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Best Animation Movies of the 1970s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
32 animation films from the 1970s are in our catalog; the 32 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Hedgehog in the Fog (1975), at 8.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.2. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Robin Hood, 7.5 on IMDb against 57 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hedgehog in the Fog '1975 | Animation / Mystery | 8.1 | - | - | 7.5 | Yuri Norstein |
| 2 | Fantastic Planet '1973 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 91% | 73 | 7.6 | René Laloux |
| 3 | Robin Hood '1973 | Animation | 7.5 | 56% | 57 | 7.3 | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| 4 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town '1970 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 93% | - | 7.2 | Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| 5 | The Castle of Cagliostro '1979 | Animation / Comedy / Crime | 7.6 | 95% | 72 | 7.5 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 6 | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix '1976 | Animation / Comedy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.3 | René Goscinny |
| 7 | A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving '1973 | Animation / Comedy | 7.7 | 67% | - | 7.3 | Bill Melendez |
| 8 | The Year Without a Santa Claus '1974 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 90% | - | 7.2 | Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| 9 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh '1977 | Animation | 7.5 | 100% | - | 7.3 | John Lounsbery |
| 10 | Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting '1971 | Animation | 8.2 | - | - | 7.5 | Fyodor Khitruk |
| 11 | Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day '1972 | Animation | 8.2 | - | - | 7.5 | Fyodor Khitruk |
| 12 | Watership Down '1978 | Animation / Drama | 7.5 | 83% | 64 | 7.2 | Martin Rosen |
| 13 | The Lorax '1972 | Animation / Drama / Fantasy | 7.8 | - | - | 7.2 | Hawley Pratt |
| 14 | Belladonna of Sadness '1973 | Animation / Drama / Fantasy | 7.3 | 90% | 70 | 7.4 | Eiichi Yamamoto |
| 15 | Tale of Tales '1979 | Animation | 7.8 | - | - | 7.3 | Yuri Norstein |
| 16 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks '1971 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.1 | 66% | 59 | 7.0 | Robert Stevenson |
| 17 | The Aristocats '1970 | Animation / Comedy | 7.1 | 64% | 66 | 7.3 | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| 18 | Snoopy, Come Home '1972 | Animation / Drama / Comedy | 7.3 | 93% | 66 | 7.1 | Bill Melendez |
| 19 | Daisy Town '1971 | Animation / Comedy / Western | 6.9 | - | - | 6.9 | René Goscinny |
| 20 | The Grandmother '1970 | Animation / Horror | 7.1 | - | - | 6.6 | David Lynch |
| 21 | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie '1979 | Animation / Comedy / Musical / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 100% | - | 7.4 | Chuck Jones |
| 22 | Charlotte's Web '1973 | Animation / Drama | 6.9 | 76% | 73 | 6.9 | Iwao Takamoto |
| 23 | The Rescuers '1977 | Fantasy / Animation | 6.9 | 79% | 74 | 6.8 | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| 24 | The Story of Heidi '1979 | Animation | 6.9 | - | - | 7.8 | Isao Takahata |
| 25 | Scooby Goes Hollywood '1979 | Animation / Comedy | 5.8 | - | - | 7.4 | Ray Patterson |
| 26 | Coonskin '1975 | Drama / Animation / Comedy / Crime | 6.4 | - | - | 6.1 | Ralph Bakshi |
| 27 | The Hobbit '1977 | Fantasy / Animation | 6.7 | 72% | - | 6.6 | Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| 28 | Tintin and the Lake of Sharks '1972 | Mystery / Animation | 6.2 | - | - | 6.3 | Raymond Leblanc |
| 29 | Wizards '1977 | Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi | 6.3 | 68% | - | 6.2 | Ralph Bakshi |
| 30 | Pete's Dragon '1977 | Fantasy / Animation / Comedy | 6.4 | 56% | 46 | 6.3 | Don Chaffey |
| 31 | Fritz the Cat '1972 | Animation / Comedy / Drama | 6.2 | 64% | 54 | 6.2 | Ralph Bakshi |
| 32 | The Lord of the Rings '1978 | Animation / Fantasy | 6.2 | 48% | 51 | 6.6 | Ralph Bakshi |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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