Former El Pasoan Don Bluth directed this popular 1986 charmer, producer Steven Spielberg’s first foray into animation. It became the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film at that time, despite mixed reviews that uniformly praised Bluth’s traditional animation. It’s the third highest-grossing of Bluth’s post-Disney films, after The Land Before Time and Anastasia. After fleeing Ukraine in the late 19th century, the Mousekewitz family lands in America, the land of opportunity. Young son Fievel is washed overboard and presumed dead. But he survives and reaches America on his own, searching for his family while trying to protect his newfound friends. An American Tail is a family favorite. It features the Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated song “Somewhere Out There,” which was a huge hit for singers Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. — Doug Pullen
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