When it comes to "Anastasia", what makes it great is the animation and the awesome Oscar-nominated music. The songs are catchy, the animation is stunning, and the characters are great. Also, "The Prince of Egypt" is an amazing adaptation of the story of Moses. Love the music and the animation is amazing!
The Prince of Egypt is the only adaptation to me that made the Pharaoh more human instead of just a cartoonish villain like most other versions. Funny enough... being an actual cartoon.
I feel like Animal Farm is even better now than it was before, we may not be in a Cold War anymore but that doesn't mean there aren't people that think like the villains of this cartoon anymore.
My teacher actually made our reading group read it. It was required. We didn't watch the movie but you bet your two legs that make you better I googled the crap out of this book and boy howdy I will read it to my children a if their teacher doesn't make them read it too.
Christopher Stanley - Your attempt to make a point is about as flaccid as your ideology. Go away Chinese bot, you were banned before and you'll soon be banned again.
I am still extremely bitter that the stage adaptation of Hunchback (which corrects a lot of the mood inconsistencies of the film) wasn't given a Broadway production...
As someone who has actually been in a production of the Stage Adaptation (my high school drama club was fucking baller), I agree that the stage version deserves it’s time in the spotlight. In fact, I’m surprised that it hasn’t already
While I don't consider Frozen a dumpster fire I do feel like it gets too much attention for a broadway musical while Hunchback is lying in the Dark praying for one
I was told the issues were the "meh" reviews from the US stage version, Disney being fearful of backing an even less family friendly adaptation and not wanting to pay for the large choir needed as Disney is like _"Ain't nobody got money for that!! _*_continues counting the BILLION+ DOLLARS from Frozen alone_* . Not sure if this is ALL true but from listening to the Paper Mill cast soundtrack (listen to it if you haven't) we're clearly missing out on a wonderful production.
All dogs go to Heaven, a bug’s life, sinbad, meet the robinsons, the road to el dorado, flushed away, the emoji movie That last one was a joke obviously
It is beyond my comprehension as to why DreamWorks is refusing to release The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado AND Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas on Blu-ray to this date. NOTHING ELSE MAKES ME LOSE MY PATIENCE THAT MUCH!!!!! They might as well release them on the new 4K UHD Blu-rays at once. The Road to El Dorado with HDR is going to be absolutely MIND-B~L~O~W~I~N~G
It feels really insulting. Just animation-wise for comparison, the best of Boss Baby is seriously horrid, I was taken aback at how the visuals felt so pathetic and LACKING, even compared to the worst of Sinbad. I don't know what's gotten to DreamWorks, but they really been hitting rock bottom in recent years. I'm counting on HTTYD3 to bring them back to good shape (It's their best franchise, after all).
Camarón con Limón well at least shark tale is mostly considered as a fun underrated film that can be more agreed than the ridiculously yet funny boss baby
Am I the only one screaming: "FINALLY! Someone ACTUALLY noticed Spirit: The Stallion of the Cimarron for once!? because compared to all the others that got atleast some attention Spirit is normally the unfortunate masterpiece that usually gets the short end of the stick
It still would not be a Disney film. Even if the deal goes through that does not make it a Disney film. It was not originally made by Disney it was made by 20th Century Fox and Don Bluth. Therefore it would not become a Disney film or anything else by Fox.
Maria Ximena Otalora Cordoba Anything made by Walt Disney Pictures, PIXAR, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. Anything else is a technicality with their subsidiaries of Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, etc. While anything else is under the 20th Century Fox brand.
Trickster Cat Their comment wasn't condescending at all, dude. The video title has the words "underrated films". Even if a film is good, if it is already popular, why would it even be mentioned here? There are plenty of other videos talking about popular good films.
atlantis kinda is famous along with NIMH, though i wish Disney would acknowledge it. i mean they always talk about strong female leads, well there's Kida and Audrey. Especially Audrey.
Well, time for my thoughts on all of these movies. 10. Haven't seen yet but it looks pretty cool 9. Definitely one of the better Disney sequels 8. Despite it scaring me, I remember really liking it 7. Truly a remarkable non Disney feature of the Renaissance era 6. The Prince of Egypt is one of my favorite animated films ever, the rest I just find good but not great 5. One of my favorite animated Disney films
Twice Upon a Time: Never seen it The Rescuers Down Under: Seen it Animal Farm: Never seen it Anastasia: Seen it The Prince of Egypt: Got it on VHS The Road to El Dorado: Seen it Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Seen a little of it Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: Seen it The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Seen it
The second I heard the Mouse Detective theme I knew I was going to love this list.....and I did. The underrated are always my favorite. I have seen all of those!
