Best Animation Movies of the 2020s

1. 1
   Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender 2026

   Directed by Lauren Montgomery · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   8.9

   9.0 · 1.4K votes
2. 2
   Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle 2025

   Directed by Haruo Sotozaki · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu
   8.7

   8.8 · 2.3K votes
3. 3
   Swapped 2026

   Directed by Nathan Greno · Streaming on Netflix
   8.7

   8.8 · 2.3K votes
4. 4
   Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall 2026

   Directed by Jeff Wamester
   8.6

   9.1 · 478 votes
5. 5
   Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc 2025

   Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara · Streaming on Crunchyroll
   8.4

   8.5 · 1.3K votes
6. 6
   Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

   Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos · Streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, HBO Max
   8.3

   8.3 · 9.4K votes
7. 7
   The Wild Robot 2024

   Directed by Chris Sanders · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
   8.3

   8.3 · 6.8K votes
8. 8
   Toy Story 5 2026

   Directed by Andrew Stanton · Streaming on Disney Plus
   8.2

   8.3 · 2.7K votes
9. 9
   Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2022

   Directed by Joel Crawford · Streaming on Netflix
   8.2

   8.2 · 9.3K votes
10. 10
    Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train 2020

    Directed by Haruo Sotozaki · Streaming on Crunchyroll, Amasian TV
    8.2

    8.2 · 4.7K votes
11. 11
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026

    Directed by Michael Jelenic · Streaming on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
    8.2

    8.2 · 3.9K votes
12. 12
    Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK 2024

    Directed by Yuichiro Hayashi · Streaming on Crunchyroll
    8.1

    8.8 · 273 votes
13. 13
    Justice League Dark: Apokolips War 2020

    Directed by Matt Peters · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.1

    8.2 · 1.6K votes
14. 14
    Soul 2020

    Directed by Pete Docter · Streaming on Disney Plus, Hulu
    8.1

    8.1 · 12K votes
15. 15
    Hoppers 2026

    Directed by Daniel Chong · Streaming on Disney Plus
    8.1

    8.1 · 2.5K votes
16. 16
    Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021

    Directed by Hideaki Anno
    8.1

    8.2 · 1K votes
17. 17
    Wolfwalkers 2020

    Directed by Tomm Moore · Streaming on Apple TV
    8.1

    8.2 · 1.5K votes
18. 18
    Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020

    Directed by Taichi Ishidate · Streaming on Netflix
    8.0

    8.3 · 557 votes
19. 19
    Ne Zha 2 2025

    Directed by Jiao Zi · Streaming on HBO Max
    8.0

    8.2 · 856 votes
20. 20
    Jujutsu Kaisen 0 2021

    Directed by Sunghoo Park · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.9K votes
21. 21
    Flow 2024

    Directed by Gints Zilbalodis · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    8.0

    8.1 · 3.1K votes
22. 22
    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 2022

    Directed by Peter Baynton · Streaming on Apple TV
    8.0

    8.2 · 784 votes
23. 23
    Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge 2020

    Directed by Ethan Spaulding
    8.0

    8.1 · 1.5K votes
24. 24
    Look Back 2024

    Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
    8.0

    8.2 · 699 votes
25. 25
    The Legend of Hei 2 2025

    Directed by Gu Jie
    8.0

    9.0 · 155 votes
26. 26
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 2020

    Directed by Kotaro Tamura · Streaming on Crunchyroll
    8.0

    8.2 · 644 votes
27. 27
    Once Upon a Studio 2023

    Directed by Trent Correy · Streaming on Disney Plus
    8.0

    8.3 · 456 votes
28. 28
    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022

    Directed by Guillermo del Toro · Streaming on Netflix
    7.9

    8.0 · 3.5K votes
29. 29
    The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie 2022

    Directed by Masato Jimbo · Streaming on Crunchyroll
    7.9

    8.3 · 461 votes
30. 30
    Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ 2020

    Directed by Thomas Astruc · Streaming on Netflix, Disney Plus
    7.9

    8.1 · 1.1K votes
31. 31
    KPop Demon Hunters 2025

    Directed by Maggie Kang · Streaming on Netflix
    7.9

    8.0 · 3.3K votes
32. 32
    Transformers One 2024

    Directed by Josh Cooley · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+
    7.9

    8.0 · 1.8K votes
33. 33
    GOAT 2026

    Directed by Tyree Dillihay · Streaming on Netflix
    7.9

    8.0 · 1.1K votes
34. 34
    Memoir of a Snail 2024

    Directed by Adam Elliot · Streaming on Hulu, Philo, AMC Plus
    7.9

    8.1 · 848 votes
35. 35
    Given 2020

    Directed by Hikaru Yamaguchi · Streaming on Crunchyroll
    7.9

    8.2 · 427 votes
36. 36
    Las leyendas: El origen 2021

    Directed by Ricardo Arnaiz · Streaming on VIX , ViX Premium
    7.8

    8.4 · 289 votes
37. 37
    Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero 2022

    Directed by Tetsuro Kodama · Streaming on Hulu, Crunchyroll
    7.8

    7.9 · 3.1K votes
38. 38
    La Leyenda de los Chaneques 2023

    Directed by Marvick Núñez · Streaming on VIX , ViX Premium
    7.8

    8.3 · 277 votes
39. 39
    Suzume 2022

    Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.9K votes
40. 40
    A Whisker Away 2020

    Directed by Junichi Sato · Streaming on Netflix
    7.8

    7.9 · 1.5K votes
41. 41
    Sing 2 2021

    Directed by Garth Jennings · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MX Player
    7.8

    7.8 · 5K votes
42. 42
    Robot Dreams 2023

    Directed by Pablo Berger · Streaming on Hulu, Kanopy
    7.8

    8.0 · 873 votes
43. 43
    The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2021

    Directed by Mike Rianda · Streaming on Netflix
    7.8

    7.8 · 3.5K votes
44. 44
    New Gods: Nezha Reborn 2021

    Directed by Zhao Ji · Streaming on Netflix
    7.8

    8.0 · 539 votes
45. 45
    Ron's Gone Wrong 2021

    Directed by Jean-Philippe Vine · Streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, FXNow
    7.8

    7.8 · 2.1K votes
46. 46
    Raya and the Last Dragon 2021

    Directed by Don Hall · Streaming on Disney Plus
    7.8

    7.8 · 7.5K votes
47. 47
    Nimona 2023

    Directed by Nick Bruno · Streaming on Netflix
    7.8

    7.8 · 1.5K votes
48. 48
    Wish Dragon 2021

    Directed by Chris Appelhans · Streaming on Netflix
    7.8

    7.8 · 1.6K votes
49. 49
    Luca 2021

    Directed by Enrico Casarosa · Streaming on Disney Plus
    7.8

    7.8 · 9.2K votes
50. 50
    Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King 2023

    Directed by Ayataka Tanemura · Streaming on Netflix
    7.7

    8.1 · 432 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   A Neighborhood Family 2026

   Directed by Sergio Lebrija · Streaming on VIX , ViX Premium
   7.2

   9.2 · 50 votes
2. 2
   Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - the Movie 2026

   Directed by Yohei Kameyama · Streaming on Netflix
   6.9

   8.6 · 46 votes
3. 3
   WAR 2023

   Directed by Miklós Horváth Milán
   6.7

   9.4 · 21 votes
4. 4
   Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames 2026

   Directed by Naoya Ando · Streaming on Netflix
   6.7

   9.0 · 23 votes
5. 5
   Swallowed Star The Movie: Xueluo Continent 2024

   Directed by Robin Shen
   6.7

   9.2 · 20 votes
6. 6
   Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era 2024

   Directed by Ken Yamamoto
   6.8

   8.5 · 35 votes
7. 7
   Revue Starlight: The Movie 2021

   Directed by Tomohiro Furukawa · Streaming on HiDive
   6.8

   8.4 · 39 votes
8. 8
   La Familia del Barrio: La Película 2024

   Directed by Rhajov Villafuerte · Streaming on ViX Premium
   6.8

   8.2 · 49 votes
9. 9
   World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime 2020

   Directed by Don Hertzfeldt
   6.7

   8.3 · 37 votes
10. 10
    VIRGIN PUNK Clockwork Girl 2025

    Directed by Yasuomi Umetsu
    6.8

    8.1 · 44 votes