Best Animation Movies of the 2020s

The animation films from 2020–2029that defined the decade. Plus the ones that wasted everyone's time and money.

Worth Watching

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$78M

The Wild Robot

2024

$78M and DreamWorks made adults sob in theaters over a robot raising a goose. Beautiful animation, genuine emotion, proof that animated movies don't need $200M — they need heart.

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$3.7M

Flow

2024

$3.7M. A Latvian animated film with zero dialogue about a cat surviving a flood. Won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature over Disney and Pixar. THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. Signal.

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$122M

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2024

A video game franchise that actually gets BETTER with each installment? Keanu as Shadow. $122M well spent. Paramount knows something Sony doesn't.

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$100M

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

$100M and every frame is a painting. 1,000 unique character designs. Animation styles that shift per universe. Sony spent LESS than Quantumania and delivered something revolutionary.

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$200M

Elio

2025

$200M on Pixar's biggest bomb ever. Made $154M. PIXAR. The studio that made Toy Story, Up, Inside Out. Even they can't survive the content factory model. When you rush Pixar, you get Elio.

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$200M

Wish

2023

Disney's 100th anniversary celebration movie and it's... forgettable. $200M for a film that feels like a Disney Channel original. The magic is gone.

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