| Rank |
Film |
Eligible Director(s) and Producer(s) |
Distributor |
| 1 |
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” |
Guillermo del Toro (director, producer), Mark Gustafson (director), Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar (producers) |
Netflix |
| A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy. |
| 2 |
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” |
Dean Fleischer-Camp (director and producer), Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey (producers) |
A24 |
| Feature adaptation of the animated short film interviewing a mollusk named Marcel. |
| 3 |
“Turning Red” |
Domee Shi (director), Lindsey Collins (producer) |
Pixar |
| A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited. |
| 4 |
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” |
Joel Crawford (director), Mark Swift (producer) |
DreamWorks Animation |
| Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives. |
| 5 |
“Wendell & Wild” |
Henry Selick (director, producer), Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jordan Peele (producers) |
Netflix |
| Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly, and her two acolytes, the goth teens Kat and Raul. However, Raul cannot see them so Kat helps Wendell and Wild to help him. |
| Next in Line |
| 6 |
“Inu-Oh” |
Masaaki Yuasa (director), Fumie Takeuchi, Eunyoung Choi (producers) |
GKids |
| A cursed dancer and a musician stun society with electrifying concerts in this animated rock opera. |
| 7 |
“Lightyear” |
Angus MacLane (director), Galyn Susman (producer) |
Pixar |
| While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zurg who are attempting to steal his fuel source. |
| 8 |
“Strange World” |
Don Hall (director), Roy Conli (producer) |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threatened to topple their latest and most crucial mission. |
| 9 |
“Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood” |
Richard Linklater (director, producer), Mike Blizzard, Bruno Felix, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting (producers) |
Netflix |
| A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. |
| 10 |
“The Bad Guys” |
Rebecca Huntley, Damon Ross (producers), Pierre Perifel (director) |
Universal Pictures |
| To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretend to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to secretly find that he genuinely wants to change his ways. |
| Other Top-Tier Contenders |
| 11 |
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie” |
Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman, George Chang, Janelle Momary, Nora Smith |
20th Century Studios |
| 12 |
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” |
Kyle Balda (director), Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud (producers) |
Universal Pictures/Illumination |
| 13 |
“Eternal Spring” |
Jason Loftus (director, producer), Kevin Koo, Yvan Pinard (producers) |
Lofty Sky Distribution |
| 14 |
“Charlotte” |
Tahir Rana, Éric Warin (directors), Jérôme Dopffer, Eric Goossens, Anton Roebben, Julia Rosenberg (producers) |
Good Deed Entertainment |
| 15 |
“The Sea Beast” |
Chris Williams (director, producer) Jed Schlanger (producer) |
Netflix |
| 16 |
“My Father’s Dragon” |
Nora Twomey (director), Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Tomm Moore, Paul Young (producers) |
Netflix |
| 17 |
“Run, Tiger, Run!” |
Xiaozhen Jiang, Zongqing Yang, Jianru Zhang, Xiuping Liu, Hongliang Niu, Stanley Tsang, Bo Wang, Joey Zou, Yuanwen Ji (directors) |
Soular Animation |
| 18 |
“Luck” |
Peggy Holmes (director), John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, David Eisenmann (producers) |
Apple Original Films/Skydance |
| 19 |
“Mad God” |
Phil Tippett (director, producer) |
IFC Midnight/Shudder |
| 20 |
“DC League of Super-Pets” |
Jared Stern (director, producer) Patricia Hicks, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia (producers) |
Warner Bros. |
| All Contenders Listed (Unranked-Alphabetical) |
| — |
“Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood” |
Richard Linklater (director, producer), Mike Blizzard, Bruno Felix, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting (producers) |
Netflix |
| — |
“Charlotte” |
Tahir Rana, Éric Warin (directors), Jérôme Dopffer, Eric Goossens, Anton Roebben, Julia Rosenberg (producers) |
Good Deed Entertainment |
| — |
“DC League of Super-Pets” |
Patricia Hicks, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Jared Stern |
Warner Bros. |
| — |
“Drifting Home” |
Koji Yamamoto (director, producer) |
Netflix |
| — |
“Eternal Spring” |
Jason Loftus (director, producer), Kevin Koo, Yvan Pinard (producers) |
Lofty Sky Distribution |
| — |
“Goodbye, Don Glees!” |
Atsuko Ishizuka (director), Kenji Nakamoto, Sho Tanaka (producers) |
GKids |
| — |
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” |
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson (directors), Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar |
Netflix |
| — |
“Inu-Oh” |
Masaaki Yuasa (director), Fumie Takeuchi, Eunyoung Choi (producers) |
GKids |
| — |
“Lamya’s Poem” |
Alexander Kronemer (director, producer), Glenn James Brown, Sam Kadi (producers) |
Phoenicia Pictures |
| — |
“Lightyear” |
Angus MacLane (director), Galyn Susman (producer) |
Pixar |
| — |
“Little Nicholas, Happy as Can Be” |
Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre (directors), Aton Soumache, Lilian Eche, Cedric Pilot, Christel Henon (producers) |
Buffalo 8 |
| — |
“Luck” |
Peggy Holmes (director), John Lasseter, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, David Eisenmann (producers) |
Apple Original Films/Skydance |
| — |
“Mad God” |
Phil Tippett (director, producer) |
IFC Midnight/Shudder |
| — |
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” |
Dean Fleischer-Camp (director and producer), Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Terry Leonard, Paul Mezey, Jenny Slate (producers) |
A24 |
| — |
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” |
Kyle Balda (director), Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Chris Renaud (producers) |
Universal Pictures/Illumination |
| — |
“New Gods: Yang Jian” |
Ji Zhao (director), Lu Xi (producer) |
GKids |
| — |
“My Father’s Dragon” |
Nora Twomey (director), Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Tomm Moore, Paul Young (producers) |
Netflix |
| — |
“Oink” |
Mascha Halberstad (director), Marleen Slot (producer) |
Synergetic Distribution |
| — |
“Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” |
Chris Bailey, Mark Koetsier (directors), Rob Minkoff (director, producer), Guy Collins, Yair Landau, Adam Nagle, Peter Nagle (producers) |
Paramount Pictures |
| — |
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” |
Joel Crawford (director), Mark Swift (producer) |
DreamWorks Animation |
| — |
“Run, Tiger, Run!” |
Xiaozhen Jiang, Zongqing Yang, Jianru Zhang, Xiuping Liu, Hongliang Niu, Stanley Tsang, Bo Wang, Joey Zou, Yuanwen Ji (directors) |
Soular Animation |
| — |
“Strange World” |
Don Hall (director), Roy Conli (producer) |
Walt Disney Pictures |
| — |
“The Bad Guys” |
Rebecca Huntley, Damon Ross |
Universal Pictures |
| — |
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie” |
Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman, George Chang, Janelle Momary, Nora Smith |
20th Century Studios |
| — |
“The Sea Beast” |
Chris Williams (director, producer) Jed Schlanger (producer) |
Netflix |
| — |
“Turning Red” |
Lindsey Collins, Domee Shi |
Pixar |
| — |
“Wendell & Wild” |
Henry Selick (director and producer), Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jordan Peele (producers) |
Netflix |
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