Adult Animation, a list by Khoi Nguyen

8.0

/104441/

79

/2457/

79

/2070/

4.2

/208467/

96

/163/

92

/7559/

90

/31/

4.0

age 15+

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi 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.

90

8.5

/16248/

84

/1228/

84

/462/

4.4

/42002/

100

/5/

97

age 14+

A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.

90

8.6

/27123/

84

/1579/

86

/1484/

4.3

/24113/

100

/43/

94

91

/11/

age 14+

A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

84

8.0

/73093/

79

/4192/

77

/1688/

4.0

/140075/

100

/11/

92

/1486/

age 14+

One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.

84

7.8

/32402/

78

/1977/

78

/1470/

4.2

/239434/

99

/136/

89

/149/

85

/28/

3.5

age 11+

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

89

8.7

/100327/

86

/4744/

84

/686/

4.5

/108160/

97

/29/

93

88

/6/

age 16+

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

84

8.1

/64641/

80

/4773/

78

/1936/

3.8

/115103/

100

/6/

93

/648/

age 13+

The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.

89

8.6

/33958/

86

/2236/

85

/350/

4.5

/41520/

100

/22/

96

84

/6/

age 16+

When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.

84

7.9

/67031/

79

/4462/

77

/1670/

3.8

/89411/

100

/6/

93

/899/

age 14+

Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?

89

9.0

/430124/

89

/20003/

87

/5591/

100

/65/

87

86

/9/

age 14+

Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

89

8.5

/65570/

84

/2289/

84

/859/

93

/35/

95

93

/7/

age 14+

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

83

7.8

/23974/

77

/1370/

80

/720/

4.2

/256743/

95

/147/

82

/21/

81

/25/

3.5

age 14+

Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.

88

8.8

/225925/

86

/12944/

85

/2721/

93

/219/

96

82

/57/

age 15+

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

83

7.7

/29566/

78

/2820/

82

/1531/

3.6

/57429/

100

/19/

90

/273/

age 16+

Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and assorted others – must regroup, strategize and take the war to Darkseid in order to save the planet and its surviving inhabitants.

83

7.7

/59065/

75

/1246/

73

/1010/

4.0

/66039/

94

/147/

90

/2477/

91

/35/

3.5

age 12+

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.

87

8.5

/17800/

83

/1242/

84

/229/

100

/28/

91

80

/6/

age 14+

Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.

83

8.3

/60861/

80

/3685/

79

/1564/

4.0

/82734/

94

/548/

age 14+

Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.

87

8.0

/4533/

78

/533/

81

/258/

4.2

/19205/

100

/7/

97

age 14+

When an old friend returns to the neighborhood, Zerocalcare wants to help him find his place back in the world. But what's the right thing to do?

87

8.7

/298867/

84

/13201/

86

/5228/

99

/151/

92

76

/36/

age 17+

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.

82

7.4

/19728/

74

/1196/

77

/463/

3.8

/213857/

97

/30/

93

/72/

3.5

Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

82

7.6

/69174/

76

/1588/

75

/918/

3.9

/72850/

81

/144/

87

/4568/

85

/32/

4.0

age 17+

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.

87

8.6

/29991/

85

/1697/

78

/228/

92

/55/

95

age 16+

Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.

81

7.7

/30354/

78

/1710/

78

/891/

4.1

/81882/

95

/106/

88

/135/

78

/20/

3.0

age 11+

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

86

8.5

/20143/

85

/1909/

80

/211/

100

/17/

94

77

/10/

age 14+

A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.

80

7.4

/39042/

75

/2564/

74

/912/

3.5

/43932/

100

/6/

87

/500/

age 12+

An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.

86

8.7

/11011/

84

/801/

87

/293/

4.4

/27141/

100

/10/

83

78

/5/

age 14+

Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.

