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1. The Duck Factory (1984)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The comic adventures of the employees of a hard-luck animation company.
Stars: Jim Carrey, Julie Payne, Nancy Lane, Jay Tarses
Votes: 317
2. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
R | 87 min | Comedy
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Director: Tom Green | Stars: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Votes: 51,367 | Gross: $14.25M
3. What If (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver
Votes: 81,680 | Gross: $3.45M
4. Esteros (2016)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Two boyhood chums, separated soon after sexually awakening together, re-meet as young men with unspoken sexual tensions lying between them.
Director: Papu Curotto | Stars: Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada, Blas Finardi Niz
Votes: 4,874
5. XX/XY (2002)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Director: Austin Chick | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange, Kel O'Neill
Votes: 3,357 | Gross: $0.10M
6. The Taste of Tea (2004)
143 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Maya Banno, Takahiro Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka
Votes: 7,193
7. Branded to Kill (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Votes: 10,208
8. The Reluctant Dragon (I) (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Jack Kinney | Stars: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant
Votes: 3,816 | Gross: $0.87M
9. The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2018)
102 min | Documentary
A documentary film about the Nickelodeon Network, telling the story of its humble origins deep into the SNICK years.
Directors: Scott Barber, Adam Sweeney | Stars: Jason Alisharan, Drake Bell, Michael Bower, Danny Cooksey
Votes: 1,421
10. Bendy and the Ink Machine (2017 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Henry, a former traditional animator, gets a strange note from a friend that invites him to his old workplace. Henry finds the place abandoned and discovers a mysterious ink machine creating all sorts of abominations.
Director: TheMeatly | Stars: TheMeatly, David Eddings, Aaron Landon, Lauren Synger
Votes: 788
11. Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka (2020)
53 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kei, a popular young TV caster encounters Tsuzuki, an animation artist and gradually starts to have feeling for him but he owns a big secret that he has to pretend being a totally different person.
Director: Masahiro Takata | Stars: Atsushi Abe, Yoshihisa Kawahara
Votes: 648
12. Iwájú: A Day Ahead (2024)
TV-PG | 71 min | Documentary, Family
Pan-African founders of entertainment company Kugali made their dream reality by creating an original animated series with Walt Disney Animation Studios. This special filmed across three continents shares their inspirational journey.
Director: Megan Harding | Star: Jenessa Warren
Votes: 52
13. Allegro non troppo (1976)
PG | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Maurizio Micheli, Marialuisa Giovannini, Néstor Garay
Votes: 3,216
14. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary
Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka
Votes: 5,660
15. Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 45 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After being in space for 20 years, Rocko and his friends attempt to adjust to an even more modern life in the 21st century. However, when he learns that his favorite 90s cartoon isn't on the air anymore, Rocko tries locating its creator.
Directors: Joe Murray, Cosmo Segurson | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Charlie Adler, Mr. Lawrence
Votes: 4,150
16. Brain Dump (2016– )
TV-MA | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Max G, along with his assistant Burnbot, reviews movies and provides commentary on world events through animation. Goofball the cartoon ghost also appears to distract Max from his reviews and generally annoy him through his antics.
Star: Max Gilardi
Votes: 92
17. Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (2020)
104 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.
Directors: Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood | Stars: Jim Ballantine, Ed Bell, Jack Black, Robyn Byrd
Votes: 889
18. Shirobako (2014–2015)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A group of friends move to Tokyo and get jobs in the anime industry.
Stars: Juri Kimura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Greg Cote
Votes: 1,142
19. Duck Amuck (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 9,432
20. The Sweatbox (2002)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary
Sting's wife Trudie Styler documents the turbulent bureaucracy both Sting and the filmmakers went through in order to complete The Emperor's New Groove (2000), a Disney film that underwent extensive storyline changes from start to finish.
Directors: John-Paul Davidson, Trudie Styler | Stars: John Goodman, Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, Marc Shaiman
Votes: 630
21. Love to the Rescue (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
When two families want to adopt the same rescue dog, single mom Kate faces her fear of falling in love again after agreeing to shared custody of the pup with single dad Eric and his son.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Nikki Deloach, Michael Rady, Michaela Russell, Max Ivutin
Votes: 1,483
22. Camping Cosmos (1996)
88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
On a Belgian beach at Camping Cosmos. The delegate send by the Ministry is confronted with sex and murder. The residents enjoy their holidays in a peculiar way...
Director: Jan Bucquoy | Stars: Jean-Henri Compère, Fanny Hanciaux, Lolo Ferrari, Jean-Paul Dermont
Votes: 342
23. Ani*Kuri15 (2007–2008)
1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".
Stars: Yuka Terasaki, Rei Nakagawa, Takeshi Maeda, Shizuka Okohira
Votes: 701
24. The Making of the Lion King (1994 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary, Family
Behind the scenes look at the making of The Lion King.
Director: Dan Boothe | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy Edward Disney, Roger Allers
Votes: 91
25. Dog City (1992–1994)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The adventures of a canine private eye while he confers with his animator who has his own problems to deal with.
Stars: Ron White, Elizabeth Hanna, Kevin Clash, John Stocker
Votes: 418
26. Frank and Ollie (1995)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A study of the personal and professional relationship of Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who started at the studio in the 1930s and worked on 23 films together.
Director: Theodore Thomas | Stars: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Sylvia Roemer, John Canemaker
Votes: 1,090
27. Bajo la sal (2008)
Not Rated | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
SET IN MEXICO! A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Víctor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father funeral home.
