Toy Story for me. Good topic though, lots of great ones!

Here's the American Film Institute list:

1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
2 Pinocchio 1940
3 Bambi 1942
4 The Lion King 1994
5 Fantasia 1940
6 Toy Story 1995
7 Beauty and the Beast 1991
8 Shrek 2001
9 Cinderella 1950
10 Finding Nemo 2003

https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/

My personal top 5:

1. The Lion King
2. Toy Story
3. Aladdin
4. Pinocchio
5. Toy Story 3

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Here's the American Film Institute list:

1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
2 Pinocchio 1940
3 Bambi 1942
4 The Lion King 1994
5 Fantasia 1940
6 Toy Story 1995
7 Beauty and the Beast 1991
8 Shrek 2001
9 Cinderella 1950
10 Finding Nemo 2003

https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/

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Not sure the metrics used to make this were but Up, Inside Out, South Park, toy story 3 and Moana probably have a place close to these films.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs deserves a mention

How has Finding Nemo not been mentioned yet?

Great list!!

My kids and I loved all the Kung Fu Panda's and Shrek's as well

Don't forget Barnyard!!
I just love the line the Farmer tells his wife -- she's like,"Honey, I just saw a cow outside!" And he's like," Woman! This is a cow farm! There's gonna be cows outside!" His delivery is hilarious!

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This has to be one of the most compelling 4-minute scenes in cinema period, animated or otherwise.

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I agree.

I have no problem saying that it brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.

It's perfect.

My favorite is Ratatouille. Greatest is probably Lion King.

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How on earth did Cars get such a poor rating? That's easily one of my favorite movies.

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I was also very surprised by this. The little snippet I saw in Wikipedia said critics thought it was a weak story or something?

I thought Cars was great. Didn't see the sequels but I heard those were pretty rough.

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How on earth did Cars get such a poor rating? That's easily one of my favorite movies.

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I was also very surprised by this. The little snippet I saw in Wikipedia said critics thought it was a weak story or something?

I thought Cars was great. Didn't see the sequels but I heard those were pretty rough.

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Cars is a wonderful movie.

Cars 2 is terrible but Cars 3 isn't bad.

The list was done in 2008, so it would be interesting to see an updated version of what the film industry considers the best.

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How on earth did Cars get such a poor rating? That's easily one of my favorite movies.

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I was also very surprised by this. The little snippet I saw in Wikipedia said critics thought it was a weak story or something?

I thought Cars was great. Didn't see the sequels but I heard those were pretty rough.

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Cars is a wonderful movie.

Cars 2 is terrible but Cars 3 isn't bad.

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That's funny, I have it exactly the other way around. Liked 2, hated 3.

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Here's the American Film Institute list:

1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
2 Pinocchio 1940
3 Bambi 1942
4 The Lion King 1994
5 Fantasia 1940
6 Toy Story 1995
7 Beauty and the Beast 1991
8 Shrek 2001
9 Cinderella 1950
10 Finding Nemo 2003

https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/

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to me, 1, 3 and 9 do not stand the test of time; although they are noteworthy as of the time of their release.

that is not to say they are bad movies, but they are more notable for what they represent more than the quality of their narrative.

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I like #1 and #3, but there's definitely something to what you say. Snow White was the first feature length and Disney animated film, and, after adjusting for inflation, is one of the top-ten performers at the North American box office and the highest-grossing animated film both in America and worldwide, so it's place in history is monumental. Disney was presented with a custom made honorary Oscar for the achievement with one big statue and 7 little statuettes.

I rate Beauty and the Beast as both greatest and my favorite.

The Incredibles, Toy Story 3, Up, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Moana, Tangled, and Princess and the Frog round out the list.

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How has Finding Nemo not been mentioned yet?

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Read the first reply on this thread.

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Swing and a miss

No love for The Land Before Time ?

Aristocats
Emperor's New Groove

Unless I missed it I haven't seen Ice Age mentioned.

Grave of the Fireflies

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The Pixar run from 1995-2010 is off-the-charts good. Basically across the board critical and financial successes eleven times in a row (Rotten Tomatoes % in parentheses).

1995 - Toy Story (100)
1998 - A Bug's Life (92)
1999 - Toy Story 2 (100)
2001 - Monsters, Inc. (96)
2003 - Finding Nemo (99)
2004 - The Incredibles (97)
2006 - Cars (75)
2007 - Ratatouille (96)
2008 - WALL-E (95)
2009 - Up (98)
2010 - Toy Story 3 (98)

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Those DVDs were the best babysitters