Animation movies

Monsters, Inc.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2001, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004

Description:

They are monsters but they are not scary at all, some of them are even sweet and funny. They live in the world behind our closet doors, in the city of Monstropolis. The city dwellers work for Monsters Inc., a gigantic corporation which specializes in scaring human kids and generating energy from their screams. The funniest thing is that even skilled scream-generators such as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (John Goodman), a huge monster with blue fur and horns, and his bustling dude Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), a green one-eyed monster, are terrified of kids! And when a fearless little girl, Boo (Mary Gibbs), follows Sully into the factory, she turns the monster world topsy-turvy!

Ice Age

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2002, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004

Description:

Early mammals have hard times: the Ice Age is come! An action of this computer-animated movie takes place twenty thousand years ago, when Arctic glaciers approached close to the motherland of Manny (voiced by Ray Romano), Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) and Scrat (Wedge), who respectively are a mammoth, a sloth and a side-splitting saber-tooth squirrel. Freezing temperatures and the command of evil tigers oblige them to fight for survival, from time to time animals get into different hilarious and threatening situations, trying to save the human child which was torn from its tribe as a result of the tiger assault. Manny and Sid want to return the infant to his father when the demonic saber-toothed striped villain named Diego (Denis Leary) claims his rights to this child.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi , produced in 2001, Japan, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004

Description:

In the year 2065, the meteorite fall has caused almost complete destruction and chaos on Earth. Alien creatures are threatening to wipe the human race off the face of the earth. The last remaining earth dwellers settle in the barrier cities so as to survive and battle against the aliens. Dr. Aki Ross (Ming-Na) is determined not to surrender to the invaders at any price, though she is aware of being deadly infected by alien particles. Teamed up with Dr. Sid (Donald Sutherland), her scientific mentor, and Captain Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin), the leader of the Deep Eyes military squadron, Aki keeps on fighting against the alien race. The movie depicts the story of love, soul, and the basic human instinct - striving to survive at any cost.

Shrek

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance , produced in 2001, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004

Description:

Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, there lived a big green ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers). He led a solitary life in his own smelly swamp in the woods. One day the evil midget - Lord Farquaad (voiced by John Lithgow), the ruler of Duloc – banished all the familiar fairy tale characters to Shrek's swamp land. Unfortunately for the ogre, his peaceful life has an end. To get rid of annoying settlers, Shrek must rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz), confined to the tower and guarded by a fire-spouting dragon, and convince her to be Farquaad's wife. Accompanied by the garrulous and wisecracking Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy), Shrek makes his way to the distant castle and, on his quest, gets involved in a set of bizarre situations.

The Animatrix

Action / Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi , produced in 2003, USA , added: 15 Mar 2005

Description:

Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix" and its sequels. "Final Flight of the Osiris": The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. "The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2": The story behind the war between man and the machines, how mankind scorched the sky, and the creation of the Matrix. "Kid's Story": A teenager is contacted by Neo, and manages to escape the Matrix. "Program": Two warriors battle in a samurai training simulation when one decides to betray his crewmates and re-enter the Matrix. "World Record": A champion sprinter manages to break free of the Matrix by sheer physical effort during a record attempt. "Beyond": A young girl searching for her cat discovers a haunted house caused by a glitch in the system. "A Detective Story": Private investigator Ash tracks a hacker named Trinity through the looking glass. "Matriculated": A group of humans capture a machine scout and insert it into a 'human matrix'.

The Incredibles

Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2004, USA , added: 28 Jun 2005

Description:

Metroville was once flooded with superheroes saving the day. One of the greatest was Mr. Incredible, who found himself annoyed by the young chatterbox fanatic of his, Buddy Pine, who referred to himself as 'Incrediboy.' As Mr. Incredible fought crime, he met another legendary hero, Elastigirl and the two superheroes wed. shortly afterward, a string of lawsuits banned superheroes from ever saving the day again! 15 years later, Mr. Incredible, now known as Bob Parr is itching to become a superhero again. Mrs. Incredible, or Helen Parr, is trying to persuade him not to. Their son, Dash, who has the ability to run extremely quickly, wants to try out for sports, but he can't because of his powers being revealed. Violet, the Parr's daughter, wants to be normal and fit in as a teen. And the baby, Jack-Jack is only itching for a good time. Then, Bob hears about a top secret assignment regarding a powerful machine attacking Nomanisan Island. Thinking this is his way to become a superhero again, Bob accepts and yet again becomes Mr. Incredible...however, this anonymous villain has a grudge...

