Animation
Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model, and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.
Here Alice has assembled all the very best of this craft; scroll below alphabetically or search using the sub-categories in green on the left. 'Family Animation', 'Classic Animation', 'Cult Animation' or 'JapanAnime'.
Right: Nick Park's endearing Wallace and Gromit.
Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl S...
The visually ravishing animated movie 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' follows a fox (George Clooney) as he cheerfully and recklessly takes his thieving too fa... Read more
Fantastic Mr Fox ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl S...
The visually ravishing animated movie 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' follows a fox, voiced by George Clooney and dressed in a natty brown corduroy suit, as h... Read more
Fantastic Planet (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Oms, Draags
A winner at the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set on the planet of the Draags in a far-off solar sys... Read more
Felix The Cat - The Movie (1991)
5/10
Director: Tibor Hernadi
Starring: Felix The Cat
Join Felix, his absent-minded pal Poindexter, the devious professor and a whole new crew of friends and foes for his first full-length animated advent... Read more
Felix the Cat: Felix in Hollywood (1927)
6.9/10
Starring: Felix The Cat
Contains some classic cartoons from the early career of this curious and playful cat, created by Otto Messmer for the Pat Sullivan Studio, with some o... Read more
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
4.6/10
Director: Bill Kroyer
The FernGully friends join forces and embark on a rescue mission to battle evil human poachers who have stolen baby animals from the forest. Read more
FernGully... The Last Rainforest (1992)
6.5/10
Director: Bill Kroyer
Starring: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Robin Williams
A wonderful, environmentally conscious animated feature about a human boy who is joined by a group of fairies on an adventure through the Amazon rain... Read more
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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura
Starring: Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito
Continuing the storyline based on the hit Playstation game Final Fantasy VII, two years have passed since the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to... Read more
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Starring: Ming-Na, Voices Of, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, James Woods, Donald Sutherland,...
The year is 2065 A.D. The Earth is infested with alien spirits and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr... Read more
Final Fantasy: Unlimited 1 (2001)
6.1/10
Two siblings try to find their missing parents. Based on the best selling video game series by Square Enix. Read more