Ten animated films every adult must see - 10. Kung Fu Panda

The reason I think so highly of this movie is because it elevates humility over ability.  Po, the overweight Panda voiced by Jack Black, works as a server in his father's noodle shop.  He is a huge fan of the art of Kung Fu and the local heroes, the Furious Five but he has never learned or practiced Kung Fu for himself.  On a mountain top, the audience is introduced to Master Oogway and Master Shifu where it is learned that the antagonist, Tai Lung, will soon escape from prison.  The solution to the panic of such an escape is for one of the Furious Five to receive the powerful Dragon Scroll and thus become the Dragon Warrior.  Oogway and Shifu both believe that the Kung Fu master who becomes the Dragon Warrior will be powerful enough to stop Tai Lung.  Thousands assemble to find out which member of the Furious Five will be the Dragon Warrior but none of them will be.  To the surprise of everyone except Oogway, Po is declared to be the Dragon Warrior.  The Furious Five are just that and Master Shifu is outraged.  Oogway holds to his decision despite oposition from everyone and in the end he is vindicated by his wisdom.  Po was the right one for the job.  The reason Po was the perfect candidate to be the Dragon Warrior was because he had a lion's share of humility where every member of the Furious Five was lacking.  The lesson I learned from this movie is that humility supercedes ability.  Po had zero ability and all kinds of humility.