The 10 Best 2010s Animated Movies Not By Disney Or Pixar (According to IMDb)

The 10 Best 2010s Animated Movies Not By Disney Or Pixar (According to IMDb)

There’s a huge array of animated movies out there that deserve attention they don’t always get. Here are the decade’s 10 best, according to IMDb.

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An art created long before the rise of film, animation has, in recent years, become more popular than ever, thanks in part to both Hollywood mass marketing tactics and technology improvements. With genre titans like Disney and Pixar showcasing their amazing, detailed, and visually breathtaking creations several times a year, we often tend to forget about lesser-known studios and their just-as (sometimes even more) impressive contributions to the world of cinema.

For this list, we’ll be looking over the last decade for a few of these semi-forgotten gems, especially those that prove animation is truly an art like no other – even if Disney and Pixar aren’t the ones behind it.

10 Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) – 7.8

Kubo and the Two Strings was released in 2016 by acclaimed animation production company Laika. It follows Kubo, a young boy who wields a mystical instrument as he teams up with a monkey and a beetle to find the armor that once belonged to his missing father – the world’s greatest samurai – while being pursued by a lengthy series of supreme beings and general ne’er-do-wells, including his own grandfather. Reviewers have praised the film’s animation, story, acting, and score, making it yet another critical success for its studio – and their fourth film out of four to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

9 Isle of Dogs (2018) – 7.9

Visual titan Wes Anderson expanded his already well-versed filmography with the 2018 stop-motion sci-fi drama Isle of Dogs. The film follows a boy in dystopian Japan who will stop at nothing to recover his beloved pooch from the titular island that, as the result of a canine flu epidemic, all dogs have been banished to.

It received praise for its comedy, music, direction, and attention to detail, and became a major hit with both audiences and critics, making $64.2 million at the worldwide box office and receiving the Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score awards at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

8 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) – 8.0

Anime titan Studio Ghibli helmed the production of the fantasy folk tale The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, which begins with a poor bamboo cutter who discovers several treasures inside a bamboo grove, the most important of which is a young girl who he names “Princess”, whom he raises with his wife. After she comes of age, a series of romantic mishaps will lead to her having to reveal the secret of her existence. The film was universally praised for its acting, dialogue, characters, animation, aesthetic, and music; winning several awards and enjoying a comfortable IMDb rating of 8 alongside its 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

7 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) – 8.1

The 2010 Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon follows Hiccup, a Viking teenager who wishes to become part of his family’s long line of dragon slayers, only to discover after capturing his first dragon that the two have an emotional connection, as he instead opts to train and nurture the dragon he’s befriended. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences for its amazing visuals, succinct atmosphere, and clever writing, and is widely considered one of Dreamworks’ best films; two sequels were released in 2014 and 2019, both to critical acclaim.

6 Song of the Sea (2014) – 8.1

Created by lesser-known animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Song of the Sea follows a young boy who discovers that his mute sister is a seal, as the two end up unwantedly inserted into a conflict involving fairies and a Celtic goddess. The film was described by critics as “enchanting” and “gorgeous”, with these praises being directed at many elements of the film, including acting, script, story, and, particularly, visuals. The folklore-inspired film was lauded as one of 2014’s most creative, wondrous animated features, and it went on to receive seven Annie Awards nominations and one Academy Award nomination (for Best Animated Feature).

5 Wolf Children (2012) – 8.1

The film Wolf Children, the pioneer project for its production company Studio Chizu, has a fairly simple – if bizarre – premise; after the death of her werewolf husband, a woman must raise her two children, human-wolf hybrids, as a single mom, constantly having to keep them out of trouble. With its humor, characters, animation, and emotion all receiving praise from audiences, the somewhat strange but well-crafted anime has become a cult favorite, and Studio Chizu has gone on to release two more critically successful anime films, with all three of their films winning the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.

4 A Silent Voice (2016) – 8.2

Based on the manga of the same name, the 2016 anime film A Silent Voice follows Shoja, a misanthropic high school student who attempts to make amends with Shoko, a high school girl he bullied in the past for her deafness; both are suffering inside, but they manage to find solace as together they face the cruelty of the world. The film was well-received by both critics and audiences (with famous anime director Makoto Shinkai calling it “fantastic”) and was praised for its unique portrayal of teen bullying, as well as its writing and animation.

3 Klaus (2019) – 8.3

Traditionally animated in the style of The Iron Giant, Klaus, an ambitious Netflix project written, directed, and produced by Despicable Me creator Sergio Pablos, became an instant hit upon release.

It follows a gruff, antisocial toymaker named Klaus, who teams up with a clumsy postman (with a serious lack of worth ethic) in order to stop a decades-old family feud that’s deprived an entire town of joy. This clever Santa Claus origin story was universally praised for its animation, characters, and story, and it’s well on its way to becoming a modern holiday classic.

2 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) – 8.4

Despite their numerous failures (most notably, The Emoji Movie), in 2018 Sony Pictures Animation delivered Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, an engaging, heartfelt superhero flick that will long be remembered. The film follows newly christened teen Spider-Man Miles Morales as he tries to send a collection of alternate-dimension Spideys – Gwen Stacy, an agile ballerina; Peni Parker, an anime-inspired cyberpunk hero; Spider-Man Noir, a private detective who’s adopted the mannerisms of Humphrey Bogart; Spider-Ham, a loony cartoon version of the web-slinging hero; and Peter Parker, a tired, middle-aged version of his heroic counterpart – back to their respective dimensions. Audiences and critics praised it for its writing, acting, emotion, and humor, as well as for its comic-book-style animation – a creative, original visual style that the film executes beautifully.

1 Your Name (2016) – 8.4

Your Name, directed by Makoto Shinkai, follows a boy and girl who begin switching bodies, leading them to wonder if they are making a sort of spiritual connection. Waxing eloquent with a stream of complex but beautiful ideas, the film’s core purpose is to elaborate on the powerful, life-changing bond two people can have, and how those bonds can be created.

It delivers its message with a sweet, passionate honesty that few films have been able to use, and it quickly rose to prominence as one of the most popular anime films ever created, receiving praise from critics, movie-goers, and genre aficionados for its acting (particularly in the Japanese version), characters, story, and animation.

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