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1. House of Mouse (2001–2003)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Collections of short cartoons hosted by Mickey and his Disney pals at his club, The House of Mouse.
Stars: Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer, Rod Roddy, Russi Taylor
Votes: 4,138
2. Demonlover (2002)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 5,468 | Gross: $0.23M
3. XX/XY (2002)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Director: Austin Chick | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange, Kel O'Neill
Votes: 3,230 | Gross: $0.10M
4. Cha no aji (2004)
143 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Maya Banno, Takahiro Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka
Votes: 6,492
5. Walt Before Mickey (2015)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career.
Director: Khoa Le | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jon Heder, Armando Gutierrez, David Henrie
Votes: 6,071
6. The Party 2 (1982)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Vulnerable and impressionable teenage girl continues to experience sorrows and joys of adult life.
Director: Claude Pinoteau | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 4,538
7. The Reluctant Dragon (I) (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Jack Kinney | Stars: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant
Votes: 3,299 | Gross: $0.87M
8. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry, Richard Feynman, Michèle Oshima
Votes: 3,544 | Gross: $0.13M
9. The Pixar Story (2007)
G | 87 min | Documentary
The Pixar Story takes audiences behind the scenes of the groundbreaking company that pioneered a new generation of animation and forever changed the face of filmmaking.
Director: Leslie Iwerks | Stars: Stacy Keach, John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker
Votes: 6,620
10. Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama
Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily and likes to sing and to go to the movies. ... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Brigitte De Villepoix
Votes: 1,675 | Gross: $0.15M
11. The Wacky World of Tex Avery (1997–1998)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Laugh along with a variety of wildly original characters in classic animated shorts that will keep you guessing what wacky adventure is next.
Stars: Billy West, Lee Tockar, Ian James Corlett, Alec Willows
Votes: 559
12. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary
Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka
Votes: 5,187
13. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The story of the Disney Renaissance, an incredibly prolific, successful and prestigious decade lasting from 1984 to 1994 that saw the fallen Walt Disney Animation Studios' unexpected progressive triumphant return to excellence.
Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Roy Edward Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Don Hahn
Votes: 3,014 | Gross: $0.08M
14. Duck Amuck (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 8,696
15. Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis (2021)
PG-13 | 36 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
At the height of WWII, a group of young Jewish refugees are sent to a secret POW camp near Washington, D.C. The recent refugees soon discover that the prisoners are no other than Hitler's top scientists.
Directors: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan | Stars: Alfred Bomberg, Arno Mayer, Rudolph Pins, Peter Wiess
Votes: 803
16. The Dam Keeper (2014)
TV-G | 18 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little pig, who keeps his town safe from a cloud of pollution with his windmill dam, is ignored by a thankless public and bullied at school. When a new kid arrives, things begin to change.
Directors: Robert Kondo, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi | Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Courtney Lockwood
Votes: 2,349
17. Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (2021)
54 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Follows interviews with friends, family and more of the iconic comic strip to create a portrait of the late Peanuts creator.
Director: Michael Bonfiglio | Stars: Tyler James Nathan, Terry McGurrin, Isabella Leo, Holly Gorski
Votes: 468
18. The Making of the Lion King (1994 TV Short)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Behind the scenes look at the making of The Lion King.
Director: Dan Boothe | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy Edward Disney, Roger Allers
Votes: 86
19. Shirobako (2014– )
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club's labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. The sense of awe and the feeling of accomplishment that came ... See full summary »
Stars: Juri Kimura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Greg Cote
Votes: 966
20. The Amazing World of Wallace and Gromit (1999 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A behind-the-scenes look at the worldwide phenomenon that is Wallace and Gromit.
Director: David Hutt | Stars: Nick Park, Andrew Sachs
Votes: 300
21. Howard (2018)
TV-PG | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.
Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Don Hahn, Sarah Gillespie, Shirley Ashman, Howard Ashman
Votes: 1,122
22. Frank and Ollie (1995)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary about two famed Disney animators, Frank and Ollie.
