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Last film added: January 25, 2021. There are currently 1678 films in the database (since 1996).


    Animated Films (1996-2024)

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  1. Movie DetailsAmazing Screw-On Head, The (2006) 10  AnimationComedyHorrorObscure/RareComic Book/SuperheroTV ShowsI own on DVD
    A TV pilot featuring Emperor Zombie and Lincoln. Any last words before I spark it?
  2. Movie DetailsCollected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, The (2005) 10  AnimationHorrorObscure/RareI own on DVD
    An excellent retrospective of surreal, unsettling films from the Czech animator, dating 1965 to 1992.
  3. Movie DetailsEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 10  AnimationMind-blowingSci-FiI own on DVDFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories.
  4. Movie DetailsFantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 10  AnimationComedyI own on DVD
    A brilliant adaptation by Wes Anderson of the classic Roald Dahl book. Fantastic stop-motion animation.
  5. Movie DetailsIn the Realms of the Unreal (2004) 10  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Visionary artist Henry Darger was a hospital janitor who privately authored a 15,000-page fantasy novel.
  6. Movie DetailsIt's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) 10  AnimationComedyObscure/RareI own on DVD
    Don Hertzfeldt's feature-film version of his animated philosophical trilogy about Bill and his shattered psyche.
  7. Movie DetailsPersepolis (2007) 10  AnimationComic Book/SuperheroDocumentary/TrueFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Autobiographical, cinematic graphic novel of a young outspoken girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
  8. Movie DetailsScanner Darkly, A (2006) 10  AnimationConspiracyMind-blowingSci-FiFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Richard Linklater, Philip K. Dick, Keanu Reeves, Radiohead and interpolated rotoscoping animation. Brilliant.
  9. Movie DetailsSouth Park - Imaginationland (2007) 10  AnimationComedyFantasyTV Shows
    Epic three-part story arc from season 11 released as a standalone movie. The best ever.
  10. Movie DetailsSpirited Away (2001) 10  AnimationFantasyI own on DVDFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Miyazaki animates an alternate nighttime universe of Japanese gods and spirits.
  11. Movie DetailsTriplets of Belleville, The (2003) 10  AnimationComedySport
    Visually unique animation about a Tour de France kidnapping and the bizarre rescue effort.
  12. Movie DetailsWaltz with Bashir (2008) 10  AnimationWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/TrueFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Stunning. Folman interviews Israeli veterans of the 1982 Lebanon invasion to reconstruct his own memories.
  13. Movie DetailsWorld of Tomorrow (2015) 10  AnimationComedyMind-blowingObscure/RareSci-FiI own on DVDFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Brilliant Don Hertzfeldt short. A little girl experiences a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
  14. Movie DetailsWorld of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People... (2017) 10  AnimationComedyMind-blowingObscure/RareSci-Fi
    Dazzling and poignant sci-fi. Don Hertzfeldt reverse-engineered this sequel from audio of his five-year-old niece.
  15. Movie DetailsWorld of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations... (2020) 10  AnimationComedyMind-blowingObscure/RareSci-Fi
    Don Hertzfeldt's mind-blowing animated series continues. Clones of David and Emily through time and space.

