Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:
You say that you are compiling a list of movies, but don't say who the list is for. If for yourself, any word or phrase will work. If for publication, if you are consistent, either of the words you've mentioned could work. For examples of current industry usage, I searched for some known animated movies ( Wall-E and Mulan ) on a few sites that have libraries of movies. IMDB and Netflix list the style (animated, Family Feature Animation, etc.) among their Genre tags. Amazon lists animation among its Category labels ( Movies & TV > Animation ) I also think you could argue that Style is an appropriate label for the distinction you are making. Again, as long as you are consistent and use your...
Full answer by Leatherwing: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/25106 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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