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Best Animation Movies With Your Boyfriend From The 2020S That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat

These animation films were selected by the Moviepiq editorial team for watching with your partner. Popularity and critic scores don't factor in here. Emotional fit does.

The best animation movies with your boyfriend from the 2020s that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Includes Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, KPop Demon...

Watching a film together is one of the simplest and best things you can do. Pick something with enough texture that you'll want to pause it and argue about it.

The early 2020s are already proving themselves. The best films from this decade will hold up. These are among them.

The best animated films don't talk down to anyone. They trust that emotion has no age requirement.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio movie poster
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2022 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

KPop Demon Hunters movie poster
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2025 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.

Transformers One movie poster
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2024 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Robot Dreams movie poster
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2023 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A lonely dog's friendship with his robot companion takes a sad turn when an unexpected malfunction forces him to abandon Robot at the beach. Will Dog ever meet Robot again?

Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

On school break, Marinette heads to Shanghai to meet Adrien. But after arriving, Marinette loses all her stuff, including the Miraculous that allows her to turn into Ladybug!

What makes these films remarkable is their emotional honesty. They're animated, but they don't soften anything.

Suzume movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

A Whisker Away movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

Ron's Gone Wrong movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.

Nimona movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

The best suspense doesn't come from action - it comes from caring about what happens. These films make you care, then twist the knife.

A great animated film reminds you that the most universal emotions don't need to be rendered in flesh and blood to feel completely real.

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