Director: Mario Muñoz | Stars: Humberto Zurita, Plutarco Haza, Emilio Guerrero, Irene Azuela
Votes: 1,184
28. Ryan (2004)
TV-PG | 14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Felicity Fanjoy, Derek Lamb
Votes: 3,000
29. Back to Neverland (1989)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite takes ecstatic Disneyland tourist Robin through the process of Disney's hand drawn animation and makes Robin's wish of visiting the animated world of Peter Pan (1953) come true.
Director: Jerry Rees | Stars: Walter Cronkite, Robin Williams, Corey Burton, Brian McEntee
Votes: 146
30. The Passage (1986)
80 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Jean Diaz is a filmmaker working on an animated feature that would speak out against violence, when he is suddenly killed in an accident. Diaz comes around after death only to face Death personified, who wants to strike a bargain with him.
Director: René Manzor | Stars: Alain Delon, Christine Boisson, Jean-Luc Moreau, Alain Lalanne
Votes: 629
31. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and work of the renowned film visual effects artist and producer.
Director: Gilles Penso | Stars: Ray Harryhausen, Peter Jackson, Terry Gilliam, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 1,364
32. Drawing Power (1980– )
Animation, Comedy, Family
From the creative minds that brought the world Schoolhouse Rock, Drawing Power promoted life lessons through the use of animation, humor and colorful characters.
Stars: Bob Kaliban, Kari Page, Lenny Schultz, Jamie Aff
Votes: 19
33. Dreamworld (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, meets the captivating and impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern ... See full summary »
Director: Ryan Darst | Stars: Whit Hertford, Mary Kate Wiles, Nora Kirkpatrick, Matt Bush
Votes: 256
34. Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.
Director: Neil Berkeley | Stars: Wayne White, Mimi Pond, Paul Reubens, Mark Mothersbaugh
Votes: 1,224
35. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (1996 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Making-of featurette for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977).
Director: Harry Arends | Stars: Corey Burton, Xavier Atencio, Buddy Baker, Walt Disney
Votes: 80
36. A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary, History
The history of Aardman Animations Studios, the acclaimed British stop-motion animation studio.
Directors: Richard Mears, Merlin Crossingham | Stars: Julie Walters, David Tennant, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy
Votes: 782
37. The Making of Beauty and the Beast (1991 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Director: Joseph Carolei | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Don Hahn, Alan Menken, Paige O'Hara
Votes: 39
38. Shirobako: The Movie (2020)
119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Aoi Miyamori must lead a theatrical production at Musashino Animation.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima | Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayane Sakura, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Ai Kayano
Votes: 260
39. Animator (2018)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An artist gains the power to draw the future. When his girlfriend commits suicide, he learns he can also erase the past, with chilling consequences.
Director: Logan Hall | Stars: Levenix Riddle, McKenzie Chinn, Geno Walker, Anita Chandwaney
Votes: 222
40. You Can Fly!: The Making of Walt Disney's Masterpiece 'Peter Pan' (1998 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
The journey of J.M. Barrie's classic character to Walt Disney's conceptual masterpiece.
Stars: Corey Burton, Walt Disney, Leonard Maltin, Frank Churchill
Votes: 79
41. Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991)
Unrated | 51 min | Documentary, Biography
Discussion of the career of animator Chuck Jones.
Directors: Chuck Jones, John Needham, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble, Tom Ray | Stars: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble, Lloyd Vaughan, Retta Davidson
Votes: 157
42. Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
Directors: Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Winsor McCay, John Bunny, Maurice Costello, George McManus
Votes: 1,849
43. Rebooted (2019)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stop-motion animated skeleton takes drastic measures when he learns the film for which he was created is being rebooted without him.
Director: Michael Shanks | Stars: Glen Hunwick, Peter Paltos, Daniel Daperis, Michael Wahr
Votes: 598
44. Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.
Directors: Michael Fiore, Erik Sharkey | Stars: Cosmo Anzilotti, Jane Baer, Dave Bossert, Suzanne Bothke
Votes: 646
45. Freddy Got Fingered: Deleted Scenes (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Comedy
Deleted scenes from 'Freddy Got Fingered'.
Director: Tom Green | Stars: Mike Bullard, Tom Green
Votes: 25
46. You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Daffy Duck tries to usurp Porky Pig's job through devious means in this wild blend of live action and animation.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Leon Schlesinger, Henry Binder, Gerry Chiniquy
Votes: 1,755
47. ToonHeads (1992– )
TV-G | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
Anthology series focusing on the golden age of American Animation. Each episode features full cartoons with commentary and the history behind some of the greatest cartoon shorts ever.
Star: Leslie Fram
Votes: 111
48. Rabbit Rampage (1955)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bugs argues with the cartoonist who creates him over how he should be drawn.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 821
49. Hans Arnold - Penselns häxmästare (2019)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary about the horror- and surrealist-artist Hans Arnold (1925-2010). A documentary that took 12 years to finish.
Director: Micke Engström | Stars: Björn Arnold, Hans Arnold, Ylva Arnold, Ernst Billgren
Votes: 56
50. Real Artists (2017)
12 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job, but, when she discovers the truth of the modern 'creative' process, she must make a hard choice about her passion for film.
Director: Cameo Wood | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Tiffany Hines, Connie Jo Sechrist, Natalie Conneely
Votes: 282