80

7.6

/36229/

77

/2276/

73

/740/

3.8

/28635/

100

/11/

80

/3281/

age 14+

The Planet Express crew return from cancellation, only to be robbed blind by hideous "sprunging" scam artists. Things go from bad to worse when the scammers hack Bender, start traveling through time, and take Earth over entirely! Will the crew be able to save the day, or will Bender's larcenous tendencies and their general incompetence doom them all?

86

8.4

/52330/

81

/2995/

81

/563/

100

/70/

94

81

/12/

age 15+

They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.

86

IMDb 61

9.0

/682224/

86

/36399/

86

/10597/

90

/247/

82

age 14+

Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

79

7.3

/22397/

74

/1901/

74

/685/

3.5

/64314/

100

/21/

88

/96/

age 13+

Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent.

79

7.1

/13816/

73

/1486/

71

/533/

3.5

/26819/

100

/15/

89

/101/

age 12+

Batman, Batgirl, and Robin forge an alliance with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has apparently teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League of Assassins.

86

85

IMDb 86

8.5

/9935/

80

/407/

78

/47/

100

/22/

92

80

/7/

age 16+

When a powerful arcane relic known as 'The Beacon' falls into nefarious hands, a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars, must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality as they know it from unraveling.

85

8.2

/26180/

79

/1956/

76

/350/

4.2

/17610/

97

/81/

91

86

/23/

age 14+

After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.

78

7.4

/55782/

75

/4471/

79

/1039/

3.8

/194266/

78

/18/

3.5

age 16+

While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.

84

8.5

/27091/

83

/1640/

85

/355/

4.4

/77909/

age 15+

Smiling Friends Inc. is a small company whose main purpose is to bring happiness and make people smile. The series follows the day-to-day lives and misadventures of its representatives, the lazy, cynical Charlie, and the cheerful, optimistic Pim, as they try to cheer up and comfort the troubled people who call their company's hotline. They receive seemingly simple requests but the jobs turn out to be more complicated than they seem, making it difficult to bring happiness to the world.

78

7.8

/13631/

75

/2047/

76

/255/

3.4

/25456/

96

/148/

Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.

87

84

8.5

/7537/

79

/304/

81

/173/

4.2

/8004/

100

/7/

91

Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen.

78

7.2

/19007/

73

/1666/

74

/564/

3.5

/55314/

100

/15/

82

/74/

age 15+

As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.

84

8.6

/50357/

83

/2771/

83

/1181/

age 14+

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

78

7.3

/21855/

76

/2760/

73

/803/

3.5

/42463/

93

/14/

86

/122/

age 14+

When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand against the monstrosity.

78

7.4

/20826/

75

/2180/

80

/1430/

3.4

/23295/

90

/21/

86

/140/

age 16+

After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung’s horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament.

85

83

8.4

/7081/

84

/375/

89

/172/

4.2

/24369/

age 15+

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

78

7.2

/78255/

70

/3121/

71

/1783/

3.9

/150211/

92

/275/

71

/761/

88

/46/

3.5

age 18+

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

83

7.5

/28148/

71

/1934/

77

/594/

100

/44/

93

age 16+

In a brewing war between the gods of Olympus and the titans, Heron, a commoner living on the outskirts of ancient Greece, becomes mankind's best hope of surviving an evil demon army, when he discovers the secrets of his past.

83

8.3

/92934/

80

/6676/

82

/1474/

94

/78/

90

71

/7/

age 14+

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.

77

6.8

/6403/

71

/907/

77

/338/

3.2

/20652/

100

/9/

86

/55/

After discovering he has powers, 11-year-old Jonathan Kent and assassin-turned-Boy-Wonder Damian Wayne must join forces to rescue their fathers (Superman & Batman) and save the planet from the malevolent alien force known as Starro.

83

8.2

/29106/

77

/1961/

82

/894/

4.4

/33827/

91

/35/

89

82

/8/

age 17+

Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.

77

7.2

/54702/

73

/3822/

74

/1054/

3.5

/47093/

100

/28/

83

/192/