My Top Ten Animated Features

I was asked recently on Twitter what my favorite animated feature is.  My gut screamed Toy Story but then I doubted myself.  So I put all of my favorite animated films on a spreadsheet to compete with each other in heats.  Yes, I'm a geek.  My gut was right, Toy Story won every heat, but just barely.

Below are my top ten animated features of all time.  And yes they do seem to focus on more modern films.  I am aware of and have watched the most significant (and insignificant) animated features.  Disney does indeed have a great legacy.  But that doesn't mean those classics are beating out the modern films when it comes to quality, art or story.

I tried to rule out "significance" to the genre as a factor in determining what the greatest films are.  Determine for yourself how I fared.

1	Toy Story	1995	Pixar
2	Coraline	2009	Laika
3	Wreck-It Ralph	2012	Disney
4	Fantastic Mr Fox	2009	Fox
5	The Lion King	1994	Disney
6	Ponyo	2008	Ghibli
7	Rango	2011	ILM
8	Akira	1988	TMS
9	Kiki's Delivery Service	1989	Ghibli
10	How to Train Your Dragon	2010	Dreamworks