Ranked by real viewers
Best Animated Movies of All Time
From Studio Ghibli to Pixar and beyond — the animated films real viewers rated highest, not just the ones critics loved.
Animation is the medium where storytelling can go anywhere. The films below prove it — hand-drawn masterpieces, CGI landmarks, and international works that reshaped what animated film could be.
8.5Spirited Away
2001
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8.3The Lion King
1994
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8.1WALL·E
2008
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8.0Up
2009
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8.4Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
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8.2Klaus
2019
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8.2Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022
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8.3Princess Mononoke
1997
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8.2Coco
2017
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8.5Your Name.
2016
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Why animation deserves friend recommendations
Animation is the most under-recommended genre in mainstream feeds. Algorithms bucket it as "kids" and hide the masterpieces. movienot shows you what your friends actually rated — including the Ghiblis, the Klaus, and the Spider-Verses you'd otherwise miss.
Common questions
No. Films like Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, and Persepolis are aimed at adult audiences. Even family films — Up, WALL·E, Coco — earn their place through storytelling, not age.
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