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.
Open Season (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Starring: Voices Of, Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, Gary Sinise, Jane Krako...
Once again, a happily domesticated animal gets a nasty shock when returned to its natural habitat - in this case the fish out of water is a grizzly be... Read more
Dilbert: Volume 1 (1999)
7.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Daniel Stern, Jim Wise, Kathy Griffin
Based on the popular comic strip by Scott Adams, Dilbert is a cubicle slave, toiling endlessly over indeterminate products at Pat-E-Tech Management.... Read more
Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975)
6.6/10
A trio of astronauts are thrust thousands of years into the future, where they find themselves trapped in a world ruled by highly intelligent, technol... Read more
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Wilson Milam
Starring: Richard E Grant
The first official, fully animated Doctor Who story! The TARDIS lands in a small English village in 2003, where the population are living in fear from... Read more
Frozen 2 (Blu-ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff
Having harnessed her ever-growing power after lifting the dreadful curse of the eternal winter in Frozen (2013), the beautiful conjurer of snow and ic... Read more
Josee, The Tiger And The Fish (DVD & Blu-ray) (2020)
7.7/10
Tsuneo is a university student and Josee is a young girl who has rarely gone out of the house by herself due to her being unable to walk. The two meet... Read more
The Bad Guys (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.8/10
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina Nora Lum, Craig Robinson
Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way. Read more
All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 (1996)
5.5/10
Director: Larry Leker, Paul Sebella
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton, Dom DeLuise
Angelic canines Charlie and Itchy are back on Earth, sent down to find Gabriel's horn. Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton and Dom Deluise provide the voices... Read more
Wizards (1976)
6.5/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Richard Romanus, Jesse Wells, Bob Holt
Ralph Bakshi presents this animated futuristic fantasy for adults as a dry run for 'The Lord of the Rings' feature he was planning. A cigar-chomping,... Read more
Hans Christian Anderson: The Tinder Box (2001)
7.4/10
This collection of unique fairy tales has been created in the Danish monastery of Borglum, where Hans Christian Anderson himself once lived. The fairy... Read more