17:00-20:42 I truly love and miss DreamWorks 2d hand drawn animation. I would rather watch those movies than their recent CGI goofy cartoony disasters. I wish they can come back make more hand drawn animation. That's why I want to become a future director and animator one day to save and bring back 2d hand drawn animation and be in the same vein beauty as Disney, Don Bluth, DreamWorks, and Studio Ghibli. Bring back the beauty and art of 2d hand drawn animation back in the good old days. I would do my best.
alexis martinez Not all of their movies are goofy cartoony disasters. There’s Antz, the first two Shrek Films (including Puss in Boots) , the Kung Fu Panda series, the How To Train Your Dragon series, Madagascar 3, Rise Of The Guardians, & Captain Underpants
The Prince of Egypt is shown in Bible schools *all* the time. I lost my faith many years ago as a child, but when I sat in those classes and I heard that film was getting put on I would get SO excited. It truly is a beautiful movie that makes me cry to this day. The Prince of Egypt and Prince of Dreams are definite classics and go-tos for tons of Christians and those who are interested in Christian mythology. I'm surprised people don't talk about it more.
OMG I literally jumped for joy when Rescuers Down Under appeared!!!! That beautiful masterpiece is one of my favorite movies of all time, and it's great to see it mentioned here since it seems like very few people know about the film. It's also funny how Animat says "maybe we'll see this movie have its chance to fly sky high" since I often post my own Rescuers Down Under memes on class group chats, especially of Joanna lol.
23:33 Try telling that to Burger King for they were very successful in promoting it along the lines of their Toy Story, Pocahontas, and Lion King kids meals.
5:12-8:57 I do want to say thank you adding the Resucers Down Under in your Top 10 Underrated Animated Films. I truly love and admire this animated movie in my childhood and as a kid. I'm going to make my own animated Australian film that would be a spiritual successor to Disney's The Rescuers Down Under. If I have kids, I would let them watch the movie with me to show how much "daddy" truly love this movie and gain more attention.
This video is bittersweet to me. I get hit with nostalgia since a lot of these movies were a part of my childhood but pisses me because there's so many people who haven't seen or heard of these gems.
This is a really good list so far; a lot of those movies I've actually seen an enjoyed (Animal Farm I didn't think I was going to enjoy, but after giving it a chance, especially in history class, I found myself enjoying it more than I thought I would)
For "Meet The Robinsons", I liked the first and final acts but the entire middle act was atrocious, all you have here is the main protagonist running away and being scared of everything.
some body made a fic cross over of prince of egypt, Spirit, sinbad, road to eldorado. Thousands of years after the events of prince of Egypt, Sinbad is looking for the convenant in Egypt. Spirit's eagle friend ask him for help so he asked two Spaniards to help sinbad along side with Spirit as a companion to keep the team together to look for egypt's hidden gold and the convenant
At the very least, the Prince of Egypt is being worked on for Broadway with Stephen Schwartz working on the music for the stage adaptation. It's currently being worked on in California (if I remember correctly). Also, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, while criminally underrated, is seeing more love than it used to. It did get a musical adaptation for the stage in recent years, and it does seem to be on more people's radar than expected.
Another film I'd add in with those other 2D animated DreamWorks films is their only direct-to-video animated film Joseph: King of Dreams, a very often forgotten film that I saw as a kid and remember being really good. Check it out if you can.
Animal Farm and 1984 is starting to become more relevant as time goes on. Orwell warned us and we aren’t listening, don’t have be Russian to old Russian tactics.
Well . . I always love the old hand draw animation from Anastasia to The Prince Of Egypt and to The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. They three have got great Animations, Great Stories, Best Characters, and BEST SONGS! I'm very happy you put these great movies on your videos :-) They are my most favorite Animated Movies of my childhood.
Balto was an underrated animated film by Spielberg's Amblimation. and I've watched it twice on Netflix, and it was good. it's also one of the animated films from Universal, along with An American Tail and The Land Before Time, and Despicable Me.
Ah man, Road to El Dorado.. makes me happy any time I'm reminded of it. Pretty sure it was the first animated film I watched with a central featured 'bromance'.
What a great list! I remember they showed Twice Upon a Time on Cartoon Network AGES ago, when I was a kid. Back then, I only watched cartoons just for the sake of watching cartoons, not appreciating the art of animation, so that movie put me off just a little, since it looked weird. Now that I'm in love with the art of animation, I'd love to give this movie a try! I also remember how beautiful the movie Anastasia was! (Before I knew the name Don Bluth, I'll admit I also thought it was a darker side of Disney, too.) The Rescuers Down Under to me was a case of the sequel being so much better than the original, something that in the 90's was a bit of an issue with Disney, considering their "Direct to DVD/VHS" phase XP The 2d animated Dreamworks films were also wonderfully done, I had fun with El Dorado and only recently watched The Prince of Egypt, and it was so well done!
Holy Shit I saw Twice Upon a Time once on Cartoon Network as a child(like 5 and younger) and years later I remembered it, but had no clue what it was called, or how to figure out what it was. Then I saw your thumbnail and knew it was a must watch. Thank You for solving this long standing mystery in my life.
