The 33 Most-Watched Cat Videos Ever [PURR]

33. Kitten in Hamster Ball

It goes on too long, and could do with a little more motion to justify the Stealer's Wheel soundtrack. But these are forgivable sins in the cat video world, it seems; Tom Tom's spherical plastic antics have racked up more than 11 million views.

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Cat videos -- you thought they were a colossal (if cute) waste of time, right? You had no idea they were art.

But Tuesday's announcement, heralding the first ever international cat video festival, changed all that. Roll over, Sundance! Move aside, Cannes! Cue the rise of an entirely new breed of journalist, the cat video critic.

For all you aspiring Roger Eberts of the feline film scene, we put together the video gallery above. These aren't the Oscar winners of the genre -- when it comes to cat videos, quality is in the eye of the beholder -- but they are the box-office sensations.

We researched all videos that focus on cats or kittens on YouTube, including animation (how could we…
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