Madagascar

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2005, USA , added: 13 Jul 2005

Description:

This animation story tells about the adventures of NY Zoo inhabitants – Alex the Lion (voice of Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett Smith). They are best friends and when one of them goes missing, the other three break out of the zoo looking for him. They meet again onboard the vessel heading to Africa, but en venue the ship gets capsized and the friends find themselves on the strand of Madagascar. Finally, after the series of adventures they figure out that the wildlife is more difficult than their well-provided life at the Zoo.

The Polar Express

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2004, USA , added: 25 Jul 2005

Description:

Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting boy (voice of Daryl Sabara and Tom Hanks), an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa's sleigh. When to his surprise, a steam engine's roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor (voice of Tom Hanks) invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift only those who still believe in Santa can experience.

Aladdin

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical , produced in 1992, USA , added: 30 Jun 2006

Description:

This sparkling Eastern story tells about the adventures of Aladdin, who is a poor but kind boy who falls in love with Princess Jasmine. He will try to win over the heart of the beautiful Princess, simultaneously being obliged to find the Magic Lamp in the depths of the dangerous cave. He should also stop Jafar, who is a cruel vizier craving for the Lamp and for Jasmine's love.

Finding Nemo

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family , produced in 2003, USA , added: 17 Jul 2006

Description:

This is a tale of clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (Alexander Gould) who are separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Marlin doesn’t even suspect that the curious Nemo has been captured by a diver and placed in a fish tank in a dentist surgery overlooking Sydney Harbor. Can’t father and son ever see each other? Nothing of the kind! In the ocean there is 3.7 billion fish, and Marlin is determined to alarm everyone to search the sea for his missing son. Along with Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a forgetful yet friendly blue tang; Bruce (Barry Humphries), a considerate great white shark on a no-fish diet; Crush (director/screenwriter Stanton), a funny surfer-dude sea turtle; Peach (Allison Janney), a stuck-to-the-aquarium starfish; and Nigel (Geoffrey Rush), a good-natured and bold pelican, our hero sets out on a desperate search to rescue his prodigal son. There are no age limits to enjoying this motion picture!

Hoodwinked!

Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2005, USA , added: 28 Aug 2006

Description:

A well-known tale of the Little Red Riding Hood gets a new interpretation in this computer-animated comedy for the whole family. You think that you know this story well? Absolutely not! While Chief Grizzly (Xzibit) and Detective Bill Stork (Anthony Anderson) investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's (Glenn Close) cottage, it becomes clear that the Red Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway) owes a karate black belt, the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) isn't the blood-thirsty predator and an oafish Woodsman (Jim Belushi) doesn't have much of an intellectual advantage over the trees he chops down and the figure of the elusive Goody Bandit looms up over the story.

Corpse Bride

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance , produced in 2005, UK, USA , added: 31 Aug 2006

Description:

Late at night Victor returns to his home going to marry his fiancee Victoria. He has a trouble remembering the upcoming marriage' vows and trying to have a practice at a forest glade. He puts the ring on the twig which turns out to be a finger of the Corpse Bride, a girl, killed by her groom some time ago. Her name is Emily, from this very time she insists on being Victor's legal wife despite the fact he already has the bride. Victor soon finds himself surrounded by the Land of the Dead, the place which is quite easy to bear if only you got used to see skeletons, eyeballs and the lost heads far and wide. Characters of this animated story bear strong resemblance to personas of Tim Burton's "Nightmare before Christmas" at some points. Animated Victor van Dort is voiced by inimitable Johnny Depp and his dead wife wannabe speaks with the voice of Helena Bonham Carter.

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2005, UK , added: 03 Nov 2006

Description:

It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes.

