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Best Animation Movies of the 1970s

Animation films released 1970–1979, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

1. 
   #1 Fantastic Planet (1973) · ★ 7.6 · 1,138 votes · 1h 12m · science-fiction, animation

   On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignora…

2. 
   #2 The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) · ★ 7.5 · 1,163 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, adventure, animation

   After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down…

3. 
   #3 The Aristocats (1970) · ★ 7.3 · 5,463 votes · 1h 18m · comedy, adventure, animation

   When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, lea…

4. 
   #4 Robin Hood (1973) · ★ 7.3 · 4,754 votes · 1h 23m · adventure, animation, family

   With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch o…

5. 
   #5 The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) · ★ 7.3 · 1,385 votes · 1h 22m · comedy, adventure, animation

   Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outr…

6. 
   #6 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) · ★ 7.2 · 1,200 votes · 1h 14m · adventure, animation, family

   Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit…

7. 
   #7 Watership Down (1978) · ★ 7.2 · 735 votes · 1h 32m · adventure, drama, animation

   When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.…

8. 
   #8 Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) · ★ 7.0 · 1,028 votes · 1h 57m · comedy, fantasy, adventure

   Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a t…

9. 
   #9 The Rescuers (1977) · ★ 6.8 · 2,698 votes · 1h 18m · fantasy, adventure, animation

   Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.…

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    #10 The Lord of the Rings (1978) · ★ 6.6 · 1,093 votes · 2h 12m · fantasy, adventure, animation

    Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowsh…

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    #11 Pete's Dragon (1977) · ★ 6.3 · 737 votes · 2h 8m · comedy, fantasy, animation

    Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper…

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