“What are the best Adult Animation Movies?” We looked at 225 of the top Adult Animation films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 35 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Adult Animation” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 175+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 35 Best Adult Animation Movies Ever Made
35 .) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007) directed by Matt Maiellaro
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
An action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad,) who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.
34 .) Belladonna of Sadness (1973) directed by Eiichi Yamamoto
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- Screen Rant
A peasant woman is banished from her village and makes a deal with the devil to gain magical powers.
33 .) Beowulf (2007) directed by Robert Zemeckis
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- MSN
- Screen Rant
6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the a man-like ogre, Grendel.
32 .) Berserk directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka
Lists It Appears On:
- Heavy
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Live About
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith.
31 .) Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) directed by Michael Coldewey
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Live About
- Ranker
Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn’t kill her sister, Julie, who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge.
30 .) It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012) directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- IMDB
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt’s animated short film trilogy.
29 .) Loving Vincent (2017) directed by Dorota Kobiela
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Marie Claire
- Showbiz Bytes
- The Cinemaholic
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings are his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death.
28 .) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) directed by Henry Selick
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- EW
- Marie Claire
- Rolling Stone
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack’s rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
27 .) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D’s orders are strict – find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time.
26 .) When the Wind Blows (1986) directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
Lists It Appears On:
- EW
- IMDB
- MSN
- Taste Of Cinema
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
25 .) Ghost in the Shell (1995) directed by Mamoru Oshii
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- IMDB
- Live About
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as ‘The Puppetmaster’ begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
24 .) Sausage Party (2016) directed by Greg Tiernan
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Marie Claire
- Showbiz Bytes
- The Cinemaholic
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
23 .) Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) directed by Steve Box, Nick Park
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- EW
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Variety
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park’s animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
22 .) American Pop (1981) directed by Ralph Bakshi
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Cinemaholic
American Pop is an American animated film that tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music.
21 .) Chico and Rita (2010) directed by Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Variety
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey – in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero – brings heartache and torment.
20 .) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) directed by Shin’ichirô Watanabe
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Heavy
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren’t the only ones hunting him.
19 .) Heavy Metal (1981) directed by Gerald Potterton
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- The Cinemaholic
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
18 .) Heavy Traffic (1973) directed by Ralph Bakshi
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- EW
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- The Cinemaholic
- Variety
An “underground” cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
17 .) Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) directed by Alan Parker
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
16 .) Yellow Submarine (1968) directed by George Dunning
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- EW
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Variety
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and goes to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
15 .) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) directed by Sylvain Chomet
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- EW
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Showbiz Bytes
- Taste Of Cinema
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters–an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire–to rescue him.
14 .) A Scanner Darkly (2006) directed by Richard Linklater
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- IMDB 2
- Insider
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- The Cinemaholic
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
13 .) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) directed by Wes Anderson
Lists It Appears On:
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- Insider
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Variety
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
12 .) Paprika (2006) directed by Satoshi Kon
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Live About
- MSN
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient’s dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
11 .) Watership Down (1978) directed by Martin Rosen
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- Live About
- Screen Rant
- Taste Of Cinema
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
10 .) Fantastic Planet (1973) directed by René Laloux
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- Showbiz Bytes
- The Cinemaholic
The story of the “Oms”, human-like creatures kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags.” The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms — and begins to organise an Om revolt.
9 .) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) directed by Isao Takahata
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- Insider
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Taste Of Cinema
- Variety
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
8 .) Anomalisa (2015) directed by Duke Johnson
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- Showbiz Bytes
- The Cinemaholic
- Variety
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
7 .) Fritz the Cat (1972) directed by Ralph Bakshi
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- IMDB
- Live About
- Movie Gallery
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- Showbiz Bytes
A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960’s.
6 .) Waking Life (2001) directed by Richard Linklater
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB 2
- Live About
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- The Cinemaholic
- Variety
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
5 .) Perfect Blue (1997) directed by Satoshi Kon
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Live About
- Live About
- Ranker
- Screen Rant
- The Cinemaholic
A retired pop singer turned actress’ sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
4 .) Akira (1988) directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Live About
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Cinemaholic
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
3 .) Persepolis (2007) directed by Vincent Paronnaud
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- Live About
- Marie Claire
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- Taste Of Cinema
- Variety
In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah’s defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
2 .) Waltz with Bashir (2008) directed by Ari Folman
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Insider
- Live About
- MSN
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- The Cinemaholic
Director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on animation enabled Folman to illustrate their personal memories and dreams.
