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, Wilfred Jackson, Perce Pearce, William Cottrell, Larry Morey | 1938 |
| 2 | Pinocchio | Ben Sharpsteen, William Roberts, Hamilton Luske, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Norman Ferguson | 1940 |
| 3 | Bambi | David Hand | 1942 |
| 4 | Lion King, The | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | 1994 |
| 5 | Fantasia | David Hand, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ben Sharpsteen, William Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Norman Ferguson, Ford Beebe Jr. | 1940 |
| 6 | Toy Story | John Lasseter | 1995 |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | 1991 |
| 8 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | 2001 |
| 9 | Cinderella | Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi | 1950 |
| 10 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | 2003 |