8. Rango, Directed by Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy
1 Oscar Nomination
Former Pirates of the Carribean director, Gore Verbinski, pursued a very different film genre after completing his trilogy of swashbuckling box office smashes. His Rango is the smartest animated film I've seen in years and could easily compete on the same level of greatness as the best of the Pixar films. This visually stunning, surrealist, animated Western is just as funny as it is inspired. Beautifully homaging Hollywood classics like the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, Chinatown, and even Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas,Rango is the simple fish out of water story only starring a gecko in the middle of the desert with a mariachi band of owls providing comical musical narration. Rango is also the year's best animated film, leave it to Dreamworks to top both Pixar and motion-capture animation this year. Rango is an amazing treat.
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