Top 10 Animated Movies Streaming on Netflix for a Fun Movie Night

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL is a very funny British humor movie, with scary detective story elements, about an inventor and his dog who attract the attention of a criminal penguin when the man invents a gnome robot. Though too scary for younger children, WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL has lots of humor and combines many classic detective story elements in a very entertaining way, with a strong moral worldview where love versus evil and the pitfalls and advantages of technology are handled with lots of laughs.

In the animated movie PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, Puss in Boots realizes he’s on his last life, so he needs to find the Last Wish star and ask for more lives. Funny and exciting, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH is well made and has a strong Christian, moral worldview that includes Christian references and promotes being less selfish and reckless, thinking of others before yourself, and loving your family, but there are some scary characters and moments.

THE BOSS BABY is a delightful, funny animated comedy. Seven-year-old Tim has a perfect life until he gets a baby brother and together they must stop a powerful, nefarious organization trying to replace cuddly babies with cuddly puppies. BOSS BABY is a hilarious, ultimately heartwarming movie with a strong Christian, moral worldview that’s pro-life, pro-family and pro-business.

In MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, Gru is just a boy who longs to be a villain, but when he leaves his minions to do so, he realizes he needs them. A funny, entertaining movie, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU has some scary villains and some New Age elements about finding a “Zodiac Stone,” which has special owners, but it also has some positive moral, redemptive elements about sacrifice, helping others and finding a family.

In CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET on Netflix, Rocky the Rooster and his wife Ginger must save their daughter from becoming a chicken nugget on a farm that’s meant to fool naïve little chickens. CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET is a funny and exciting morality tale, with a strong message that children should obey their parents, but caution is advised for younger children because of some scary cartoon violence.

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023) is based on the iconic Nintendo video game of the same name and follows brothers Mario and Luigi, two plumbers from Brooklyn, New York. After a green pipe in the sewers transports them into a different universe, the brothers find themselves wrapped up in an evil plot by King Bowser. Bowser plans to kidnap and marry Princess Peach, take over the Mushroom Kingdom, and rule the universe. The movie has a strong moral message about brotherhood, sacrifice, and working together to defeat evil. Due to some intense animated action/violence, Movieguide® advises caution for younger children.

An animated comedy for families, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS tells what happens when pets are left alone, along with a story about a small terrier named Max who gets lost in the big city with a bigger dog named Duke. THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS is a very funny movie, with good characterizations and a strong moral, redemptive worldview, but it does have some scatological jokes and slapstick comedy requiring a light caution.

SAVING BIKINI BOTTOM: THE SANDY CHEEKS MOVIE is an animated comedy on Netflix where Sandy Cheeks, the intrepid squirrel and marine biologist living on Bikini Bottom, and her friend, the eternally optimistic SpongeBob SquarePants, must rescue the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom from a crazed woman who wants to turn them into a line of cloned, cuddly living toys. SAVING BIKINI BOTTOM is typical SpongeBob, funny, absurd and silly, with a heartfelt theme about family saving family, but there are some slightly scary parts, such as a scene where Sandy’s Texas family helps her fight off a band of hungry rattlesnakes.

Adam Sandler’s latest movie on Netflix, LEO, is a clean, clever, utterly wonderful animated musical comedy for all ages that follows a talking lizard named Leo who helps some students and their mean teacher with numerous life lessons. Leo has spent his entire 74 years of life in a glass-encased terrarium at an elementary school fifth-grade classroom alongside his best friend, Squirtle the Turtle, but now wants to see the world.

TROLLS BAND TOGETHER is a wonderful, heartfelt, clean, moral movie about brothers and sisters learning to love each other so they can defeat evil singers trying to steal their talent. TROLLS BAND TOGETHER has great music, great character arcs, impressive amount of love and humor, with a moral theme of not letting anyone steal your talent. There is a caution for younger children, because there are some scary scenes as well as the death and resurrection of one character.