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.
Millennium Actress (2001)
7.9/10
Director: Satoshi Kon
As an old movie studio is torn down, documentary filmmaker Genya tracks down its brightest star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, now an aging recluse. Together wit... Read more
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)
7.1/10
Director: Thomas Szabo, Helene Giraud
In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned spark warfare between two rival ant colonies, obsessed with gaining control o... Read more
Monster House (2006)
6.6/10
Director: Gil Kenan
Starring: Voices Of, Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Jason Lee...
A vibrant technical marvel, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, this spooky, animated family film has young DJ and his friends... Read more
Monsters University (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Dan Scanlon
Starring: Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment... Read more
Monsters University ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Dan Scanlon
Starring: Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment... Read more
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Pete Docter
Starring: Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Jennifer Tilly
From Pixar, the people who gave you the "Toy Story" movies and "A Bug's Life," comes this computer animated wonder set in a hidden world of monsters a... Read more
Monsters, Inc. ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Pete Docter
Starring: Billy Crystal, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, John Goodman, John Ratzenberger, St...
From Pixar, the people who gave you the "Toy Story" movies and "A Bug's Life," comes this computer animated wonder set in a hidden world of monsters a... Read more
Moomins and Midsummer Madness (2008)
Director: Maria Lindberg
Starring: Kathleen Fee, Mark Camacho, Richard M Durmont
A tranquil summer day in the Moomin Valley is interrupted by a volcanic eruption. Luckily the Moomin family finds refuge in a strange, floating house,... Read more
Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
6.1/10
Director: Maria Lindberg
Starring: Max von Sydow, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgard
One day Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moomin Valley, everything is grey; not just the sky and the river, but the tre... Read more
Moral Orel: Volume 1 (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Dino Stamatopoulos
Starring: Voices Of, Carolyn Lawrence, Scott Adsit, Britta Phillips, Jay Johnston
Another adult swim entry, following the misguided adventures of Orel, an impressionable young resident of Moralton, where everyone lives by a strict m... Read more