Animation has come a long way since Walt Disney first introduced Mickey Mouse in the short feature Steamboat Willy. Since then, Disney Studios has become a huge multinational on the basis of (and on the strength of) its animated films, from the classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to its more recent Fantasia 2000. Other American production companies have all taken a stab at getting a piece of the pie as well, sometimes successfully (as with The Secret of NIMH, Anastasia, and Prince of Egypt) and some not so successfully (The King and I, Ferngully), with typical family features and more "adult" ones as well (Heavy Metal, Wizards). The second half of the century also brought about an interest for animation from different areas of the world, such as from France (Fantastic Planet, Tintin) but especially from Japan where Anime has taken a strong hold on the entertainment industry with a much wider diversity of films than could ever be found in North American productions and ones that show much more maturity in their content (Ghost in the Shell, Kiki's Delivery Service, Akira, Barefoot Gen). One of the most important advancement in animation techniques in the '90s, and one that will evolve exponentially in the coming years, has been the advent of computer animation which has allowed artists to really create different and otherwise impossibly complex scenes (Mulan, Hercules) or even complete features (A Bug's Life, Shrek, Final Fantasy).

• Akira (1988)
• Aladdin (1992)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• Corto Maltese (2002)
• The End of Evangelion (1997)
• Fantasia (1940)
• Final Fantasy (2001)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Laputa - Castle in the Sky (1986)

• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• Millenium Actress (2001)
• Mulan (1998)
• Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Spirited Away (2002)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
• Yellow Submarine (1968)

• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Angel's Egg (1985)
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Fantasia 2000 (1999)
• Fantastic Planet (1973)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Heavy Metal (1981)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• Lion King, The (1994)

• Ninja Scroll (1993)
• Perfect Blue (1997)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
• Toy Story (1997)
• Triplets of Belleville, The (2003)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
• Vampire Hunter D (2000)
• Warriors of the Wind (Nausicaa of the Valley) (1984)
• Watership Down (1978)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)