Animated Movie Tier List: 33 Classics, Head-to-Head
All 33 films here, ranked by 163 players. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse leads: it wins 63.1% of its matchups (n = 336) and was champion in 16 of 163 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Megamind2010 - DreamWorks
The Lion King1994 - Disney
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Animated Movies: the community’s best
Win rate across 4,337 head-to-head picks from 163 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Animated movie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 - Sony | 212–124 | 63.1% | 16 | 336 | |
| 2 | The Lion King1994 - Disney | 206–125 | 62.2% | 10 | 331 | |
| 3 | Shrek2001 - DreamWorks | 214–132 | 61.8% | 11 | 346 | |
| 4 | Across the Spider-Verse2023 - Sony | 213–134 | 61.4% | 15 | 347 | |
| 5 | Ratatouille2007 - Pixar | 209–133 | 61.1% | 10 | 342 | |
| 6 | Toy Story1995 - Pixar | 202–135 | 59.9% | 8 | 337 | |
| 7 | How to Train Your Dragon2010 - DreamWorks | 187–128 | 59.4% | 6 | 315 | |
| 8 | Shrek 22004 - DreamWorks | 192–132 | 59.3% | 9 | 324 |
Animated Movies: the community tier list
From 4,337 head-to-head picks in 163 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- The Lion King
- Shrek
- Across the Spider-Verse
- Ratatouille
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Toy Story
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Shrek 2
- The Incredibles
- Monsters, Inc.
- Kung Fu Panda
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Spirited Away
- + 2 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- The Lego Movie
- Coco
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Inside Out
- Megamind
- Up
- Tangled
- Frozen
- + 2 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Soul
- Moana
- Aladdin
- The Iron Giant
- Beauty and the Beast
- Princess Mononoke
- Akira
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- KPop Demon Hunters
How the Animated Movies bracket works
This animated movie tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Spirited Away or The Lion King? Toy Story or Shrek? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 33 films. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same film can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 32 or 33 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 33 entrants
All 33 entrants are listed below, including Spirited Away, The Lion King, Toy Story and Shrek. Updated
- Spirited Away2001 - Studio Ghibli
- The Lion King1994 - Disney
- Toy Story1995 - Pixar
- Shrek2001 - DreamWorks
- Finding Nemo2003 - Pixar
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018 - Sony
- Frozen2013 - Disney
- WALL-E2008 - Pixar
- Up2009 - Pixar
- How to Train Your Dragon2010 - DreamWorks
- The Incredibles2004 - Pixar
- Ratatouille2007 - Pixar
- Coco2017 - Pixar
- Inside Out2015 - Pixar
- Princess Mononoke1997 - Studio Ghibli
- Beauty and the Beast1991 - Disney
- Aladdin1992 - Disney
- Kung Fu Panda2008 - DreamWorks
- The Iron Giant1999 - Warner Bros
- Monsters, Inc.2001 - Pixar
- Shrek 22004 - DreamWorks
- Moana2016 - Disney
- Akira1988 - TMS
- The Nightmare Before Christmas1993 - Disney
- Soul2020 - Pixar
- Zootopia2016 - Disney
- The Lego Movie2014 - Warner Bros
- Across the Spider-Verse2023 - Sony
- Tangled2010 - Disney
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022 - DreamWorks
- Megamind2010 - DreamWorks
- Coraline2009 - Laika
- KPop Demon Hunters2025 - Sony
Tier list instead?
Load all 33 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 33 so more of the 33 films make the field.
- Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Questions people ask
What is the best animated movie?
According to 163 BracketRanker players, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018 - Sony). It wins 63.1% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 336) and was champion in 16 of 163 brackets (9.8%).
How many films are in the Animated Movies bracket?
The pool holds 33 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32, 33 slots.
Which films are included?
Spirited Away, The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek, Finding Nemo, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Frozen, WALL-E, Up, How to Train Your Dragon, The Incredibles and Ratatouille, plus 21 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Animated Movies bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 33 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Animated Movies community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 33 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a film I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 33 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.