I’ve made a last minute decision to include summaries of why most of these films are my favorites, so, because of that decision, I am going to roll out my list in parts. I will probably include summaries of only the first 10 to 15 films on the list, but to get this ball rolling here is the top 5 movies on my list. I know most lists start with the last film and make you wait in suspense to see what got first, but these are my favorites list and I don’t think it matters as much. When David and I decide to roll out our complete Top 50 BEST list, we may do it that way. So, before I begin, here were the ground rules: First: it had to be a theatrical feature. Animated films only shown on TV don’t count. At some point, you had to have been able to watch these movies on the big screen. They also have to be American. Not that I have anything against foreign animation or anime, I just don’t have wide enough knowledge of those films as I do American animated film. Not to mention, Anime really deserves a list of it’s own. The third rule is that while CGI and stop-motion count on the list, films made using Motion Capture do not, so you won’t see “Beowulf” or “The Polar Express” on our lists (Although, you wouldn’t have seen them on there anyway). So without further ado, I present to you “Luke Boyce’s Top 50 Favorite Animated Films of All Time – Numbers 1 – 5″: