The best stop-motion animated films of all time
The top 3 according to 951 votes from people: Coraline (2009) · The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). (Updated Apr 30, 2026.)
Puppets, clay and infinite patience: the stop-motion features rated highest by critics (Rotten Tomatoes, BFI, SlashFilm).
Top 12
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1
Coraline (2009)
Henry Selick and Laika's dark fairy tale with buttons for eyes.
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2
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Jack Skellington discovers Christmas.
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3
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
The first stop-motion film to win the Oscar for animated feature.
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4
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Aardman's sheep head to the big city.
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5
Chicken Run (2000)
The great escape with chickens, the highest-grossing stop-motion film ever.
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6
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Laika's samurai epic with a magical shamisen.
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7
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Wes Anderson adapts Roald Dahl.
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8
My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Claude Barras' moving story of orphans.
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9
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Wes Anderson's exiled dogs in a future Japan.
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10
Mary and Max (2009)
Adam Elliot's pen-pal friendship between Melbourne and New York.
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11
Anomalisa (2015)
Charlie Kaufman's puppets in a hotel crisis.
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12
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Oscar winner for best animated feature.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (7)
Coraline at #1, deserved, still creepy every rewatch.
Mary and Max made me cry like a baby.
Kubo's skeleton fight took months to animate, incredible craft.
Missing Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out or The Wrong Trousers? Shorts, I know.
Fantastic Mr. Fox has the best voice cast ever.
Chicken Run is pure joy.
Nightmare Before Christmas is a yearly tradition, October AND December.