“Up“… “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs“… “Coraline” … “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”

No question 2009 has been an outstanding year for animation with a record 20 films having been submitted for best animated feature at the Academy Awards.

So, movie experts, pick five nominees from the contenders:

“Up,” “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” “Monsters vs. Aliens,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Mary and Max,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “Ponyo,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” “Astro Boy,” “Battle for Terra,” “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” “The Dolphin — Story of a Dreamer,” “The Missing Lynx,” “9,” “Planet 51,” “The Secret of Kells,” “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure” and “A Town Called Panic.”