Animated movies are some of the best films in cinema today. They are mainly geared towards children but they also have humor that only adults will understand. So I'm going to bring you my favorite Top 10 CGI animated movies (films that are done with computers) (I will come out with a top 10 list of my favorite traditional animated films). So without further ado....
10. Over The Hedge
This film has an A-list cast and is pretty hilarious. Over the Hedge stars Bruce Willis, Avril Lavigne, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte, Allison Janney, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Thomas Haden Church. Spring has arrived an array of creatures sleeping in a large tree trunk has awakened for from their winter hibernation. This group of unusual creatures include porcupines (played by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara), opossums (played by William Shatner and Avril Lavigne), a squirrel (played by Steve Carell), a skunk (played by Wanda Sykes) who have formed a family with a tortoise (played by Garry Shandling). After they awake after winter hibernation they find that there forest has been destroyed by Gladys Sharp (played by Allison Janney) who is the president of Camelot Estates Home Owners Association. The animals soon realize that they have no food to survive the winter until RJ the Raccoon (played by Bruce Willis) soon appears to help the animals steal food that humans eat, little do the animal realize that RJ is on a mission to take the stolen food to a bear (played by Nick Nolte) as a debt for losing the bears stockpile of food. This film is really good and it is very heart-warming. The film holds a 75% rating on rottentomatoes.com
9. Ice Age
This is another funny film with another great cast. The film stars Ray Romano, Dennis Leary and John Leguizamo. The film tells the story of Sid the sloth (played John Leguizamo) who has been left behind by his family that has migrated to the south the beat the Ice Age. After this realization he scrambles to find them only to run into a woolly mammoth named by Manny (played by Ray Romano) who is traveling by himself, after straggling along without Manny's permission, they continue there journey to south for migration. They soon stumble upon a saber tooth tiger name Diego (played by Dennis Leary) who is about to kill a little baby from a tribe that Diego's group of saber tooth tigers has just attacked. After seeing the baby's mother pass away the three animals decide to find the baby's tribe and return it while also continuing the migration to the south. This is another film that is hilarious and very heart-warming. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film also has three sequels Ice Age : The Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. The film has a rating of 77% on rottentomatoes.com.
8. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
This film is another great one. The film tells the story of Flint Lockwood (played by Bill Hader) who is a failed inventor is forced to live on a lonely island called Swallow Falls whose only source of food is sardines. After his frequent failed attempts, Flint decides to make a machine that creates food and he calls it the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator or "FLDSMDFR" for short. After seeing the invention fail he decides that he will never invent again, only to wake up the next morning seeing massive amounts of delicious food being dropped from the sky and realizes his invention actually works. After the town thrives with new resources and countless media attention Flint soon becomes a hero, until one day the machine creates a mind of its own and begins to make food and suddenly threatens to destroy the town. It becomes a race against time for Flint to destroy the machine for it destroys the town of Swallow Falls. Even-though I was sicker than dog at the time this film came out, it still cheered me and I had a wonderful time with it. The film has a spawned a sequel that was just recently released entitled Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2. The first film has a rating of 87% on rottentomatoes.com.
7. Finding Nemo
This film is one of the most touching and heartwarming films I have ever seen. Finding Nemo tells the story of Marlin the clown fish (played by Albert Brooks) who after his son Nemo (played by Alexander Gould) has been kidnapped, goes on journey through the ocean to rescue his son. Along the way Marlin gains a companion in his journey whose name is Dory (played by Ellen DeGeneres) who is one of the most forgetful people in the world The film gives us beautiful visuals of the ocean and has one of the best story's for an animated film. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated feature and was nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Original Score, Sound Editing and Original Screenplay. A sequel is in the works entitled Finding Dory which is set to hit theaters on June 17, 2016. Finding Nemo has a rating of 99% on rottentomatoes.com.
6. Inside Out
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias), who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father (voiced by Kyle MacLachlan) starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Fear (voiced by Bill Hader), Anger (voiced by Lewis Black), Disgust (voiced by Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. Inside Out has a rating of 98% on rottentomatoes.com.
