The best animated movies for adults
The top 3 according to 46 votes from people: Grave of the Fireflies (1988) · Persepolis (2007) · Waltz with Bashir (2008). (Updated Nov 17, 2025.)
Animation that isn't for kids: war, memory, loneliness, cyberpunk and very rude humour. Picked from 65 y más, WatchMojo and Cine.com.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 10
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1
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Two orphaned siblings in bombed-out Japan, by Isao Takahata.
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2
Persepolis (2007)
Marjane Satrapi grows up in revolutionary Iran.
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3
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An animated documentary on the memory of the Lebanon War.
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4
Perfect Blue (1997)
A pop idol who loses the line between reality and fiction, by Satoshi Kon.
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5
Anomalisa (2015)
A man who hears everyone with the same voice, by Charlie Kaufman.
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6
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
A grandmother rescues her cyclist grandson, almost without dialogue.
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7
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Cartman and co.'s rudest musical.
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8
Fritz the Cat (1972)
Ralph Bakshi's pioneering X-rated cartoon.
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9
Akira (1988)
Neo-Tokyo, motorbikes and a power nobody can control.
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10
Wrinkles (2011)
A care home and Alzheimer's, by Ignacio Ferreras.
Candidates
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11
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Major Kusanagi and the soul inside the machine.
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12
Mary and Max (2009)
A pen-pal friendship between an Australian girl and a lonely New Yorker.
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13
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)
The making of Land Without Bread.
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14
Paprika (2006)
A device for entering other people's dreams, by Satoshi Kon.
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15
Chico & Rita (2010)
A pianist and a singer in Havana, by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal.
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