Rotten Tomatoes

Critics and audiences together select the best animated movie of each year since the start of Rotten Tomatoes.

Nelson) and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) are forced to... Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl... Incredible (Craig T. Critics Consensus: Chicken Run has all the charm of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit, and something for everybody. Synopsis: Starting in 2008, we see a triple-header from Pixar and arguably their golden age: WALL-E, Up, and Inside Out. Pixar would next take the top spot after 1999 with 2004’s The Incredibles. A Seven Samurai for ants?) Then came the 1999 mega-sequel Toy Story 2, which cemented the studio as the premier American animation shop for the years ahead. Using this formula, we discovered the most recommended animated movie of every year since 1998. Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019) would also peg Woody and Buzz as stars of the highest-recommended animated film of their respective years. The guide unsurprisingly begins in the late ’90s with Pixar and their follow-up feature to Toy Story, A Bug’s Life.