Your next top 10 list should be popular animated movies you hate. I already know there’s many you hate that other people enjoy. I bet number one would be Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
I still occasionally walk into my mom listening to the anastasia soundtrack on youtube, we have the movie on vhs, and I loved it as a kid but she still loves the music as it is truely as beautiful if not more so then disney's. Shes 55 and I find it adorable that she still remembers it as shes forgotten so much.
Nothing personal, but I think need to call you out on what you said about animal farm. I have read the book, and seen the animated movie you are referring to; not only was the ending changed like you mentioned, but so was the windmill's destruction and the death of Mr. Jones. I could go on about even more events that were different between the book and the movie, but the point is that it's nearly as different from its original book as the Hunger Games movie.
13:26- "Unsurprisingly, many have tried and embarrassingly failed!" Those words could not be more true about those other animated musicals that tried to be just like Disney.
Very cool video as always, Matt! If you wanna see more obscure and underrated films, I can recommend you some that I have seen or heard ; some kind of well known, some pretty unknown, but definetlly worth checking out : 1)Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) 2)Help! I'm a Fish! (2000) 3) Birdboy : The Forgotten children(2017) 4) Penguin's Memory : Shiawase Monogatari (1985) 5) Fantastic Planet (1973) Also, I kinda expected other rare movies here like The King and the Mockingbird, The Thief and the Cobbler, the fantasy movies from Rankin-Bass, or the Brave Little Toaster, but a good top nonetheless.
YYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY FOR NUMBER 10! HOLY SHIT! TWICE UPON A TIME!!! I had vague memories of seeing commercials for it at some point in the 90's (I guess when it aired on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theater), and (obviously) forgot what it was and couldn't even look it up years later on TH-cam - I had no f-ing clue what it was called. It was like a dream that only I had and no one else could recall and I was crazy. Eventually I kinda just gave up and assumed I was mis-remembering "The Thief and the Cobbler" when I found out what that was, because that also looked like kinda weird and similar enough too and - hey - it's been a few decades; maybe my brain just warped what it looked like. But I knew - _I knew_ - that was *not* the movie I was thinking of. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE INFORMATION MY BRAIN HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL IN FOR LITERALLY DECADES! Holy Hell is it nice to know what this damn movie was and that it actually existed! Peace of mind at last!
You guys might not know about this, but there's actually a 5th Dreamworks hand drawn animated film: it's called "Joseph King of Dreams" and it serves a prequel to Prince of Egypt Granted, it was only a direct DVD released film but i thought it was worth bringing up
Yes you put Anastasia on here!! I can’t agree with that enough-it’s one of my most favourite animated movies of all time! The animation, the music, Anastasia herself-perfect! The story I’ll admit is a bit eh, but that’s easily overlooked.
I love Spirit. It’s one of Dreamwork’s best movies, but maybe it’s because it came out around my young childhood, my favorite animals are horses, and my favorite color is yellow (look at Spirit’s color scheme).
Also, (since I'm a bit of a history enthusiast) I like hunchback of Norte dame because I can see judge frollo actually being a real historical figure. In the Middle Ages, there were a lot of corrupt people and frollo fits right in. The burning of the windmill scene is very simalar to the atrocities committed by the many medieval figures. A few historical figures that remind me of frollo are: John the first, Richard the third (although some of the bad things he may have done could have been made up by the Tudors), George the third and many others.
I've known someone who made the mistake of calling Anastasia a 'Disney' movie, it was way back when the film was actually released and this person was a friend/loved one who was going shopping and they assumed that merchandise from that movie would be at the 'Disney Store'....although they should have known that Anastasia was not made by Disney. Also and Megamind in my opinion is extremely underrated.
Twice Upon A Time is easily one of my favorite movies ever... Watched it over at my cousin's over the summer back when I was like... 8. Havent seen it since but I still remember it quite fondly and have seen clips here and there that refresh my mind of it. It's great to see somebody else knows about it and recognizes it.
I am hoping that Treasure Planet is somewhere in the top 10, everyone does, sure Disney likes to claim Lilo and Stitch as their flagship early 2000’s film. But this deserves respect as a great animated adaptation of a children’s book. The film does look visually unique with some CGI included. The character of John Silver, specifically, is designed to be a somewhat 2.5D character
10 - Don’t know 9 - Know it, love it 8 - Know it, traumatised me as a child 7 - Know it, it was the first film I ever saw on the big screen. In a small cinemathat have since closed. 6 - Know them and love them all, it was Dreamworks golden age. 5 - Know it and it would be my favourite Disney film if the gargoyles weren’t there... Actually, if one scene, one single scene wasn’t there...
I loved the Rescuers DownUnder as a kid! The CG opening was the first time I had seen anything like that before in an animated film. At least not since the final scene in the Great Mouse Detective, which I also loved.
