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Best Animation Movies of the 2020s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
86 animation films from the 2020s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), at 8.5 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Sing 2, 7.3 on IMDb against 49 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse '2023 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi | 8.5 | 95% | 86 | 8.3 | Justin K. Thompson |
| 2 | Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender '2026 | Animation / Fantasy / Action | - | 90% | - | 9.0 | Lauren Montgomery |
| 3 | Soul '2020 | Animation / Drama / Musical / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 83 | 8.1 | Pete Docter |
| 4 | The Wild Robot '2024 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 8.1 | 97% | 85 | 8.3 | Chris Sanders |
| 5 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train '2020 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 8.2 | - | 72 | 8.2 | Haruo Sotozaki |
| 6 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish '2022 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 7.9 | - | 73 | 8.2 | Joel Crawford |
| 7 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle '2025 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 8.3 | 98% | 67 | 8.8 | Haruo Sotozaki |
| 8 | Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc '2025 | Animation / Action / Romance / Fantasy | 8.3 | 96% | 71 | 8.5 | Tatsuya Yoshihara |
| 9 | Flow '2024 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.8 | 97% | 87 | 8.1 | Gints Zilbalodis |
| 10 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio '2022 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.6 | 27% | 79 | 8.0 | Mark Gustafson |
| 11 | Inside Out 2 '2024 | Animation / Comedy | 7.5 | 91% | 73 | 7.5 | Kelsey Mann |
| 12 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines '2021 | Animation / Comedy | 7.6 | 97% | 81 | 7.8 | Mike Rianda |
| 13 | Luca '2021 | Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Comedy | 7.4 | 91% | 71 | 7.8 | Enrico Casarosa |
| 14 | Wolfwalkers '2020 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 99% | 87 | 8.2 | Tomm Moore |
| 15 | Onward '2020 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.3 | 88% | 61 | 7.6 | Dan Scanlon |
| 16 | KPop Demon Hunters '2025 | Fantasy / Musical / Comedy / Animation | 7.4 | 92% | 77 | 8.0 | Chris Appelhans |
| 17 | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 '2021 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.8 | 96% | 71 | 8.1 | Sunghoo Park |
| 18 | Raya and the Last Dragon '2021 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.3 | 93% | 74 | 7.8 | Don Hall |
| 19 | Encanto '2021 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.2 | - | 75 | 7.6 | Byron Howard |
| 20 | Zootopia 2 '2025 | Animation / Comedy / Mystery | 7.3 | 92% | 73 | 7.7 | Jared Bush |
| 21 | Toy Story 5 '2026 | Animation / Comedy | 7.4 | 92% | 73 | 8.3 | Andrew Stanton |
| 22 | The Boy and the Heron '2023 | Animation / Fantasy / Drama | 7.3 | 96% | 91 | 7.4 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 23 | Suzume '2022 | Animation / Drama / Fantasy | 7.6 | - | 77 | 7.9 | Makoto Shinkai |
| 24 | Sing 2 '2021 | Animation / Comedy / Musical | 7.3 | 72% | 49 | 7.8 | Garth Jennings |
| 25 | Hoppers '2026 | Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 94% | 73 | 8.1 | Daniel Chong |
| 26 | Transformers One '2024 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 89% | 65 | 8.0 | Josh Cooley |
| 27 | Predator: Killer of Killers '2025 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.4 | 94% | 78 | 7.8 | Dan Trachtenberg |
| 28 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie '2023 | Comedy / Fantasy / Animation | 7.0 | 58% | 46 | 7.6 | Michael Jelenic |
| 29 | Nimona '2023 | Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action | 7.5 | 92% | 75 | 7.9 | Nick Bruno |
| 30 | If Anything Happens I Love You '2020 | Drama / Animation | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.7 | Will McCormack |
| 31 | Elemental '2023 | Animation / Comedy / Romance | 7.0 | 73% | 58 | 7.6 | Peter Sohn |
| 32 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem '2023 | Animation / Comedy / Action / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 95% | 74 | 7.2 | Jeff Rowe |
| 33 | Coyote vs. Acme '2026 | Comedy / Animation | 7.6 | 96% | 77 | 8.2 | Dave Green |
| 34 | Justice League Dark: Apokolips War '2020 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.8 | 100% | - | 8.2 | Matt Peters |
| 35 | Turning Red '2022 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 6.9 | 95% | 83 | 7.3 | Domee Shi |
| 36 | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf '2021 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.2 | 100% | 67 | 7.4 | Han Kwang Il |
| 37 | Swapped '2026 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 69% | 56 | 8.8 | Nathan Greno |
| 38 | Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time '2021 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Drama | 8.0 | 100% | 85 | 8.2 | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| 39 | Return '2020 | Animation | - | - | - | 6.4 | Jonathan Delgado Herrera |
| 40 | Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge '2020 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.4 | 90% | - | 8.1 | Ethan Spaulding |
| 41 | The Croods: A New Age '2020 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 6.9 | 76% | 56 | 7.4 | Joel Crawford |
| 42 | The Sea Beast '2022 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 7.0 | 94% | 74 | 7.3 | Chris Williams |
| 43 | Wish Dragon '2021 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.2 | 71% | 59 | 7.8 | Chris Appelhans |
| 44 | Ron's Gone Wrong '2021 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Comedy | 7.1 | - | 65 | 7.8 | Sarah Smith |
| 45 | The Bad Guys '2022 | Action / Animation / Comedy / Crime | 6.9 | 87% | 64 | 7.5 | Pierre Perifel |
| 46 | Leo '2023 | Animation / Comedy | 7.0 | 82% | 65 | 7.3 | Robert Marianetti |
| 47 | DC League of Super-Pets '2022 | Comedy / Animation / Sci-Fi / Action | 6.8 | 72% | 56 | 7.1 | Jared Stern |
| 48 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers '2022 | Animation / Comedy / Mystery | 6.9 | - | 66 | 7.0 | Akiva Schaffer |
| 49 | GOAT '2026 | Animation / Comedy | 6.6 | 83% | 60 | 8.0 | Tyree Dillihay |
| 50 | Elio '2025 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Comedy | 6.6 | 83% | 66 | 6.9 | Domee Shi |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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