Director: Theodore Thomas | Stars: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Sylvia Roemer, John Canemaker
Votes: 920
23. 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005 TV Special)
245 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A list compiling the 100 Greatest cartoons, new and old, as voted by the British public.
Directors: Esther Dere, Anna Gien, Andrew Adamson, Katsuhito Akiyama, Roger Allers, Wesley Archer, Kelly Asbury, Ralph Bakshi, Joseph Barbera, Stéphane Bernasconi, Bruno Bianchi, Brad Bird, Sylvain Chomet, Ron Clements, Gene Deitch, Pete Docter, Jim Duffy, Peter Firmin, Bob Godfrey, Mark Hall, Masamitsu Hidaka, Stephen Hillenburg, Larry Jacobs, Bob Jaques, Vicky Jenson, Andy Kim, Mark Kirkland, Andi Klein, John Kricfalusi, John Lasseter, Peter Lord, Craig McCracken, Bill Melendez, Pete Michels, Rob Minkoff, Rich Moore, Jimmy T. Murakami, John Musker, Nick Park, Oliver Postgate, Jim Reardon, Mike Reiss, Martin Rosen, Aaron Ruben, John Ryan, Tim Searle, Henry Selick, Brian Sheesley, Peter Shin, Alan Smart, Aaron Springer, Andrew Stanton, Satoshi Tajiri, Hideki Takayama, Genndy Tartakovsky, Hisayuki Toriumi, Gary Trousdale, Gregg Vanzo, Conrad Vernon, Gwen Wetzler, Richard Williams, Kirk Wise, Bill Wolf, David Yates, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Jimmy Carr, Joe Alaskey, Terry Alderton, Kelly Asbury
Votes: 160
24. Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2020)
TV-G | 43 min | Documentary, Family
With less than a year until the world premiere of Frozen II (2019), the filmmakers, artists, songwriters and cast open their doors to cameras for a six-part documentary series to reveal the... See full summary »
Stars: Jennifer Lee, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Chris Buck, Robert Lopez
Votes: 816
25. To Want to Fly (1991)
R | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Martina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Shy Maurizio dubs sound for cartoons while his outgoing brother dubs more saucy ... See full summary »
Directors: Guido Manuli, Maurizio Nichetti | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Angela Finocchiaro, Mariella Valentini, Patrizio Roversi
Votes: 850
26. Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Signe Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.
Director: Signe Baumane | Star: Signe Baumane
Votes: 811 | Gross: $0.02M
27. The Making of Beauty and the Beast (1991 TV Short)
22 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Joseph Carolei | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Don Hahn, Alan Menken, Paige O'Hara
Votes: 36
28. Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (1937)
Approved | 41 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A compilation of five Oscar-winning Disney shorts, released to help promote the upcoming release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
Stars: Billy Bletcher, Dorothy Compton, Eddie Holden, Mary Moder
Votes: 104
29. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (2002 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Harry Arends | Stars: Corey Burton, Xavier Atencio, Ollie Johnston, Burny Mattinson
Votes: 69
30. Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.
Director: Neil Berkeley | Stars: Wayne White, Mimi Pond, Paul Reubens, Mark Mothersbaugh
Votes: 1,188
31. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Looney Tunes documentary film hosted by Bob Clampett, including nine complete cartoons from the 40s and the artists behind the characters.