The Prince of Egypt

Animation / Drama / Family / Musical , produced in 1998, USA , added: 14 Dec 2006

Description:

This story happened at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt. A basket with a tiny infant was washed ashore by the swift and great Nile River and then was found by the Queen (Helen Mirren). Pharaoh Seti I (Patrick Stewart) adopted the Hebrew born boy and named him Moses (Val Kilmer). Years went by. Moses and his brother Rameses (Ralph Fiennes) grew up together, happily and wealthy. There came a day when one of them became the ruler of the most powerful empire on Earth, and the other – the leader and liberator of his people.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical , produced in 1993, USA , added: 18 Dec 2006

Description:

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is tired of the same old thing every year. He wanders into the woods and finds some holiday trees and each has a town in it. He goes to the Christmas one and finds himself in Christmas Town. He likes the idea, tells the town to the citizens and they decide to make their own Christmas with their own twist.

Toy Story 2

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 1999, USA , added: 19 Dec 2006

Description:

In this hilarious fantasy movie, Andy (John Morris) goes off to summer camp, leaving his toy friends to their own devices. When Andy's mother (Laurie Metcalf) decides to take some old items for a yard sale, Woody the Cowboy (Tom Hanks) sets off to rescue the toy penguin Wheezy (Joe Ranft). Al McWiggin (Wayne Knight), a toy store owner and collector, notices the cowboy doll and offers $50 for him but Andy's mom refuses, knowing that Woody is a highly valued collectible. Determined to get Woody for his collection, the malicious man steals the toy. At Al's apartment Woody meets other collectible toys, Stinky Pete the Prospector (Kelsey Grammer), a horse named Bullseye and Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl (Joan Cusack), and discovers that the greedy toy collector is about to sell them to a Japanese toy museum. Meanwhile, Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), and Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger) spring into an action to find their fellow toy before Andy returns home from the camp.

The Ant Bully

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2006, USA , added: 22 Jan 2007

Description:

Lucas is a ten-year kid whose family has just moved to a new town, and he is having troubles with the local bullies. Tired from it, the boy looks for someone he can push around - and he soon finds a way to take out his frustration on the ants living in his lawn. Tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink Lucas to their size and sentence him to live among them until he learns the errors of his ways through some labour-therapy. Lucas realizes how a world he never knew existed lives and soon joins forces with his new friends to struggle against an exterminator (Paul Giamatti) who threatens their colony. This computer-animated comedy-adventure is post-scored with the voices of Julia Roberts, Regina King, Alan Cumming and the other actors.

Shrek the Third

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2007, USA , added: 01 Aug 2007

Description:

Not everyone can be a king, especially if you are a clumsy, ugly ogre. When Shrek (Mike Myers) married Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), the last thing he wanted was to rule the land of Far Far Away. But when Fiona's father, King Harold (John Cleese), unexpectedly draws his last breath, it is Shrek who becomes the successor of the throne. However, he flatly refuses to carry a burden of power and sets out to retrieve the legitimate heir Arthur Pendragon (Justin Timberlake), along with his trusted companions Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas). During the green ogre's absence, his old enemy, the power-hungry and malicious Prince Charming (Rupert Everett), rallies all fairy-tale villains and returns to Far Far Away meditating a coup d'état. Shrek will have to move heaven and earth to foil the schemes of his foes and save his pregnant wife and his kingdom.

Scanner Darkly, A

Animation / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2006, USA , added: 06 Aug 2007

Description:

The L.A. of a not-too-distant future suffers a surge of drug abuse involving a new ultra-addictive and eventually brain-damaging substance simply named "D". Bob Arctor is an undercover narc leading a double life, dutifully reporting to his superiors while effectively having abandoned whatever normal existence he had for a "D" user/dealer career. But this schizophrenic situation and the drug-induced memory and concentration lapses put Bob under mounting stress.