  16. EXCELLENT
  17. Movie DetailsAnimation Show, The (2003) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/RareSci-FiI own on DVD
    A collection of short films (mostly comedy) put together by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt.
  18. Movie DetailsAnimation Show 2005, The (2005) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/RareSci-FiI own on DVD
    Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Plympton and other animators return in this second collection of excellent shorts.
  19. Movie DetailsAnimation Show 2007, The (2007) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/RareI own on DVD
    The touring festival's third anthology of animated shorts collected by Don Hertzfeldt and Mike Judge.
  20. Movie DetailsAnomalisa (2016) 9  AnimationComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    A joyless motivational speaker just going through the motions has an extraordinary experience. Stop-motion humanity.
  21. Movie DetailsChicken Run (2000) 9  AnimationComedy
    Aardman Animations presents a comedy escape drama on a sinister chicken farm in 1950s England.
  22. Movie DetailsCoraline (2009) 9  AnimationFantasy
    A secret door reveals a young girl's alternate, button-eyed life. Fantastic experience in RealD 3D.
  23. Movie DetailsFinding Nemo (2003) 9  AnimationComedy
    Pixar Animation presents a father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, an adventurous boy clownfish.
  24. Movie DetailsFrisky Dingo - Seasons 1 and 2 (2008) 9  AnimationComedySci-FiTV Shows
    A supervillain named Killface plans to destroy humanity using the Annihilatrix. Clever and often hilarious.
  25. Movie DetailsHowl's Moving Castle (2005) 9  AnimationFantasy
    The visual wonderment of Miyazaki reveals a magical world of witches, wizards and fire demons.
  26. Movie DetailsIllusionist, The (2010) 9  AnimationComedy
    An out-of-work, aging French magician travels to Scotland and meets a young woman.
  27. Movie DetailsIncredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit, The (2001) 9  AnimationComedy
    Aardman Animations presents the first three Wallace & Gromit short films. Cracking toast, Gromit!
  28. Movie DetailsIncredibles, The (2004) 9  AnimationComedySci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Pixar Animation presents a family of undercover superheroes forced into action to save the world.
  29. Movie DetailsInside Out (2015) 9  AnimationComedyFantasy
    A Minnesota tween is moved to California. What goes on in her head? Pixar brilliance.
  30. Movie DetailsIsle of Dogs (2018) 9  AnimationComedy
    The mayor of Megasaki, Japan banishes all dogs to Trash Island. Charming Wes Anderson stop-motion.
  31. Movie DetailsLego Movie, The (2014) 9  AnimationComedy
    Irreverent, smartly funny and even subversive. Remarkable for a 100-minute toy advertisement. Well played, Lego.
  32. Movie DetailsLittle Otik (2001) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyHorrorObscure/Rare
    A fantastically disturbing Czech fairytale about parenthood. It's conventionally structured for a Svankmajer film.
  33. Movie DetailsMe and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) 9  AnimationComedy
    A Pittsburgh high-schooler is deeply changed after befriending a classmate with cancer. Witty and heartbreaking.
  34. Movie DetailsMidnight Gospel - Season 1, The (2020) 9  AnimationComedyFantasySci-FiTV Shows
    Clancy explores psychedelic worlds with his faulty multiverse simulator. Existential cartoon set to podcast banter.
  35. Movie DetailsMillennium Actress (2001) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/Rare
    This animated epic blurs the distinction between film, history and memory. There are many truths.
  36. Movie DetailsMirai (2018) 9  AnimationFantasy
    Parenting two small children in a unique house that reveals family past and future. Magical.
  37. Movie DetailsPaprika (2007) 9  AnimationConspiracyFantasyMind-blowingSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    An insane anime that blurs the separation between reality, dreams, memory, cinema and the Internet.
  38. Movie DetailsPixar Story, The (2008) 9  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Documentary about the history of animation, and the origin and successes of Pixar Animation Studios.
  39. Movie DetailsPonyo (2009) 9  AnimationFantasy
    Miyazaki's charming story of a magical goldfish princess who begins a quest to become human.
  40. Movie DetailsPrincess Mononoke (1997) 9  AnimationFantasy
    Miyazaki presents a mythological tale of civilization encroaching on the beast gods of the forest.
  41. Movie DetailsRango (2011) 9  AnimationComedy
    A chameleon arrives in a lawless Wild West outpost in need of a new sheriff.
  42. Movie DetailsRed Turtle, The (2017) 9  AnimationFantasyI own on DVD
    A man stranded on a deserted island encounters an enormous red turtle. Dialogue-free Japanese fable.
  43. Movie DetailsRun Lola Run (1998) 9  AnimationI own on DVD
    A kinetic race against the clock in which small decisions domino into riches, or death.
  44. Movie DetailsScience of Sleep, The (2006) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyWith Sex/Nudity
    A charming hyperactive blur of cellophane-animated fantasy and reality. Surreal and inventive, but not profound.
  45. Movie DetailsScott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 9  AnimationComedyFantasyComic Book/SuperheroI own on DVD
    Clever graphic novel adaptation about a boy who must defeat his girlfriend's seven evil exes.
  46. Movie DetailsSong of the Sea (2014) 9  AnimationFantasyI own on DVD
    Magical journey of Irish siblings to free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world. Beautiful.
  47. Movie DetailsSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 9  AnimationSci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Visually ingenious comic-book mashup. Quantum insanity. A Marvel superhero movie that elevates the tired genre.
  48. Movie DetailsTorrey Pines (2016) 9  AnimationConspiracyMusical/MusicObscure/RareDocumentary/TrueI own on DVD
    Stop-motion adventure of 1990s youth. Director Clyde Peterson also leads queercore band Your Heart Breaks.
  49. Movie DetailsToy Story 3 (2010) 9  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Andy's going to college. Even better than the first two, with a particularly poignant ending.
  50. Movie DetailsUp (2009) 9  AnimationComedy
    An old man ties thousands of balloons to his house, flies to South America. Poignant.
  51. Movie DetailsWaking Life (2001) 9  AnimationFantasyMind-blowing
    Richard Linklater presents a uniquely animated universe that explores dream life and real life.
  52. Movie DetailsWallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 9  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    Aardman Animation's full-length feature of the claymation duo. Giant vegetables are protected by security systems.
  53. Movie DetailsWALL-E (2008) 9  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    Humans have left Earth, but a charming, curious robot is still cleaning up our mess.
  54. Movie DetailsWind Rises, The (2013) 9  AnimationDocumentary/True
    Miyazaki shows Jiro Horikoshi's dream of flight in Japan, passing through both world wars. Fascinating.
  55. Movie DetailsYour Name. (2016) 9  AnimationFantasyMind-blowing
    Two complete strangers, a teenage girl and a teenage boy in Japan, switch bodies. Heartwarming.

