Animation Films
Pattern Statistics
475
Movies
6.1
Avg Arcplot
93
Avg Runtime
1940-2025
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
67%
Avg RT
63
Avg Metacritic
$94442M
Total Box Office
438
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Animation Films - Structural Analysis
This collection of 475 animation films demonstrates consistent understanding of narrative structure characteristic of the genre. Covering works from 1940 to 2025, the average Arcplot score of 7.0 shows sophisticated plot point execution.
Within this genre, 0% of films reach scores above 8.0, indicating that narrative approaches vary considerably. Exemplary works include Return to Never Land (8.0), Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (7.9), and Meet the Robinsons (7.9).
Duration Characteristics
Animation films in this sample average 1 hour and 33 minutes, indicating efficient narrative compression.
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9
2009
A Bug's Life
1998
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965
A Christmas Carol
2009
A Close Shave
1996
A Goofy Movie
1995
A Letter to Momo
2012
A Scanner Darkly
2006
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
2019
Abominable
2019
Akira
1988
Aladdin
1992
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Alice in Wonderland
1951
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
Alvin and the Chipmunks
2007
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
American Pop
1981
An American Tail
1986
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
An Extremely Goofy Movie
2000
Anastasia
1997
Animal Crackers
2017
Anomalisa
2015
Antz
1998
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
Arthur Christmas
2011
Astro Boy
2009
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Ballerina
2016
Balto
1995
Bambi
1942
Barnyard
2006
Barton Fink
1991
Battle for Terra
2007
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Bebe's Kids
1992
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Bee Movie
2007
Belle
2021
Beowulf
2007
Big Fish & Begonia
2016
Big Hero 6
2014
Bigfoot Family
2020
Black Butterflies
2024
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion
2007
Bloody Escape: Bats Out of Hell
2024
Bolt
2008
Brave
2012
Brother Bear
2003
Brother Bear 2
2006
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
2017
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
1986
Cars
2006
Cars 2
2011
Cars 3
2017
Castle in the Sky
1986
Cats
2018
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Charlotte's Web
1973
Chicken Little
2005
Chicken Run
2000
Cinderella
1950
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Coco
2017
Cool World
1992
Coraline
2009
Corpse Bride
2005
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001
Crystal Sky of Yesterday
2018
Curious George
2006
Dahufa
2017
Deep Sea
2023
Despicable Me
2010
Despicable Me 2
2013
Despicable Me 4
2024
Dinosaur
2000
Doogal
2006
Dragonkeeper
2024
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
Dumbo
1941
Early Man
2018
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Elemental
2023
Elio
2025
Empress Chung
2005
Encanto
2021
Epic
2013
Ernest & Celestine
2012
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
2009
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2012
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021
Fantasia
1940
Fantasia 2000
2000
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978
Ferdinand
2017
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Finding Dory
2016
Finding Nemo
2003
Fireworks
2017
Fist of the North Star
1986
Flow
2024
Flushed Away
2006
Frankenweenie
2012
Free Birds
2013
Fritz the Cat
1972
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011
Frozen
2013
Frozen II
2019
Garfield's Pet Force
2009
Ghost in the Shell
1995
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004
Gnome Alone
2017
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
Green Snake
2021
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
2024
Halo Legends
2010
Happy Feet
2006
Happy Feet Two
2011
Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
Heavy Metal
1981
Help! I'm a Fish
2000
Her Blue Sky
2019
Hercules
1997
Hey Arnold! The Movie
2002
Home
2015
Home on the Range
2004
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
Hoodwinked!
2005
Hop
2011
Horton Hears a Who!
2008
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
I Am What I Am
2021
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018
Ice Age
2002
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
IF
2024
Igor
2008
In This Corner of the World
2016
Incredibles 2
2018
Inside Out
2015
Inside Out 2
2024
Isle of Dogs
2018
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
2002
Joseph: King of Dreams
2002
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
Justice League: War
2014
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Klaus
2019
KPop Demon Hunters
2025
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
Kung Fu Panda
2008
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Lady and the Tramp
1955
Laid-Back Camp the Movie
2022
Latte and the Magic Waterstone
2019
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
Lightyear
2022
Lilo & Stitch
2002
Lissi and the Wild Emperor
2007
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Loving Vincent
2017
Luca
2021
Luck
2022
Lupin III: The First
2019
Madagascar
2005
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
2020
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
Mars Needs Moms
2011
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
Meet the Robinsons
2007
Megamind
2010
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
2024
Melody Time
1948
Memoir of a Snail
2024
Migration
2023
Minions
2015
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
2023
Mirai
2018
Missing Link
2019
Moana
2016
Moana 2
2024
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
2024
Monkeybone
2001
Monster Family
2017
Monster Family 2
2021
Monster House
2006
Monsters University
2013
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
Monsters, Inc.
