in this unforgettable,sidesplitting comedy.

Fievel Mousekewitz and his family of Russian-Jewish mice escape from their homeland in the late 1800s, boarding a boat headed toward America to evade the Czarist rule of the Russian cats. Fievel, however, is separated from his family upon his arrival in New York City, and he discovers to his horror that there are cats in America too even though his father said there wouldn't be. Fievel meets his share of friendly and hostile mice, and he eventually befriends a cat as well. But even with help its not easy to find your family in the Big Apple. An American Tail is a beautifully rendered animated flim that tells an overly familiar story in terms children can easily understand.

Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Unaware of this, the Mousekewitz's begin their journey west, while their true cat friend, Tiger, follows intent on following his girlfriend gone in the same direction.

Babar is a young elephant in the great forest.After a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate, He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life. He is taken in by an elderly woman, taught to write and count and is brought up in human culture. Surprisingly reflective of the development South African native tribes assimilation into modern society.

Prince Adam was cursed to a beast form by Enchantress who saw no love in his arrogant heart for others. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast? Ten years later, Maurice, an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast's castle, the Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle, a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his stead. The Beast accepts with a promise she'll remain in the castle forever. In the beginning Belle views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter-sweetness of finding you can change and learning you were wrong.

In the time of the Vietnam War, Saya is part of a secret team set out to destroy daemons. She is sent undercover as a student at the Yokota Air Base in Fussa-shi, Tokyo, just before Halloween. There she discovers that two of her classmates are vampires in disguise just as they are preparing to attack the school nurse; meanwhile, her colleagues have discovered another vampire acting as a bartender in the local red-light district. A spectacularly intense battle for the lives of the base's inhabitants ensues.

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

The Great Wishing Star tells the origins of the Care Bears, and the story of their first Caring Mission. The Care Bears fight an evil demon named DarkHeart who wants to stop all caring and loving on Earth. In a pact with DarkHeart, an unhappy girl named Christy, a young camper who is forced agree to help capture the Care Bears using a magical crystal. Will the warm and caring bear clan prevail over the evil DarkHeart and his misguided minion? I loved this fluffy feel-good film when i was growing up.

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros,He crashes into Radiator Springs, destroying lots of the inhabitants belongings. To make up for what he did, the cocky roadster is sentenced to community service. Though he will do anything to get away from the work, McQueen must learn to respect and bond with the Radiator Springs inhabitants in order to get out of the town and back on the racetracks.Has he gets to know the town's offbeat characters, they help him realize that there are more important things than trophies, fame and sponsorship.

Legends tell of a floating island in the sky known as Laputa, upon which is rumored to be treasure beyond a person’s wildest dreams. Years later as Pazu, the apprentice of the engineer, carries his boss's dinner back to the mine, an unconscious pigtailed girl floats down from the sky and into his arms. This girl, Sheeta, and her magical levitation-stone pendant hold the key to a mysterious Laputa. Sheeta and Pazu must flee from both air-pirates, who seek the sky kingdom for its legendary treasure, and the army, led by a government agent with his own mysterious agenda for Laputa.

The story of a little pig named Wilbur who was born a runt. His daughter Fern begs him to let the helpless little pig live. Her father decides to let Fern keep him as a pet. Wilbur meets a bunch of new friends including Charlotte. Once Wilbur turns five weeks old Fern has no choice but to sell him to another farm. Mr. and Mrs. Arable calls up Fern's uncle Mr. Homer L. Zuckerman. Meanwhile, Wilbur has notice that Mr. Zuckerman and Lurvy are plotting to kill him! So he hatches a plan with his dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. It's up to Charlotte to save Wilbur's life before he'll end up on the dinner table at Christmastime!

Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man in an arranged marriage that Victor a little nervous. Spending time alone in the forest, Victor decides to practice is wedding vows on his own. Everything seems to go well, until he accidentally puts the ring upon the hand of a corpse. Who whisks him away to the underworld to be wed to this mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Although life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. Corpse Bride is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet.

The man with the yellow hat named Ted Shackleford works at a natural history museum that's fallen on hard times. The museum director's son wants to turn it into a parking lot, but Ted offers to bring back a mysterious idol from Africa that's guaranteed to pull in crowds. Unfortunately, the idol turns out to be three inches tall. But Ted accidentally brings back a lonely yet irrepressible monkey, soon dubbed George. They set off on a non-stop action, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

This movie is a twisted thrill ride of crazed violence and sex driven slapstick. For Pandy and Retro, waking up naked with amnesia wasn't the high point of their day. While going on a crime spree, the duo are captured and sent to the infamous Dead Leaves, a notorious prison where the baddest of the bad are sent. Using the bathroom is a chore, eating is force fed and escape seems impossible -- but is it? Join Pandy, Retro, the drill endowed Chinko Drill and a gang of inmates as they plot their escape from the hell that is Dead Leaves!