  56. VERY GOOD
  57. Movie DetailsAdventure Time - Seasons 1 and 2 (2011) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyTV Shows
    A boy and a magical dog are hero-adventurers in the Land of Ooo. Hilariously bizarre.
  58. Movie DetailsApril and the Extraordinary World (2016) 8  AnimationComedyConspiracyObscure/RareSci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Alternate universe ruled by coal and steam engines. Scientists have been disappearing. Fun French steampunk.
  59. Movie DetailsAvatar (2009) 8  AnimationSci-Fi
    Cameron delivers a forbidden love story set in an extraordinary, photorealistic alien world. 3D wonderment.
  60. Movie DetailsBatman: Under the Red Hood (2010) 8  AnimationComic Book/Superhero
    Compelling, accessible animated superhero film, featuring Batman, the Red Hood, Nightwing and the Joker.
  61. Movie DetailsBig Hero 6 (2014) 8  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    A robotics prodigy and inflatable robot Baymax become covert heroes of San Fransokyo. High-tech Pixar.
  62. Movie DetailsBoJack Horseman - Seasons 1-6 (2020) 8  AnimationComedyTV Shows
    Absurd adult cartoon about a washed-up 1990s sitcom horse in Hollywood. Surprising wit, depth, self-loathing.
  63. Movie DetailsBreadwinner, The (2017) 8  Animation
    A brave 11-year-old Afghan girl dresses as a boy to survive the Taliban. Beautiful, heartbreaking.
  64. Movie DetailsBug's Life, A (1998) 8  AnimationComedy
    A misfit ant, looking to save his colony from grasshoppers, recruits some inept circus bugs.
  65. Movie DetailsBunny and the Bull (2009) 8  AnimationComedyObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    A surreal, Gondry-esque comedy starring an agoraphobic man who reconstructs a tragic European road trip.
  66. Movie DetailsCars (2006) 8  AnimationComedySport
    Pixar presents hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen, who crashes through Radiator Springs on Route 66.
  67. Movie DetailsCoco (2017) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    On Día de los Muertos, an aspiring musician crosses into the afterlife seeking his great-great-grandfather.
  68. Movie DetailsCongress, The (2014) 8  AnimationMind-blowingSci-Fi
    Ambitious, futuristic amalgam of Hollywood actor digitization and animated illusory utopia. Trippy. Robin Wright stars.
  69. Movie DetailsCorpse Bride (2005) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    Tim Burton presents a shy groom whisked into the underworld after inadvertently marrying the dead.
  70. Movie DetailsFinding Dory (2016) 8  AnimationComedy
    The forgetful blue tang fish searches for her long-lost parents, journeys to an ocean conservatory.
  71. Movie DetailsFrom Up on Poppy Hill (2013) 8  Animation
    Lovely but mundane parable about preserving history from the Miyazakis/Studio Ghibli. Set in post-WWII Japan.
  72. Movie DetailsGirl Who Leapt Through Time, The (2008) 8  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    A Tokyo teen discovers she can suddenly time-travel. She mostly does it frivolously, and paradox-free.
  73. Movie DetailsGrand Night In: The Story of Aardman, A (2015) 8  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/TrueTV Shows
    History of Aardman Animations, the acclaimed British stop-motion animation studio behind Morph, Wallace & Gromit.
  74. Movie DetailsGruffalo, The (2009) 8  AnimationFantasyObscure/RareTV Shows
    A cunning mouse outwits a succession of predators while walking in the deep dark wood.
  75. Movie DetailsI Lost My Body (2019) 8  AnimationFantasy
    A severed hand escapes a lab and searches Paris for its body. Gruesomely enchanting, touching.
  76. Movie DetailsIn This Corner of the World (2017) 8  AnimationDocumentary/True
    In Hiroshima during World War II, a daydreaming girl confronts the devastating horrors of war.
  77. Movie DetailsIncredibles 2 (2018) 8  AnimationComedySci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Pixar superhero sequel that's much like the original, featuring mysterious villain Screenslaver. Jack-Jack has powers!
  78. Movie DetailsIron Giant, The (1999) 8  AnimationSci-Fi
    A boy makes friends with a giant alien robot that the government wants to destroy.
  79. Movie DetailsJungle Book, The (2016) 8  AnimationFantasy
    Can't really go wrong with Bill Murray and Christopher Walken voicing characters in this adaptation.
  80. Movie DetailsKing Corn (2007) 8  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Good-natured introduction to industrialized agriculture. We subsidize the Happy Meals, but not the healthy ones.
  81. Movie DetailsKubo and the Two Strings (2016) 8  AnimationFantasy
    A young boy searches for a magical suit of armor, fights vengeful spirits. Stop-motion origami.
  82. Movie DetailsKung Fury (2015) 8  AnimationComedyFantasySci-Fi
    In 1985, a Miami cop goes back in time to kill Hitler. Over-the-top crowdfunded action-comedy.
  83. Movie DetailsLittle Prince, The (2016) 8  AnimationFantasy