5. The Incredibles
When you combine two of my favorite genres in superhero films and animated films, you know that I'll like it. The story follows a family of superheros living a quiet suburban life, forced to hide their powers. When father Bob Parr's (played by Craig T. Nelson) yearning for his glory day and desire to help, drags him into battle with an evil villain named Syndrome (played by Jason Lee) and his killer robot, the entire Parr family is forced into action to save the world. I absolutely love this film and fans for a long time have been clamoring for a sequel but I don't think well be getting one until at least 2020. The film won two Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature Film and Best Sound Editing it was also nominated for two other Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing. The film currently has a rating of 97% on rottentomatoes.com.
4. Despicable Me 2
I absolutely love this film its in my top 5 favorite films of this year and it is one of the funnies films of 2013. Having given up his life of crime, Gru (played by Steve Carell) now aims to produce a delicious new line of jams with the help of his tiny minions and his old pal Dr. Nefario (played by Russell Brand). Feeling unfulfilled in his new found role as a jam-maker, Dr. Nefario announces that he will be departing for more evil pasture just as Gru is approached by the Anti-Villain League to capture the mysterious culprit who jut stole a top-secret research lab filled with PX-41( an experimental serum with the strength to transform harmless animals into ravenous monsters. The AVL is certain that the culprit is covering his tracks by posing as a small business owner at a local mall, and assign their best agent Lucy (played by Kristin Wiig) to aid Gru in identifying him. Meanwhile Gru's oldest adoptive daughter Margo (Played by Miranda Crossgrove) falls for rebellious teen Antonio (played by Moises Arias), the leather-jacketed son of boisterous Mexican cantina owner Eduardo (played by Benjamin Bratt). Now, with Gru's parental instincts kicking into full gear just as a dastardly plot begins to unfold, the devoted new father must divide his time between saving the world from an enigmatic super-villain, and saving Margo from total heartbreak. All the while, a suitable mother for the girls may have been standing right under Gru's pointy nose the entire time. This film is so funny and the minions are hilarious as well . The film is the sequel to Despicable Me and a third film is in the works as well as a Minions spin-off movie that is slated to be released in 2015. Despicable Me 2 is as of right now the 2nd highest grossing film of the year behind Iron Man 3. The film will undoubtedly will win Best Animated feature at the Oscars this year and it currently holds a rating of 75% on rottentomatoes.com.
3. Wreck-It-Ralph
This film is one of my favorite films of last year and it is very hilarious. The film tells the story of the titular arcade game villain named Ralph (played John C. Reilly) who rebels against his role and dreams of becoming a hero. He travels between games in the arcade, and ultimately must eliminate a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph himself inadvertently started. This film combines my love video games and animated films and I absolutely love it. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and it currently holds a rating of 86% on rottentomatoes.com.
2. Shrek
This film is absolutely hilarious and has it also a lot of adult humor. When a green ogre called Shrek (played by Mike Myers) discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairy tale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad (played by John Lithgow), Shrek sets out, with a very loud donkey (played by Eddie Murphy) by his side, to 'persuade' Farquaad to give his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona (played by Cameron Diaz, who is waiting for her one true love. But Once they head back with Fiona, it starts to becomes apparent that not only does Shrek like Fiona, but Fiona has been keeping a dark secret. I absolutely love this film and it all makes us beg the question of what could have been. I say that because before he passed Chris Farley was originally signed on to voice the character Shrek but as a tribute to his late friend the role went to Mike Myers. Shrek was the first film to win the Award for Best Animated Film and it was also nominated for the academy award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also has three sequels entitled Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After as well as a spin-off entitled Puss in Boots. Shrek currently holds a rating of 89% on rottentomatoes.com.
1. Toy Story 3
This is the film that probably has one of the most emotional endings in cinematic history and I absolutely love this film. The focuses on the toys Woody (played by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (played by Tim Allen), and their friends dealing with an uncertain future as their owner, Andy (played by John Morris), prepares to leave for college. This film is absolutely heartwarming and is one of the best film of all-time. This film won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature an Best Original Song, it was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing. Toy Story has two films that came before it entitled Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Toy Story 3 has a rating of 99% on rottentomatoes.com.
