Animated Movies 2005 List

With Sacha Baron Cohen • Ben Stiller • Gwen Stefani • Chris Rock • David Schwimmer • Karey Kirkpatrick • Tom McGrath • Jada Pinkett • Teresa Cheng • Andy Richter • Mark Burton • Eric Darnell • Mireille Soria • Billy Frolick

Four zoo animals are shipped back to their homeland by an animal rights group that feels they belong in the wild. When the ship capsizes, the animals find themselves stranded in Madagascar. Having had humans care for them their entire life, they know nothing about survival and must work together with the locals to help them fit in.

With Ryunosuke Kamiki • Takuya Kimura • Chieko Baisho • Akihiro Miwa • Tatsuya Gashuin • Hayao Miyazaki • Toshio Suzuki

In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters--Sophie, Lettie, and Martha--and all the other girls were warned not to venture into the streets alone. But that was only the beginning. In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused. The Witch has placed a spell on Howl. Does the clue to breaking it lie in a famous poem? And what will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl's castle? Diana Wynne Jones's entrancing fantasy is filled with surprises at every turn, but when the final stormy duel between the Witch and the Wizard is finished, all the pieces fall magically into place.

With Jim Broadbent • Ewan McGregor • Ben Kingsley • Rupert Everett • Ricky Gervais • Hugh Laurie • Olivia Williams • John H. Williams • Rob Letterman • Barnaby Thompson • John Cleese • John Hurt • George Webster • George Melrod • Ralph Kamp • Robert Jones • Keith Evans

A brave-but-undersized pigeon, named Valiant, dreams of joining the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II. Despite his small stature, Valiant's ambitions are enormous as he keeps a stiff upper beak and endures rigorous training in preparation for a dangerous mission to deliver vital messages to troops behind enemy lines. With a shortage of wingpower in the royal fleet due to increased attacks by a brigade of vicious enemy falcons--led by the ruthless General Von Talon--the mission falls to Valiant and the unlikely heroes of Squad F to try and save the day. With a wing and a prayer, Valiant and his fine feathered pals fly into harm's way and prove that it's not the size of the wingspan that counts, but the size of the spirit.