An animated film that turns its imaginative eye toward the world of cryptids, hybrid creatures (unicorns, griffins) whose existence is endangered.

Studio Ghibli has been such a grand master of 2D animation that watching it make the jump into 3D almost seems blasphemous.

Expertly paced and among the most suspenseful films in recent memory.

Pixar films have always been existential in some form, but the surreal Soul takes it to its logical extreme.

The main reason to watch this is its stellar animation. Even if there were Disney films out as competition—be they 2-D or 3-D—this movie would still look refreshing by comparison.

The animation is like nothing you’ve probably seen before. It’s like artwork made by a child with blocks, if that child took a boatload of acid.

A harrowing depiction of coping with trauma, in the tone of a Grimm’s fairy tale.

The award-wining animated film features one of the most truculent and entrancing characters of the year: a disembodied hand wandering Paris to find its body.

An intense and captivating love story, with many sleek sequences of action and fantasy.