I'm just starting to watch this, but I gotta say something >w< I would have editted the part with the Balto scene in as you say "the Underdog" for the "aha! I see what you did there" moment XP lol ...gonna get back to enjoying your work now >w> sorry
19:38 This also in a way affected with their stop motion flicks too. Remember the stop motion film Chicken Run. It did well critically and financially, but It too, was also forgotten ever since the deal with aardman/DreamWorks has expired, and also since Shrek has found them their identity with producing goofy blockbuster CGI flicks that have become what they are as a big company.
I’ve heard of all these movies (some of ‘em only from you), but I haven’t seen any save for clips of Animal Farm when I read the book for class in high school. Time to change that. Well, save for Hunchback. Love that movie, and totally agree that it’s one of Disney’s most underrated films.
I LOVED Anastasia growing up. I wasn’t super familiar with animation studios at the time, so I didn’t know if it was a Disney film or not, so finding out it wasn’t made by Disney was surprising. More surprising, however, was when I found the movie on Disney+.
i remember one time when playing the board game version of "who wants to be a millionaire" and one of the questions was about don bluths anastasia release but the people who wrote questions called it disney's anastasia.
When it comes to "Anastasia", what makes it great is the animation and the awesome Oscar-nominated music. The songs are catchy, the animation is stunning, and the characters are great.
Also, "The Prince of Egypt" is an amazing adaptation of the story of Moses. Love the music and the animation is amazing!
The Prince of Egypt is the only adaptation to me that made the Pharaoh more human instead of just a cartoonish villain like most other versions. Funny enough... being an actual cartoon.
The Prince of Egypt can be said for the Disney Renissance
Rasputin is a joke as a villain.
i got a vhs of prince of egypt
I beg to differ
I feel like Animal Farm is even better now than it was before, we may not be in a Cold War anymore but that doesn't mean there aren't people that think like the villains of this cartoon anymore.
My teacher actually made our reading group read it. It was required. We didn't watch the movie but you bet your two legs that make you better I googled the crap out of this book and boy howdy I will read it to my children a if their teacher doesn't make them read it too.
Christopher Stanley - Your attempt to make a point is about as flaccid as your ideology. Go away Chinese bot, you were banned before and you'll soon be banned again.
I never called you an idiot, your low self esteem did. Interesting you didn't address the Chinese bot part though.
*slow clap
Admittance is the first step to recovery, tell me when did you first realize you were a Chinese bot?
I am still extremely bitter that the stage adaptation of Hunchback (which corrects a lot of the mood inconsistencies of the film) wasn't given a Broadway production...
They might, if they're not lazy and come to get their conscience.
As someone who has actually been in a production of the Stage Adaptation (my high school drama club was fucking baller), I agree that the stage version deserves it’s time in the spotlight. In fact, I’m surprised that it hasn’t already
While I don't consider Frozen a dumpster fire I do feel like it gets too much attention for a broadway musical while Hunchback is lying in the Dark praying for one
Omg same the musical was fantastic and really needs to go to Broadway
I was told the issues were the "meh" reviews from the US stage version, Disney being fearful of backing an even less family friendly adaptation and not wanting to pay for the large choir needed as Disney is like _"Ain't nobody got money for that!! _*_continues counting the BILLION+ DOLLARS from Frozen alone_* . Not sure if this is ALL true but from listening to the Paper Mill cast soundtrack (listen to it if you haven't) we're clearly missing out on a wonderful production.
All dogs go to Heaven, a bug’s life, sinbad, meet the robinsons, the road to el dorado, flushed away, the emoji movie
That last one was a joke obviously
Sinbad is so good and it hurts that nobody talks about it. I agree with flushed away too, it's pretty good
I like flushed away but I it's not a perfect movie by any means
It is beyond my comprehension as to why DreamWorks is refusing to release The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado AND Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas on Blu-ray to this date. NOTHING ELSE MAKES ME LOSE MY PATIENCE THAT MUCH!!!!! They might as well release them on the new 4K UHD Blu-rays at once. The Road to El Dorado with HDR is going to be absolutely MIND-B~L~O~W~I~N~G
Because "Boss Baby" and "Shark Tale" are hip and cool and timeless does not even matter.
It feels really insulting. Just animation-wise for comparison, the best of Boss Baby is seriously horrid, I was taken aback at how the visuals felt so pathetic and LACKING, even compared to the worst of Sinbad. I don't know what's gotten to DreamWorks, but they really been hitting rock bottom in recent years. I'm counting on HTTYD3 to bring them back to good shape (It's their best franchise, after all).
To this day I see those 4 films and with some minor exceptions in CGI and am blown away by how good the animation is and how well they've aged.
Camarón con Limón well at least shark tale is mostly considered as a fun underrated film that can be more agreed than the ridiculously yet funny boss baby
Prince of Egypt is getting a Blu-Ray!
Am I the only one screaming:
"FINALLY! Someone ACTUALLY noticed Spirit: The Stallion of the Cimarron for once!?
because compared to all the others that got atleast some attention
Spirit is normally the unfortunate masterpiece that usually gets the short end of the stick
Kida Tash that’s my childhood movie!