1 .) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) directed by Trey Parker
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Forensic
- Design Your Way
- Esquire
- EW
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Insider
- Live About
- Movie Gallery
- MSN
- Ranker
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- The Cinemaholic
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced “corrupted”, and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
The 175+ Additional Best Adult Animation Films
| # | Movie | Directors | Lists |
| 36 | $9.99 (2008) | Tatia Rosenthal | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Insider |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 37 | Animal Farm (1954) | Joy Batchelor | EW |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Marie Claire |
| 38 | Appleseed (2004) | Shinji Aramaki | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 39 | Attack on Titan | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | Heavy |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 40 | Black Lagoon | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Live About |
| 41 | Deadman Wonderland | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | Heavy |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 42 | Death Note | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | Heavy |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 43 | Elfen Lied | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | Heavy |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 44 | Fantasia (1940) | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | Marie Claire |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 45 | Fire and Ice (1983) | Ralph Bakshi | Design Your Way |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Screen Rant |
| 46 | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) | Hiroyuki Okiura | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Live About |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 47 | Mary and Max (2009) | Insider | |
| – | – | – | MSN |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 48 | Monster | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Live About |
| 49 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | Marie Claire |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 50 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) | Hideaki Anno | Heavy |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 51 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | Hayao Miyazaki | Cinema Forensic |
| – | – | – | EW |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 52 | Team America: World Police (2004) | Trey Parker | Design Your Way |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Variety |
| 53 | The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) | Rob Zombie | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Insider |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 54 | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) | Robert Taylor | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 55 | The Simpsons Movie (2007) | David Silverman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Gallery |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 56 | Tokyo Ghoul | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | Heavy |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 57 | Baccano! | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 58 | Bad Cat (2016) | Mehmet Kurtulus | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 59 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | Mike Judge | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Movie Gallery |
| 60 | Claymore | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 61 | Coonskin (1975) | Ralph Bakshi | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 62 | Coraline (2009) | MSN | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 63 | Gandahar (1988) | Screen Rant | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 64 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Live About |
| 65 | Hell and Back (2015) | Tom Gianas | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 66 | Hellsing | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 67 | Hellsing Ultimate | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 68 | Highschool of the Dead | Anime Planet | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 69 | Howls Moving Castle (2004) | Marie Claire | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 70 | Millennium Actress (2001) | Satoshi Kon | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Live About |
| 71 | Mutant Aliens (2001) | Bill Plympton | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 72 | Parasyte | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 73 | Psycho-Pass | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 74 | Renaissance (2006) | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 75 | Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) | Makoto Kamiya | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 76 | Samurai Champloo | Heavy | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 77 | Sita Sings the Blues | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | Esquire |
