JR Late Night Blogs: JR's Top 15 All-Time Favorite Animated Movies

This month of the hearts, since most likely all of us loves animated movies and cartoons, JR publishes something new and special on JR Late Night Blogs Top 10 Lists... After JR releases his All-Time Favorite Horror and Thriller Movies last Halloween 2010, JR presents to you his All Time Favorite Animated Movies this February 2011.

JR LATE NIGHT BLOGS:
JR's TOP 15 ALL-TIME FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIES

Summary of the Top 15:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Table of Contents:

1 - Toy Story 3

2 - Cars

3 - Finding Nemo

4 - The Spongebob Squarepants Movie

5 - The Nightmare Before Christmas

6 - Ratatouille

7 - The Simpsons Movie
8 - Toy Story 2

9 - Kung Fu Panda

10 - Monsters, Inc.

11 - Meet The Robinsons
12 - The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy To The Rescue
13 - Up
14 - Toy Story
15 - The Princess and The Frog

TOY STORY 3

Tagline: "The Breakout Comedy of the Summer"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 12 June 2010

Director: Lee Unkrich

Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $1,063,161,943

Voice Actors:

Tom Hanks (voiced Woody), Tim Allen (voiced Buzz Lightyear), Michael Keaton (voiced Ken), Whoopi Goldberg (voiced Stretch), Timothy Dalton (voiced Mr. Pricklepants), Jeff Garlin (voiced Buttercup), Bonnie Hunt (voiced Dolly), Kristen Schaal (voiced Trixie), Wallace Shawn (voiced Rex), Joan Cusack (voiced Jessie), John Ratzenberger (voiced Hamm), Don Rickles (voiced Mr. Potato Head)

SUMMARY:

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/)

CARS
Tagline: "Boys In The Hood"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 9 June 2006

Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft

Writers: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubein

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $461,983,149

Voice Actors:

Owen Wilson (voiced Lightning McQueen), Larry the Cable Guy (voiced Mater), Paul Newman (voiced Doc Hudson), Bonnie Hunt (voiced Sally Carrera), Tony Shalhoub (voiced Luigi), Cheech Marin (voiced Ramone), Michael Wallis (voiced Sheriff), George Carlin (voiced Fillmore), Paul Dooley (voiced Sarge), Jenifer Lewis (voiced Flo), Guido Quaroni (voiced Guido), Richard Petty (voiced Strip "The King" Weathers), Michael Keaton (voiced Chick Hicks), Katherine Helmond (voiced Lizzie), John Ratzenberger (voiced Mack), Joe Ranft (voiced Red)

SUMMARY:

While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317219/)

FINDING NEMO
Tagline: "71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That's a lot of space to find one fish."

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 30 May 2003

Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Writers: Andrew Stanton

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $867,893,978

Voice Actors:

Albert Brooks (voiced Marlin), Ellen DeGeneres (voiced Dory), Alexander Gould (voiced Nemo), Willem Dafoe (voiced Gil), Brad Garrett (voiced Bloat), Allison Janney (voiced Peach), Austin Pendleton (voiced Gurgle), Stephen Root (voiced Bubbles), Vicki Lewis (voiced Deb), Joe Ranft (voiced Jacques), Geoffrey Rush (voiced Nigel), Andrew Stanton (voiced Crush), Elizabeth Perkins (voiced Coral), Nicholas Bird (voiced Squirt), Bob Peterson (voiced Mr. Ray), Barry Humphries (voiced Bruce)

SUMMARY:

A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/)

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE
Tagline: "Bigger, Squarier, Spongier!"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 19 November 2004

Director: Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne

Writers: Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbit

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $867,893,978

Voice Actors:

SUMMARY:

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/)

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Tagline: "A ghoulish tale with wicked humour & stunning animation."

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 15 October 1993

Director: Henry Selick

Writers: Tim Burton, Michael McDonald, Caroline Thompson

Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy

Worldwide Box Office: $75,082,668

Voice Actors:

Chris Sarandon (voiced Jack Skellington), Catherine O' Hara (voiced Sally), William Hickey (voiced Doctor Finklestein), Glenn Shadix (voiced the Mayor of Halloween Town), Ken Page (voiced Oogie Boogie), Ed Ivory (voiced Santa Claus)

SUMMARY:

Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween - - but alas, they can't get it quite right.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/)

RATATOUILLE

Tagline: "Dinner is Served... Summer 2007"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 29 June 2007

Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava

Writers: Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava

Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family

Worldwide Box Office: $623,722,818

Voice Actors:

Patton Oswalt (voiced Remy), Lou Romano (voiced Alfredo Linguini), Janeane Garofalo (voiced Colette Tatou), Ian Holm (voiced Skinner), Peter O'Toole (voiced Anton Ego), Brad Garrett (voiced Auguste Gusteau), Brian Dennehy (voiced Django), Peter Sohn (voiced Emile)

SUMMARY:

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/)

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
Tagline: "See our family. And feel better about yours."