    An overscheduled girl befriends an eccentric aviator, who shares his extraordinary world. Moving, charming adaptation.
  84. Movie DetailsLoving Vincent (2017) 8  AnimationDocumentary/True
    The last days of Vincent van Gogh. A detective story exquisitely rendered with oil-painted animation.
  85. Movie DetailsMarvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Seasons 1-3, The (2010) 8  AnimationComedyObscure/RareTV Shows
    Cartoon seafaring adventures of young Flapjack and pirate K'nuckles who live in a talking whale.
  86. Movie DetailsMary and Max (2009) 8  AnimationComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    An Australian girl becomes pen pals with an obese New Yorker with Asperger's. Charming claymation.
  87. Movie DetailsMiss Hokusai (2016) 8  AnimationDocumentary/True
    Japanese ukiyo-e painter Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his artist daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
  88. Movie DetailsMonsters, Inc. (2001) 8  AnimationComedyConspiracyFantasy
    Pixar presents a bunch of scary monsters who are afraid of being contaminated by children.
  89. Movie DetailsMoominvalley - Season 1 (2019) 8  AnimationFantasyTV Shows
    A 2019 adaptation of Tove Jansson's beloved, charming Moomin family stories, animated in 3D CGI.
  90. Movie DetailsMoon Man (2012) 8  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    Moon Man hitches a ride to Earth on a comet and discovers children need him.
  91. Movie DetailsMy Life as a Zucchini (2017) 8  AnimationComedy
    Vibrant stop-motion animation about a young boy sent to a foster home. Delightful youthful resilience.
  92. Movie DetailsPainting, The (2013) 8  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    Characters in an incomplete painting seek their creator. Charming parable about God and social status.
  93. Movie DetailsParanoia Agent: Complete Collection (2004) 8  AnimationHorrorObscure/RareTV Shows
    Satoshi Kon's dark, paranormal 13-episode Japanese TV series. The spectral, enigmatic assailant Lil' Slugger fascinates.
  94. Movie DetailsParaNorman (2012) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyHorror
    Norman survives stop-motion ghosts, zombies and grownups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
  95. Movie DetailsRobot Chicken - Seasons 1-3 (2007) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyTV Shows
    Demented stop-motion animation using action figures and toys. These sketch-comedy vignettes skewer pop culture.
  96. Movie DetailsRoom on the Broom (2012) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/RareTV Shows
    A gentle witch offers rides to a variety of animals on her increasingly crowded broom.
  97. Movie DetailsShaun the Sheep Movie (2015) 8  AnimationComedyFantasy
    A bumbling farmer and animals get into big-city shenanigans. Lovely stop-motion Plasticine from Aardman Animations.
  98. Movie DetailsShaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, A (2020) 8  AnimationComedyFantasySci-Fi
    Aardman Animations with more endearing stop-motion slapstick, now featuring floppy-eared blue aliens on a farm.
  99. Movie DetailsShrek (2001) 8  AnimationComedyFantasy
    No, not my buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons.
  100. Movie DetailsShrek 2 (2004) 8  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Well, folks, it looks like we're up chocolate creek without a Popsicle stick.
  101. Movie DetailsSouth Park - The Complete 13 Seasons (2009) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyTV Shows
    The misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
  102. Movie DetailsTale of the Princess Kaguya, The (2014) 8  AnimationFantasy
    Watch a magical moon nymph be bored by 10th-century Japanese nobility. Pastel-toned Studio Ghibli folktale.
  103. Movie DetailsTeam America: World Police (2004) 8  AnimationComedyMusical/Music
    Subversive political satire, with explicit puppet sex. You are worthress, Arec Barrwin. America! Fuck, yeah!
  104. Movie DetailsTokyo Godfathers (2003) 8  AnimationComedyObscure/Rare
    An animated Christmas story set in Tokyo featuring an unlikely trio of homeless friends.
  105. Movie DetailsToy Story 2 (1999) 8  AnimationComedyFantasy
    All right, nobody look till I get my cork back in.
  106. Movie DetailsToy Story 4 (2019) 8  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Enter Forky, a trash toy, and the antique shop's ventriloquist dummies. Bo Peep's a badass.
  107. Movie DetailsVenture Bros. - Seasons One and Two, The (2006) 8  AnimationComedySci-FiTV Shows
    The warped misadventures of a middle-aged mad scientist, his teenage sons, and their maniac bodyguard.
  108. Movie DetailsWreck-It Ralph (2012) 8  AnimationComedy
    Charming pixel-art story of an arcade video game villain who wants to be a hero.
  109. Movie DetailsZootopia (2016) 8  AnimationComedyConspiracy
    A bunny police recruit and a con-artist fox work together to uncover a savage conspiracy.