A landmark in animation, Disney's Fantasia is a relentlessly inventive blend of the classics with phantasmagorical images.Consisting of eight segments set to pieces of classical music as conducted by Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, this film is a true classic.

In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, ultimately takes over the golden kingdom of Oriana, where Duke has just escaped exile! But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action.

The fairy people of FernGully have never seen humans before, but when Christa sees one, Zak, she accidentally shrinks him down to her size. But there is trouble in FernGully, for Zak is part of a logging team who is there to cut down the forest. Freeing Hexxus, an evil pollution-like creature who a long time ago was trapped in a tree when he previously tried to unleash chaos in FernGully. Hexxus, having taken over "The Leveler" logging machine, and he begins his evil scheme to destroy FernGully. Can Christa and her friends can save their forest?

Life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of dangers when you are a tiny clown fish. And for Marlin, a single parent determined to protect his only son Nemo, there are constant fears and anxieties. When, on his first day of school, Nemo defies his father and swims off alone to investigate a boat, he is suddenly scooped up by a diver as Marlin helplessly watches. Marlin turns desperate as he frantically swims off in search for his son. As he passes a school of fish he bumps into Dory, an agreeable blue tang with severe short-term memory loss, who offers to help. Together this aquatic odd couple set out on an impossible mission, finding themselves in troubled waters and contending with such hazards as sharks, deadly angler fishes and a forest of jellyfish

Planet Express has become the victim of a hostile takeover by a company of lurid spammers and the new bosses want to send Bender back in time to steal the world's most valuable treasures. Where does this ability to send him back in time come from? Fry's butt, of course!

The year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed into a sophisticated stage by hacking into the interactive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. These are cyborgs with incredible strengths and abilities that can access any network on Earth. A mysterious new hacker known only as the Puppet Master threatens to create chaos, erasing and rewriting the memories of these cyborgs. Is he an evil genius, or could he signal the beginning of a new age in the relationship between man and machine?

In the cold land of Antarctica, the Emperor Penguins each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing, but instead has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the deeply conformist leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble and his true friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through the motley crew's trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may be what he needs to save his people.

An anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories adapted from The American cult classic comic Heavy Metal magazine, the film Begins as an astronaut brings home a glowing green orb for his daughter. However, the orb kills him and corners the girl for its purposes. Claiming to the embodiment of all evil, the malevolent sphere, known as the Loc-Nar, terrorizes the little girl by showing a series of bizarre and fantastic tales it has influenced.The movie includes lots of sex, blood,and rock and roll.

Every Who down in Who-ville likes Christmas a lot, but the Grinch who lived just north of Whoville did NOT! Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. Is it too late for the Grinch to realizes that Christmas maybe more than just gifts and presents?

The story a young Viking teenager named Hiccup who aspires to follow his tribe's tradition of becoming a brave dragon slayer just like his father. After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance at finally gaining the tribe's acceptance, he finds that he no longer has the desire to kill it and instead befriends Toothless, a deadly Nightflyer.But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world's understanding of each other.

Sophie, a diligently responsible teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl sweeps her off her feet. This innocent encounter enrages a vain and conniving witch, who transforms Sophie into a 90-year-old woman and is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Sophie's efforts to break the curse bring her to Howl's magical moving castle, where she befriends Markl, Howl's apprentice, and the hot-headed fire demon Calcifer.Still, Howl can see that Sophie is under a spell, and he falls in love with her. Sophie manages to bring life to the moving castle,but it maybe too late when Howl's former tutor, Madam Suliman embroils him in a petty war between two rival countries.

Twenty thousand years ago, the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and creatures everywhere were fleeing the onslaught of the new Ice Age. In this time of peril, we meet the weirdest herd of any Age: a fast talking but dim sloth named Sid; a moody woolly mammoth named Manny; a devilish saber-toothed tiger named Diego; and an acorn-crazy saber-toothed squirrel known as Scrat. This quartet of misfits unexpectedly, and reluctantly, comes together in a quest to return a human infant to his father. Braving boiling lava pits, treacherous ice caves, freezing temperatures and a secret, evil plot, these "sub-zeros" become the world's first heroes!

AXIS, a gigantic coiling plant, stretches high above the clouds... At its center is a village whose people are in mortal danger because Axis is withering... it's sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help... but to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds... A dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret...

Kiki is a young witch who has just turned thirteen, and as tradition dictates she must now leave the safety of her home for a year to undergo witch training. Kiki takes off with her cat Jiji and her mother's broomstick to start her new life, and finds herself in a town near the ocean - but she's disappointed to find that people aren't nearly as friendly as she'd imagined they'd be. With nowhere to stay and no outstanding magical skills besides flying, Kiki begins to wonder if she's come to the right place; but after returning a pacifier to a customer of a local shop, its owner, Osono, offers her a place to stay. Kiki soon decides that she'll start her own delivery service, and with the help of newfound friends she sets forth on a journey to discover who she is and how to make it on her own.

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is a big fan of Kung Fu around. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Lewis, a 12-year-old genius is a boy who has no luck in being adopted because of his constant 'quest' to find his birth mother. When he is struck by an idea after being turned down by a family, he invents a memory scanner, a device which scans your memories onto a screen. When this project goes awry at a science fair (really the work of the evil "Bowler Hat Guy" and his robotic hat, "Doris"), Lewis is discouraged and ends up meeting a boy named Wilbur, who takes him on a wild ride to the future, But the time machine breaks and he's stuck in the future until he fixes it. In the meantime he spends quality time with Wilbur's wacky family. But the bowler hat guy is about to alter time and it's up to Lewis to save the future.

Loosely based on German director Fritz Lang's 1920's expressionist masterpiece,Metropolis is a story of how important emotions are and how they separate humans from everything else. In the far off future, humans and robots live together, unfortunately not in harmony. Robots are forced underground and are terminated for entering unauthorized areas more or less servants to humankind. The movie follows a young boy and his private investigator uncle as they meet a mysterious girl named Tima who is being hunted by the Duke's maniacal adopted son Rock. But Tima is not what she seems and The Duke who rules Metropolis, appears to be pulling all the strings in this story of true humanity.

When a meteorite from outer space hits a young California woman named Susan Murphy 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, on a desperate order from The President, the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat an Alien invader and save the world from imminent destruction!

A retelling of the old Chinese folktale of tomboy Mulan. after failing to fulfill a Chinese girl's traditional duty to be a desirable bride masquerades as fictitious son Fa Ping when the empire mobilizes a man from every family to fight the invading Huns. Saving her father, an honorable veteran, is no longer up to fighting by going in his place. Ancestors designate the mighty stone dragon as her magical protector, but the inexperienced, all too eager baby-dragon Mushu actually goes. Ping is assigned to general Li's training unit. He does an amazing job preparing the peasant recruits, yet only Mushu and the luck cricket grandma gave Mulan overturn the mandarin adviser's negative report. When the reach the front, the Huns have already wiped out the regular army. Now the novice company are the only thing standing between China and the murderous Huns invading the country.

Satsuki, her younger sister Mei and their father have just moved to their new home in the countryside, where grand adventures await them. One day while playing outside in the garden Mei encounters a small creature and decides to follow it. After chasing it through the bushes Mei eventually finds herself at the base of a large Camphor tree and as she drops through a hole in its roots, she lands on the stomach of a large, sleeping forest spirit named Totoro. The two sisters befriend the gentle spirit and are soon introduced to a world more fantastical than they could ever imagine, from playing with soot spirits to meeting a Catbus, to flying through the air and even making the trees grow. However when Mei disappears, Satsuki must call on the help of her new friends if she wants any hope of being able to find her sister...

Fourteen-year-old Jean was just an ordinary would-be inventor, until the mysterious Nadia crashes into his life. With no family, a pet lion and a jewel known as the Blue Water, Nadia is constantly on the run from those who want to steal her gem. Now, with a trio of thieves and the nefarious organization known as Gargoyle on their trail, Jean and Nadia must struggle to learn the secret of the Blue Water and protect its powers from those who would use them to destroy the world!