So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of the list, do you agree or disagree and what are your favorite animated films of all-time? Let me know in the comments below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
10. Over The Hedge
This film has an A-list cast and is pretty hilarious. Over the Hedge stars Bruce Willis, Avril Lavigne, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte, Allison Janney, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Thomas Haden Church. Spring has arrived an array of creatures sleeping in a large tree trunk has awakened for from their winter hibernation. This group of unusual creatures include porcupines (played by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara), opossums (played by William Shatner and Avril Lavigne), a squirrel (played by Steve Carell), a skunk (played by Wanda Sykes) who have formed a family with a tortoise (played by Garry Shandling). After they awake after winter hibernation they find that there forest has been destroyed by Gladys Sharp (played by Allison Janney) who is the president of Camelot Estates Home Owners Association. The animals soon realize that they have no food to survive the winter until RJ the Raccoon (played by Bruce Willis) soon appears to help the animals steal food that humans eat, little do the animal realize that RJ is on a mission to take the stolen food to a bear (played by Nick Nolte) as a debt for losing the bears stockpile of food. This film is really good and it is very heart-warming. The film holds a 75% rating on rottentomatoes.com
9. Ice Age
This is another funny film with another great cast. The film stars Ray Romano, Dennis Leary and John Leguizamo. The film tells the story of Sid the sloth (played John Leguizamo) who has been left behind by his family that has migrated to the south the beat the Ice Age. After this realization he scrambles to find them only to run into a woolly mammoth named by Manny (played by Ray Romano) who is traveling by himself, after straggling along without Manny's permission, they continue there journey to south for migration. They soon stumble upon a saber tooth tiger name Diego (played by Dennis Leary) who is about to kill a little baby from a tribe that Diego's group of saber tooth tigers has just attacked. After seeing the baby's mother pass away the three animals decide to find the baby's tribe and return it while also continuing the migration to the south. This is another film that is hilarious and very heart-warming. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film also has three sequels Ice Age : The Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. The film has a rating of 77% on rottentomatoes.com.
8. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
This film is another great one. The film tells the story of Flint Lockwood (played by Bill Hader) who is a failed inventor is forced to live on a lonely island called Swallow Falls whose only source of food is sardines. After his frequent failed attempts, Flint decides to make a machine that creates food and he calls it the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator or "FLDSMDFR" for short. After seeing the invention fail he decides that he will never invent again, only to wake up the next morning seeing massive amounts of delicious food being dropped from the sky and realizes his invention actually works. After the town thrives with new resources and countless media attention Flint soon becomes a hero, until one day the machine creates a mind of its own and begins to make food and suddenly threatens to destroy the town. It becomes a race against time for Flint to destroy the machine for it destroys the town of Swallow Falls. Even-though I was sicker than dog at the time this film came out, it still cheered me and I had a wonderful time with it. The film has a spawned a sequel that was just recently released entitled Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2. The first film has a rating of 87% on rottentomatoes.com.
7. Finding Nemo
This film is one of the most touching and heartwarming films I have ever seen. Finding Nemo tells the story of Marlin the clown fish (played by Albert Brooks) who after his son Nemo (played by Alexander Gould) has been kidnapped, goes on journey through the ocean to rescue his son. Along the way Marlin gains a companion in his journey whose name is Dory (played by Ellen DeGeneres) who is one of the most forgetful people in the world The film gives us beautiful visuals of the ocean and has one of the best story's for an animated film. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated feature and was nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Original Score, Sound Editing and Original Screenplay. A sequel is in the works entitled Finding Dory which is set to hit theaters on June 17, 2016. Finding Nemo has a rating of 99% on rottentomatoes.com.
6. Inside Out
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias), who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father (voiced by Kyle MacLachlan) starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Fear (voiced by Bill Hader), Anger (voiced by Lewis Black), Disgust (voiced by Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. Inside Out has a rating of 98% on rottentomatoes.com.