  110. GOOD
  111. Movie Details9 (2009) 7  AnimationFantasySci-Fi
    A visually stunning, steampunk world inhabited by robot rag dolls. Ending is weak, plot underdeveloped.
  112. Movie DetailsAdventures of Tintin, The (2011) 7  Animation
    Spielberg and Peter Jackson adapt Georges Remi's classic comic strip about journalist Tintin and Snowy.
  113. Movie DetailsAnimatrix, The (2003) 7  AnimationSci-Fi
    An anthology of nine short anime films detailing the backstory of the Matrix.
  114. Movie DetailsAntz (1998) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Woody Allen is a neurotic ant who has become disenfranchised from his totalitarian colony.
  115. Movie DetailsBeavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) 7  AnimationComedyTV Shows
    Beavis and Butt-Head visit Vegas, the Grand Canyon and the White House. I am Cornholio!
  116. Movie DetailsBerserk - The Complete Collection (2002) 7  AnimationFantasyHorrorObscure/RareTV Shows
    Anime about young warrior Guts and the mercenary company called the Band of the Hawk.
  117. Movie DetailsBest of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The (2005) 7  AnimationFantasySci-FiTV ShowsI own on DVD
    My childhood memories, now on DVD. A first-rate reMASTERing of this moralizing homoerotic 1980s toy-advert.
  118. Movie DetailsBig River (2010) 7  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    An update/companion to 2007's King Corn. Explores the ecological consequences of industrial corn production.
  119. Movie DetailsBook of the Dead, The (2006) 7  AnimationObscure/Rare
    Intricate stop-motion animation set in feudal Japan. A mysterious Buddhist parable involving a ghost prince.
  120. Movie DetailsBoxtrolls, The (2014) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    An orphan raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from extermination.
  121. Movie DetailsBoy and the Beast, The (2016) 7  AnimationFantasy
    A nine-year-old boy in Japan stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts. Uneven coming-of-age anime.
  122. Movie DetailsCat in Paris, A (2012) 7  AnimationObscure/Rare
    Charming, attractive animated feature centered on cat burgling. Made with traditional ink and paint cartooning.
  123. Movie DetailsChronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004) 7  AnimationObscure/RareSci-Fi
    Peter Chung's animated short film bridges the Riddick story between 'Pitch Black' and 'The Chronicles'.
  124. Movie DetailsCollection of 2005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films, A (2006) 7  AnimationComedyObscure/RareSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Death abounds. I enjoyed Six Shooter and Jasper Morello. Hated the Moon and the Son.
  125. Movie DetailsCowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) 7  AnimationComedySci-FiTV Shows
    On Mars in the year 2071, the Bebop crew tries to contain a deadly virus.
  126. Movie DetailsDespicable Me (2010) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Supervillain Gru, and his minion army, adopts three orphans in order to steal the moon.
  127. Movie DetailsFlavors of Youth (2018) 7  AnimationObscure/Rare
    Three stories of formative childhood experiences set in different cities of China. Anime food nostalgia.
  128. Movie DetailsFrankenweenie (2012) 7  AnimationComedyHorrorSci-Fi
    Tim Burton's stop-motion love story between a boy and his (undead) dog. Classic horror homage.
  129. Movie DetailsGnomeo & Juliet (2011) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    It's Toy Story/Shrek with feuding Shakespearean garden gnomes. Charming, bizarre and loaded with pop-culture gags.
  130. Movie DetailsGruffalo's Child, The (2011) 7  AnimationFantasyObscure/RareTV Shows
    The child of the Gruffalo ignores her father's warnings and seeks the Big Bad Mouse.
