01 Fast, funny, and visually inventive enough to hold older kids too.
15 Best 2010s Animated Movies
By Vlad Zakh · June 2, 2025
United States Family feel goodfor the whole family
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse redefined what animated superhero films could look like visually, while Inside Out proved Pixar could still take genuine creative risks a decade and a half into its run.
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02 A genuinely great animated origin story with real emotional weight.
03 A voyage story with real emotional stakes and one of Disney's best scores.
04 A video-game premise that became one of the more heartfelt films of its year.
05 A rare animated sequel that deepens rather than repeats the original.
06 Everything is awesome, and somehow the film earns that joke completely.
07 A superhero story wrapped around real grief and a genuinely lovable robot.
08 Technically 2009, but the opening ten minutes alone justify its legacy.
09 The song alone made this a cultural phenomenon well beyond its box office.
10 A buddy-cop premise dressed up as a genuinely sharp social allegory.
11 An animated family film with an ability to wreck two grown adults at once.
12 One of the best-looking and best-written animated films of its decade.
13 A childhood-toys story that somehow earns a genuinely emotional finale.
14 Turned the inside of a child's mind into one of Pixar's most inventive premises.
15 Reinvented what an animated superhero film could look like.
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