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Top 10 animated movies, by the Guardian and Observer’s critics

“Moving bits of paper around (the old way) or painting with billions of pixels (the new) has conjured up some of the greatest films of all time,” said the Guardian.

These are the ten best animated films according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.

Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman

1.

Waltz with Bashir

(2008)

Director: Ari Folman
Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag

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Fantasia Norman Ferguson, James Algar

2.

Fantasia

(1940)

Directors: Norman Ferguson, James Algar
Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

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Up Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

3.

Up

(2009)

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger

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Chicken Run Peter Lord, Nick Park

5.

Chicken Run

(2000)

Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Stars: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels

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Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

6.

Persepolis

(2007)

Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands

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Yellow Submarine George Dunning

7.

Yellow Submarine

(1968)

Director: George Dunning
Stars: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

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The Iron Giant Brad Bird

8.

The Iron Giant

(1999)

Director: Brad Bird
Stars: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston

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$5.00

Grave of the Fireflies Isao Takahata

9.

Grave of the Fireflies

(1988)

Director: Isao Takahata
Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi

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$16.49

The Story of the Fox Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz

10.

The Story of the Fox

(1930)

Original title: Le Roman de Renard
Also known as: The Tale of the Fox
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz
Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine

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The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.

Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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