'The Lego Movie' Shoots Its Way Into The Top 5 Animated Movies Of All Time

In light of The Lego Movie’s success, we’ve taken a look at some of the best computer-animated films out there. Based on Rotten Tomatoes ratings, combined with Metacritic ratings (the most accurate way we could think to rank them) the latest Lego romp finds itself in some pretty prestigious company indeed…

Finding Nemo: 95/100

Beaten by the entire Toy Story series by 0.1 (it was close, huh) is Finding Nemo, the memorable tale of a Pacific Salet Water Clownfish’s Marlin embarks on an epic journey, accompanied by forgetful fish Dory, who is getting her own movie soon with Ellen DeGeneres set to reprise the role.

The New York Times called it the "latest flood of wizardry from Pixar" at the time. Does gushing count as a water-based pun?

Damn: ruined it.

Up: 93.5/100

Up is probably the first (modern) animated film to make every adult that watches it, cry. Every time they watch it. It’s ridiculous. 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America, and does so by tying thousands of balloons to his home. Russell, an intrepid, inquisitive and extremely naïve – yet loyal - adventurer, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.

But when they reach their destination, Carl and Russell find both end of the spectrum have been heightened. Not only is their new environment beautiful, but the predators than inhabit it are more ferocious then they could ever have imagined.

The Incredibles: 93.5/100

A family of superheroes, each with their own unique superpower, are forced to forgo their suburban city lives (as part of the Superhero Protection Program) and save the world, which is threatened by Syndrome, a jilted former fan of Mr. Incredible. What’s not to like? The Incredibles boasted a great cast (Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, etc.,) and built upon the superhero genre with great effect.

And to this day, Jackson is still quizzing Pixar about doing a sequel. "I keep asking the guys at Pixar why we didn't make The Incredibles 2," the actor said. "Personally I think they raised the bar so high that they are worried about making one that's not as good as the first one. But that happens too - you don't live up to the expectations of the first one."

This film needs a sequel. Keep asking Sam.

Lego Movie: 90.5/100

At the top of this list is Toy Story, the first of which came out in 1995 – which is nearly 20 years ago. That’s mental. So have some sympathy for The Lego Movie, which manages to squeeze into the top 5. Plenty of ideas have been explored within the genre over the past 20 years, so the fact that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller managed to keep things fresh in 2014 is a pretty big achievement. And with more reviews yet to be filed, The Lego Movie could even rise further up this list.