Cult Animation
Like your animation a little weird and wonderful? Then look no further, you have arrived. From works as diverse as Jan Svankmajer and The Brothers Quay to that of Richard Linklater ("Waking Life", pictured), from the "Simpsons" to the "Bloggs" (in "Where the Wind Blows"). For Japanese Animation, check out "Japanime", for those oldies but goodies (1920-1965) check out "Classic Animation".
Coraline (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, Rober...
Vividly animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's best-seller about an adventurous little girl who walks through a secret door and finds a world that is sp... Read more
Fritz The Cat (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta Le Noire, Judy Engles
This x-rated cartoon by Ralph Bakshi hit a responsive chord with the counterculture audience of the seventies. This now classic cult rendition of Robe... Read more
Heavy Metal 2000 (1999)
5.4/10
Director: Michel Lemire, Michael Coldewey
Starring: Voices Of, Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol
In-name only sequel to 1981's 'Heavy Metal'. An adult animated tale in which Tyler, a psychotic space pirate in pursuit of the key to immortality, pic... Read more
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane
Director Richard Linklater returns to the animation style of his earlier 'Waking Life' for this adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel. In the not-too-... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Liz Smith
Wallace and Gromit return for their first feature length film, a rip-roaring comedy that sees the wacky inventor come up with a new way to get rid of... Read more
The Red Turtle (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
If one day Studio Ghibli decides to produce an animator from outside the studio, it will be him, was Miyazakis pronouncement after watching Dudok de... Read more
Family Guy: Season 5 (2005)
6.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
The fabulously dysfunctional Griffins are back. Though sold as 'Season Five', this is in fact the last half of the huge fourth season - too big to fi... Read more
Mary and Max (2009)
8.1/10
Director: Adam Elliot
Starring: Barry Humphries, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Renee Geyer
Mary Dinkle (voice of Toni Collette), a chubby lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman... Read more
9 (2009)
7.1/10
Director: Shane Acker
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C Reil...
In the final days of humanity, a dedicated scientist gives the spark of life to nine of his creations. The world has turned into an unrecognizable lan... Read more
Futurama: Season 1 - Volume 1 (1999)
8.5/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Fry, Bender, Leela, Zapp Brannigan, Professor Farnsworth
Join 20th Century slacker and pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry in his adventures as a 31st Century interstellar delivery boy. Other characters in the... Read more