Top Rated Animation Movies on Kanopy - Page 11

Strings

1991

Strings

1991
5
This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him, and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both.
The Grand Bizarre

2018

The Grand Bizarre

2018
6.7
A kinetic journey through the graphic motifs of textiles paired with figures and landscapes to explore the technological development of fabric production and consumption alongside systems of visual and spoken language. The piece investigates recurring graphic symbols and how their cross-cultural appropriation functions within a global economy.
Last Day of Freedom

2015

Last Day of Freedom

2015
7.1
When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police.
Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017
3.5
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a sinister mechanized army and save the creatures of their world.
Thimble Theater

1938

Thimble Theater

1938
7.4
One of Joseph Cornell’s funniest films, Thimble Theater is structured like a vaudeville variety show about nature.
Heroic Times

1984

Heroic Times

1984
7.2
The tragic medieval tale of a man of inhuman strength, fierce temper and a desire for noble knighthood. While on the run as a murderer, he finds new life as a knight, only to face disillusionment, the horrors of war and ugly human vices.
The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968

The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968
4.9
Two artists create grotesque characters; Two-dimensional drawings which somehow have a life of their own, that exist in the same space as real objects. The film seems to ask, "Isn't every filmmaking venture a series of repeated, once-negative images displayed alongside the real world?"
Mars

2010

Mars

2010
5.6
A new space race is born between NASA and the ESA when Charlie Brownsville, Hank Morrison, and Dr. Casey Cook compete against an artificially intelligent robot to find out what's up there on the red planet. 'Mars' follows these three astronauts on the first manned mission to our galactic neighbor. On the way they experience life threatening accidents, self doubts, obnoxious reporters, and the boredom of extended space travel.
Benny's Bathtub

1971

Benny's Bathtub

1971
7.1
A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults.
Solar Walk

2018

Solar Walk

2018
6.9
This award-winning animated mind-bender is a by turns whimsical, mysterious, and psychotropic vision of deep-space discovery.
I Am Sun Mu

2015

I Am Sun Mu

2015
6.6
Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005
6.8
One of the most exciting and memorable stories in the history of the World Trade Towers is that of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked a tightrope between the massive monuments in 1974. Narrated by Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, this is an animated adaptation of the lyrical Caldecott Award-winning book by Mordecai Gerstein. Directed and animated by Michael Sporn, with music by Michael Bacon (of the Bacon Brothers).
Christmas Thieves

2021

Christmas Thieves

2021
4.7
After a robbery goes wrong, Frank and Vince break into a home when two kids mistake them for their babysitters. Hoping to make them fall asleep so they can make their getaway, Frank reads stories from a magic book that he stole during the robbery, taking them to the enchanted world of Arctic Friends. The two thieves have to endure the kid’s hijinks as they make various absurd attempts to escape.
Tiny Tim: King for a Day

2020

Tiny Tim: King for a Day

2020
6.1
The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and truly unusual outsider artist was the biggest star in the world.
The Daydreamer

1966

The Daydreamer

1966
4.6
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

2019

Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

2019
6.9
In this decidedly cheeky and deliriously fun animation, a decent, hard-working wolf must rely on his physical gifts in order to make ends meet for the sake of his family.
MUTE

2013

MUTE

2013
6.7
MUTE is an animated short about a world populated by people born without a mouth. When a gory accident leads to the discovery they are able to create their own mouth by cutting themselves, this releases an enthusiastic chain reaction among the population…
Junkyard

2012

Junkyard

2012
6.6
A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in the last second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes
My Financial Career

1962

My Financial Career

1962
6.7
A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank.
Lipsett Diaries

2010

Lipsett Diaries

2010
6
A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with LIPSETT DIARIES, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.