Animation For Adults
by Lexx-2 | created - 05 Mar 2014 | updated - 4 weeks ago | PublicA collection of animated features that are solely for grown-ups.
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1. When the Wind Blows (1986)
16+ | 84 min | Animation, Drama, War
A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell
Votes: 12,636 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ori Sivan
Votes: 60,400 | Gross: $2.28M
3. Mind Game (I) (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
Directors: Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto | Stars: Kôji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma
Votes: 10,700 | Gross: $0.04M
4. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
R | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane
Votes: 117,115 | Gross: $5.50M
5. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 310,321
6. Renaissance (2006)
R | 105 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A young gene researcher, Ilona, is kidnapped in a future Paris. Police Captain Karas and his team are in charge of finding her.
Director: Christian Volckman | Stars: Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Jonathan Pryce, Romola Garai
Votes: 16,433 | Gross: $0.06M
7. Princess (I) (2006)
Unrated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest. His beloved sister Christina, who went from greatness to decay as ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Morgenthaler | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Stine Fischer Christensen, Jens Arentzen, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 2,843
8. Rango (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 292,990 | Gross: $123.48M
9. Isle of Dogs (2018)
PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban
Votes: 190,787 | Gross: $32.02M
10. Human Nature (II) (2019)
2 min | Animation, Short
Human Nature is a short animation film about the love animals have for people, and the harm they consciously or unconsciously cause to us.
Director: Sverre Fredriksen
Votes: 55
11. Something to Remember (2019)
5 min | Animation, Short, Musical
A lullaby before the great disaster. Two pigeons visit a zoo without animals, a snail measures his blood pressure at the doctor, in the CERN laboratory something has gone terribly wrong.
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Stars: Theodor Jensen, Karin af Klintberg, Maria af Klintberg, Ava Lauga
Votes: 196
12. Wade (2020)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Short, Horror
In a version of Kolkata, India rendered unliveable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger on the flooded streets.
Directors: Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi
Votes: 157
13. Kapaemahu (2020)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Long ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts to Hawaii and imbued their powers in four giant boulders. The stones still stand on Waikiki Beach, but their true story has been hidden - until now.
Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu | Star: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Votes: 1,187
14. Goodbye Jerome! (2022)
8 min | Short
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
Directors: Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard | Stars: William Lebghil, Alma Jodorowsky
Votes: 201
15. Once Upon a Line (2016)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man leads a monotone, humdrum existence until he meets somebody.
Director: Alicja Jasina
Votes: 593
16. The Talk True Stories About the Birds & the Bees (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Adult men share their stories of how their fathers explained sex to them as kids in an animated compilation.
Director: Alain Delannoy
Votes: 23
17. A Greek Tragedy (1985)
7 min | Comedy, Animation, Short
Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.
Director: Nicole Van Goethem
Votes: 788
18. Cop Dog (2017)
6 min | Animation, Short, Action
The sixth film in Bill Plympton's Oscar-nominated 'Guard Dog' series, in which our plucky hero - the dog - has a new occupation: patrolling our airports sniffing for illegal drugs. You know that's not going to end well.
Director: Bill Plympton
Votes: 20
19. Guide Dog (2006)
R | 6 min | Animation, Short
This twisted sequel to the Oscar-nominated film "Guard Dog" details the continuing adventures of an eager canine. This time he takes a job helping the blind, but still leaves a path of destruction in his wake.
Director: Bill Plympton | Stars: Doc, Bear, Barnold, Destry
Votes: 509
20. Hot Dog (I) (2008)
R | 6 min | Animation, Short
Our plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he plans.
Director: Bill Plympton | Stars: Mike Juarez, Carrie Keranen, Marc Diraison, Greg Sextro
Votes: 277
21. Guard Dog Global Jam (2011)
R | 5 min | Animation, Short
Guard Dog Global Jam is a collaborative effort by 70 artists to recreate Bill Plympton's famous "Guard Dog" short.
Director: Bill Plympton
Votes: 68
22. Eat (2001)
R | 9 min | Short, Animation, Comedy
A restaurant opens for the night. The diners include: A man dining alone, who orders a plate of spaghetti that becomes his dining companion. A couple; the woman talks endlessly (and ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Plympton | Stars: Diana Calderon, Silvia Ballarin, Jon Ehlers, Maurice Cooper
Votes: 391
23. The Tune (1992)
Not Rated | 69 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A songwriter in love with his demanding boss's secretary enters an alternate, wacky world where a much-needed hit tune may be created from his heart.
Director: Bill Plympton | Stars: Daniel Neiden, Maureen McElheron, Marty Nelson, Emily Bindiger
Votes: 1,072
24. Flesh (2019)
12 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Five women, each in a different stage of their life, share experiences about their relationships to their bodies and how others perceive them.
Director: Camila Kater | Stars: Helena Ignez, Rachel Patricio, Larissa Rahal, Valquiria Rosa
Votes: 209
25. Catwoman (2011)
PG-13 | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
Catwoman attempts to track down a mysterious cargo shipment that is linked to a Gotham City crime boss called Rough Cut.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Eliza Dushku, John DiMaggio, Liliana Mumy, Kevin Michael Richardson
Votes: 3,713
26. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
108 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
Director: Pierre Földes | Stars: Amaury de Crayencour, Mathilde Auneveux, Arnaud Maillard, Bruno Paviot
Votes: 924
27.
SparkShorts (2018–2024)
Episode:
Twenty Something
(2021)
PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Adulting can be hard. Some days you're nailing it, while other days, you're just a stack of kids hiding in a trench coat hoping no one notices.
Director: Aphton Corbin | Stars: Kaylin Price, Ariana Brown, Aliyah Taylor, Janelle Lasalle
Votes: 1,368
28. Jac Mac & Rad Boy Go! (1985)
4 min | Animation, Short
Two party bound teens inadvertently destroy a city on their way to hell.
Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Wesley Archer, Rob Bekuhrs, Bill Kopp
Votes: 126
29. Reproduction Cycle Among Unicellular Life Forms Under the Rocks of Mars (1979)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Uses claymation to follow the life of the Martian "Peenworm" which similarly involves feeding, vomiting, metamorphosis, and partial self-destruction.
Director: Douglass Smith | Star: Douglass Smith
Votes: 21
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