Kida Tash I love spirit too
Lol ikr
I haven't seen it yet, but it looks nice.
@@kylemorello4787 beats the Netflix series based on it
ANASTASIA IS NOT A DISN...(showing the news of Disney buying Fox) oh.
What about Comcast, they will become even worse as Microsoft
It still would not be a Disney film. Even if the deal goes through that does not make it a Disney film. It was not originally made by Disney it was made by 20th Century Fox and Don Bluth. Therefore it would not become a Disney film or anything else by Fox.
Nope, Comcast are worse and more evil than Microsoft.
@@jamesmoyner7499 that depends on what your definition of Disney movie is
Maria Ximena Otalora Cordoba Anything made by Walt Disney Pictures, PIXAR, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. Anything else is a technicality with their subsidiaries of Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, etc. While anything else is under the 20th Century Fox brand.
It’s on Disney+ now
Well, Anastasia isn't TOO underrated. It's being made into a Broadway musical.
Nostalgia mostly kept Anastasia alive.
@@hunterolaughlin Not helping matters is that everyone complains it being historically inaccurate.
The Iron Giant
Treasure Planet
The Secret of NIMH
The Rescuers Down Under
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
kirara2516 nice intended try , but the iron giant is no longer an underrated option due to popularity issues in recent times
Diegoraf Blasio nothing wrong with that. All these movies deserve to become huge hits.
@@metepec20092012 could you possibly sound any more condescending holy shit
Trickster Cat Their comment wasn't condescending at all, dude. The video title has the words "underrated films". Even if a film is good, if it is already popular, why would it even be mentioned here? There are plenty of other videos talking about popular good films.
atlantis kinda is famous along with NIMH, though i wish Disney would acknowledge it.
i mean they always talk about strong female leads, well there's Kida and Audrey. Especially Audrey.
8:40 "Those don't count!" That's kinda funny.
Kinda weird that he didn't point out Wreck-it Ralph 2.
Stella Newman Mat was speaking about the past, that one isn't out yet, and the 00s sequels are pretty much their own infamous category anyway.
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Cheese Prime I was thinking about The Fox and the Hound 2.
Ok. “Hunchback” is one AMAZING Disney film. It one animated movie I can watch again and again even as an adult and still appreciate every time.
Well, time for my thoughts on all of these movies.
10. Haven't seen yet but it looks pretty cool
9. Definitely one of the better Disney sequels
8. Despite it scaring me, I remember really liking it
7. Truly a remarkable non Disney feature of the Renaissance era
6. The Prince of Egypt is one of my favorite animated films ever, the rest I just find good but not great
5. One of my favorite animated Disney films
have you read the book that animal farm the movie is based on
@@SPCMovies I have.
Rango, The Prince of Egypt, Surf's Up & The Powerpuff Girls Movie are some films I find underrated
Agreed.
Twice Upon a Time: Never seen it
The Rescuers Down Under: Seen it
Animal Farm: Never seen it
Anastasia: Seen it
The Prince of Egypt: Got it on VHS
The Road to El Dorado: Seen it
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Seen a little of it
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: Seen it
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Seen it
J1P2K if your an animal lover its probably for the best you never see animal farm
shanessie6 I’ve never seen the movie, but I had to read the book when I was in high school.
The second I heard the Mouse Detective theme I knew I was going to love this list.....and I did. The underrated are always my favorite. I have seen all of those!
17:00-20:42 I truly love and miss DreamWorks 2d hand drawn animation. I would rather watch those movies than their recent CGI goofy cartoony disasters. I wish they can come back make more hand drawn animation. That's why I want to become a future director and animator one day to save and bring back 2d hand drawn animation and be in the same vein beauty as Disney, Don Bluth, DreamWorks, and Studio Ghibli. Bring back the beauty and art of 2d hand drawn animation back in the good old days. I would do my best.
I hope you don't mean "How to Train Your Dragon."
alexis martinez Not all of their movies are goofy cartoony disasters. There’s Antz, the first two Shrek Films (including Puss in Boots) , the Kung Fu Panda series, the How To Train Your Dragon series, Madagascar 3, Rise Of The Guardians, & Captain Underpants
HungryBox Thank you.
FardintheCartoonLover Stop trolling with me and other people with that same old cliche line.
Animat uploaded a new top ten! Dis gonna be gooooood!!!
hahaha reference to Corpse Bride's General Bonesapart love it XD
The Prince of Egypt is shown in Bible schools *all* the time. I lost my faith many years ago as a child, but when I sat in those classes and I heard that film was getting put on I would get SO excited. It truly is a beautiful movie that makes me cry to this day.
The Prince of Egypt and Prince of Dreams are definite classics and go-tos for tons of Christians and those who are interested in Christian mythology. I'm surprised people don't talk about it more.
Wow, AniMat uploaded his new Top 10! This is going to be an amazing! This is awesome!
I actually liked Titan A.E and I wish it did better than it really did..
OMG I literally jumped for joy when Rescuers Down Under appeared!!!! That beautiful masterpiece is one of my favorite movies of all time, and it's great to see it mentioned here since it seems like very few people know about the film. It's also funny how Animat says "maybe we'll see this movie have its chance to fly sky high" since I often post my own Rescuers Down Under memes on class group chats, especially of Joanna lol.
23:33 Try telling that to Burger King for they were very successful in promoting it along the lines of their Toy Story, Pocahontas, and Lion King kids meals.
Actually, after doing a bit of math, I found that DreamWorks’ hand drawn animated movies combined ended up making $14 million more than Shrek.
5:12-8:57 I do want to say thank you adding the Resucers Down Under in your Top 10 Underrated Animated Films. I truly love and admire this animated movie in my childhood and as a kid. I'm going to make my own animated Australian film that would be a spiritual successor to Disney's The Rescuers Down Under. If I have kids, I would let them watch the movie with me to show how much "daddy" truly love this movie and gain more attention.
I'm so glad The Hunchback of Notre Dame is on here. Also, it is nice that Anastasia's on here.
This video is bittersweet to me. I get hit with nostalgia since a lot of these movies were a part of my childhood but pisses me because there's so many people who haven't seen or heard of these gems.
This is a really good list so far; a lot of those movies I've actually seen an enjoyed (Animal Farm I didn't think I was going to enjoy, but after giving it a chance, especially in history class, I found myself enjoying it more than I thought I would)
I hope megamind or meet the robinsons are here
For "Meet The Robinsons", I liked the first and final acts but the entire middle act was atrocious, all you have here is the main protagonist running away and being scared of everything.
Al McWhiggin to bad
KissMyAsthma true, but it still had a nice message and Goob was an enjoyable villain
Diabolical Gold Toad haha I know
Sadly they’re not. Even though they’re some of my favorite animated films of all time
some body made a fic cross over of prince of egypt, Spirit, sinbad, road to eldorado.
Thousands of years after the events of prince of Egypt, Sinbad is looking for the convenant in Egypt. Spirit's eagle friend ask him for help so he asked two Spaniards to help sinbad along side with Spirit as a companion to keep the team together to look for egypt's hidden gold and the convenant
Holy shit....😯
That’s cool! I’ve never heard of that fanfic.
At the very least, the Prince of Egypt is being worked on for Broadway with Stephen Schwartz working on the music for the stage adaptation. It's currently being worked on in California (if I remember correctly).
Also, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, while criminally underrated, is seeing more love than it used to. It did get a musical adaptation for the stage in recent years, and it does seem to be on more people's radar than expected.
Another film I'd add in with those other 2D animated DreamWorks films is their only direct-to-video animated film Joseph: King of Dreams, a very often forgotten film that I saw as a kid and remember being really good. Check it out if you can.
Anastasia is my favorite Non-Disney film!
(Also, I hope a goofy movie is in here, I think it's an underrated classic!)
Non Disney he says, heh, not after 2020!
Animal Farm and 1984 is starting to become more relevant as time goes on.
Orwell warned us and we aren’t listening, don’t have be Russian to old Russian tactics.
Well . . I always love the old hand draw animation from Anastasia to The Prince Of Egypt and to The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. They three have got great Animations, Great Stories, Best Characters, and BEST SONGS! I'm very happy you put these great movies on your videos :-) They are my most favorite Animated Movies of my childhood.
Balto was an underrated animated film by Spielberg's Amblimation. and I've watched it twice on Netflix, and it was good. it's also one of the animated films from Universal, along with An American Tail and The Land Before Time, and Despicable Me.
Seeing how Disney might soon own Fox then Anastasia will soon actually be a Disney film. At least by ownership.
Ah man, Road to El Dorado.. makes me happy any time I'm reminded of it. Pretty sure it was the first animated film I watched with a central featured 'bromance'.
What a great list! I remember they showed Twice Upon a Time on Cartoon Network AGES ago, when I was a kid. Back then, I only watched cartoons just for the sake of watching cartoons, not appreciating the art of animation, so that movie put me off just a little, since it looked weird. Now that I'm in love with the art of animation, I'd love to give this movie a try!
I also remember how beautiful the movie Anastasia was! (Before I knew the name Don Bluth, I'll admit I also thought it was a darker side of Disney, too.) The Rescuers Down Under to me was a case of the sequel being so much better than the original, something that in the 90's was a bit of an issue with Disney, considering their "Direct to DVD/VHS" phase XP
The 2d animated Dreamworks films were also wonderfully done, I had fun with El Dorado and only recently watched The Prince of Egypt, and it was so well done!
You are so far the best replacememt for Nostalgia Critic that I've found since the debacle.