| 78 | Spirited Away (2001) | MSN | |
| – | – | – | Rolling Stone |
| 79 | Tekkonkinkreet (2006) | Michael Arias | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 80 | The Iron Giant (1999) | Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 81 | The Lego Batman Movie (2017) | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | Marie Claire |
| 82 | The Secret of NIMH (1982) | Rolling Stone | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 83 | Tower (2016) | Design Your Way | |
| – | – | – | Esquire |
| 84 | Wizards (1977) | Ralph Bakshi | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 85 | X (1996) | Rintaro | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 86 | Aeon Flux : The TV Series | List Challenges | |
| 87 | Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero | Anime Planet | |
| 88 | Afro Samurai | List Challenges | |
| 89 | Akame ga Kill! | Anime Planet | |
| 90 | Alice (1988) | EW | |
| 91 | Alice in Wonderland | Movie Gallery | |
| 92 | Angel’s Egg (1985) | Mamoru Oshii | IMDB |
| 93 | Another | List Challenges | |
| 94 | Bambi (1942) | Rolling Stone | |
| 95 | Barefoot Gen (1983) | Cinema Forensic | |
| 96 | Basilisk | Live About | |
| 97 | Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) | Sam Liu | IMDB 2 |
| 98 | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (2013) | Fuminori Kizaki | IMDB 2 |
| 99 | Betty Boop | Movie Gallery | |
| 100 | Black Butler | List Challenges | |
| 101 | Blood + | List Challenges | |
| 102 | Btooom! | Anime Planet | |
| 103 | Castlevania | Heavy | |
| 104 | Cat Soup | Live About | |
| 105 | Charlotte | Anime Planet | |
| 106 | Charlottes Web (1973) | Rolling Stone | |
| 107 | Chicago 10 (2007) | Brett Morgen | IMDB 2 |
| 108 | Chicken Run (2000) | Rolling Stone | |
| 109 | Closing | Showbiz Bytes | |
| 110 | Code Geass | List Challenges | |
| 111 | Cool World (1992) | Ralph Bakshi | IMDB |
| 112 | Corpse Bride (2005) | MSN | |
| 113 | Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons | Anime Planet | |
| 114 | Danganronpa: The Animation | Anime Planet | |
| 115 | Darker Than Black | List Challenges | |
| 116 | DearS | Anime Planet | |
| 117 | Demon King Daimao | Anime Planet | |
| 118 | Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu | Anime Planet | |
| 119 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | List Challenges | |
| 120 | Duck Amuck (1953) | Rolling Stone | |
| 121 | Eden of the East | Live About | |
| 122 | Eight Crazy Nights (2002) | Seth Kearsley | IMDB |
| 123 | ERASED | Anime Planet | |
| 124 | Ergo Proxy | List Challenges | |
| 125 | Family Guy | Owen Daniels | IMDB 2 |
| 126 | Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Ranker | |
| 127 | Fate/Zero | List Challenges | |
| 128 | First Squad: The Moment of Truth | Live About | |
| 129 | Fixed (IV) | Genndy Tartakovsky | IMDB 2 |
| 130 | Flight of Dragons (1982) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 131 | Freezing | Anime Planet | |
| 132 | Freezing Vibration | Anime Planet | |
| 133 | Fullmetal Alchemist | List Challenges | |
| 134 | Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood | List Challenges | |
| 135 | Gantz | List Challenges | |
| 136 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004) | Mamoru Oshii | IMDB |
| 137 | Guilty Crown | Anime Planet | |
| 138 | Gurren Lagann | List Challenges | |
| 139 | Heaven’s Lost Property | Anime Planet | |
| 140 | Hell Girl | Anime Planet | |
| 141 | High School DxD | Anime Planet | |
| 142 | Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007 Video) | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | IMDB 2 |
| 143 | House of Five Leaves | Live About | |
| 144 | Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia | Anime Planet | |
| 145 | I Married a Strange Person! | Ranker | |
| 146 | Inside Out (2015) | Rolling Stone | |
| 147 | Inuyasha | List Challenges | |
| 148 | Justice League Dark (2017 Video) | Jay Oliva | IMDB 2 |
| 149 | K: Return of Kings | Anime Planet | |
| 150 | Kill La Kill | List Challenges | |
| 151 | Knights of Sidonia | Heavy | |
| 152 | Lil’ Pimp (2005 Video) | Mark Brooks | IMDB 2 |
| 153 | Lotte no Omocha! | Anime Planet | |
| 154 | MFKZ (2017) | Shôjirô Nishimi | IMDB |
| 155 | Mirai Nikki | List Challenges | |
| 156 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Live About | |
| 157 | My Life as a Zucchini (2016) | Claude Barras | IMDB |
| 158 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | Hayao Miyazaki | IMDB |
| 159 | Ninja Scroll (1993) | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | IMDB |
| 160 | Pandora Hearts | Anime Planet | |
| 161 | Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn | Anime Planet | |
| 162 | Paranoia Agent | Live About | |
