161. The Polar Express
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Plot: Based on the book, when a boy who doubts Santa exists stays up Christmas Eve for the arrival of the jolly man, he is instead greeted by a steam-powered train headed for the North Pole.
162. Frosty the Snowman
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jules Bass
Actors: Jimmy Durante, Billy De Wolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray
Plot: A discarded top hat holds magic that brings a snowman to life. Now a young girl realizes that in order for Frosty to survive, he will have to be moved to a colder climate before spring. As they head to the North Pole, a greedy magician gives chase, hoping to get his magic hat back.
163. Epic
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Wedge
Actors: Beyoncé Knowles, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Knoxville, Aziz Ansari, Jason Sudeikis
Plot: Based on the book by William Joyce, when an evil Spider Queen threatens their garden home, an army of bugs summons mystical creatures known as Leaf Men to fight for them.
164. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Actors: Bernie Mac, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Schwimmer, Chris Rock
Plot: The story of the same animals from the first film. Except many are
heading back home to Africa to meet her their real relatives.
165. The Last Unicorn
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Tammy Grimes
Plot: A Unicorn hears that she is the last of her kind and leaves her forest to
find others. Schmendrick, a clumsy magician is travelling with a witch who
chances upon the unicorn and takes her captive. Schmendrick frees her and
discovers that she is on a journey to find the other unicorns which have
gone missing.
166. Animal Farm
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Actors: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Plot: British animation based on the book of the same name by George Orwell, it
tells the story of how farm animals revolt against their human owner. The
animals then try to establish an Utopian society but things go awry.
167. Waking Life
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Wiley Wiggins, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Caveh Zahedi, Robert C. Solomon, Adam Goldberg
168. Transformers One
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Josh Cooley
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Hamm, Laurence Fishburne
169. Oliver & Company
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: George Scribner
Actors: Joseph Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Dom DeLuise, Robert Loggia
Plot: An orphan kitten befriends a group of stray dogs.
170. The Little Prince
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Osborne
Actors: Mackenzie Foy, Riley Osborne, Jeff Bridges, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams
Plot: A little girl whose mother is pressuring her to join the adult world finds a different world when her eccentric neighbor, The Aviator, introduces her to an extraordinary world limited only by her imagination. This amazing universe is held together by The Little Prince and together they will journey - ultimately leading to a new outlook on life and that human connection and that the most important things that can only be experienced through the heart.