Hearing Garfield the Cat no matter what. RIP Lorenzo Muzic.
Dude, I love your Top 10 videos.
The Emperor's new groove. Timeless comedy at it's best.
Underrated?
Kosta Jovanovic Yes
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Holy Shit I saw Twice Upon a Time once on Cartoon Network as a child(like 5 and younger) and years later I remembered it, but had no clue what it was called, or how to figure out what it was. Then I saw your thumbnail and knew it was a must watch. Thank You for solving this long standing mystery in my life.
I really love your channel its taught lots and I find comfort in your videos style
The hunchback of notro dame is an awesome film. I love the music.
Prince of Egypt is still one of my favorite Dreamworks movies. It is so good.
Your next top 10 list should be popular animated movies you hate.
I already know there’s many you hate that other people enjoy. I bet number one would be Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
I still occasionally walk into my mom listening to the anastasia soundtrack on youtube, we have the movie on vhs, and I loved it as a kid but she still loves the music as it is truely as beautiful if not more so then disney's. Shes 55 and I find it adorable that she still remembers it as shes forgotten so much.
The hunchback of Nortera dame is practically flawless
Nothing personal, but I think need to call you out on what you said about animal farm. I have read the book, and seen the animated movie you are referring to; not only was the ending changed like you mentioned, but so was the windmill's destruction and the death of Mr. Jones. I could go on about even more events that were different between the book and the movie, but the point is that it's nearly as different from its original book as the Hunger Games movie.
I kinda wish dream works would do more hand drawn stuff. I liked Prince of Egypt a lot.
My prayers have been answered!! Thanks AniMat!
So the CIA funded a British Film?? Who'd have guessed it? And I guess you are right, It was a product of it's time.
I swear Twice upon a time looks like the various random cartoon shorts I watched as a small child.
#7: With "Anastasia" bought by Disney, technically she's all set to become a Disney Princess.
#6: You forgot about "Joseph: King of Dreams."
Joseph was Direct-To-DVD flim, he only talks about flims released in theathers
I will never stop being mad about how underrated dreamworks 2D films are
Titan A.E. was my childhood and I had an Anastasia with it. I completely forgot it and then one day I remembered everything...
13:26- "Unsurprisingly, many have tried and embarrassingly failed!"
Those words could not be more true about those other animated musicals that tried to be just like Disney.
you deserve a Mr. Coat Award for this top 10 list!
Very cool video as always, Matt! If you wanna see more obscure and underrated films, I can recommend you some that I have seen or heard ; some kind of well known, some pretty unknown, but definetlly worth checking out :
1)Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
2)Help! I'm a Fish! (2000)
3) Birdboy : The Forgotten children(2017)
4) Penguin's Memory : Shiawase Monogatari (1985)
5) Fantastic Planet (1973)
Also, I kinda expected other rare movies here like The King and the Mockingbird, The Thief and the Cobbler, the fantasy movies from Rankin-Bass, or the Brave Little Toaster, but a good top nonetheless.
17:25 What about Joseph: King of Dreams?
I actually have a soft spot for these 5 films:
- Thumbelina
- The Pagemaster
- The Lion King 2
- Rise of the Guardians
- Help! I'm a Fish!
YYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY FOR NUMBER 10! HOLY SHIT! TWICE UPON A TIME!!!
I had vague memories of seeing commercials for it at some point in the 90's (I guess when it aired on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theater), and (obviously) forgot what it was and couldn't even look it up years later on TH-cam - I had no f-ing clue what it was called. It was like a dream that only I had and no one else could recall and I was crazy. Eventually I kinda just gave up and assumed I was mis-remembering "The Thief and the Cobbler" when I found out what that was, because that also looked like kinda weird and similar enough too and - hey - it's been a few decades; maybe my brain just warped what it looked like. But I knew - _I knew_ - that was *not* the movie I was thinking of.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE INFORMATION MY BRAIN HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL IN FOR LITERALLY DECADES! Holy Hell is it nice to know what this damn movie was and that it actually existed! Peace of mind at last!
I love those Dreamworks movies.
You guys might not know about this, but there's actually a 5th Dreamworks hand drawn animated film: it's called "Joseph King of Dreams" and it serves a prequel to Prince of Egypt
Granted, it was only a direct DVD released film but i thought it was worth bringing up
Yes you put Anastasia on here!! I can’t agree with that enough-it’s one of my most favourite animated movies of all time! The animation, the music, Anastasia herself-perfect! The story I’ll admit is a bit eh, but that’s easily overlooked.
The hunchback of Notre Dame is my favourite disney movie since I watched it as a child on the big screen.. Never know that was so underrated.
It was, but not anymore it seems
YAAAAAAAS!!!! I love Spirit and Prince of Eygpt so much!!! I also like El Dorado and Sinbad, I'm surprised you didn't add Joseph: King of Dreams.
The Reason he didn't put Joseph King of Dreams on the list because it was a direct-to-video film, he's only counting theatrical films.