Ice Age: The Meltdown

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2006, USA , added: 16 Aug 2007

Description:

Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) are currently living in a large valley surrounded by an enormously high ice wall on all sides. When a waterpark begins to form, the trio discovers that the ice wall is actually a wall that is barely holding a massive body of water that could flood the valley to nearly a mile underwater. A vulture tells them that there is a boat at the other end of the valley that may save them all, but they only have 3 days to make it or die. Manny is having trouble facing the fact that he may be the last mammoth left. Along the way, they meet Ellie (Queen Latifah), a mammoth who thinks she is a possum, and her possum brothers Crash (Sean William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck). As they begin to travel together, Manny learns, with help from Diego and Sid, that having this new mammoth with them, may not be as bad as Manny makes it out to be while they try to escape the oncoming and continually threatening flood. During their journey, Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel has his own hilarious adventures that eventually leads to something else entirely.

Cars

Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport , produced in 2006, USA , added: 22 Aug 2007

Description:

The animated movie revolves around a successful but arrogant race car, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who is used to fame, floodlights, crowds of groupies and a high-speed life. En route to California for the tie-break of the Piston Cup against two skilled opponents, Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton) and The King (Richard Petty), the indomitable McQueen unexpectedly runs astray in the small remote town of Radiator Springs on Route 66. After destroying the town’s main road, Lightning is sentenced to community service by the local judge Doc Hudson (Paul Newman). Stuck in the godforsaken town, he eventually makes friends with its nice inhabitants, an attractive Porsche attorney, Sally Carerra (Bonnie Hunt); a rusty wrecker tow truck, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy); a tire shop owner, Luigi (Tony Shalhoub), and many others. They open his eyes to a whole new world and help him understand the true meaning of life that there are more important and worthier things than fame and fortune.

Over the Hedge

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2006, USA , added: 28 Aug 2007

Description:

Having awaken from hibernation, forest dwellers - Verne the overptotective turtle (Garry Shandling), Stella the skunk (Wanda Sykes), Hammy the energetic squirrel (Steve Carell), Ozzie the opossum (William Shatner) and his daughter Heather (Avril Lavigne), Lou the porcupine (Eugene Levy), his caring wife Penny (Catherine O'Hara) and their fidgety kids – feel very anxious about not having enough food for everyone. And what is more, they are bitterly disappointed to discover that a suburban housing development has appeared in a place that used to be their forest home. Unaware of where to find food and scared of approaching the hedge, not to mention alien creatures called humans, they start thinking hard about solving the problem. Fortunately for them, an opportunistic yet charismatic traveling raccoon named RJ (Bruce Willis) who has recently attached himself to the forest community is bursting with ideas. RJ convinces the forest band of having nothing to fear and suggests that they should go over the hedge and get all they want from their new neighbors.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi , produced in 2005, Japan , added: 04 Oct 2007

Description:

The computer-animated movie takes place two years after the events of the Final Fantasy VII video game. The world has assuredly become a more peaceful place, though cities and industry are still lying in ruins and most of the Earth's population has been afflicted with a strange and lethal disease known as 'Seikon-Shoukougun' which is Japanese for 'Planet Scar Syndrome'. The main character, guilt-ridden ex-soldier Cloud Strife (Steve Burton), has been leading a reclusive life, no longer wanting to fight wars. However, when he is attacked by three mysterious, villainous kids, Kadaj (Steve Staley), Yazoo (Dave Wittenberg) and Loz (Fred Tatasciore), who are bent on assaulting the Planet, Cloud is forced to come out of retirement to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.

Ratatouille

Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2007, USA , added: 23 Nov 2007

Description:

Paris, home to finest restaurants, best chefs and cooking, is a gourmand's paradise. Remy (Patton Oswalt) adores legendary French chef Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett) and dreams of captivating the world's culinary capital. Remy has an amazingly appropriate aptitude for being a cook. He has a wonderful sense of smell and taste, knowledge of delicious recipes and a genius for improvisation. There's just one little problem: Remy is a rat. As the fates decree, he finds himself in the kitchen of Gusteau's restaurant and forms an unexpected alliance with a new clumsy garbage boy, Linguini (Lou Romano). He is a nice fellow but has no talent for cooking and can't tell flambé from frappé. However, Linguini soon becomes a culinary superstar thanks to Remy, who conceals himself under his toque and controls his every move by pulling on his hair like a puppeteer's strings. One day a malicious food critic, Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole), whose critique seems to have brought Gusteau to his grave, shows up on the scene...

