What is the best animated film of the 2010s?

By YPB Team

Whether Pixar tearjerkers, Studio Ghibli poetry, or boundary-pushing indie animation, the 2010s delivered a golden era for the art form. Which is the decade's crown jewel?

  1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — ranked #11
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman's 2018 Oscar-winning groundbreaking animated film with a revolutionary comic-book visual style.
  2. Inside Out — ranked #22
    Inside Out
    Pete Docter's 2015 Pixar masterpiece personifying the emotions inside a young girl's mind as she adjusts to a new city and life.
  3. Coco — ranked #33
    Coco
    Lee Unkrich's 2017 Pixar celebration of Mexican Día de Muertos culture about a boy who accidentally travels to the Land of the Dead.
  4. Toy Story 3 — ranked #44
    Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich's 2010 Pixar triumph about Andy's beloved toys facing uncertain futures as their owner heads to college.
  5. Frozen — ranked #55
    Frozen
    Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee's 2013 Disney phenomenon about a princess who embarks on an epic journey to break her kingdom's eternal winter.
  6. Zootopia — ranked #66
    Zootopia
    Byron Howard and Rich Moore's 2016 Oscar-winning buddy comedy about a rabbit cop and fox con artist uncovering a conspiracy in a city of anthropomorphic animals.
  7. Moana — ranked #77
    Moana
    Ron Clements and John Musker's 2016 Disney musical adventure about a Polynesian chief's daughter who sets sail to save her island.
  8. Your Name — ranked #88
    Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai's 2016 globally acclaimed Japanese anime about two teenagers who mysteriously begin swapping bodies across time and distance.
  9. The Wind Rises — ranked #99
    The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki's 2013 Studio Ghibli farewell film — a fictionalized biography of the aircraft designer who built Japan's iconic Zero fighter.
  10. How to Train Your Dragon — ranked #1010
    How to Train Your Dragon
    Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois's 2010 DreamWorks epic about a Viking boy who befriends a rare dragon in a world built on their conflict.
  11. Kubo and the Two Strings — ranked #1111
    Kubo and the Two Strings
    Travis Knight's 2016 Laika stop-motion masterwork — a visually stunning Japanese-mythology adventure about a boy's quest for his samurai father's armor.
  12. The Tale of Princess Kaguya — ranked #1212
    The Tale of Princess Kaguya
    Isao Takahata's 2013 Studio Ghibli hand-drawn meditation on life, beauty, and loss drawn from ancient Japanese folklore.
  13. Anomalisa — ranked #1313
    Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's 2015 achingly melancholic stop-motion film about a lonely motivational speaker's mundane trip to Cincinnati.

Comments

Thirteen films cover the decade, and six came from Disney and Pixar. Two outsiders on it can still beat all six: https://youpick.best/articles/studio-ghibli-vs-disney-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/how-many-ways-to-rank-dwayne-johnson

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