# The best stop-motion animated films of all time

Puppets, clay and infinite patience: the stop-motion features rated highest by critics (Rotten Tomatoes, BFI, SlashFilm).

- 951 votes · 12 items
- Apr 30, 2026 · Paige
- https://even.best/en/l/1904/the-best-stop-motion-animated-films-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Coraline (2009)** (100 · ▲107 ▼7) — Henry Selick and Laika's dark fairy tale with buttons for eyes.
2. **The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)** (92 · ▲100 ▼8) — Jack Skellington discovers Christmas.
3. **Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)** (79 · ▲86 ▼7) — The first stop-motion film to win the Oscar for animated feature.
4. **Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)** (73 · ▲76 ▼3) — Aardman's sheep head to the big city.
5. **Chicken Run (2000)** (57 · ▲66 ▼9) — The great escape with chickens, the highest-grossing stop-motion film ever.
6. **Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)** (53 · ▲66 ▼13) — Laika's samurai epic with a magical shamisen.
7. **Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)** (52 · ▲64 ▼12) — Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl.
8. **My Life as a Zucchini (2016)** (52 · ▲61 ▼9) — Claude Barras' moving story of orphans.
9. **Isle of Dogs (2018)** (45 · ▲60 ▼15) — Wes Anderson's exiled dogs in a future Japan.
10. **Mary and Max (2009)** (37 · ▲49 ▼12) — Adam Elliot's pen-pal friendship between Melbourne and New York.
11. **Anomalisa (2015)** (37 · ▲47 ▼10) — Charlie Kaufman's puppets in a hotel crisis.
12. **Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)** (30 · ▲47 ▼17) — Oscar winner for best animated feature.

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