On June 17, 2008 (on CBS) AFI will again air its AFI’s 100 Years…. series announcing the top 100 films. Instead of clumping all movies for all genres together, this time around AFI is choosing the top 10 movies of 10 major genres. Exciting! This could not be more perfect for Film Tops! So, in the next three weeks Film Tops “Lists” will feature and list 3 genres (4 in the last week) and the 50 nominated films per genre and give list what Film Tops thinks should win the nominations in each category and why.

So, without further ado….
ANIMATED

I never much cared for animated films until I watched Shrek. I didn’t grow up loving Bugs Bunny and other such animations. But, I have to say Pixar animation films are a different breed. Although I still don’t love animation, I do love to see a good one when one comes out and completely respect and admire animators.

• 1
  ALADDIN
  Disney, 1992
• 2
  ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  Disney, 19513
  AMERICAN POP
  TriStar, 1981
• 4
  AN AMERICAN TAIL
  Universal, 1986
• 5
  ANTZ
  DreamWorks, 1998
• 6
  THE ARISTOCATS
  Disney, 1970
• 7
  BAMBI
  Disney, 1942
• 8
  BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
  Disney, 1991
• 9
  A BUG’S LIFE
  Disney/Pixar, 1998
• 10
  CARS
  Disney/Pixar, 2006
• 11
  CHARLOTTE’S WEB
  Paramount, 1973
  I remember watching Charlotte’s Web as years ago and thinking it was quite touching and unexpectedly filled with substance. It’s a bit sad but a great animated film.
• 12
  CINDERELLA
  Disney, 1950
• 13
  CORPSE BRIDE
  Warner Bros., 2005
  Tim Burton has such a singular view of artistic expression and Corpse Bride is no exception. The fact that it is done in claymation makes the macabre plot even that much more convincing.
• 14
  DUMBO
  Disney, 1941
• 15
  FANTASIA
  Disney, 1940
• 16
  FINDING NEMO
  Disney/Pixar, 2003
  Except for the humans, all the animation in Nemo was quite amazing and fun to watch. The humans were a bit too strange looking. Nonetheless, the story was strong and moving enough to keep my attention and exceed expectation.
• 17
  HAPPY FEET
  Warner Bros., 2006
• 18
  THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
  Disney, 1996
• 19
  ICE AGE
  Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• 20
  THE INCREDIBLES
  Disney/Pixar, 2004
  Hands down, The Incredibles is my favorite animated film of the past decade. Just so smartly written, great directing and fun.
• 21
  THE IRON GIANT
  Warner Bros., 1999
• 22
  THE JUNGLE BOOK
  Disney, 1967
• 23
  LADY AND THE TRAMP
  Disney, 1955
• 24
  THE LION KING
  Disney, 1994
• 25
  THE LITTLE MERMAID
  Disney, 1989
• 26
  MADAGASCAR
  DreamWorks, 2005
• 27
  THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH
  Disney, 1977
• 28
  MONSTER HOUSE
  Columbia, 2006
• 29
  MONSTERS, INC.
  Disney/Pixar, 2001
  I love this kind of tongue in cheek, smart writing. Monsters, Inc. was a welcome surprise.
• 30
  MULAN
  Disney, 1998
• 31
  THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
  Touchstone, 1993
• 32
  101 DALMATIANS
  Disney, 1961
• 33
  PETER PAN
  Disney, 1953
• 34
  PINOCCHIO
  Disney, 1940
• 35
  POCAHONTAS
  Disney, 1995
• 36
  THE POLAR EXPRESS
  Warner Bros., 2003
• 37
  THE RESCUERS
  Disney, 1977
• 38
  ROBIN HOOD
  Disney, 1973
• 39
  ROBOTS
  Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005
• 40
  THE SECRET OF NIMH
  MGM, 1982
• 41
  SHREK
  DreamWorks, 2001
  Just like The Incredibles, Shrek was a film I never expected to like so much. Michael Meyers is always great to watch, and now listen to in animation. The story was strong, the writing was smart, adult and playful. Love it!
• 42
  SHREK 2
  DreamWorks, 2004
• 43
  SLEEPING BEAUTY
  Disney, 1959
• 44
  SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
  Disney, 1937
• 45
  SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT
  Paramount, 1999
• 46
  THE SWORD IN THE STONE
  Disney, 1963
• 47
  TARZAN
  Disney, 1999
• 48
  TOY STORY
  Disney/Pixar, 1995
• 49
  TOY STORY 2
  Disney/Pixar, 1999
• 50
  WAKING LIFE
  Fox Searchlight, 2001

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