93. The Iron Giant (1999) - Brad Bird
93. The Iron Giant (1999) - Brad BirdA boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. The Iron Giant is the much forgotten about classic that is a fine example of how to tell a story using animation. The movie which is set in 1957, tells the fascinating story of a boy who try's to keep a big giant robot who has crashed landed to Earth secret from the federal government at a time when paranoia was sweeping the nation. (Cold War, etc). The movie even has time to reference all of the great science fiction movies and literature that came out around the time the movie was set, everything from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Superman comics can be found in this movie. The characters and storytelling in Brad Bird's film are as compelling as the characters in Toy Story, along with the heavily influenced Japenese style of animation which comes together to make one unique film. And there's a moment near the end of the movie where the moral message becomes obvious, "You can be whoever you want to be" and what The Iron Giant decides he wants to be gives you a chill down your spine. You can't help but be moved by this film.