The 20 Best Animal Movies of All Time

Dog weepies, horse epics, a pig who herds sheep and one very famous shark. Live action and animation sit side by side here, decades apart.

1. 1
   Jaws

   Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller about a great white shark terrorising a beach town, the first summer blockbuster.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Life of Pi

   Ang Lee's 2012 survival story of a boy adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
   700pts
3. 3
   Homeward Bound

   The 1993 Disney film about two dogs and a cat crossing the Sierra Nevada to get home.
   547pts
4. 4
   Gorillas in the Mist

   The 1988 biopic of primatologist Dian Fossey and the mountain gorillas of Rwanda.
   489pts
5. 5
   Babe

   The 1995 Oscar-winning tale of a piglet raised by a sheepdog who learns to herd sheep.
   437pts
6. 6
   Born Free

   The 1966 true story of Joy and George Adamson raising Elsa the lioness in Kenya.
   437pts
7. 7
   Old Yeller

   Disney's 1957 frontier drama about a boy and his loyal yellow dog.
   379pts
8. 8
   Seabiscuit

   The 2003 drama about the undersized racehorse that lifted Depression-era America.
   379pts
9. 9
   Turner & Hooch

   The 1989 buddy-cop comedy pairing Tom Hanks with a slobbering Dogue de Bordeaux.
   379pts
10. 10
    Free Willy

    The 1993 family film about a boy who frees a captive orca, starring Keiko.
    379pts
11. 11
    King Kong

    The 1933 original about a giant ape taken from Skull Island to New York.
    379pts
12. 12
    The Lion King

    Disney's 1994 animated epic about a lion cub's journey to reclaim his kingdom.
    312pts
13. 13
    War Horse

    Spielberg's 2011 First World War epic following a horse from an English farm to the trenches.
    312pts
14. 14
    Beethoven

    The 1992 family comedy about a giant, chaotic St. Bernard.
    312pts
15. 15
    Marley & Me

    The 2008 comedy-drama about a family and their lovably destructive Labrador.
    312pts
16. 16
    Paddington 2

    The 2017 sequel in which the marmalade-loving bear is framed for theft.
    312pts
17. 17
    Fly Away Home

    The 1996 film about a girl who leads a flock of orphaned geese south with an ultralight plane.
    312pts
18. 18
    Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    The 2009 film based on the true story of Hachikō, the Akita who waited for his owner for years.
    235pts
19. 19
    Finding Nemo

    Pixar's 2003 ocean adventure about a clownfish searching for his son.
    235pts
20. 20
    The Black Stallion

    The 1979 adventure about a shipwrecked boy and the wild Arabian horse he befriends.
    146pts

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