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Kung Fu Panda
2008 film by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
Big Hero 6
2014 animated film directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams
Lilo & Stitch
2002 animated film directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 animated superhero film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 animated film by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Turning Red
2022 American animated film by Domee Shi
The Bad Guys
2022 film directed by Pierre Perifel
Abominable
2019 film directed by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 film by Mike Mitchell
KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters is a 2025 American animated musical urban fantasy film co-written and directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans. It was produced by Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix and stars the voices of Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong, and Lee Byung-hun. The story follows a K-pop girl group, Huntrix, who lead double lives as demon hunters. They face off against a rival boy band, the Saja Boys, whose members are secretly demons.
Isle of Dogs
2018 film directed by Wes Anderson
The Animatrix
2003 American-Japanese anthology anime film
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 animated film directed by Travis Knight
TMNT
2007 science fiction/martial arts CGI film directed by Kevin Munroe
Next Gen
2018 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander
The Bad Guys 2
2025 animated film directed by Pierre Perifel
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023 computer-animated film, directed by Jeff Rowe
Song of the Sea
2014 animated film directed by Tomm Moore
Astro Boy
2009 CGI-animated film by David Bowers
The Secret of Kells
2009 animated fantasy film directed by Tomm Moore
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 film
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
2003 film by Leiji Matsumoto
The Breadwinner
2017 film by Nora Twomey
Wolfwalkers
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.
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
2023 French animated film directed by Jeremy Zag
Batman: Gotham Knight
2008 animated film by Bruce Timm
The Glassworker
2024 Pakistani animated film
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is an upcoming American animated fantasy film directed by Lauren Montgomery and written by Tim Hedrick and Christopher Yost, from a story by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Hendrick, and Kenneth Lin. The first production of Avatar Studios, it is part of the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise and a continuation of Nickelodeon's original animated television series. The film stars the voices of Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza, Dionne Quan, Taika Waititi, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ronny Chieng, Ken Jeong, Dee Bradley Baker, Steven Yeun, Freida Pinto, and Ke Huy Quan. The story follows Team Avatar as they discover Tagah, a surviving airbender, and join him in searching for an airbending staff to restore the Air Nomads.
Predator: Killer of Killers
Predator: Killer of Killers is a 2025 American adult animated science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg from a screenplay by Micho Robert Rutare, based on a story by Trachtenberg and Rutare. It is the sixth installment in the Predator film series and its first animated installment.
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
2011 animated film by Mike Disa
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020 film directed by Ethan Spaulding
Batman Ninja
2018 Japanese animated film
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
2019 film by Jeff Mednikow
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
2006 animated television film directed by Michael Chang
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024 animated film directed by Raman Hui
Halo Legends
2010 film directed by Frank and O'Connor Joseph Chou
Dead Space: Aftermath
2011 film directed by Mike Disa
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
2017 film by Shinji Aramaki
The Adventures of the American Rabbit
1986 animated film directed by Fred Wolf and Nobutaka Nishizawa
Totally Spies! The Movie
2009 film by Pascal Jardin
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus!
2019 American animated science-fiction dark comedy film
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022 film directed by Rick Morales
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021 film directed by Ethan Spaulding
The Elfkins – Baking a Difference
2019 animated film directed by Ute von Münchow-Pohl
Mutafukaz
is a 2017 adult animated science fiction film based on the comic series and the short film of the same name. The film was a co-production between French studio Ankama Animations and the Japanese Studio 4°C, directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume "Run" Renard. The comic would be published in English as MFKZ by Sumerian Comics' beginning in June 2021. Mutafukaz was released in France on May 23, 2018, and in Japan on October 12, 2018. At the end of December 2022, it was added to Hulu's streaming platform.
Technotise: Edit & I
2009 film by Aleksa Gajić
Spycies
Spycies () is a 2019 animated science fiction spy film directed by Guillaume Ivernel and Zhiyi Zhang. It was funded by iQIYI Motion Pictures and produced by Lux Populi. The film is a Chinese-French co-production and premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 14 June 2019 and at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China on 17 June 2019 (where it was nominated for Best Animated Feature) before being theatrically released in China on 11 January 2020. The title is a pun on "species".
Exchange Student Zero
2012 television film
Nahuel and the Magic Book
Chilean-Brazilian Animated Film
Lady Death: The Movie
2004 film
DC Animated Movie Universe
Animated superhero film series based on New 52 (2013-2020)
Catwoman: Hunted
2022 film directed by Shinsuke Terasawa
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023 animated film
Swimming to Sea
Korean computer-animated psychological thriller