Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Animated Films (2012)

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This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria.

The list is divided into 5 sections:
I. Narrative Films
Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)
II. Non-Fiction Films
III. Animated Films
IV. Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films
V. Single-channel Video

According to the list source, this section is incomplete (i.e. they're planning to expand it in the future). This section focuses mostly on short films. Only 8 of them are feature-length.

3 of the list items are "A ___ cartoon" (Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker). This means you have to watch at least one, but it's not important which one. On this list I included only the most acclaimed cartoon from each series.

The list includes only the "Mirror People" segment of Fantastic Animation Festival.

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  1. 59 -1

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 55 new

    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 15 -

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 48 -

    Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 44 -

    Skazka skazok

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tale of Tales, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 46 -

    Moznosti dialogu

    1983 — a.k.a. Dimensions of Dialogue, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 24 -

    Vynález zkázy

    1958 — a.k.a. Invention for Destruction, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 21 -

    Neighbours

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 6 -

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 37 -

    Ruka

    1965 — a.k.a. The Hand, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 47 -

    L'ange

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  12. 39 -

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 20 -

    Begone Dull Care

    1950, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 33 -

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 17 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 50 -

    Street of Crocodiles

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 4 -

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 9 -

    Steamboat Willie

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 45 -

    Tango

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 11 -

    Three Little Pigs

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 2 -

    Fantasmagorie

    1908 — a.k.a. A Fantasy, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 19 -

    Motion Painting No. 1

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 49 -

    Luxo Jr.

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 38 -

    Water and Power

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  25. 51 -

    The Dante Quartet

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  26. 12 -

    Une nuit sur le mont chauve

    1938 — a.k.a. A Night on Bald Mountain, in 1 top list Check
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    Asparagus

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 7 -

    The Sinking of the 'Lusitania'

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 8 -

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 41 -

    The Street

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  31. 14 -

    A Colour Box

    1935, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 28 -

    Lapis

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 36 -

    Les jeux des anges

    1964 — a.k.a. The Games of Angels, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 16 -

    Fast and Furry-ous

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  35. 26 -

    Moonbird

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 23 -

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  37. 53 -

    Early Abstractions

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 32 -

    The Hole

    1962, in 1 top list Check
  39. 42 -

    La traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame

    1978 — a.k.a. Rowing Across the Atlantic, in 1 top list Check
  40. 18 -

    The Barber of Seville

    1944, in 1 top list Check
  41. 57 -1

    Den offentlige røst

    1988 — a.k.a. The Public Voice, in 1 top list Check
  42. 58 -1

    Repete

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  43. 31 -

    The Flying Man

    1962, in 1 top list Check
  44. 1 -

    Le songe d'un garçon de café

    1910 — a.k.a. The Hasher's Delirium, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 13 -

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
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    Le ratelier de la belle-mère

    1909, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 5 -

    Les joyeux microbes

    1909 — a.k.a. A Bad Case, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 10 -

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
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