Top Rated Animation Movies on Kanopy - Page 16

The Little Bird and the Squirrel

2015

The Little Bird and the Squirrel

2015
6.5
It is Autumn; at the end of a branch hangs a red leaf. A little black bird comes along to water it when suddenly, a squirrel nicks the bird's bright green watering can. The bird follows the cheeky thief and so begins an exciting chase through the forest.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

1999

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

1999
9
An animated short film based on a 1989 wordless picture book by Bill Martin Jr. In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!
Water Path for a Fish

2016

Water Path for a Fish

2016
6.5
It's a starry night in a poor neighborhood in Latin America. Óscar is sleeping in his room when a sudden wind wakes him up. From his window he sees a little goldfish in a dirty puddle gasping for air. Óscar will try to save the goldfish through a rampant adventure full of mysterious challenges.
Jonas and the Sea

2015

Jonas and the Sea

2015
5.2
A boy casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream, a quest we all share: the quest to find a place he can call home, even if it's underwater. He loves to swim with fishes and builds an ingenious machine to be able to dive.
Juke-Bar

1989

Juke-Bar

1989
5.2
With the arrival of a new juke-box in a snack-bar, the cockroaches' life becomes suddenly a little more animated.
The Smortlybacks

2013

The Smortlybacks

2013
5
On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
The Little Bird and the Leaf

2012

The Little Bird and the Leaf

2012
5.9
A little bird leaves its nest in pursuit of a leaf — but when a famished fox follows, the bird learns that sometimes you need to think on the fly!
Slice

2021

Slice

2021
7.8
After having a dream about kissing his best friend, Sasha decides he has to declare his feelings to him immediately.
Quantum Cowboys

2023

Quantum Cowboys

2023
9
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician.
Jimmy Neutron: Runaway Rocketboy!

1998

Jimmy Neutron: Runaway Rocketboy!

1998
4.7
The pilot of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The short was going to start the series, but Nickelodeon liked it so much that they decided to make the film and the series was produced a couple of years later. Jimmy runs away after his parents ground him for launching Carl off the roof. Little do his folks know that Jimmy has been abducted by aliens, who think he knows about earth's defense systems.
The Last Day of Autumn

2019

The Last Day of Autumn

2019
6.3
Winter is approaching, and the last day of the red-yellow-brown glow of autumn is a good time for the animals in the forest to organize a very special race. Ardently they construct buggies from discarded materials, and as the weather turns frosty, the race is on for the hare, fox, hedgehog, bear, and others. With mutual caring, the forest animals ride toward the finish line and their wintering grounds.
The Little Bird and the Caterpillar

2017

The Little Bird and the Caterpillar

2017
6.3
"The little bird has plenty of peace and quiet high up in its tree, at least until an unexpected guest shows up. The brash caterpillar's keen on devouring the green leaves that the little bird has cared for so tenderly. During the ensuing showdown, the two fail to notice that someone else is hard on their heels, and this character's craving a more savoury snack."
No Snow For Christmas

2018

No Snow For Christmas

2018
6
'No Snow for Christmas' is an animated Christmas carol about the effects of climate change.
Two Balloons

2017

Two Balloons

2017
6
Two travelers return to a place crossed by stars and clouds where love is at the beginning of everything.
Big Mouth

2012

Big Mouth

2012
4
This animated short tells the story of Trudy, a little girl who is equal parts truthful and rude. A bright-minded and quick-witted child, Trudy has an unfiltered and deeply curious way of looking at the world. Here, events force her to question what it means to speak the truth, and comes to understand how our differences make us unique.
Come Again in Spring

2007

Come Again in Spring

2007
6.3
When an old man is visited by Death at his home in the meadows, he has to delve deep to secure more time for himself. Based on a story by Richard Kennedy.
Half a Life

2017

Half a Life

2017
3.3
After a traumatic encounter, a young gay Egyptian joins the LGBT rights movement. When his safety is jeopardized, he must choose whether to stay in the country he loves or seek asylum elsewhere as a refugee. "Half a Life" is a timely story of activism and hope, set in the increasingly dangerous, oppressive, and unstable social climate of Egypt today.
I Want My Hat Back

2013

I Want My Hat Back

2013
9
Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question.
Three Fools

2014

Three Fools

2014
6.7
In a search for a place to settle down, the three friends, Blue, Yellow and Green find their friendship being ruined by greed and headless competition. Only when Blue and Yellow have destroyed and used all surrounding natural resources in their race to build the tallest house on the beach - they discover that Green has found the true values in life on a mountaintop, in harmony with nature, surrounded by family and love.
Finding Babel

2016

Finding Babel

2016
6.3
The subversive masterpieces of Russian-Ukrainian writer Isaac Babel challenged the reality of life under rising totalitarianism, and led to his arrest and execution in 1940. In Finding Babel, Andrei Malaev-Babel confronts complex traces of a turbulent history that echo in his grandfather's writing and in the conflicts of today's Ukraine and Russia. Babel's fiction is woven into Andrei's search with ethereal animation that puts the viewer, like Babel's readers, between fantasy and reality.