Cartoon films are the same creative environment in which there are no boundaries. It is in this genre that the most daring and creative ideas of animators, animators and other cinema figures are embodied.
Cartoons are different: there are those that you can watch only once and forget about it, but there are those that are called masterpieces of animation - entire generations grow on them, they are loved and remembered even after decades. We bring to your attention the top 10 best cartoons of all time, ranked by KinoPoisk rating.
10. Aladdin
Movie Search Rating: 8.1
Aladdin is one of the most famous and successful animated films of the Walt Disney studio. The year Aladdin (1992) was released was the peak of the so-called Disney Renaissance: animation earned nearly $ 505 million at the box office and received two Academy Award.
Interesting fact: the plot is based on the famous fairy tale about Aladdin from "1001 Nights," but much has been changed. For example, Robin Williams, who voiced the genie, endowed his character with a special charisma, complementing the monologues with jokes that were not originally in the script.
9. Princess Mononoke
Movie Search Rating: 8.1
An animated film by the famous Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. This story is about a girl named San, raised by wolves and bravely and desperately protecting her home - a forest, and about the young prince Asitaka, who fell victim to a terrible curse and was forced to leave his native village.
Interesting fact: Miyazaki found a very interesting and extravagant way to express his dissatisfaction with Disney Studios for trying to reduce the American version of this animated film - he sent them a samurai sword with the note "Cut nothing." And he was like that.
8. Grave of fireflies
Movie Search Rating: 8.2
Probably, everyone with the word "cartoon" has an association with childhood. Childhood is where everything is good, bright, where good always prevails, and where each story has a happy ending. So, "The Tomb of Fireflies" completely destroys all ideas that the cartoon is a beautiful story with a beautiful ending.
In this story, the childhood of the main characters is destroyed, and their fate is as unpredictable as the fate of the fireflies left in the bank. Both the anime and the novel of the same name, according to which it was shot, are considered the best of all such works about the Second World War.
7. Lady and the tramp
Movie Search Rating: 8.2
Lady and the Tramp - 15 in a row the work of the Disney animation studio. The picture was released back in 1995, but its quality is undeniable: today it is no worse than many modern cartoons - each frame is colorful and realistic.
This story tells about the love of two completely different dogs, from different social classes. It's no secret that in Disney cartoons all animal heroes personify a person. “Lady and the Tramp” is no exception. All aspects of our difficult and unpredictable life are very accurately reflected here.
6. Fox and dog
Movie Search Rating: 8.2
The plot of the cartoon, although based on a novel by Daniel Mannix, but in fact, only the names of the main characters were taken from the book. The book is full of tragic events, and the friendship between Tod and Kopper was not as such, while in the cartoon their friendship runs a red thread through history.
The animation budget was $ 12 million. Paradoxically, the same number was the number of viewers who watched this film.
5. My neighbor Totoro
Movie Search Rating: 8.2
Perhaps this is the most unusual and iconic work in the entire creative biography of Hayao Miyazaki. The cartoon is a kind of ode to childhood - the most beautiful and carefree period of a person’s life. But at the same time, the tape is riddled with longing.
A similar sensation arises, for example, when viewing “Winnie the Pooh” or “Wine from Dandelions”. Totoro himself became a symbol of Japanese animation. No wonder it is he who flaunts on the emblem of the Ghibli studio created by Miyazaki.
4. The Little Mermaid
Movie Search Rating: 8.2
The plot of this tale is known to everyone, so it's silly to retell it. But the Walt Disney studio retold him, and in his own way, and very successfully. True, critics did not appreciate this significant difference between the cartoon and the tale of Hans Christian Andersen, on which the plot was based.
Despite everything, the Disney Little Mermaid has become a classic of world animation, having won many awards, including the Oscars and Golden Globes.
3. Beauty and the Beast
Movie Search Rating: 8.3
Filmed in 1991, the animated film Beauty and the Beast became the standard for the adaptation of the tale of Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont, which, as it turned out after the release of several modern base remakes, it was impossible to beat. The incredible directorial work of Gary Truzdale and Kirk Wise made the story of a charming girl and a sad lonely monster extremely emotional, vibrant and deep.
High-quality animation, the ingenious soundtrack of Alan Menken, together with well-developed charismatic characters, allowed Beauty and the Beast to become a world animated classic.
2. Spirited Away
Movie Search Rating: 8.4
The plot of the next brilliant creation of Hayao Miyazaki tells about a 10-year-old girl who accidentally fell with her parents in another world inhabited by monsters and ghosts. The girl has to go through difficult trials in order to save her parents and return with them to the world of people. Spirited Away has become the most successful animated film in the history of Japan.
Interesting fact: at the box office, he overtook even the Titanic, collecting a total of 30.4 billion yen.
1. The Lion King
Movie Search Rating: 8.8
32 in a row the animated film became the most legendary in the history of the Walt Disney studio. "The Lion King" is a model of animation. It is not childish problems that arise here. This story is about friendship and enmity, about love and hatred, about loyalty and betrayal, about honor.
Unlike other studio works, this picture is endowed with a deep philosophy. Therefore, a small child will not be able to catch the whole point, he will only see a beautiful picture. This does not mean that the cartoon is intended exclusively for adults. It only means that he is worth watching with the child, helping him understand complex emotional moments.
A great many animated films are created annually. Each of them is a great work of scriptwriters, directors, animators, composers and a huge number of people. Therefore, all the cartoons are good in their own way and they all find their audience. But only a few could leave their mark in the history of animation, and only a few films can be called real classics. It is with this classic that you have just become acquainted.
