Sometimes we all need to return to childhood to look at the world in colors that can only be seen in the imagination. Remind yourself of the magic that is always around and just laugh heartily at reality. Cartoons become good companions, even guides to the wonderful lands of childhood. We have selected the best full-length animations of recent years.
Zootopia (2016)
The career path of the bunny Judy Hopps will be very difficult, because she is the first of the rabbits to become a cop. The heroine is not taken seriously in the department, but this does not stop her from working hard. Together with her new friend Nick, a thieving fox whom Judy forced to work honestly, she wants to solve a high-profile case on which the fate of the entire city of Zootopia depends.
Coco (2017)
In the family of the Mexican boy Miguel, music has always been banned. But the boy cannot imagine his life without melodies. He dreams of becoming as famous an artist as his idol Ernesto de la Cruz.
Desperately trying to prove that he can become a musician, on the day of the Festival of the Dead, when all the dead come to our world, Miguel finds himself in an incredible, bright and very beautiful place. This is the City of the Dead – there has never been a living person here. Miguel can find his deceased loved ones, communicate with them and understand where this strange ban on music came from.
Loving Vincent (2017)
A thin man is walking down the street. He holds his hand to a fresh bullet wound in his stomach, from which blood flows. This man was the persecuted artist Vincent van Gogh, little known at that time. He was humiliated, called abnormal and crazy.
His death was shrouded in mystery for the time being. A year later, the absurd son of postman Joseph Rulin, named Armand, must find a worthy person to whom he can give the artist’s last letter.
Ballerina (2016)
Little Felice dreams of a big stage. All her free time she dances and walks on tiptoes, like a real ballerina. She has no choice but to flee to Paris, because in the shelter where she ended up, this dream is impossible to fulfill.
Ironically, she ends up in the house of her owners, whose daughter is preparing to enter the ballet school at the Paris Opera. Felis decides to take an adventure. She pretends to be the daughter of rich people.
Inside Out (2015)
According to the creators of the cartoon, every person has approximately the same set of feelings. Some people are dominated by certain emotions, others by others. Each of us has Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust in our heads. For the 11-year-old girl Riley, the main character of the cartoon, Joy has always prevailed, but with moving to a foreign city, Sadness began to interfere more and more often.
Emotions live in the form of little people and help her cope with various problems every day by managing her affairs. However, Joy did not leave its mistress in trouble, and Sadness, as it turned out, is also a very important emotion.
Red Turtle (2016)
The story of a man who is shipwrecked and ends up on a tropical island. The only inhabitants of this mysterious exotic place were turtles, crabs and birds. As in eternity, there is no past or future. This is a poetic, subtle and exciting, romantic and sentimental story about the main milestones in a person’s life: fear, love, and the struggle for life and death.
Anomalisa (2015)
Briton Michael Stone moved to the USA. Here he manages to release a series of popular books dedicated to customer service. They become bestsellers and glorify the author. Despite his profession, Michael does not like to communicate with other people too much.
He considers them the same, even the voices of everyone around him sound like the voice of the same person. But he was attracted by the witty Lisa. Michael was able to discern uniqueness in her.
Rango (2011)
Rango the chameleon has spent his entire life in a terrarium. He dreamed of showing his fearlessness in the face of danger. And one day, quite by accident, he finds himself free. In the town of “Gryaz” he has such an opportunity. Lawlessness and chaos reign here.
The brave chameleon, who considers himself a hero, proclaims himself a fighter for truth and justice. But bringing order to this town is not easy, especially for a chameleon who knows little about real life.
The Illusionist (2011)
In a world that is constantly changing at breakneck speed, there lived a magician who loved his job. But with the advent of television, he increasingly performs in empty theater halls, city parks, cafes, and even bars.
There, the illusionist meets a girl who believes in miracles. And now, this sweet person needs to somehow be explained that there is no magic in magic tricks, but only sleight of hand.
Avril et le monde truqué (2015)
Avril remembers that, as a small child, her parents worked to obtain the elixir of immortality. However, they, like many of their colleagues, also disappeared. Progress in some scientific fields is artificially undermined. Someone clearly does not want civilization to move forward.
Now no one knows what happened to them or where they might be. Avril tries to continue their work and devotes himself entirely to searching for the ingredient needed for the gift of immortality. Joining forces with a chatterbox cat and her own grandfather, she tries to find her parents.