Genre: Animated
Stories told in or about animation — works where the medium’s freedom from realism shapes the storytelling, from the fantastical to the deeply personal.
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
Santa's bumbling son Arthur must deliver a forgotten present before sunrise, using an antique sleigh and his grandfather's wisdom. -
Klaus (2019)
A spoiled postman exiled to a frigid island town befriends a reclusive toymaker, and they invent the Santa tradition together. -
The Polar Express (2004)
Robert Zemeckis directs the motion-capture adaptation of the picture book about a boy boarding a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. -
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Chuck Jones directs the animated Dr. Seuss special about a sour creature plotting to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville. -
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
A young reindeer with a glowing red nose runs away with an elf who wants to be a dentist, and they find acceptance through the Island of Misfit Toys. -
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Charlie Brown directs the Peanuts gang in a Nativity pageant after rejecting the commercialism of the season. -
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Satoshi Kon directs the story of three homeless Tokyo residents who find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve and search for the parents. -
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 Studio Ghibli pastoral. Two girls discover forest spirits in rural Japan. Catbus, soot sprites, kindness throughout. -
WALL-E (2008)
Andrew Stanton's 2008 Pixar masterpiece. Garbage robot finds love on dead Earth. First forty minutes near-silent. Environmental fable. -
Cars (2006)
2006 Pixar animated film with Owen Wilson as race car Lightning McQueen stranded in Route 66 town Radiator Springs.