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 26 July 2007

Director: David Silverman

Writers: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Matt Selman, John Swaltzwelder, Jon Vitti

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $527,071,022

Voice Actors:

Dan Castellaneta (voiced Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Mayor Quimby), Julie Kavner (voiced Marge Simpson), Nancy Cartwright (voiced Bart Simpson), Yeardley Smith (voiced Lisa Simpson), Hank Azaria (voiced Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak), Harry Shearer (voiced Montgomery Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders)

SUMMARY:

Homer adopts a pig who's run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered, naming the pig "Spider Pig". At the same time, the lake is protected after the audience sink the barge Green Day are on with garbage after they mention the environment. Meanwhile, Spider Pig's waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer's help. Homer can't get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, forcing him to choose 4 (which is, unfortunately, to destroy Springfield) and putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/)

TOY STORY 2
Tagline: "The Toys Are Back"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 24 November 1999

Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich

Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $485,015,179

Voice Actors:

Tom Hanks (voiced Woody), Tim Allen (voiced Buzz Lightyear), Joan Cusack (voiced Jessie), Kelsey Grammer (voiced Stinky Pete), Don Rickles (voiced Mr. Potato Head), Jim Varney (voiced Slinky Dog), Wallace Shawn (voiced Rex), John Ratzenberger (voiced Hamm), Annie Potts (voiced Bo Peep), Wayne Knight (voiced Al McWhiggin), John Morris (voiced Andy), Laurie Metcalf (voiced Andy's Mom), Estelle Harris (voiced Mrs. Potato Head), R. Lee Ermey (voiced Sarge), Jodi Benson (voiced Barbie), Andrew Stanton (voiced Emperor Zurg)

SUMMARY:

While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn"! In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never see him again!

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120363/)

KUNG FU PANDA
Tagline: "Summertime is Pandatime"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 6 June 2008

Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Vois

Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure

Worldwide Box Office: $631,744,560

Voice Actors:

Jack Black (voiced Po), Dustin Hoffman (voiced Master Shifu), Angelina Jolie (voiced Master Tigress), Ian McShane (voiced Tai Lung), Lucy Liu (voiced Master Viper), Jackie Chan (voiced Master Monkey), Seth Rogern (voiced Master Mantis), David Cross (voiced Master Crane), Randall Duk Kim (voiced Master Oogway), James Hong (voiced Mr. Ping), Dan Fogler (voiced Zeng), Michael Clarke Duncan (voiced Commander Vachir)

SUMMARY:

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around... which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five - - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey - - under the leadership of the guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/)

MONSTERS, INC.
Tagline: "We Think They Are Scary, But Really We Scare Them!"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 2 November 2001

Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich

Writers: Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon, Ralph Eggleston, Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson, Robert Baird, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $525,366,597

Voice Actors:

John Goodman (voiced James P. "Sulley" Sullivan), Billy Crystal (voiced Michael "Mike" Wazowski), Mary Gibbs (voiced Boo), Steve Buscemi (voiced Randall Boggs), James Coburn (voiced Henry J. Waternoose III), Jennifer Tilly (voiced Celia Mae), Bob Peterson (voiced Roz), John Ratzenberger (voiced Abominable Snowman)

SUMMARY:

In a city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around Monsters, Inc., the city's power company. Monsters, Inc. The lovable confidant, tough large, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (A.K.A. better known as Sulley) and his Cyclops wisecracking best friend short, green monster with one large eye, Mike Wazowski discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo", who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody and especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/)

MEET THE ROBINSONS
Tagline: "Witness the Future of Hip Hop"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 23 March 2007

Director: Stephen J. Anderson

Writers: John Bernstein, Michelle Bochner, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Aurian Redson, Joseph Mateo, Stephen J. Anderson, William Joyce

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $169,333,034

Voice Actors:

Jordan Fry (voiced Lewis), Wesley Singerman (voiced Wilbur Robinson), Steve Anderson (voiced Bowlerhat Guy, Grandpa Bud, Cousin Tallulah), Nicole Sullivan (voiced Franny Robinson), Harland Williams (voiced Carl), Angela Bassett (voiced Mildred), Matthew Josten (voiced Michael "Goob" Yagoobian), Laurie Metcalf (voiced Lucille Krunklehorn), Ethan Sandler (voiced Doris, Uncle Fritz, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Dimitri, Uncle Spike, Cousin Laszlo, CEO of InventCo)

SUMMARY:

Lewis an orphan wants to see what his mother looked like. So he invents a machine that looks through your brain so you can see your memories. But this weird kid says he's from the future and warns him about a guy in a bowler hat. The bowler hat guy messes with his invention and it fails. He decides that he's a failure and no one wants him. But the kid that warned him about the guy is here on a mission to find the bowler hat guy that wants to destroy Lewis. To prove he's from the future he takes Lewis to the future. But the time machine breaks and he's stuck in the future until he fixes it. In the meantime he spends quality time with the family. But the bowler hat guy is about to alter time and it's up to Lewis to save the future.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396555/)

THE SECRET OF NIMH 2:
TIMMY TO THE RESCUE
Tagline: "Right before your eyes and beyond your wildest dreams"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 22 December 1988

Director: Dick Sebast

Writers: Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family

Worldwide Box Office: -direct to video film-

Voice Actors:

Ralph Macchio (voiced Oldest Timmy), Dom DeLuise (voiced Jeremy), Eric Idle (voiced Evil Martin), William H. Macy (voiced Justin), Arthur Malet (voiced Mr. Ages), Hynden Walch (voiced Jenny), Andrea Martin (voiced Muriel), Harvey Korman (voiced Floyd), Meshach Taylor (voiced Cecil)

SUMMARY:

When Timmy is taken away to Thorn Valley, he is treated like a slave. Then, after finding a girl mouse, a mouse who's parents are captured, they set off to find The Great Owl. Little do they know they will run into trouble in this family movie.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171725/)

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 29 May 2009

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Writers: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tomas McCarthy

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $731,342,744

Voice Actors:

Edward Asner (voiced Carl Fredericksen), Jordan Nagai (voiced Russell), Bob Peterson (voiced Dug, Alpha), Pete Docter (voiced Kevin), Christopher Plummer (voiced Charles F. Muntz)

SUMMARY:

A young Carl Frederickson meets a young adventure spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. But before they can take him, he and his house fly away. However he has a stowaway aboard. An 8 year old boy named Russell, who's trying to get an Assisting the Elderly badge. Together, they embark on an adventure, where they encounter talking dogs, an evil villain and a rare bird named Kevin.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/)

TOY STORY
Tagline: "Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond"

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 22 November 1995

Director: John Lasseter

Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Worldwide Box Office: $361,958,736

Voice Actors:

Tom Hanks (voiced Woody), Tim Allen (voiced Buzz Lightyear), Don Rickles (voiced Mr. Potato Head), Jim Varney (voiced Slinky Dog), Wallace Shawn (voiced Rex), John Ratzenberger (voiced Hamm), Annie Potts (voiced Bo Peep), John Morris (voiced Andy Davis), Erik von Detten (voiced Sid Phillips), Laurie Metcalf (voiced Mom), R. Lee Ermey (voiced Sarge), Sarah Freeman (voiced Hannah Phillips)

SUMMARY:

A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named "Woody". But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy's family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy's birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy's mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy's new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/)

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

MOVIE DETAILS

Release Date: 25 November 2009

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker

Writers: Ron Celements, John Musker, Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, Don Hall, Rob Edwards, E.D. Baker

Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy

Worldwide Box Office: $267,045,057

Voice Actors:

Anika Noni Rose (voiced Tiana), Bruno Campos (voiced Dr. Facilier), Jennifer Cody (voiced Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff), Jenifer Lewis (voiced Mama Odie), Jim Cummings (voiced Ray), Michael-Leon Wooley (voiced Louis), Peter Bartlett (voiced Lawrence), John Goodman (voiced Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff), Oprah Winfrey (voiced Eudora), Terrence Howard (voiced James)

SUMMARY:

A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.

Source: The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780521/)

END OF JR's TOP 15 ALL-TIME FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIES

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