All animated films are equal!
(But some are more equal than others)
6.) You left out "Joseph: King of Dreams"
I love Spirit. It’s one of Dreamwork’s best movies, but maybe it’s because it came out around my young childhood, my favorite animals are horses, and my favorite color is yellow (look at Spirit’s color scheme).
Also, (since I'm a bit of a history enthusiast) I like hunchback of Norte dame because I can see judge frollo actually being a real historical figure. In the Middle Ages, there were a lot of corrupt people and frollo fits right in. The burning of the windmill scene is very simalar to the atrocities committed by the many medieval figures. A few historical figures that remind me of frollo are: John the first, Richard the third (although some of the bad things he may have done could have been made up by the Tudors), George the third and many others.
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do wreck it ralph 2 and frozen 2 count?
benny botros I’m praying for it if not then it’s crap all over again
benny botros They haven’t been released yet
OMG Hunchback! As a Disney nerd and as a kid who was bullied and outcast a lot, I really loved this movie!
I've known someone who made the mistake of calling Anastasia a 'Disney' movie, it was way back when the film was actually released and this person was a friend/loved one who was going shopping and they assumed that merchandise from that movie would be at the 'Disney Store'....although they should have known that Anastasia was not made by Disney. Also and Megamind in my opinion is extremely underrated.
Twice Upon A Time is easily one of my favorite movies ever... Watched it over at my cousin's over the summer back when I was like... 8. Havent seen it since but I still remember it quite fondly and have seen clips here and there that refresh my mind of it. It's great to see somebody else knows about it and recognizes it.
I remember Anastasia one of my favorite movies as a kid
I had a Wilbur RDA plush from Disney Store back in the 2000s however I may have sold it
20:44 what’s the films name that is in the background?
Do you think that there should be a animated film adaption of A Clockwork Orange?
I am hoping that Treasure Planet is somewhere in the top 10, everyone does, sure Disney likes to claim Lilo and Stitch as their flagship early 2000’s film. But this deserves respect as a great animated adaptation of a children’s book. The film does look visually unique with some CGI included. The character of John Silver, specifically, is designed to be a somewhat 2.5D character
When my friend said her fave Disney movie was Anastasia I was like "TRY. AGAIN"
Anastasia was my freakin childhood movie, I’d watch it as many times as possible, even now whenever I felt like it.
10 - Don’t know
9 - Know it, love it
8 - Know it, traumatised me as a child
7 - Know it, it was the first film I ever saw on the big screen. In a small cinemathat have since closed.
6 - Know them and love them all, it was Dreamworks golden age.
5 - Know it and it would be my favourite Disney film if the gargoyles weren’t there... Actually, if one scene, one single scene wasn’t there...
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron isn't totally underrated. It spun off a Netflix series called Spirit Riding Free which is up to it's 5th Season now.
Sinbad and Road to El Dorado are some of my favorite Dreamworks films
I loved the Rescuers DownUnder as a kid! The CG opening was the first time I had seen anything like that before in an animated film. At least not since the final scene in the Great Mouse Detective, which I also loved.
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Somebody meme that shit, a try not to laugh challenge 🤩
I'm just starting to watch this, but I gotta say something >w<
I would have editted the part with the Balto scene in as you say "the Underdog" for the "aha! I see what you did there" moment XP lol
...gonna get back to enjoying your work now >w> sorry
Anastasia is one of my favorite movies, I love that movie so much. I wish more people knew how good it is.
Bartok is my favorite bab
"Hunchback" is the "Watership Down" of Disney movies
19:38 This also in a way affected with their stop motion flicks too. Remember the stop motion film Chicken Run. It did well critically and financially, but It too, was also forgotten ever since the deal with aardman/DreamWorks has expired, and also since Shrek has found them their identity with producing goofy blockbuster CGI flicks that have become what they are as a big company.
I’ve heard of all these movies (some of ‘em only from you), but I haven’t seen any save for clips of Animal Farm when I read the book for class in high school. Time to change that.
Well, save for Hunchback. Love that movie, and totally agree that it’s one of Disney’s most underrated films.
I LOVED Anastasia growing up. I wasn’t super familiar with animation studios at the time, so I didn’t know if it was a Disney film or not, so finding out it wasn’t made by Disney was surprising. More surprising, however, was when I found the movie on Disney+.
The road to el dorado isn't flawless but still makes it into the list of my favorite movies just because of the characters and adult themes.
I loved Treasure Planet. I was shocked to find out it wasn't a hit.
i remember one time when playing the board game version of "who wants to be a millionaire" and one of the questions was about don bluths anastasia release but the people who wrote questions called it disney's anastasia.
Every time I watch 'Anastasia' I get goose bumps.
Already exited for Part two! Aaannndd It's already uploaded.....
Spirit, but every time a horse neighs it speeds up by 50%.
The movie would be over in 10 minutes ;^;