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The 15 Best Animated Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked According to Letterboxd
The article ranks the 15 best animated films of the 2020s so far, using Letterboxd users’ opinions as its guide. It argues that recent animation has demonstrated exceptional artistic range, tackling adventurous, emotional and experimental stories while continuing to push the boundaries of feature filmmaking.
The selections highlighted include The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, praised as a funny and bittersweet conclusion to the long-running Adult Swim series; Robot Dreams, a dialogue-free Spanish-French story about friendship and acceptance; and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, celebrated for its stylised animation, humour and thoughtful exploration of mortality. The article notes that The Venture Bros. had run for 20 years, Robot Dreams is set in 1980s Manhattan, and Puss in Boots confronts the loss of his ninth life.
In short
- Letterboxd ranks standout animated films from the 2020s.
- The choices span comedy, friendship, grief and mortality.
- Highlighted films include Robot Dreams and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Explained simply
Letterboxd is a film-focused social network where users rate and review films. Rankings based on its users’ ratings reflect the tastes of people who use the site, rather than an official industry award or a single critic’s judgement.
Animated films can use drawn, painted or computer-generated images to tell stories in many styles. The films mentioned here include a feature-length ending to the Adult Swim series The Venture Bros., the largely dialogue-free Spanish-French film Robot Dreams, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which follows the familiar Shrek character as he faces mortality.
The range of subjects and styles shows why animation is often discussed as a filmmaking form in its own right, rather than a genre aimed at one age group. These films also draw on different traditions, from a long-running television comedy to stories about friendship and familiar fairy-tale characters.
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