5. The Incredibles
When you combine two of my favorite genres in superhero films and animated films, you know that I'll like it. The story follows a family of superheros living a quiet suburban life, forced to hide their powers. When father Bob Parr's (played by Craig T. Nelson) yearning for his glory day and desire to help, drags him into battle with an evil villain named Syndrome (played by Jason Lee) and his killer robot, the entire Parr family is forced into action to save the world. I absolutely love this film and fans for a long time have been clamoring for a sequel but I don't think well be getting one until at least 2020. The film won two Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature Film and Best Sound Editing it was also nominated for two other Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing. The film currently has a rating of 97% on rottentomatoes.com.
4. Despicable Me 2
I absolutely love this film its in my top 5 favorite films of this year and it is one of the funnies films of 2013. Having given up his life of crime, Gru (played by Steve Carell) now aims to produce a delicious new line of jams with the help of his tiny minions and his old pal Dr. Nefario (played by Russell Brand). Feeling unfulfilled in his new found role as a jam-maker, Dr. Nefario announces that he will be departing for more evil pasture just as Gru is approached by the Anti-Villain League to capture the mysterious culprit who jut stole a top-secret research lab filled with PX-41( an experimental serum with the strength to transform harmless animals into ravenous monsters. The AVL is certain that the culprit is covering his tracks by posing as a small business owner at a local mall, and assign their best agent Lucy (played by Kristin Wiig) to aid Gru in identifying him. Meanwhile Gru's oldest adoptive daughter Margo (Played by Miranda Crossgrove) falls for rebellious teen Antonio (played by Moises Arias), the leather-jacketed son of boisterous Mexican cantina owner Eduardo (played by Benjamin Bratt). Now, with Gru's parental instincts kicking into full gear just as a dastardly plot begins to unfold, the devoted new father must divide his time between saving the world from an enigmatic super-villain, and saving Margo from total heartbreak. All the while, a suitable mother for the girls may have been standing right under Gru's pointy nose the entire time. This film is so funny and the minions are hilarious as well . The film is the sequel to Despicable Me and a third film is in the works as well as a Minions spin-off movie that is slated to be released in 2015. Despicable Me 2 is as of right now the 2nd highest grossing film of the year behind Iron Man 3. The film will undoubtedly will win Best Animated feature at the Oscars this year and it currently holds a rating of 75% on rottentomatoes.com.
3. Wreck-It-Ralph
This film is one of my favorite films of last year and it is very hilarious. The film tells the story of the titular arcade game villain named Ralph (played John C. Reilly) who rebels against his role and dreams of becoming a hero. He travels between games in the arcade, and ultimately must eliminate a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph himself inadvertently started. This film combines my love video games and animated films and I absolutely love it. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and it currently holds a rating of 86% on rottentomatoes.com.
2. Shrek
This film is absolutely hilarious and has it also a lot of adult humor. When a green ogre called Shrek (played by Mike Myers) discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairy tale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad (played by John Lithgow), Shrek sets out, with a very loud donkey (played by Eddie Murphy) by his side, to 'persuade' Farquaad to give his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona (played by Cameron Diaz, who is waiting for her one true love. But Once they head back with Fiona, it starts to becomes apparent that not only does Shrek like Fiona, but Fiona has been keeping a dark secret. I absolutely love this film and it all makes us beg the question of what could have been. I say that because before he passed Chris Farley was originally signed on to voice the character Shrek but as a tribute to his late friend the role went to Mike Myers. Shrek was the first film to win the Award for Best Animated Film and it was also nominated for the academy award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also has three sequels entitled Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After as well as a spin-off entitled Puss in Boots. Shrek currently holds a rating of 89% on rottentomatoes.com.
1. Toy Story 3
This is the film that probably has one of the most emotional endings in cinematic history and I absolutely love this film. The focuses on the toys Woody (played by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (played by Tim Allen), and their friends dealing with an uncertain future as their owner, Andy (played by John Morris), prepares to leave for college. This film is absolutely heartwarming and is one of the best film of all-time. This film won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature an Best Original Song, it was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing. Toy Story has two films that came before it entitled Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Toy Story 3 has a rating of 99% on rottentomatoes.com.
So ladies and gentlemen what do you think of the list, do you agree or disagree and what are your favorite animated films of all-time? Let me know in the comments below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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