Animation has always been integral to cinematic history, but over the past decade animated filims have flourished in terms of variety, technological innovation and emotional depth. From traditional to mixed-media, here are the best animated movies and shows to stream.
Dir. Ahmad Hassunah & Ahmed Al Danaf
From Ground Zero doesn’t have the most number of shorts within an anthology film, though it comes pretty close with…
From the creators of Scavengers Reign and Veep comes Common Side Effects, a show that’s at once quirkily funny and…
During adolescence, teenagers get to learn and discover themselves and the world, but for most people, this means going through…
Dir. Chris Sanders
Beautiful in its painterly compositions and gut-wrenching in its storytelling, The Wild Robot has been dubbed one of the best…
Dir. Usman Riaz
Who hasn’t been inspired by Studio Ghibli? Pakistan’s first ever hand-drawn animated feature clearly takes inspiration from the famed film…
Regardless of age, most viewers would be familiar with the way alcoholic drinks are portrayed in the media as a…
With a wolf deity, wheat harvesting rituals, and farmtown folklore, it may seem that Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the…
It’s easy to mistake stills of Batman: The Caped Crusader with Batman: The Animated Series, that iconic ‘90s series that…
Dir. Signe Baumane
It’s not often you get a female perspective on the USSR, much less a female artist with little means. Signe…
Dir. Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach
While the market for animation is mostly dominated by American 3D and Japanese anime, once in a while, a film…
Dir. Yuzuru Tachikawa
2023 was a great year for animation with films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, and The Boy and the…
Dir. Jérémie Périn
The premise of Mars Express may not be novel, especially when films like Blade Runner have already gracefully explored the…
For those familiar with the original book series, you’ll already know what kind of show to expect. The Apple+ cartoon…
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
The Boy and the Heron isn’t Hayao Miyazaki’s best film, nor is it his most accessible, seeing as the director…
Dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman
After Loving Vincent, DK and Hugh Welchman’s iconic oil paint animation initially seems like old hat, but this time the…
Dir. Mike Roth
While it might not be the most inspired story featuring the titular caped crusader—nor is it a particularly Christmas-y tale—Merry…
In fantasy worlds, races with different lifespans are a given, but rarely does a work actually contemplate how these variations…
Usually, being swallowed up by a dragon means death. However, for Rentt Faina, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer, becoming a skeleton…
Usually, when whisked away to a fantasy world, there’s usually some grand reason, like a prophecy or a destined quest…
Undead Unluck is such a strange anime with such a strange duo. Named after their respective powers, the undead Andy…
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