Top 20 Best Animated Movies to Watch this Christmas
If you are making the rounds through your favorite holiday movies this Christmas season, make sure you don't neglect the animated ones. Watching animated movies is perfect for a family movie night this Christmas. Whether you're looking for a laugh or just a heartwarming tale, the following list of the best animated movies 2018 will keep your crew entertained for hours.
1. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
Release Date: Dec 21, 1937
Duration: 83 minutes
Genres：Animation, Classics, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Marge Champion, Harry Stockwell, Stuart Buchanan
Directors: David Hand, William Cottrell, David D. Hand, Wilfred Jackson
Country: America
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Story: Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess Snow White is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household and meets her Prince charming.
2. Pinocchio
Release Date: Feb 7, 1940
Duration: 88 minutes
Genres: Animation, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Dickie Jones, Dick Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, T. Hee, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson
Country: America
Studio：RKO
Story: A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
3. Lady and the Tramp
Release Date: June 22, 1955
Duration: 76 minutes
Genres: Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
Stars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Peggy Lee
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Country: America
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Story: A female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with an upper-middle-class family meets with a male stray mongrel called the Tramp. When the two dogs meet, they embark on many romantic adventures and fall in love.
4. 101 Dalmatians
Release Date: Jan 25, 1961
Duration: 79 minutes
Genres: Animation, Classics, Comedy, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense
Stars: Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Frederick Worlock, J. Pat O'Malley, Rod Taylor
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske
Country: America
Studio: Buena Vista
Story: An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
5. Beauty and the Beast
Release Date: Nov 22, 1991
Duration: 85 minutes
Genres: Animation, Drama, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Romance
Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury
Director: Gary Trousdale
Country: America
Box Office: $47,611,331
Studio: Buena Vista
Story: Belle is a bright and beautiful young woman who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Release Date: Oct 24, 1993
Duration: 76 minutes
Genres: Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix
Directors: Henry Selick, Tim Burton
Country: America
Box Office: $8,616,662
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Story: Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
7. The Lion King
Release Date: Jun 15, 1994
Duration: 87 minutes
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Jeremy Irons
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Country: America
Box Office: $94,240,635
Studio: Buena Vista
Story: After Simba's father Mufasa was murdered by Scar, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. As he approaches adulthood, he realizes the truth of his father’s death, defeat the nefarious Scar and reclaim his rightful throne.
8. Toy Story
Release Date: Nov 22, 1995
Duration: 80 minutes
Genres：Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Director: John Lasseter
Country: America
Studio: Buena Vista
Story: A cowboy doll Woody is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
9. The Iron Giant
Release Date: Jul 1, 1999
Duration: 86 minutes
Genres: Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr.
Director: Brad Bird
Country: America
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Story: A giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town, only to find a friend named, Hogarth, that ultimately finds its humanity and saving the towns people of their fears and prejudices.
10. Chicken Run
Release Date: Jun 21, 2000
Duration: 85 minutes
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
Stars: Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, Julia Sawalha
Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Country: British & America
Box Office: $106,604,314
Studio: Dreamworks Pictures
Story: When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners who decide to move from selling eggs to selling chicken pies.
11. Finding Nemo
Release Date: May 30, 2003
Duration: 100 minutes
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
Country: America
Box Office: $380,529,370
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Story: After his son Nemo is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish Marlin sets out on a journey to bring him home.
12. Kung Fu Panda
Release Date: Jun 6, 2008
Duration: 88 minutes
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
Stars: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
Directors: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Country: America
Box Office: $215,395,021
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Story: When an evil Kung Fu warrior named Tai Lung is foretold to escape after twenty years in prison, a bumbling panda Po is unwittingly named the chosen one destined to defeat him and bring peace to the land.
13. WALL-E
Release Date: Jun 27, 2008
Duration: 97 minutes
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Director: Andrew Stanton
Country: America
Box Office: $223,749,872
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Story: In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot WALL-E inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
14. Up
Release Date: May 29, 2009
Duration: 89 minutes
Genres：Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Stars: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Country: America
Box Office: $292,979,556
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Story: 78-year-old Carl travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking an 8-year-old wilderness explorer named Russell.
15. Arthur Christmas
Release Date: Nov 23, 2011
Duration: 97 minutes
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Country: British & America
Box Office: $46,440,491
Studio: Sony Pictures
Story: Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with St. Nick's father to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than 2 hours.
16. Frozen
Release Date: Nov 27, 2013
Duration: 102 minutes
Genres: Animation, Kids & Family
Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
Directors: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
Country: America
Box Office: $400,736,600
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Story: When the newly-crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.
17. The LEGO Movie
Release Date: Feb 7, 2014
Duration: 101 minutes
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Morgan Freeman
Directors: Phil Lord, Dan Hageman, Roy Lee, Christopher Miller
Country: America & Australia
Box Office: $244,870,202
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Story: An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
18. Inside Out
Release Date: Jun 19, 2015
Duration: 94 minutes
Genres: Animation, Kids & Family
Stars: Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader
Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Country: America
Box Office: $264,317,903
Studio: Disney/Pixar
Story: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
19. Zootopia
Release Date: Mar 4, 2016
Duration: 108 minutes
Genres：Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate
Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Country: America
Box Office: $341,264,012
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Story: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop Judy and a cynical con artist fox Nick must work together to uncover a conspiracy
20. Your Name
Release Date: Apr 7, 2017
Duration: 106 minutes
Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance
Stars: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Michael Sinterniklaas, Mone Kamishiraishi, Stephanie Sheh
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Country: Japan
Box Office: $4,676,810
Studio: FUNimation Films
Story: High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one day, Mitsuha wakes up in Taki's body, and he in hers. The two must adjust their lives around each other.
Above are best animated movies 2018 for kids and family to watch on Christmas! For me, I love Frozen (2013) the best. This animated movie brings me into a frozen world, just like the snowy winter in Christmas season. What Anna does to help her sister Elsa makes me feel warm.
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