Fifty Greatest Cartoons

This list was compiled by a group of “cartoon professionals,” whatever that means. I don’t pretend to know what makes a cartoon great, so I’ll just rate them based on how much personal enjoyment I got from watching them.

  1. What’s Opera, Doc? (Warner Bros.) 1957 Chuck Jones
  2. Duck Amuck (Warner Bros.) 1953 Chuck Jones — (8/7/12) — 7
  3. The Band Concert (Disney) 1935 Wilfred Jackson — (6/22/2014) — 7
  4. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Warner Bros.) 1953 Chuck Jones — (6/22/14) — 6
  5. One Froggy Evening (Warner Bros.) 1955 Chuck Jones
  6. Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay) 1914 Winsor McCay
  7. Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM) 1943 Tex Avery
  8. Porky in Wackyland (Warner Bros.) 1938 Bob Clampett
  9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (UPA) 1951 Robert Cannon — (8/2/12) — 6
  10. King-Size Canary (MGM) 1947 Tex Avery
  11. Three Little Pigs (Disney) 1933 Burt Gillett
  12. Rabbit of Seville (Warner Bros.) 1950 Chuck Jones
  13. Steamboat Willie (Disney) 1928 Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
  14. The Old Mill (Disney) 1937 Wilfred Jackson
  15. Bad Luck Blackie (MGM) 1949 Tex Avery
  16. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Warner Bros.) 1946 Bob Clampett
  17. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (Fleischer) 1936 Dave Fleischer
  18. The Skeleton Dance (Disney) 1929 Walt Disney
  19. Snow White (Fleischer) 1933 Dave Fleischer
  20. Minnie the Moocher (Fleischer) 1932 Dave Fleischer
  21. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (Warner Bros.) 1943 Bob Clampett
  22. Der Fuehrer’s Face (Disney) 1941 Jack Kinney
  23. Little Rural Riding Hood (MGM) 1949 Tex Avery
  24. The Tell-Tale Heart (UPA) 1953 Ted Parmelee
  25. The Big Snit (NFB) 1983 Richard Condie
  26. Brave Little Tailor (Disney) 1938 Bill Roberts
  27. Clock Cleaners (Disney) 1937 Ben Sharpsteen
  28. Northwest Hounded Police (MGM) 1946 Tex Avery
  29. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Disney) 1953 Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols
  30. Rabbit Seasoning (Warner Bros.) 1952 Chuck Jones
  31. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Warner Bros.) 1950 Chuck Jones
  32. The Cat Came Back (NFB) 1988 Cordell Barker
  33. Superman (Fleischer) 1941 Dave Fleischer
  34. You Ought to Be in Pictures (Warner Bros.) 1940 Friz Freleng
  35. Ali Baba Bunny (Warner Bros.) 1957 Chuck Jones
  36. Feed the Kitty (Warner Bros.) 1952 Chuck Jones
  37. Bimbo’s Initiation (Fleischer) 1931 Dave Fleischer
  38. Bambi Meets Godzilla (Independent) 1969 Marv Newland
  39. Little Red Riding Rabbit (Warner Bros.) 1944 Friz Freleng
  40. Peace on Earth (MGM) 1939 Hugh Harman
  41. Rooty Toot Toot (UPA) 1952 John Hubley
  42. The Cat Concerto (MGM) 1946 William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
  43. The Barber of Seville (Lantz) 1944 James Culhane
  44. The Man Who Planted Trees (Frédéric Back) 1987 Frédéric Back
  45. Book Revue (Warner Bros.) 1946 Bob Clampett
  46. Quasi at the Quackadero (Independent) 1975 Sally Cruikshank
  47. A Corny Concerto (Warner Bros.) 1943 Bob Clampett
  48. The Unicorn in the Garden (UPA) 1953 William T. Hurtz
  49. The Dover Boys (Warner Bros.) 1942 Chuck Jones
  50. Felix in Hollywood (Pat Sullivan) 1923 Otto Messmer

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