Grown- Up Animated Movies To Watch Before Sausage Party. Seth Rogen’s Sausage Party is clearly not a film to take your kid to. There might be a long tradition of adult- themed cartoon shows on TV networks, but when it comes to animated feature films, many people have the mistaken perception that they are exclusively targeted towards children. To an extent this makes sense, since the genre was massively popularized by Walt Disney and his kid- friendly studio productions. While there’s a lot of kids- oriented animations that appeal to grown- ups too (Disney/Pixar has been doing a terrific job here), there are also many animated films made solely for adults, just waiting to be discovered. There is a great deal of pluralism in adult animated films, both thematically and technically. Animation directors from all around the world have been continuously advancing the medium, experimenting with various cinematic genres, such as science fiction and fantasy, dark comedy, social drama, political documentary, and even graphic horror.

Many of those films have managed to reach broad audiences, especially those that were previously TV properties, but most remain relatively unknown as forgotten artifacts of a hidden history. So let’s dig ‘em up and rejoice! Here are 1. 5 essential adult animated films that are worth your time. A SCANNER DARKLYIn 2. Richard Linklater, decided to experiment with animation.

Coming up with the innovative technique of interpolated rotoscoping, animating frame by frame over live- action digital footage, he released the philosophical docufiction Waking Life, an animated film about the nature of dreams that ideally combines content and aesthetics. Twin Peaks Season 1 Episode 8. Five years later, he perfected his craft with the stunner A Scanner Darkly, a brainy sci- fi thriller for demanding viewers.

Based on one of Philip K. Dick’s best known novels, it stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson. The film is set in the near future where an undercover cop loses himself in the use of Substance D, a drug which drives people to develop multiple personalities. Despite the impressive and trippy visuals, A Scanner Darkly stays true to Dick’s vision as a grounded and intellectual sci- fi that deals with issues of existentialism, identity and paranoia. FRITZ THE CATRalph Bakshi is the father of adult animation. Growing up in New York as a Palestinian immigrant kid, he was vastly attracted to the big city way of life. From very early on, he got passionately absorbed in American culture– comics and cartoons in particular– and soon he started making his own strips.

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The radical urban environment was crucial in molding his artistic idiosyncrasy and shaping his heretic sense of humor that is boldly present in his early animated films. Fittingly enough, his first feature film Fritz the Cat was also the first American animation to receive an X rating by the MPAA. Adapted from the obscene comic strips of counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb, the film follows the lustful antics of Fritz, an anthropomorphized cat/student in the 1. New York with compulsive tendencies towards drug use and sex. Bakshi’s playful psychedelic reflection of the hippie movement functions as a social critique on the hypocrisy of a whole generation. The film was inevitably an object of controversy, due to its crude satire and severe offensiveness. It bears, however, a great historical significance, since it helped overcome the barriers of political correctness in animated films.

BEOWULFFrom Back to the Future to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, from Forest Gump to The Walk, Robert Zemeckis is one of those Hollywood directors who find themselves in a constant pursuit of technological innovation. He pushes the cinematic medium forward with each and every one of his creations. Watch Tom And Jerry`S Greatest Chases Tube Free. Zemeckis has also dabbled in animation, utilizing the motion capture technique with three entirely animated films: the Christmas family fantasies Polar Express and A Christmas Carol, and the strictly adult actioner Beowulf. Bearing the weighty legacy of the legendary Old English epic poem, one the oldest manuscripts in English literature, Beowulf was imaginatively adapted by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary into a spectacular fantasy adventure for modern audiences. Its eye- popping visuals and solid performances by the all- star cast (Ray Winston, Antony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, and Robin Wright among them) together created a vastly entertaining animated feature. Especially when watched in a 3. D cinema, it’s exhilarating movie- going experience.

SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUTBeavis & Butthead, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons — adult animated TV shows have always been flirting with the big screen, and often with amazing results. However, if there’s one feature film adaptation that really stands out, it is undoubtedly the hilarious South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which is also the most successful R- rated animation of all time.

Storywise, the beloved gang of Stan, Kenny, Kyle, and Eric get enthused over an explicit Canadian film featuring Terrance & Phillip, obsessively repeating their quotes, and their furious parents push the government to go to war with Canada. There are enough jokes in Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s obscene creation to offend almost everyone.

The film’s legendary profanity was met with intense controversy as expected (Satan himself is represented as Sadam Hussein’s kinky sex object). Still, it was critically acclaimed and generally praised by the audience because South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is quite simply one of the funniest movies ever made. SURVIVING LIFEThis list could not be complete without the addition of Czech surrealist master Jan Švankmajer, a criminally overlooked visionary artist whose work was a critical influence on filmmakers such as Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, and the Brothers Quay. Director and animator for more than 5. In his most accessible movie to date, 2. Surviving Life (or Theory and Practice in Czech), a married man lives a second life in his dreams, where he pursues a beautiful red- dressed woman. Full of shots of a vintage Prague, the film is a mixture of cut- out animation and live- action footage.

He is a fierce connoisseur of not only his medium, but the human condition too. Freudian analytics and delves deeply into the subconscious world which dictates our each and every attitude and desire. WALTZ WITH BASHIRIn an incredible moment of inspiration, Israeli director Ari Folman decided to make a documentary film about his own recollections of the 1. Lebanon War, in animated form. Starring as himself, he embarks on research, visiting people from his past in order to help him remember what exactly happened during the Sabra and Shatila massacre. More than 3,0. 00 Palestinian refugees were murdered by Christian Lebanese militia in 1. Israeli forces. Waltz With Bashir is considered as one of the most significant animated movies and documentaries, at the same time.

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It was overwhelmingly well- received by critics and audiences worldwide, won many important film awards, and ended up in a ton of top ten lists of 2. The film’s sensational visuals are a mixture of traditional and flash animation with real archived footage, poetic atmosphere, and artful narration. Watch Grey`S Anatomy Season Finale.

The result is a truly powerful storytelling experience and a bold attempt to expose the calamity of war. PERSEPOLISAnother autobiographical war- related story coming from the turbulent Middle East, Persepolis is Iranian- French director Marjane Satrapi’s adaptation of her own eponymous graphic novel into an animated feature film. Iran in the late 1.

Islamic Revolution. Through a beautifully illustrated, playful black and white animation, Satrapi sets up a captivating film. Persepolis is sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic, but always emotionally engaging. Satrapi creatively addresses pop culture, especially punk rock and heavy metal music, as a means of liberation.