What is the best animated film of the 2010s?
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?
1Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman's 2018 Oscar-winning groundbreaking animated film with a revolutionary comic-book visual style.
2Inside OutPete Docter's 2015 Pixar masterpiece personifying the emotions inside a young girl's mind as she adjusts to a new city and life.
3CocoLee Unkrich's 2017 Pixar celebration of Mexican Día de Muertos culture about a boy who accidentally travels to the Land of the Dead.
4Toy Story 3Lee Unkrich's 2010 Pixar triumph about Andy's beloved toys facing uncertain futures as their owner heads to college.
5FrozenChris Buck and Jennifer Lee's 2013 Disney phenomenon about a princess who embarks on an epic journey to break her kingdom's eternal winter.
6ZootopiaByron 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.
7MoanaRon Clements and John Musker's 2016 Disney musical adventure about a Polynesian chief's daughter who sets sail to save her island.
8Your NameMakoto Shinkai's 2016 globally acclaimed Japanese anime about two teenagers who mysteriously begin swapping bodies across time and distance.
9The Wind RisesHayao Miyazaki's 2013 Studio Ghibli farewell film — a fictionalized biography of the aircraft designer who built Japan's iconic Zero fighter.
10How to Train Your DragonChris Sanders and Dean DeBlois's 2010 DreamWorks epic about a Viking boy who befriends a rare dragon in a world built on their conflict.
11Kubo and the Two StringsTravis Knight's 2016 Laika stop-motion masterwork — a visually stunning Japanese-mythology adventure about a boy's quest for his samurai father's armor.
12The Tale of Princess KaguyaIsao Takahata's 2013 Studio Ghibli hand-drawn meditation on life, beauty, and loss drawn from ancient Japanese folklore.
13AnomalisaCharlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's 2015 achingly melancholic stop-motion film about a lonely motivational speaker's mundane trip to Cincinnati.
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