Animated features from every studio and era, judged as films first and technical achievements second. Great animation serves story; these reviews hold it to that standard.
AnimatedSanta's bumbling son Arthur must deliver a forgotten present before sunrise, using an antique sleigh and his grandfather's wisdom. Arthur Christmas is Sarah Smith's 2011 British-American animated Christmas comedy from Aardman Animations depicting the modern operation of Santa's high-tech global…
AnimatedA spoiled postman exiled to a frigid island town befriends a reclusive toymaker, and they invent the Santa tradition together. Klaus is Sergio Pablos's 2019 Spanish-British-American animated film depicting a spoiled wealthy postman exiled to a remote frozen island town…
AnimatedTom Hanks performs motion capture for six different roles including the boy, the conductor, the boy's father, the hobo, the narrator, and Santa Claus. The film's central technological achievement and its central technological problem are the same thing.
AnimatedChuck Jones directs the animated Dr. Seuss special about a sour creature plotting to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
AnimatedBillie Mae Richards voices Rudolph. The special is technically stop-motion puppet animation instead of claymation, executed by Tadahito Mochinaga's animation team at MOM Production in Tokyo.
AnimatedCharlie Brown directs the Peanuts gang in a Nativity pageant after rejecting the commercialism of the season. A Charlie Brown Christmas is Bill Melendez's 1965 American animated television special depicting Charlie Brown's depression at the commercialization of the Christmas season…
AnimatedSatoshi Kon directs the story of three homeless Tokyo residents who find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve and search for the parents. Tokyo Godfathers is Satoshi Kon's 2003 Japanese animated film depicting three homeless Tokyo residents, a middle-aged alcoholic…
AnimatedHayao Miyazaki's 1988 Studio Ghibli pastoral. Two girls discover forest spirits in rural Japan.
AnimatedAndrew Stanton's 2008 Pixar masterpiece. Garbage robot finds love on dead Earth.
Animated2006 Pixar animated film with Owen Wilson as race car Lightning McQueen stranded in Route 66 town Radiator Springs. Cars is John Lasseter's 2006 Pixar animated film.
Animated2011 Pixar sequel with Lightning McQueen and Mater drawn into international espionage. Widely considered Pixar's weakest film.
AnimatedA ten-year-old girl trapped in a bathhouse for spirits. First non-English Best Animated Feature Oscar winner.
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