10 Animated Movies That Are 10/10 but Nobody Remembers
Collider presents a list of ten animated films the writer calls quietly perfect yet largely overlooked, films that slip through the cultural cracks despite feeling like classics.
The article argues each selection is a "clean 10 out of 10" because the craft disappears and the story simply works. The roundup ranges in tone and style, citing titles such as April and the Extraordinary World, The Red Turtle, Tokyo Godfathers, Persepolis, Fantastic Planet, Millennium Actress, The Secret of Kells, A Scanner Darkly, Ernest & Celestine, and Song of the Sea.
Highlights emphasize strong emotional cores and distinctive formal choices — for example, The Red Turtle’s near-wordless life portrait, A Scanner Darkly’s rotoscope-fueled paranoia, and Song of the Sea’s folktale approach to grief and healing, which the article describes as emotionally wrecking while resembling a lower-heat Spirited Away.