| 163 | Pinocchio (1940) | Rolling Stone | |
| 164 | Prison School | Heavy | |
| 165 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Anime Planet | |
| 166 | Rango (2011) | Rolling Stone | |
| 167 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- | Anime Planet | |
| 168 | Redline | Live About | |
| 169 | Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) | Takanori Tsujimoto | IMDB 2 |
| 170 | Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise | Live About | |
| 171 | Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018) | Milorad Krstic | IMDB |
| 172 | Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen | Live About | |
| 173 | Samurai X | List Challenges | |
| 174 | Seitokai Yakuindomo | Anime Planet | |
| 175 | Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya | Anime Planet | |
| 176 | Shigurui: Death Frenzy | Live About | |
| 177 | SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist | Anime Planet | |
| 178 | Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita. | Anime Planet | |
| 179 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | Rolling Stone | |
| 180 | So, I Can’t Play H! | Anime Planet | |
| 181 | Spawn | List Challenges | |
| 182 | Speed Grapher | Live About | |
| 183 | Spiritpact | Anime Planet | |
| 184 | Spriggan (1998) | Hirotsugu Kawasaki | IMDB 2 |
| 185 | Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) | Shinji Aramaki | IMDB 2 |
| 186 | Steamboat Willie (1928) | Rolling Stone | |
| 187 | Steins;Gate | List Challenges | |
| 188 | Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005 Video) | Pete Michels | IMDB 2 |
| 189 | Street of Crocodiles (1986) | Rolling Stone | |
| 190 | Strike the Blood | Anime Planet | |
| 191 | Sumomomo Momomo | Anime Planet | |
| 192 | SURVIVING LIFE | Screen Rant | |
| 193 | Sword Art Online | Anime Planet | |
| 194 | Sword Art Online II | Anime Planet | |
| 195 | Terkel in Trouble (2004) | Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen | IMDB |
| 196 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) | Rolling Stone | |
| 197 | The Animatrix (2003) | EW | |
| 198 | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | Ranker | |
| 199 | The Familiar of Zero | Anime Planet | |
| 200 | The Fruit of Grisaia | Anime Planet | |
| 201 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) | Gary Trousdale | IMDB |
| 202 | The Incredibles (2004) | Rolling Stone | |
| 203 | The Last Unicorn (1982) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 204 | The Lego Movie (2014) | Rolling Stone | |
| 205 | The Little Mermaid (1989) | Rolling Stone | |
| 206 | The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl | Marie Claire | |
| 207 | The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) | Makoto Shinkai | IMDB |
| 208 | The Plague Dogs (1982) | Martin Rosen | IMDB |
| 209 | The Testament of Sister New Devil | Anime Planet | |
| 210 | The Wall | Showbiz Bytes | |
| 211 | The Wind Rises (2013) | Hayao Miyazaki | IMDB |
| 212 | The Wrong Trousers (1993) | Rolling Stone | |
| 213 | Titan A.E | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 214 | To Love Ru | Anime Planet | |
| 215 | Tokyo Godfathers | Live About | |
| 216 | Toy Story (1995) | Rolling Stone | |
| 217 | Up (2009) | Rolling Stone | |
| 218 | Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid | Anime Planet | |
| 219 | WALL-E (2008) | Rolling Stone | |
| 220 | Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993) | Taste Of Cinema | |
| 221 | Whats Opera, Doc? (1957) | Rolling Stone | |
| 222 | Wicked City (1987) | Cinema Forensic | |
| 223 | Wolf’s Rain | List Challenges | |
| 224 | World of Tomorrow (2015) | Rolling Stone | |
| 225 | WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) | Takuji Endo | IMDB 2 |
21 Best Adult Animation Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Anime Planet | Most Adult Oriented Rated R or above Anime |
| Cinema Forensic | Best Adult Animation films ever made |
| Design Your Way | The Best Animated Movies For Adults: The ones to put on your list |
| Esquire | Best Animated Movies for Adults |
| EW | 20 Great Animated Movies For Grown-ups |
| Heavy | Top 10 Best Adult Anime You Need to Watch |
| IMDB | Feature Film, Animation, adult-animation (Sorted by Popularity |
| IMDB 2 | R Rated Animated Films |
| Insider | Best animated movies for adults |
| List Challenges | The Best Adult Anime of All Time |
| Live About | The Best Animated Films for Adults |
| Marie Claire | 16 Best Animated Movies for Adults |
| Movie Gallery | A Not-So-Brief History of Adult Animation |
| MSN | 20 great animated movies for adults |
| Ranker | Best R-Rated Animation Movies |
| Rolling Stone | 40 Greatest Animated Movies Ever |
| Screen Rant | 15 Grown-Up Animated Movies To Watch Before Sausage Party |
| Showbiz Bytes | Animated Movies for Adults |
| Taste Of Cinema | 15 Great Animated Movies Every Adult Should See |
| The Cinemaholic | Best Adult Animation Movies |
| Variety | 10 Greatest Animated Films for Adults |