  131. Movie DetailsHellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007) 7  AnimationFantasyHorrorObscure/RareComic Book/SuperheroTV Shows
    Hellboy ends up battling the goddess Hecate after a professor resurrects a powerful female vampire.
  132. Movie DetailsHercules (1997) 7  AnimationComedyMusical/Music
    Disney movie about the son of Zeus who becomes a hero to reclaim his immortality.
  133. Movie DetailsIce Age (2002) 7  AnimationComedy
    An animated saber-toothed tiger, sloth, wooly mammoth, and saber-toothed squirrel discover a lost human infant.
  134. Movie DetailsIdiots and Angels (2009) 7  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/Rare
    Bill Plympton's animated dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man who wakes up with wings.
  135. Movie DetailsJames and the Giant Peach (1996) 7  AnimationFantasyMusical/Music
    Roald Dahl's story of an orphan who befriends humanoid bugs living inside a giant peach.
  136. Movie DetailsKlaus (2019) 7  AnimationComedy
    Animated Santa Claus origin story, including a bumbling postman, horrible townsfolk, and the Saami people.
  137. Movie DetailsLilo & Stitch (2002) 7  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extraterrestrial fugitive.
  138. Movie DetailsMetropia (2010) 7  AnimationConspiracyObscure/RareSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Bleak dystopian future of Europe with a fascinating, photomontage animation style. An unsettling Orwellian plot.
  139. Movie DetailsMoana (2016) 7  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    Disney musical set in Ancient Polynesia. A girl befriends a demigod to save her people.
  140. Movie DetailsMonster in Paris, A (2012) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    In 1910 Paris, a monster from an eccentric scientist's greenhouse meets a beautiful cabaret singer.
  141. Movie DetailsMood Indigo (2014) 7  AnimationComedyFantasyWith Sex/Nudity
    Gondry outwhimsied himself with this bipolar stop-motion diorama. Like Pee-wee's Playhouse plus Amélie, n'est-ce pas?
  142. Movie DetailsMulan (1998) 7  AnimationComedyMusical/Music
    A girl secretly joins the Chinese army disguised as a man and becomes a hero.
  143. Movie DetailsMy Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) 7  AnimationComedyObscure/Rare
    Dreamlike mixed media animation. When your high school experience collapses into the sea via earthquake.
  144. Movie DetailsPhantom Boy (2016) 7  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    A boy whose illness allows him to float outside his body befriends a NYC cop.
  145. Movie DetailsPiano Tuner of Earthquakes, The (2006) 7  AnimationHorrorMusical/MusicObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    The Brothers Quay present a dark fairytale about a diabolical doctor and beautiful opera singer.
  146. Movie DetailsPrincess and the Frog, The (2009) 7  AnimationFantasyMusical/Music
    Disney fairytale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans. Waitress Tiana kisses a frog prince. Voodoo.
  147. Movie DetailsSecret of Kells, The (2009) 7  AnimationFantasy
    A hand-drawn medieval adventure of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells. Intricate visuals.
  148. Movie DetailsSidewalls (2011) 7  AnimationComedyObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Two neurotic individuals live in neighboring apartments in Buenos Aires. Will they meet? Charming loneliness.
  149. Movie DetailsSouth Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) 7  AnimationComedyMusical/MusicTV Shows
    I'm sorry I can't help myself. That movie has warped my fragile little mind.
  150. Movie DetailsSteamboy (2005) 7  AnimationSci-Fi
    In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor becomes involved in a revolution of steam power technology.

