What is the best Aardman Animations movie?

By YPB Team

From the cosy Wallace and Gromit shorts to the epic Chicken Run, Aardman Animations has created some of the most beloved stop-motion films ever made. But which is the studio's greatest masterpiece?

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace and Gromit's 2005 feature-length adventure where the duo's pest-control business leads to a monstrous vegetable-hungry mystery.

1000pts

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The beloved woolly star's 2015 feature debut follows Shaun's mission to rescue the Farmer from the big city after a playful plan goes horribly wrong.

702pts

A Grand Day Out

The very first Wallace and Gromit film from 1989, in which the eccentric inventor and his dog build a rocket to the moon in search of the ultimate cheese.

624pts

Arthur Christmas

A 2011 holiday comedy revealing the high-tech secret behind how Santa delivers presents, centering on his clumsy but big-hearted son Arthur.

610pts

Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon

The 2019 sequel sees Shaun befriend a cute alien visitor while staying one step ahead of a shady government agency determined to capture it.

581pts

A Close Shave

The 1995 Oscar-winning short where Wallace and Gromit become entangled in a wool-rustling crime ring while Wallace romances a wool-shop owner.

576pts

Early Man

A 2018 Stone Age comedy in which cave-dwelling villagers must challenge a Bronze Age city's football team to reclaim their land in a winner-takes-all match.

565pts

Chicken Run

A 2000 stop-motion comedy about chickens plotting a daring escape from a Yorkshire farm before a pie-making machine seals their fate.

544pts

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

A 2012 swashbuckling adventure following a hapless pirate captain desperate to win the Pirate of the Year award with a crew of equally inept buccaneers.

544pts

A Matter of Loaf and Death

The 2008 Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit short where the duo's bakery business is threatened by a serial killer with a taste for bakers.

499pts

The Wrong Trousers

The 1993 Academy Award-winning short in which Gromit uncovers a daring diamond heist after Wallace's new mechanical trousers fall under the control of a criminal penguin.

472pts

Vengeance Most Fowl

The 2024 Wallace and Gromit feature-length special in which a villainous garden gnome with artificial intelligence threatens the Yorkshire duo once more.