Best animated films of all time

Animation at its most inventive, for every age. Ranked by the Boxlist quality score, from films with over 1,000 audience ratings.

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    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

    Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the...

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    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

    After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of...

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    The Wild Robot poster

    The Wild Robot (2024)

    After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an...

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    Flow poster

    Flow (2024)

    A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.

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    The Iron Giant poster

    The Iron Giant (1999)

    In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their...

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    Ratatouille poster

    Ratatouille (2007)

    Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his...

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    How to Train Your Dragon poster

    How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

    As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after...

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    Fantastic Mr. Fox poster

    Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

    The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge...

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    The Lego Movie poster

    The Lego Movie (2014)

    An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

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    Toy Story poster

    Toy Story (1995)

    Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against...

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    Shrek poster

    Shrek (2001)

    It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing...

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    Coraline poster

    Coraline (2009)

    When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and...

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    KPop Demon Hunters poster

    KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

    When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.

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    Finding Nemo poster

    Finding Nemo (2003)

    Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly...

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    How to Train Your Dragon 2 poster

    How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

    The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and...

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    Up poster

    Up (2009)

    Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate...

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    WALL·E poster

    WALL·E (2008)

    WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess...

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    Zootopia poster

    Zootopia (2016)

    Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with...

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    Inside Out poster

    Inside Out (2015)

    Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Riley's guiding emotions—...

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    The Lion King poster

    The Lion King (1994)

    A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah...

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    Toy Story 3 poster

    Toy Story 3 (2010)

    Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care...

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    Corpse Bride poster

    Corpse Bride (2005)

    Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse...

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    Soul poster

    Soul (2020)

    Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his...

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    Isle of Dogs poster

    Isle of Dogs (2018)

    In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey...

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