  151. FAIR
  152. Movie DetailsBeowulf (2007) 6  AnimationFantasy
    I am Beowulf! My lips don't move right and my eyes are dead. Corny, unsatisfying.
  153. Movie DetailsBlood: The Last Vampire (2001) 6  AnimationHorrorObscure/Rare
    A vampire horror anime set in 1966 on a U.S. Air Force base in Japan.
  154. Movie DetailsBolt (2008) 6  AnimationComedyFantasy
    A lovable cartoon dog movie. Plus, Miley Cyrus sounds like she drinks whiskey every night.
  155. Movie DetailsCartoon Noir (1999) 6  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/Rare
    Six oddball, animated shorts from five countries, featuring supernatural elements and darker themes. Mediocre.
  156. Movie DetailsDante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) 6  AnimationHorrorObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Animatrix-style companion to EA's video game. Dante enters the nine circles of hell, battles demons.
  157. Movie DetailsExtraordinary Tales (2015) 6  AnimationHorrorObscure/Rare
    Animated anthology of five stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe. Disjointedly connected via Death character.
  158. Movie DetailsFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) 6  AnimationFantasySci-Fi
    Beautifully rendered CGI could not hold my interest. For Final Fantasy video game fans only.
  159. Movie DetailsHave a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020) 6  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    The benefits and hazards of hallucinogens, mostly related via celebrity stoner tales and goofy reenactments.
  160. Movie DetailsHellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) 6  AnimationFantasyHorrorObscure/RareComic Book/SuperheroTV Shows
    A samurai sword sends Hellboy into a dangerous realm of Japanese legends, ghosts and monsters.
  161. Movie DetailsImagination (2007) 6  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    Eric Leiser's surreal experiment with puppetry, stop-motion sketches and claymation. And unconvincing actors.
  162. Movie DetailsJack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014) 6  AnimationFantasyMusical/MusicObscure/Rare
    Strange, vivid fantasy about a boy with a mechanical heart. Disjointed script, uncanny valley characters.
  163. Movie DetailsLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) 6  AnimationFantasy
    A young owl is abducted, but he escapes and seeks out the legendary Guardians.
  164. Movie DetailsDr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) 6  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    Hyperactive disservice to Seuss. Teaches how to blindly consume and toss marshmallows to adorable bears.
  165. Movie DetailsMirror Mirror (2012) 6  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Visually stunning like all Tarsem movies, and Julia Roberts was cast appropriately, but jarringly jokey/dopey.
  166. Movie DetailsOrigin: Spirits of the Past (2007) 6  AnimationObscure/RareSci-Fi
    In a post-apocalyptic anime future, cell-animated humans battle sentient forests with CG war machines.
  167. Movie DetailsPuss in Boots (2011) 6  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek are swashbuckling cats in this Shrek spinoff. Generally cute, fun.
  168. Movie DetailsRevolver (2007) 6  AnimationWith Sex/NuditySport
    This stylish Guy Ritchie art film about con-men feels jumbled, pretentious and psychoanalytical. But intriguing.
  169. Movie DetailsSecret Life of Pets, The (2016) 6  AnimationComedy
    The silly escapades of some Manhattan pets and a psychotic rabbit. Both cute and annoying.
  170. Movie DetailsSecret Life of Pets 2, The (2019) 6  AnimationComedy
    Slightly better than the first movie. What pets do when humans aren't looking. Relatable, charming.
  171. Movie DetailsSmall Soldiers (1998) 6  AnimationComedyFantasySci-Fi
    When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys go to war.
  172. Movie DetailsTangled (2010) 6  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    Disney's story of Rapunzel. A bland, computer-animated corporate musical that made me borderline suicidal.
  173. Movie DetailsWhisker Away, A (2020) 6  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    A spastic junior-high girl transforms into a cat, hoping to receive a classmate's affection.