One thousand years after the Giant Warriors caused an apocalyptic event known as the seven days of fire, humans are living in constant fear of the Toxic Jungle. This ever-spreading forest is filled with poisonous plants and gigantic monstrous insects; even the very air is deadly. Nausicaa is the kind and wise princess of a small, peaceful country known as the Valley of the Wind, which has so far avoided the spread of the forest. One night a large airship containing one of the Giant Warriors crashes into the valley. The following day soldiers from the powerful nation of Tolmekia invade the Valley of the Wind to reclaim and revive the warrior. As the only one who truly believes that there is a way for humans to live alongside the insects, Nausicaa must find a way to stop the war that now threatens her people and protect the Toxic Jungle before the Tolmekians burn it to the ground.

The Evangelion saga from TV is artfully recounted in this epic anime. At the dawn of the new millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before: the Angels. They can only be stopped by the Evangelions -- bio-engineered vessels born from the Angels' own technology. But this forbidden knowledge is also the key to a startling new genesis for the human race. Placed in the hands of three young pilots, the final fate of humanity resting upon their shoulders, the Evangelions are the world's last hope.

Ninja Scroll is a dynamic blend of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy. When an entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison,the antidote only being supplied after he cooperates.

In this magical adventure three Furling friends, Abigail the wood mouse, Edgar the mole and Russell the hedgehog, find their tranquil lives greatly disrupted. A chemical spill has destroyed Dapplewood and their young friend Michelle becomes seriously ill from the toxic fumes. Counting on their own ingenuity and the skills they learned from thier teacher Cornelius, they take off on an exciting, but dangerous journey to find help for their friend. This animated wildlife film provides an environmental friendly message that is surprisingly deep for a children's movie of this time period.

When popular pop idol Mima decided to retire from her group, Cham, and become an actress, she had no idea that one person's obsession would soon spiral out of control. With death threats, letter bombs and a forged website which details her every move, Mima finds herself slowly becoming trapped in a nightmare she can't seem to escape. Descending into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion, she must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay alive. Perfect Blue represents a major change from traditional anime subject matter, analysing the pop icon phenomenon, fame and its psychological impact on the performer

Based on an autobiographical comic book by Marjane Satrapi.A fascinating and wholly unexpected take on Iran’s Islamic revolution beginning in the 1970s, a spirited young woman who spends her life trying to deal with the consequences of her nation’s history. The story concerns Marji whose natural fire and precociousness are slowly dampened by the rise of religious extremists. Marji grieves over the imprisonment and execution of a beloved uncle, then begrudgingly must adapt to ever-tightening rules about dress, social mores, education for women, and expectations about marriage and divorce. Along the way, her grandmother and mother help keep Marji grounded during her rebellious teens and encourage her to find life beyond Iran’s borders, a decision that proves both a blessing and curse.

While protecting his village from rampaging bore-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met be animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy. Directed by world renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki, this movie is one of my all time favorites.

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

A silly Disney retelling of the Robin Hood legend anthropomorphic with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.

Even in a world populated entirely by mechanical beings Rodney Copperbottom is considered a genius inventor. Rodney dreams of two things, making the world a better place and meeting his idol, the master inventor Bigweld. However, the new president,Ratchet wants to make the company focus on profit with new parts only, leaving the old robots fated to become scrap in the mill of Ratchet's mother. Rodney, with the support of his old robots friends, must convince Bigweld to fight back.

The rooster on the farm, Chanticleer, has to sing every morning for the sun to rise. One morning, he is stopped from singing and the other animals believing he's a phony when the sun rises anyway. He becomes an outcast and runs away to the city. However, the animals discover that this was a mistake, because the sun stops coming up and rain, which causes a flood, begins instead. A few of the animals decide to go into town to find Chanticleer and ask him to come back. And they have to hurry, because the horrible owls, who love the darkness, are coming. Crazy plot, weird characters, but still a childhood favorite.

Rover lives a life of fun in Las Vegas, gambling and chasing girls. One night, he sees his owner Connie's boyfriend in a transaction with a pair of gangsters, and accidentally disrupts it causing the gangsters to flee, telling Rocky that he has blown his last chance. In revenge for ruining his deal, Rocky puts Rover in a bag, drives him to Hoover Dam, and throws him in the water. The bag is pulled out by a farmer, Cal, and his son, Danny, who convinces his father to take him in. Difficulty adjusting to life on the farm, wolves, and other crazy problems ensue as Rover tries to make it back to the bright lights of home.

Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they have been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that it is actually a school for girl ghouls. However, Revolta, the self-styled Witch of the Web, plans to kidnap the girls. Can Scooby-Doo and the crew save the girls before she makes them her evil henchmen forever?