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Adult Animation movies

Animation for grown-ups, often driven by satire, darker humor, or mature themes and commentary.

Sausage Party

1. Sausage Party

Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy Adventure Epic
6.1
20161h 29min

Overview

Hot dog Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.

Themes

Power and manipulation, Belonging and division, Fear of being eaten, Group dynamics under threat, False utopia, Noble lie ethics

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Anomalisa

2. Anomalisa

Animation Drama Romance Comedy Adult Animation
7.2
20151h 31min

Overview

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

Themes

Perception vs reality, Existential isolation, Inauthentic relationships, Social conformity pressure, Performance anxiety, Commodification of affection

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Justice League: Gods and Monsters

3. Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Action Animation Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction
7.0
20151h 16min

Overview

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Power and oversight, Heritage and belonging, Framing and accountability, Authority and civil rights, Trust in institutions

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Son of Batman

4. Son of Batman

Animation Action Adventure Superhero Action Adult Animation
6.7
20141h 14min

Overview

Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group known as The League of Assassins.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Robin dynamics and duty, Terrorist group pressure, Father son reunion tensions, Based on comic expectations, Super power limits

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Justice League: Doom

5. Justice League: Doom

Action Animation Science Fiction Fantasy Superhero Action
7.5
20121h 17min

Overview

An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Preemption vs autonomy, Leadership under duress, Manipulation of contingency plans, External threat internal solidarity, Responsibility of power

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

6. Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

Action Adventure Animation Horror Epic Action
6.5
20101h 24min

Overview

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

Themes

Betrayal and deception, Guilt from infidelity, Power and greed in hell, Confrontation with family, Self exploration under trial, Life and afterlife liminality

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Mary and Max

7. Mary and Max

Animation Comedy Drama Adult Animation Dark Comedy
8.1
20091h 32min

Overview

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

Themes

Solace through letters, Loneliness through isolation, Friendship across distance, Family neglect effects, Identity through diagnosis, Resilience through connection

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Hulu
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Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder

8. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder

Animation Comedy Science Fiction Adult Animation Parody
7.3
20091h 30min

Overview

Leela becomes an outlaw when she and a group of ecologically-minded feminists attempt to save an asteroid of primitive life forms and the Violet Dwarf star from being destroyed, while Fry joins a secret society and attempts to stop a mysterious species known as the "Dark Ones" from destroying all life in the universe.

Themes

Collective action under pressure, Environmental activism vs development, Secret societies and telepathy, Preservation of endangered life, Private ambition vs ecology, Mind-reading power vs privacy


Futurama: Bender's Game

9. Futurama: Bender's Game

Animation Comedy Science Fiction Action Fantasy
7.3
20081h 28min

Overview

When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. Leela emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home, and the Professor sees the fuel gauge, he's enraged by the hit he's going to take at the Dark Matter pump. Now the crew have to find a way to break Mom's stranglehold on starship fuel, even if they have to wade through a Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy-land to do it!

Themes

Corporate control of resources, Role playing as escape, Fantasy world as hazard, Memory erasure as concealment, Science powering fantasy conflict, Reality vs fantasy boundary


Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

10. Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

Animation Comedy Science Fiction Romance Adult Animation
7.2
20081h 30min

Overview

Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully) at least not make it worse. Beyond the tear, though, lurks a being of inconceivable...tentacularity. What will become of Earth, and indeed, our universe, when faced with the Beast with a Billion Backs?

Themes

Mass affection and change, Intergalactic romance under pressure, Extraterrestrial influence on culture, Belief systems and devotion, Power and consent dynamics, Identity through relationships, Attachment across species