2001
Moonbound
2021
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Mulan
1998
Mulan II
2004
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
2021
Noah's Ark
2007
Norm of the North
2016
Oliver & Company
1988
Once Upon a Forest
1993
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
Onward
2020
Open Season
2006
Open Season 2
2008
Osmosis Jones
2001
Over the Hedge
2006
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom
2024
Paprika
2006
ParaNorman
2012
PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
Perfect Blue
1997
Peter Pan
1953
Peter Rabbit
2018
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
Piglet's Big Movie
2003
Pinocchio
1940
Planes
2013
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Planet Hulk
2010
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Dunk for Future
2022
Pocahontas
1995
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
Pokémon Heroes
2002
Pom Poko
1994
Ponyo
2008
Porco Rosso
1992
Princess Mononoke
1997
Puss in Boots
2011
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022
Quest for Camelot
1998
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Rango
2011
Ratatouille
2007
Ratchet & Clank
2016
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
Recess: School's Out
2001
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019
Return to Never Land
2002
Rio
2011
Rio 2
2014
Rise of the Guardians
2012
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
2012
Robin Hood
1973
Robinson Crusoe
2016
Robot Dreams
2023
Robots
2005
Rock Dog
2016
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
Sahara
2017
Sausage Party
2016
Scoob!
2020
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018
Shark Tale
2004
Shaun the Sheep Movie
2015
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Shrek
2001
Shrek 2
2004
Shrek Forever After
2010
Shrek the Third
2007
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
Sing
2016
Sing 2
2021
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin
2024
Song of the South
1946
Soul
2020
Space Dogs
2010
Space Jam
1996
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
Spies in Disguise
2019
Spirit Untamed
2021
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
Spirited Away
2001
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
2023
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Storks
2016
Storm Rider: Clash Of The Evils
2008
Strange Magic
2015
Strange World
2022
Summer Wars
2009
Surf's Up
2007
Tales from Earthsea
2006
Tangled
2010
Tarzan
2013
Tarzan
1999
Tarzan II
2005
Teacher's Pet
2004
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
That Christmas
2024
The Addams Family 2
2021
The Adventures of Sinbad
2013
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
The Animatrix
2003
The Ant Bully
2006
The Anthem of the Heart
2015
The Aristocats
1970
The Bad Guys
2022
The Bad Guys 2
2025
The Black Cauldron
1985
The Boss Baby
2017
The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021
The Boxtrolls
2014
The Boy and the Beast
2015
The Brave Little Toaster
1987
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979
The Cat Returns
2002
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
The Croods
2013
The Croods: A New Age
2020
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
The Emoji Movie
2017
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
The Fox and the Hound
1981
The Garfield Movie
2024
The Good Dinosaur
2015
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
The Grinch
2018
The Hobbit
1977
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
The Illusionist
2010
The Incredibles
2004
The Iron Giant
1999
The Jungle Book
2016
The Jungle Book
1967
The Jungle Book 2
2003
The Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown
2023
The King and I
1999
The Land Before Time
1988
The Last Unicorn
1982
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim
2021
The Legend of Hei
2019
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
The Lego Movie
2014
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
The Lion King
1994
The Lion King
2019
The Lion King 1½
2004
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
The Little Mermaid
1989
The Little Prince
2015
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
The Lorax
2012
The Lord of the Rings
1978
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
The Magic Roundabout
2004
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
The Nut Job
2014
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
The Pagemaster
1994
The Peanuts Movie
2015
The Peasants
2023
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
2008
The Polar Express
2004
The Prince of Egypt
1998
The Princess and the Frog
2009
The Queen's Corgi
2019
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
2022
The Rescuers
1977
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
The Road to El Dorado
2000
The Rugrats Movie
1998
The Sea Beast
2022
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
The Secret of NIMH
1982
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010
The Simpsons Movie
2007
The Smurfs
2011
The Smurfs 2
2013
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
The Swan Princess
1994
The Sword in the Stone
1963
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
The Three Caballeros
1944
The Tigger Movie
2000
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
The Triplets of Belleville
2003
The Wild
2006
The Wild Robot
2024
The Wind Rises
2013
The Wrong Trousers
1993
Thumbelina
1994
Titan A.E.
2000
Titeuf
2011
TMNT
2007
Tom & Jerry
2021
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992
Toy Story
1995
Toy Story 2
1999
Toy Story 3
2010
Toy Story 4
2019
Transformers One
2024
Treasure Planet
2002
Trolls
2016
Trolls Band Together
2023
Trolls World Tour
2020
Turbo
2013
Turning Red
2022
UglyDolls
2019
Underdogs
2013
Up
2009
Valiant
2005
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
2019
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
WALL·E
2008
Watership Down
1978
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Weathering with You
2019
White Snake
2019
White Snake: Afloat
2024
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Wish Dragon
2021
Wizards
1977
Wolf Children
2012
Wolfwalkers
2020
Wonder Park
2019
Woody Woodpecker
2017
Wreck-It Ralph
2012
Your Name
2016
Zootopia
2016