2020s children's animated films

2022 American animated film by Domee Shi

2022 animated film directed by Kyle Balda

Zootopia 2 is a 2025 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the sequel to Zootopia (2016). Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and written by Bush, the film stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, Don Lake, Bonnie Hunt, and Jenny Slate reprising their roles from the first film, with Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo joining the cast. The film follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as they pursue a pit viper named Gary De'Snake across Zootopia and try to clear their names after being framed.

2021 animated film directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada

2021 film directed by Tim Story

2024 American 3D computer-animated comedy film by Chris Renaud

2022 film directed by Pierre Perifel

2022 animated film by Angus MacLane

2023 animated film directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn

2022 animated film directed by Joel Crawford

2022 film directed by Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska

2020 film directed by Tim Hill

Toy Story 5 is an upcoming American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, and written by Stanton and Kenna Harris, it is the fifth main installment in Pixar's Toy Story film series and the sequel to Toy Story 4 (2019). Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Blake Clark, Annie Potts, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Keanu Reeves, and Melissa Villaseñor reprise their roles from the previous films, and are joined by new additions Greta Lee, Conan O'Brien, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Scarlett Spears, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Matty Matheson, Jeff Bergman, Anna Vocino, John Hopkins, and Ernie Hudson.

2022 animated film directed by Don Hall

2023 animated film

2025 animated film directed by Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi

2021 film directed by Chris Appelhans

Scoob! is a 2020 American animated mystery comedy film that is a reboot of the theatrical Scooby-Doo film series and the third theatrical film based on the characters, following Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). The film was directed by Tony Cervone and written by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, and Matt Lieberman. It stars Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, Tracy Morgan and Frank Welker as Scooby Doo. Set in a Hanna-Barbera animated shared universe, the film follows Mystery

2020 animated film directed by Walter Dohrn

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is a 2025 American animated adventure comedy film based on the SpongeBob SquarePants television series created by Stephen Hillenburg. Directed by series veteran Derek Drymon, it stars the show's regular voice cast alongside George Lopez, Ice Spice, Arturo Castro, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall, and Mark Hamill. The plot follows SpongeBob on a quest to prove his bravery by adventuring with the ghost pirate, The Flying Dutchman, through the Underworld. It is the fourth theatrical film based on the series, following 2020's Sponge on the Run, and the sixth film overall.

2025 animated film directed by Peter Hastings

2026 animated film directed by Pierre Coffin

2021 film

Hoppers is a 2026 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews from a story by Chong and Andrews, the film stars the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, and Dave Franco. The film follows animal-loving college student Mabel (Curda), who transfers her mind into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and save their habitat from human destruction, inadvertently sparking an uprising in the process.

2023 animated film directed by Walt Dohrn

2025 animated film directed by Pierre Perifel

2022 film directed by John C. Donkin

2024 film directed by Liza Johnson

2023 film directed by Sam Fell

2020 computer-animated film

Goat is a 2026 American animated sports comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Unanimous Media, and Modern Magic Productions. Directed by Tyree Dillihay, it stars Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris, an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball. Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jenifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Wayne Knight, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee also star, alongside basketball player Stephen Curry in his film debut.

2022 film

2020 film directed by Takashi Yamazaki

2022 anime film directed by Susumu Yamaguchi

upcoming animated film directed by John Rice

Wolfwalkers is a 2020 independent animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, and is the third instalment in Moore's "Irish Folklore Trilogy", following his previous films The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014). An international co-production led by Cartoon Saloon and Mélusine Productions, the film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September. It was released theatrically in Ireland on 2 December 2020 and in France on 16 December 2020.

2023 French animated film directed by Jeremy Zag

2022 animated film directed by Chris Williams

2027 animated film

2020 Australian animated film by Alexs Stadermann

2020 American animated adventure comedy film

2025 film directed by Ryan Crego

2023 film by Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel and David Wachtenheim

upcoming film directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni

2020 American animated film

2020 anime film directed by Kazuaki Imai

2023 computer-animated fantasy-comedy film

2021 film directed by Dave Needham

2023 film by Wendy Rogers

Coyote vs. Acme is an upcoming American live-action animated legal comedy film directed by Dave Green and written by Samy Burch from a story by Burch, James Gunn, and Jeremy Slater. The film is based on the 1990 The New Yorker magazine article "Coyote v. Acme" by Ian Frazier, and follows Wile E. Coyote as he sues the Acme Corporation for repeatedly selling him alleged faulty products. The film's cast includes Will Forte, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, and John Cena.

2024 animated film directed by Vicky Jenson

2021 film directed by Ryan Crego

2022 film directed by Nora Twomey

2025 animated film directed by Seong-ho Jang

2021 film directed by Richard Claus and Jose Zelada

film by Simon Otto

2023 anime film directed by Takumi Doyama

2021 animated film directed by Ari Folman

2024 animated film directed by Miguel Puga

2025 anime film directed by Yukiyo Teramoto