  174. ADEQUATE
  175. Movie DetailsGuardian Brothers, The (2017) 5  AnimationObscure/Rare
    The spirit world is authoritarian and small-minded. The godless human world has tasty-looking Chinese soup.
  176. Movie DetailsGlitch in the Grid (2011) 5  AnimationObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Three artists find spiritual renewal in this imaginative but self-indulgent film by the Leiser Brothers.
  177. Movie DetailsGnome Alone (2017) 5  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/Rare
    Help garden gnomes battle the Troggs and save the world? Or befriend wicked teenage girls?
  178. Movie DetailsHalo Legends (2010) 5  AnimationObscure/RareSci-Fi
    Collection of seven Halo stories. Starts out heavy-handedly and badly animated, but eventually gets better.
  179. Movie DetailsHome (2015) 5  AnimationComedyFantasySci-Fi
    Adorable cuttlefish-like aliens attack Earth, then learn to love Rihanna's music. I guess? Zany, underdeveloped.
  180. Movie DetailsSaiyûki Vol. 1: The Journey Begins (2003) 5  AnimationFantasyObscure/RareTV Shows
    A Dragonball Z-like anime adventure of four heroes traveling West to confront a powerful demon.
  181. Movie DetailsSpeed Racer (2008) 5  AnimationConspiracySport
    A hyperfrenetic explosion of sound and color in the form of Car-Fu. It's marginally watchable.
  182. Movie DetailsTitan A.E. (2000) 5  AnimationSci-Fi
    In 3028, cartoon Earth prepares for an attack by the Drej, a vicious alien race.

  183. FROM BAD TO WORSE
  184. Movie DetailsEmoji Movie, The (2017) CRAP  AnimationComedy
    They turned a smartphone messaging app into a movie? I was nihilistically curious. WEARY. GRIMACING.
  185. Movie DetailsPets United (2020) CRAP  AnimationComedyObscure/Rare
    Blatant caricature of popular pet and robot movies, plus superficial, mean-spirited body-shaming. Avoid this garbage.
  186. Movie DetailsTad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (2017) CRAP  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/Rare
    An awkward explorer, with Peruvian mummy sidekick, versus a millionaire looking for King Midas' necklace.


  187. Statistical ratings distribution of these 180 films (10.7% of total rated films):
    With enough films included, it usually approximates a bell curve with a mean near 6.5...
    (especially when considering that CRAP is 0-4 combined).
    Average rating for these 180 films: 7.7.

    10:8.3%

    9:21.7%

    8:29.4%

    7:22.2%

    6:12.2%

    5:4.4%

    CRAP:1.7%



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