There are always tons of great animated movies to watch on Netflix, but here are the 10 best that you won’t find anywhere else.
In 2022, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio became the first Netflix original film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Topping Disney and Sony is a tough task, but in recent years, Netflix has been producing some of the best animated movies of any studio. Pinocchio might be the most celebrated of the bunch, but below are nine more animated movies that need to be on your watch list, whether you have kids to watch them with or not.Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Directors: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
Cast: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton
Unsurprisingly, director Guillermo del Toro opted for a much darker, stranger take on the classic tale of Geppetto and Pinocchio. This story is set in Fascist Italy, and Geppetto (voiced by David Bradley) uses pine wood planted in his son’s grave to make a puppet (voiced by Gregory Mann). Pinocchio proceeds to join the circus to avoid conscription into the Royal Italian Army.
Hilda and the Mountain King
Directors: Andy Coyle
Writers: Luke Pearson
Cast: Bella Ramsey, Ameerah Falzon-Ojo, Oliver Nelson, Daisy Haggard, Rasmus Hardiker, John Hopkins, Lucy Montgomery, Dino Kelly, Rachel August, Agnes Peacock
Hilda and the Mountain King picks up directly after the season 2 finale of the animated series, during which Hilda turns into a troll. While her friends are searching for her, Hilda embarks on a new adventure. Hilda is one of the best kid-friendly animated series on Netflix, and this movie is an important piece of the puzzle between seasons 2 and 3.
Klaus
Directors: Sergio Pablos
Writers: Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney, Zach Lewis
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, J. K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Neda Margrethe Labba, Norm Macdonald, Joan Cusack
Klaus is one of the best (and most underrated) Christmas movies of all time.