Directors: Larry Jackson, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson | Stars: Orson Welles, Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett, Tex Avery
Votes: 433
32. Frazetta: Painting with Fire (2003)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
For over 50 years, Frank Frazetta dominated the art world with his images of fierce warriors, helpless princesses, and fantastical creatures set in the most lavish landscapes. His impact ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Laspina | Stars: Eleanor Frazetta, Frank Frazetta, Heidi Frazetta, Forrest J. Ackerman
Votes: 373
33. Ryan (2004)
TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb
Votes: 2,879
34. Shirobako: The Movie (2020)
119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Aoi Miyamori must lead a theatrical production at Musashino Animation.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima | Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayane Sakura, Ai Kayano, Hiroyuki Yoshino
Votes: 186
35. Tomorrow, When the Apricots Bloom (2019)
73 min | Documentary
Shortly after the death of his special uncles, Didier Frenkel descends into the basement of their shared home and finds a treasure: an ancient archive of animated films from Egypt starring ... See full summary »
Director: Tal Michael | Stars: Didier Frenkel, Marcelle Frenkel, Jean-Baptiste Garnero, Jane Frenkel
Votes: 10
36. Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
Directors: Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Winsor McCay, John Bunny, Maurice Costello, George McManus
Votes: 1,679
37. Absolute Denial (2021)
71 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Follows a genius programmer who sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a supercomputer of unprecedented power.
Director: Ryan Braund | Stars: Nick Eriksen, Jeremy J. Smith-Sebasto, Harry Dyer, Heather Gonzalez
Votes: 63
38. Celle que j'aime (2009)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy must accept his divorced mother's new fiancé.
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Marc Lavoine, Barbara Schulz, Gérard Darmon, Anton Balekdjian
Votes: 212
39. The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
G | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary on the life of the under-appreciated animator Ub Iwerks, who played a major role in the creation of Mickey Mouse.
Director: Leslie Iwerks | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Mark Kausler, John Lasseter, Russell Merritt
Votes: 266
40. Walt & El Grupo (2008)
PG | 106 min | Documentary
The story of the 1941 Goodwill Tour to South America made by Walt Disney and his staff.
Director: Theodore Thomas | Stars: Flávio Barroso, Lee Blair, Mary Blair, James Bodrero
Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.02M
41. Popeye Makes a Movie (1950)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), which makes up over 80% of ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky, Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond
Votes: 113
42. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,273
43. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003 TV Special)
TV-14 | Documentary
The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.
Directors: Gary Smith, Dann Netter | Stars: Kathy Bates, Anthony Hopkins, Hayden Christensen, Glenn Close
Votes: 262
44. You Can Fly!: The Making of Walt Disney's Masterpiece 'Peter Pan' (1998 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
The journey of J.M. Barrie's classic character to Walt Disney's conceptual masterpiece.
Stars: Corey Burton, Walt Disney, Leonard Maltin, Frank Churchill
Votes: 69
45. Animation Runner Kuromi (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 40 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mikiko "Kuromi" Oguro lands her dream job at an animation studio. When she gets there however, the Head of Production manager dies shortly after meeting her and therefore passes his ... See full summary »
Director: Akitarô Daichi | Stars: Lisa Ortiz, Kaori Asô, Suzanne Savoy, Reiko Yasuhara
Votes: 70
46. Cartoon Conspiracy (2014– )
Documentary, Animation, Short
Dive into the mysteries and fan theories of all things animation with your host as we take a critical look at how the theories hold up.
Stars: Emily Carson, Jacob Atkinson, Justin Washburn, Akeem Lawanson
Votes: 13
47. Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons (1988 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
A documentary about the life and career of legendary cartoon director Fred "Tex" Avery.
Directors: John Needham, Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Chuck Jones, Joe Adamson, Ed Love, Mark Kausler
Votes: 141
48. 39 Pounds of Love (2005)
Unrated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
This is the story of Ami, a man who while unable to move any part of his body, still manages to move each and every one of us, as he teaches us a part of life's intimate dance.
Director: Dani Menkin | Star: Ami Ankilewitz
Votes: 255 | Gross: $0.03M
49. The Pixar Shorts: A Short History (2007 Video)
23 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Pixar's early short films illuminates not only the evolution of the company but also the early days of computer animation, when a small group of artists and scientists shared a... See full summary »
Directors: Tony Kaplan, Erica Milsom | Stars: Jim Blinn, Eben Ostby, Craig Good, Loren Carpenter
Votes: 825
50. Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Family
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown is a behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It originally aired as a television special to... See full summary »
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Joanna Cassidy, Tony Anselmo, Mel Blanc, Noel Blanc
Votes: 149