Underrated Animation Movies
Animation films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Animation Films
- 1
Grave of the Fireflies
Isao Takahata·1988·AnimationTML 93★ 8.5$517K box officeStarring
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
- 2
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata·2013·AnimationTML 88★ 8.0$975K box officeStarring
Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
- 3
Tonari no Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki·1988·AnimationTML 88★ 8.2$1.1M box officeStarring
Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
- 4
Kaguyahime no monogatari
Isao Takahata·2013·AnimationTML 88★ 8$1.5M box officeStarring
Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
- 5
Kaze no tani no Naushika
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$496K box officeStarring
Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
- 6
Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore·2014·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$858K box officeStarring
David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan
- 7
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki·1988·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$2.3M box officeStarring
Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
- 8
Only Yesterday
Isao Takahata·1991·AnimationTML 86★ 7.6$453K box officeStarring
Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka
- 9
Omohide poro poro
Isao Takahata·1991·AnimationTML 86★ 7.6$453K box officeStarring
Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka
- 10
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 86★ 8.0$496K box officeStarring
Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
- 11
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki·2021·AnimationTML 86★ 8.0$811K box officeStarring
Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria
- 12
Soul
Pete Docter·2020·AnimationTML 86★ 8.1$946K box officeStarring
Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton
- 13
Ernest & Celestine
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner·2012·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$262K box officeStarring
Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner, Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner
- 14
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda·2018·AnimationTML 85★ 8.1$277K box officeStarring
Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida
- 15
My Life as a Zucchini
Claude Barras·2016·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$310K box officeStarring
Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz
- 16
Kiki's Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki·1989·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$1.0M box officeStarring
Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
- 17
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki·1997·AnimationTML 85★ 8.1$1.3M box officeStarring
Kazuya Tsurumaki, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura
- 18
Mononoke-hime
Hayao Miyazaki·1997·AnimationTML 85★ 8.4$2.4M box officeStarring
Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
- 19
Pâfekuto burû
Satoshi Kon·1997·AnimationTML 84★ 8.0$777K box officeStarring
Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
- 20
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Naoko Yamada·2016·AnimationTML 84★ 8.1$1.1M box officeStarring
Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
- 21
Waking Life
Richard Linklater·2001·AnimationTML 84★ 7.8$2.9M box officeStarring
Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins
- 22
Porco Rosso
Hayao Miyazaki·1992·AnimationTML 83★ 7.7$443K box officeStarring
Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura Vi, Tsunehiko Kamijô
- 23
Castle in the Sky
Hayao Miyazaki·1986·AnimationTML 83★ 8.0$524K box officeStarring
Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
- 24
Papurika
Satoshi Kon·2006·AnimationTML 83★ 7.7$881K box officeStarring
Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
- 25
Paprika
Satoshi Kon·2006·AnimationTML 83★ 7.7$882K box officeStarring
Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
- 26
The Red Turtle
Michael Dudok de Wit·2016·AnimationTML 83★ 7.5$922K box officeStarring
Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers
- 27
Kôkaku Kidôtai
Mamoru Oshii·1995·AnimationTML 82★ 8$516K box officeStarring
Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
- 28
The Secret of Kells
Tomm Moore·2009·AnimationTML 82★ 7.6$686K box officeStarring
Nora Twomey, Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally
- 29
Anomalisa
Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman·2015·AnimationTML 82★ 7.2$3.8M box officeStarring
Charlie Kaufman, David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
- 30
When the Wind Blows
Jimmy T. Murakami·1986·AnimationTML 81★ 7.7$5K box officeStarring
Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell