Best Animation Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Animation Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: anime, feel good, fairy tale, 3d animation, computer animated and entertaining. Plot: love, friendship, kids and family, male protagonist, escapades, teenager, furry, buddies, villain and rescue. Genre: Animation, Family and Adventure. Country: USA, Japan and Canada.
Best Animation Movies
Best Animation Movies
TOP Movies: Ratatouille (2007), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Finding Nemo (2003), Inside Out (2015), Moana (2016), The Incredibles (2004), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Tangled (2010), WALL·E (2008), Coco (2017), The Lion King (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 4 (2019), Zootopia (2016), Up (2009), Mulan (1998), Coraline (2009), Madagascar (2005), Ice Age (2002), Tarzan (1999).

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 8.1
 815K
Ratatouille (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: chef, cooking, food, friendship, rat, cooking and food, follow your dream, restaurant, mouse, rise to the top, young man, odd couple ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place: paris france, europe, france
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Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster ...
Style: computer animated, humorous, entertaining, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: global warming, creature, dinosaur, iceberg, friendship, talking animal, ice age, animal, mammoth, survival, teamwork, snow ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s
Place: antarctic
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 1.1M
Finding Nemo (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: friendship, underwater, shark, memory loss, father son relationship, animal, freedom, courage, single father, rescue, odd couple, talking animal ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new south wales, oceania, pacific ocean, sydney australia
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 778K
Inside Out (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style: inspirational, touching, emotional, 3d animation, motivational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary friend, memory, creativity, dream, joy, childhood, parents and children, life philosophy, subconscious, coming of age, friendship, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
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 7.6
 374K
Moana (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
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 8.0
 802K
The Incredibles (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Style: entertaining, funny, exciting, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, good versus evil, secret identity, superhero team, superheroine, superhuman powers, strong female character, disguise, villain, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 60s, 20th century, year 1962, 2000s ...
Place: usa, chicago, fictional island
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 8.1
 972K
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: monster, friendship, imaginary, creature, imagination, children, fantasy world, friends, parallel world, rivalry, little girl, rivals ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, himalaya
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 490K
Tangled (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, romantic, uplifting, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, female protagonist, love and romance, horse, happy ending, power of love, unlikely couple, magical, strong female character ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 19th century, 17th century, 1810s
Place: fictional island, germany
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 8.4
 1.2M
WALL·E (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style: feel good, touching, futuristic, emotional, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: loneliness, robot, space travel, ecology, outer space, post apocalypse, love, technology, artificial intelligence, society, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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 8.4
 583K
Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, afterlife, life after death, musician, music, life & death, death, childhood, memory, good versus evil, boy, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet
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 8.5
 1.1M
The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
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 8.3
 1.1M
Toy Story (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: 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 Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style: touching, computer animated, exciting, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: friendship, toys, wilhelm scream, rescue, toy story, toy comes to life, rivalry, friends, childhood, teamwork, anthropomorphism, birthday ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: usa, ohio
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 278K
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure ...
Style: road movie, exciting, humorous, 3d animation, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot: friendship, toy story, travel, on the road, astronaut, sheriff, cartoon dog, child, cowboy, toy comes to life, antique shop, ventriloquist dummy ...
Time: year 2019, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 541K
Zootopia (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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 scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Style: feel good, 3d animation, funny, allegory, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, police, furry, happy ending, female protagonist, stereotypes, rabbit, friendship, prejudice, conspiracy, racial relations ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 1.1M
Up (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot: dog, loneliness, friendship, unlikely friendships, follow your dream, hopes, friends, animal life, journey, obsessive quest, aging, wilderness ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 314K
Mulan (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li ...
Style: feel good, light, touching, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: female protagonist, female warrior, cross dressing, princess, dragon, human spirit, friendship, heroine, good versus evil, sexism, gender disguise, gender ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 6th century, 5th century
Place: china, ancient china, asia
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 261K
Coraline (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style: gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot: stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, weirdo, doll, secret place, heroine, fantasy world, loneliness, imagination ...
Time: year 2009, future, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, michigan, usa, texas
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 6.9
 434K
Madagascar (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York's Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends -- Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo -- have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: jungle, friendship, penguins, unlikely friendships, animal life, island, zebra, escape, lion, animal, rescue, wilderness ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
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 7.5
 515K
Ice Age (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. ...
Style: feel good, road movie, touching, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: ice age, unlikely friendships, good versus evil, friendship, heroic mission, life risking, odd couple, talking animal, heroes, friends, bonding, animal life ...
Time: prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place: antarctic
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style: feel good, anime, exciting, light, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, alternate universe, teenage life, teenage superhero, super powers, father son relationship, love, physics ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, north america, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 245K
Tarzan (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, light, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: jungle, tarzan, happy ending, love and romance, childhood, orphan, ape man, adoption, monkey, friendship, betrayal, baby ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 1800s, 1880s, 20th century ...
Place: africa, nigeria
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 314K
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, danger, mentor, master warrior, courage, goofy hero, chosen one, good versus evil, furry, evil, team, animal ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s
Place: china, iran, ancient china, asia
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 463K
Aladdin (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: princess, desert, genie, love, arabian nights, disney princess, friendship, magic, poverty, unlikely couple, rags to riches, aladdin ...
Time: middle ages, year 1992, 90s, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, sahara, arabia, iraq
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The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Style: light, entertaining, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, children, animal, kids and family, terrier, friendship, cat, anthropomorphism, chase, talking animal, childhood, dachshund ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, north america
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 7.6
 581K
Despicable Me (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: adoption, imaginary, orphan, children, friendship, super villain, minion, escapades, kids and family, lifestyle change, chase, adoptive father ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, north korea, egypt
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 328K
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Style: exciting, funny, entertaining, captivating, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot: superhero, superheroine, supernatural ability, parenting, superhero team, baby, supernatural power, mission, good versus evil, teleportation, obsessive quest, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, year 1962, 60s, 20th century
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter ...
Style: humorous, 3d animation, computer animated, fairy tale, absurd ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot: vampire, hotel, monster, dracula, creature, father daughter relationship, mummy, love and romance, supernatural, supernatural romance, werewolf, frankenstein ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 1890s, 19th century, 21st century
Place: transylvania, europe, romania, new york, moscow russia ...
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 8.0
 375K
Soul (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style: 3d animation, touching, philosophical, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, life, teaching the ways of the world, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: hawaii, tibet, manhattan new york city, new york
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: dragon, friendship, viking, unlikely friendships, creature, friends, imaginary, magic, happy ending, medieval, imaginary kingdom, young kid ...
Time: year 2010, medieval times, 2010s, 2000s, middle ages
Place: scandinavia, fictional island, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 728K
Shrek (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, funny, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2001, middle ages, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
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