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.
Lost Cartoons Vol. 2 - Famous Studios (2003)
Digitally restored, they may have been called 'Famous Studios', but here are nine animated gems that you probably have never seen before! This collect... Read more
The Super Mario Bros Movie (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.1/10
Director: Aaron Horvath
Starring: Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Kevin Michael Richardson, Charlie Day
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. 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
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
Get ready for fantastic fun, endless and high-seas laughs in a dazzling animated twist on this classic tale. Follow our swashbuckling hero, Sinbad, hi... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 1 (1989)
8.7/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Kelsey Gr...
Join the satiric adventures of "The Simpsons" in all their depraved glory in this wonderful DVD compilation of their show's groundbreaking first seaso... Read more
Hair High (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Bill Plympton
Starring: Voices Of, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Silverman, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, J...
Animator Bill Plympton proves you don't need expensive 3-D computer programs to make a winning toon. Set in a gothic 1950s high school, a love triang... Read more
Popeye the Sailor 1933 - 1938 (1938)
Starring: Popeye
Showcasing an array of the spinach-devouring hero's greatest exploits, this four-disc compilation of 60 classic Popeye theatrical shorts produced by t... Read more
Dragon Rider (2020)
5.5/10
Starring: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Freddie Highmore, Felicity Jones
A young silver dragon teams up with a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy on a journey through the Himalayas in search for the Rim of Heaven. Read more
Spirit: Untamed (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Ennio Torresan Jr
Starring: Voices Of, Walton Goggins, Andre Braugher, Julianne Moore, Jake Gyllenhaal
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. Read more
Charlotte's Web (Blu-ray) (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Sam Shepard, (narrated by)
Based on the beloved children's novel by E.B. White, a young girl named Fern rescues a runty piglet, raises it as her own and names him Wilbur. Howeve... Read more