20 Best Animation Movies on Max 2026
Explore the top animated movies on Max, from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Your Name. to Totoro, Perfect Blue, and more.
If you’re trying to find the best animation movies on Max, this list makes it easy to jump straight to standout picks across style, tone, and age range. You’ll find modern crowd-pleasers like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, plus emotional favorites such as Your Name. and My Neighbor Totoro. For viewers who want something darker or more offbeat, Perfect Blue and Fantastic Planet bring a very different kind of animated storytelling. There’s also broad family appeal with Despicable Me, action energy in Rampage, and plenty of adventure and fantasy throughout the full lineup.
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Coraline
1 Oscar nomination
animation · drama · family · fantasy
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Directed by Henry SelickCast Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith DavidHuluPeacock PremiumMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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ParaNorman
1 Oscar nomination
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · mystery
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
Directed by Chris Butler, Sam FellCast Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-PlasseHuluPeacock PremiumMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Corpse Bride
1 Oscar nomination
animation · comedy · drama · fantasy · kids & family · romance
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Directed by Tim Burton, Mike JohnsonCast Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul WhitehouseMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
1 Oscar nomination
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · sci-fi
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. ThompsonCast Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake JohnsonDisney PlusMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Kubo and the Two Strings
2 Oscar nominations
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Directed by Travis KnightCast Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Meyrick MurphyHuluPeacock PremiumMaxMore details on IMDb →
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Despicable Me
1 BAFTA Film Award nomination
animation · adventure · comedy · crime · family · sci-fi
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris RenaudCast Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will ArnettMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Space Jam
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · sci-fi · sport
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.
Directed by Joe PytkaCast Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Manner Washington III, Eric GordonMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Horton Hears a Who!
action & adventure · animation · comedy · drama · fantasy · kids & family · music & musical
An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, who thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle.
Directed by Jimmy Hayward, Steve MartinoCast Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth RogenNetflixMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Perfect Blue
animation · crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Directed by Satoshi KonCast Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura, Yôsuke AkimotoMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Spirited Away
Won 1 Oscar
animation · adventure · family · fantasy
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Directed by Hayao MiyazakiCast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko SawaguchiMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Your Name.
animation · drama · fantasy · romance
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Directed by Makoto ShinkaiCast Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryō Narita, Aoi Yûki, Nobunaga ShimazakiMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Fantastic Planet
animation · sci-fi
On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.
Directed by René LalouxCast Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont, Sylvie LenoirMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
animation · comedy · fantasy · kids & family · science-fiction · sport
When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life.
Directed by Malcolm D. LeeCast LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe, Khris Davis, Sonequa Martin-GreenMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
animation · adventure · comedy · family · sci-fi
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth's only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion.
Directed by Peter BrowngardtCast Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Fred Tatasciore, Laraine NewmanMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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My Neighbor Totoro
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Directed by Hayao MiyazakiCast Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie KitabayashiMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Isle of Dogs
2 Oscar nominations Best Animated Feature (2019)
animation · adventure · comedy · drama · fantasy · sci-fi
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Directed by Wes AndersonCast Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Jeff GoldblumMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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DC League of Super-Pets
animation · action · adventure · comedy · crime · family · fantasy · sci-fi
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
Directed by Jared Stern, Samuel J. LevineCast Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa BayerMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Rampage
animation · action · adventure · sci-fi
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Directed by Brad PeytonCast Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jake LacyMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · romance
As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.
Directed by Masaaki YuasaCast Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryûji Akiyama, Kazuya NakaiMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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The Boy and the Beast
animation · action · adventure · drama · fantasy
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Directed by Mamoru HosodaCast Kōji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Kazuhiro YamajiMaxMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
Whether you want something heartfelt, funny, thrilling, or visually bold, this roundup gives you a solid starting point for animated streaming on Max. It balances classics, newer releases, and genre-spanning picks so you can match the movie to your mood. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you need a quick recommendation before movie night. The list is updated regularly, so it stays useful as the catalog changes.
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