Five Darkest Animated Movies Ever Made
Here is everything you need to know about the five darkest animated movies ever made.
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9 is a surreal film about a post-apocalyptic world taken over by robots bent on destroying all signs of humanity. After all the humans are gone, the only shreds of their lives are the Stitchpunks – fragments of the soul of the Scientist who created the robots. This movie is a bizarre and chilling tale of humanity’s last hope.
Many of the main characters die in a terrifying way. Plus, the dystopian setting is unsettling in and of itself. While this movie can sometimes become confusing, it is also a sinister look at what might become of the world with unfettered power and technology.
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Grave of the Fireflies is widely renowned as one of the most heartbreaking and harrowing animated movies ever. It thrusts viewers into the late stages of World War II as it unfolds in Japan.
Watching the horrors of war unravel around adult characters is disturbing enough. But Grave of the Fireflies focuses on two young siblings struggling to stay alive, only amplifying the surrounding atrocities. Equal parts upsetting and engrossing, Grave of the Fireflies is an unforgettable watch.
Waltz With Bashir
Waltz With Bashir is one of the most unique animated films ever made. The movie serves as a self-reflection for its writer-director, as it chronicles his attempts to recall experiences as a soldier in the Lebanon War.
Since its debut at Cannes Film Festival, Waltz With Bashir has received acclaim worldwide, including a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination. Part biographical film and part documentary, the movie leaves viewers feeling like they have been through the wringer.
Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen’s depiction of the Hiroshima nuclear attack ranks as one of the most horrifying sequences ever put on film, live-action or animated. Mori Masaki’s 1983 standard, depicts the effects of the nuclear bomb as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
Barefoot Gen portrays how the bomb destroyed an entire city’s infrastructure and people. With a gruesome detail, even big-budget disaster movies can rarely match. Loosely based on writer Keiji Nakazawa’s personal experiences as a Hiroshima survivor. Barefoot Gen uses these actual events to imbue the film with tangible emotionality audiences can feel.
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Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the Pinocchio tale is one of the darkest animated films. Set at different times in both World Wars, the movie does not shy away from the brutality of either time – choosing instead to highlight it as Pinocchio learns more about the world he came into.
The movie also sees Pinocchio die several times, and he eventually gives up his resurrection capabilities to save his father. The whole movie ends with Pinocchio living his life alone, having buried all his friends and family.
