1. Bury the Axis
The cartoon chronicles Hitler's birth, brief childhood and eventual rise to power.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Jasper and the Haunted House
Jasper and the Haunted House is another George Pal Puppetoon about a black boy and his troubles. This time, the scarecrow switches a sign that leads Jasper to a haunted house instead of a deacon's place where he brings a pie.
3. Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story (Lisa Limone ja Maroc Orange: tormakas armulugu)
Main hero is a singing boat refugee – orange boy Maroc. He dreams about freedom. Lemon girl Lisa collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Lisa’s father is a businessman, owner of a ketchup factory and tomato plantation. He loves money. And so the opera begins: Poor Maroc escapes from his homeland and defying stormy waters take a boat across the sea to the “promised land”. Upon arrival he is forced into being a slave worker in a tomato plantation instead of freedom, democracy, wealth and parties he had hoped for. Despite the initial let down our orange boy is destined to gain happiness – selfish Lisa falls in love with him and sets him free. We see an orange revolution – houses are blown up and tomatoes are made from ketchup, all in the name of democracy! Movie that is full of rebellion and love has happy ending – we will see sour-sweet culmination of lemon girl’s and orange boy’s love.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. James and the Giant Peach
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
It has an average vote of 6.549 on TMDB.
5. But Milk Is Important
A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
6. My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette)
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
It has an average vote of 7.808 on TMDB.
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
It has an average vote of 7.796 on TMDB.
8. Salmon (Mia')
Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.
9. Prehistoric Beast
In a dense forest, a monoceratops-type plant-eating dinosaur is stalked by a carnivorous Tyrannosaurus rex.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. My Green Crocodile (Мой зелёный крокодил)
A green crocodile who loves flowers and leaves falls in love with a pretty cow.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
It has an average vote of 7.837 on TMDB.
12. Crafty Witch
After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny.
13. Egg
A microscopic tale of epic tragedy. One pea-sized pirate quests to slay his golden nemesis in this surrealistic, stop-motion animated retelling of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. A fully realized animation, full of conflict and tension, that makes perfect narrative sense while defying all common sense.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
14. Zeb's Spider
An eight-legged force of fate spins a complex web of darkness and humour in Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis’s animated short.
15. My Little Goat (マイリトルゴート)
A mother goat rescues her kids from the belly of a wolf, but where is her eldest son Toruku?
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
16. Jak ulovit mamuta (Jak ulovit mamuta)
(Jak ulovit mamuta)
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
17. Las Nogas
500 years into the future, the earth is a dry wasteland destroyed by humans. Doctor Alma, a fluffy, brilliant Vulkeet who drives a Vespa, must cure the only creatures left who can save the world by bringing back the rain - the bizarre and loveable Homeys who have fallen ill with a mysterious sickness.
18. Impasse
A classic of abstract animation that follows a tiny red arrow's journey through a multitude of spirals of white and waterfalls of color. Directed by Caroline and Frank Mouris, preserved in 2020 thanks to a collaborative effort between the Academy Film Archive and the Yale Film Archive.
19. The Great Philips Review
Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
20. …And There Was Light (I stała się światłość)
Jerzy Kalina's first film, animated using coloured grains to depict a fantastical, vividly coloured genesis. The creation of the world and the dawn of life in under ten minutes.