Meet the Robinsons

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi , produced in 2007, USA , added: 17 Dec 2007

Description:

A 12-year-old boy named Lewis (voice of Daniel Hansen) has a wild imagination and an extraordinary genius for inventing different types of fantastic devices. He grows up at an orphanage and desperately wants to be adopted. Once he meets his peer Wilbur Robinson (voice of Wesley Singerman) who takes a trip in a time machine from the far-distant future. He invites Lewis to visit his eccentric, close-knit family, and the two set out on a breathtaking time-traveling journey.

Appleseed

Action / Animation / Sci-Fi , produced in 2004, Japan , added: 27 Dec 2007

Description:

The action takes place in the year 2131 – in a war-deserted future the city of Utopia, populated by humans and bioroids, where a very high-powered computer called GIA is a kind of "Big Brother", supporting the city council in controlling every side of life. Deunan Knute, a survivor of numerous global wars, appears in this ideally organized society, and she is destined to carry a heritage that will be crucial for the future of humanity.

Arthur and the Invisibles

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2006, France , added: 18 Jan 2008

Description:

While reading amazing adventure diaries written by his long-lost explorer grandfather, Archibald (Ron Crawford), an inquisitive 10-year-old boy named Arthur (Freddie Highmore) learns about a mysterious land of tiny people called the Minimoys, also known as the Invisibles. When a greedy real estate developer threatens to grab his grandmother's (Mia Farrow) house due to the family debt, the brave boy ventures to enter the magic world in order to seek the treasure of priceless jewels buried by his grandpa. He manages to unlock the passageway to the kingdom of the Minimoys where he meets charming Princess Selenia (Madonna) and her brother Betameche (Jimmy Fallon). Together they set off on an incredible adventure to defend the land from the evil wizard Maltazard (David Bowie) and find the rubies to save his grandma's farm.

Bee Movie

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy , produced in 2007, USA , added: 26 Feb 2008

Description:

Having graduated from college, Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld), a non-conformist worker bee comes to realize that he doesn't like the prospect of devoting his entire life to the hive's Honex Industries. Eager to see the world, Barry resolves to leave the comfort of the hive and sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. Once outside his home, he gets lost and becomes threatened by mortal danger but, fortunately for him, he is rescued by a kind-hearted New York City florist named Vanessa Bloome (Renee Zellweger). Barry becomes instantly enamored of his attractive savior and violates Bee Law #1 - "Don't talk to humans" – in order to express his gratitude to her. Barry and Vanessa develop a close bond which is unexpected for both of them and start living together. Having adapted to life in the large world of humans, Barry goes for an outing and inadvertently finds himself on Honey Farms where he is shocked to discover that people have been enslaving bees for centuries, taking their precious honey, and selling it for their own profit. Consequently, the bee spreads his wings and flies to bring a legal suit against the human honey industry.

Enchanted

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance , produced in 2007, USA , added: 29 Feb 2008

Description:

Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) becomes a victim of dark Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) who has pushed her out of the magic kingdom. Giselle finds herself in the middle of a busy street of modern New York City. She must return back to her realm as quickly as possible to marry Prince Edward (James Marsden) but for the present she needs some help to orient herself in the real world with its lack of magic. Robert (Patrick Dempsey), a divorced lawyer, comes to the pretty stranger's aid.

Open Season

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family , produced in 2006, USA , added: 11 Mar 2008

Description:

A grizzly bear named Boog, domesticated by a park ranger, Beth, helps deer friend Elliot escape from the mullet-sporting hunter, Shaw. When the Elliot decides to return the favor to help Boog escape from Beth he finds that Boog is very happy with his domesticated home. After a misunderstanding, Beth is convinced that Boog is reverting to his wild nature and releases him in the woods just as hunting season begins. Boog has no idea how to survive outside of his garage home with his beloved Beth. Elliott and Boog develop a strong bond not only between themselves but also with the wild animals and attempt to drive the hunters out of the forest.