One of the most adaptable and revolutionary ways to stylize and tell stories in the entire film medium is animation. What was once dismissed as a medium created exclusively to appeal to children has given rise to innumerable timeless classics that are regarded as some of the greatest movies ever. As more and more creative minds put their own stamp on this enduring form of cinematic storytelling, animated films will only continue to thrive and redefine themselves time and time again.
In the past century, animated films have become a popular art form that has won over many people’s hearts and minds. Increasing in popularity over the past few decades as technology has advanced. Animation is no longer just for kids; it is now a well-established genre in cinema.
Top `10 Animation Movies
1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
2. Nimona (2023)
When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona — a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he’s sworn to destroy.
3. Elemental (2023)
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together.
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
5. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
The Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
8. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.
9. Mulan (1998)
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process.
10. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2024)
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After leaving off from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the story continues.