AFI defines “animated” as a genre in which the film’s images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors.
Movies on AFI's Top 10 Animated Movies List| 1 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | David Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Wilfred Jackson | 1938 | No | N/A |
| 2 | Pinocchio | Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee, Hamilton Luske, William Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | 1940 | No | N/A |
| 3 | Bambi | David Hand | 1942 | No | N/A |
| 4 | Lion King, The | Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers | 1994 | No | N/A |
| 5 | Fantasia | Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee, Ford Beebe Jr., Jim Handley, Hamilton Luske, Paul Satterfield, William Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, David Hand | 1940 | No | N/A |
| 6 | Toy Story | John Lasseter | 1995 | No | N/A |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale | 1991 | No | N/A |
| 8 | Shrek | Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson | 2001 | No | N/A |
| 9 | Cinderella | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | 1950 | No | N/A |
| 10 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | 2003 | No | N/A |