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".
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
7.9/10
Director: Bruce W Timm, Eric Radomski
Starring: Kevin Conway, Dana Delany, Voices Of, Mark Hamill
The caped crusader's slick animated series made an engaging feature length debut with all of its 'film noir' sensibilities intact. Based strongly on F... Read more
Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection (1995)
5.3/10
Director: Howard E Baker, Peter Chung
Starring: Aeon Flux
Beginning as a series of short films for MTV, it soon attained cult status with its surreal twisting stroylines and breath-taking vivid animation. Aeo... Read more
Barefoot Gen / Barefoot Gen 2 (1983)
Director: Kazuo Oga
The powerful and tragic autobiographical story of manga artist Keiji Nakazawa, just six years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of H... Read more
The Animatrix (2003)
7.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Animation
Get ready to go deeper into the world of "The Matrix" with this collection of nine animated short films that range from computer-generated imagery to... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 1 (2004)
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane
New Zealand's first prime time animation series comes to DVD. Vale, Valea, Jeff da Maori, Sione and Mack are mates living in the fictional suburb of... Read more
Anomalisa (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) comes Anomalisa, a tender, touching and ach... Read more
Beavis And Butt-head Do America (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Mike Judge, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman
The unabashedly ignorant, flagrantly antisocial, hormonally charged duo from MTV's animated series find themselves on a cross country odyssey that beg... Read more
The Original Pink Panther Cartoon Collection (1964)
Director: Various
Starring: Mel Blanc
Thanks to a last minute hunch of Blake Edward's and the DePatie-Freleng animation team, the suave, sophisticated and literal feline, the 'Pink Panther... Read more
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume 2 (2005)
8.6/10
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
This second group of episodes from the Emmy-winning 'micro-series' 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' combines dynamic, stylised animation with action-driven... Read more
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume 1 (2003)
8.6/10
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Make no mistake, 'Clone Wars' is honest-to-goodness authentic 'Star Wars'. The animated series takes place between 'Episode II: Attack of the Clones'... Read more