My Favourite Animated Movie Shots

Hello! Here are some of my favourite shots from a lot of animated movies (I couldn't think of all of them)!
This list is in no particular order. Please keep in mind, that these are just my preferred shots. If you don't see a particular shot in there, it's because I didn't think of it, or I just don't love it as much as you, unfortunately.

Here are the reasons why I love these specific shots in order of appearance!

I think it would take too long to go into great detail about every single shot, so I have done it this way:
There are three things I look for in a shot like these. Colours, Camera work, and the animation itself.

The colours are either pretty, symbolic, complimentary or used as a storytelling device.
The camera is interestingly set up, either as a still frame, or in motion. Some of these shots are picked because of a very specific camera placement I just find intriguing.
The animation is especially good, complex and/or unique.

So here are why I picked these shots:
Treasure Planet - Colours
Into The Spider-Verse - Colours, Camera
Kung Fu Panda 2 - Colours, Camera
Nightmare Before Christmas - Camera, Animation
Fantasia 2000, Colours, Camera, Animation
Megamind - Colours, Camera, Animation
Hercules - Colours, Camera, Animation
Fantasia 2000, Colours, Camera, Animation
Wall-E - Colours, Camera
Moana - Animation
Tarzan - Colours, Animation
Into The Spider-Verse - Colours, Camera
Happy Feet 2 - Colours
Hercules - Colours, Camera, Animation
Kung Fu Panda - Colours, Camera
The Lion King - Colours, Camera
Fantasia - Colours, Animation
Kung Fu Panda - Camera, Animation
Frozen 2 - Colours, Camera
The Iron Giant - Camera, Animation
The Rescuers Down Under - Colours
Kung Fu Panda - Colours, Camera, Animation
Frozen - Colours, Camera
Ratatouille - Camera
Fantasia 2000 - Colours
Snow White - Camera, Animation
Klaus - Colours, Camera, Animation
Tangled - Colours, Camera
Frozen - Colours, Animation
Rango - Colours, Animation
The Corpse Bride - Colours, Animation
Frozen 2 - Colours
Into The Spider-Verse - Colours, Camera, Animation
Sleeping Beauty - Colours, Animation
The Prince of Egypt - Animation
Kung Fu Panda 2 - Camera, Animation
Sleeping Beauty - Colours, Animation
Rango - Camera, Animation
Kung Fu Panda 3 - Colours, Camera, Animation

Music Used:
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23 in B Flat Minor (13)
I do not own or claim these music as mine. All credit for the music goes to the composers.

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[kuma]

Tai lungs prison escape is my favourite scene in all of the king fu panda movies

[xbbzfuo]

For your consideration: the shot from How to Train your Dragon when Hiccup is falling into fire with Toothless chasing after him, as the flames encircle them both

[jeremybrett]

Lessons we can take from this:
1. Deep orange/red is good.
2. ARSON

[kyoyameganebereznoff]

One of my favorites is in Howl’s Moving Castle when Howl excitedly leans in to tell Sophie something and his hair slowly slides off his shoulder.

[silverwolfgamer]

2:45 It’s about damn time that shot from Rango got some recognition

[JoeCrafts]

"What did you tell them?"
"I told them I would ask!"
"What is he blabbering about?"
"The customers are asking what's new."
"WHAT DO I TELL THEM?!"
"Well what did you tell them?"
"I TOLD THEM I WOULD ASK!!"

[icantthinkofanything]

I like the variety here- some of them are good because of the moving, sweeping camera angles, some are amazing establishing shots, some it's almost solely because of how beautiful the elements in the animation is, the ice, fire, smoke, particles, etc. You've got some great taste

[duchi]

3:08 - I like how Grand the Prince of Egypt was Animated.

[ziv]

My guy got claimed by some russian claasical composer that died like a godzillion years ago

[zoeeva]

The Prince of Egypt is one of the greatest animated movies ever created.

[charlescalvin]

The music is so calming while 65% of the scenes are just fire.

[looteverybody]

Was kinda shocked "9" wasn't on the list at all. I don't know specifically why, but when I think of beautiful movies, it stands out in my mind.

But great video all the same!

[zerolayne]

Every other movie: Beautiful, stunning, original, absolutely wondrous.

Ratatouille: *Three bois arguing over soop*

[Cazelais]

I personally think Rango is in a league of its own. It’s not a movie, it’s a piece of art.

[Veed.l]

Thank you for including Hercules, I love that uncanny 90's cg/traditional animation meld.

[MimiDec]

2:46 I still need to know WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?

[waterdrinker]

YouTube's content bot is going to have a stroke when it sees this video.

[SoJoever]

Ok one of my favorite shots in animated history was when the paintings started to move in “Anastasia” (1997). It feels so chilling to watch ghosts fly around and dance, even more chilling when you find out what actually happened to that Russian princess over a hundred years ago

[ethanhatcher]

Honestly, the only shot I would add is in spiderverse when Miles takes the leap of faith, and it looks like he's rising rather than falling

[somewherenothere]

The moment when the Iron Giant emerges from the trees scared me so much as a child