# The best French animated films

From Paul Grimault to Michel Ocelot, the great French animated features praised by critics and festivals (Annecy, César, Oscars).

- 34 votes · 12 items
- Aug 1, 2023 · cinephile_neuchatel
- https://even.best/en/l/1883/the-best-french-animated-films

## Top 12

1. **The King and the Mockingbird (1980)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Paul Grimault and Jacques Prévert's masterpiece, thirty years in the making.
2. **The Illusionist (2010)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Chomet animates an unproduced Jacques Tati script.
3. **Azur & Asmar (2006)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Michel Ocelot's tale of two foster brothers between Europe and North Africa.
4. **The Triplets of Belleville (2003)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sylvain Chomet, the Tour de France and three elderly singers, Oscar-nominated.
5. **Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Michel Ocelot's little African hero, a huge popular success.
6. **I Lost My Body (2019)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A severed hand searching for its body, Critics' Week Grand Prize at Cannes.
7. **Fantastic Planet (1973)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — René Laloux and Roland Topor, Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
8. **My Life as a Zucchini (2016)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Claude Barras' stop-motion orphan, César for best animated film.
9. **A Cat in Paris (2010)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A cat burglar on the rooftops of Paris, Oscar-nominated.
10. **Persepolis (2007)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Marjane Satrapi adapts her graphic novel about growing up in Iran, Jury Prize at Cannes.
11. **Ernest & Celestine (2012)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A bear and a mouse's friendship, based on Gabrielle Vincent.
12. **The Summit of the Gods (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Patrick Imbert adapts Jirō Taniguchi's manga about Everest.

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