8 Best New Animated Movies to Watch With Your Kids, Ranked by IMDb

It can be challenging to choose a high-quality, engaging family movie, and this is especially true when it comes to children, whose attention span is not always easy to maintain.

We've compiled a list of the best new animated movies to help you choose your evening's entertainment and guarantee a great time with the whole family.

8. 'Night of the Zoopocalypse', 2024

IMDb Score: 6.0/10

One night, a meteorite falls on the zoo. A rabbit wakes up and decides to eat the glowing object. As a result, the little animal turns into a zombie and goes on a rampage, sparking a local apocalypse.

A young wolf named Gracie witnesses the arrival of Patient Zero. She encourages a group of animals to help with the rescue: a cougar, a lemur, a capybara, an ostrich, and a monkey. A fearless baby hippo also joins the group.

7. 'Dog Man', 2025

IMDb Score: 6.3/10

The city of Ohkay is plagued by the villainous cat, Petey. Petey is known for creating sophisticated machines to carry out his daring plans. During yet another encounter with Petey, the brave but foolish police officer Knight and his clever dog, Greg, are seriously injured.

The doctors decide to transplant the dog's head onto the man. Thus, the man is transformed into a supercop named Dog Man – a virtuoso crime fighter.

To combat Dog Man, Petey decides to create a clone of himself, hoping to double his cunning. However, things don't go according to plan.

6. 'Savages', 2024

IMDb Score: 6.8/10

Kéria, the daughter of an oil palm plantation worker in Borneo, rescues a baby orangutan named Oshi with her father. The encroachment of plantations into the jungle provokes resistance from the local Penan tribe.

Kéria is surprised to learn that she is indigenous and ashamed of her cousin Selaï. When Selaï runs away from school into the forest, Oshi follows him. Kéria chases after her pet.

5. 'The Bad Guys 2', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.0/10

Having atoned for their sins before society in prison, Wolf and his friends – Shark, Piranha, and Tarantula – are trying to adapt to the roles of upstanding citizens. Unfortunately, starting a respectable life proves difficult – no one wants to hire them.

Wolf even begins to doubt the wisdom of his chosen path. Life was easier and more fun for him in his criminal past. Then, out of nowhere, a gang led by a brutal cat appears.

The bandits offer the former criminals the chance to return to thievery by stealing a spaceship for them.

4. 'The Glassworker', 2024

IMDb Score: 7.1/10

The young violinist Alliz and her family move to the quiet seaside town of Waterfront. Alliz's father, a colonel, was assigned to command military operations in a strategically important gorge.

While strolling through town, Alliz is captivated by a magnificent display case in a glassblower's workshop. There, she meets Vincent, the son and apprentice of the town's best glassmaker.

Alliz and Vincent are attracted to each other, but their fathers are at odds because Tomas Oliver, the glassblower, is a pacifist who hates war.

3. 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl', 2024

IMDb Score: 7.5/10

With the best of intentions, inventor Wallace creates a robot gnome to help his dog, Gromit, with his chores.

Norbit expends all his battery power mowing lawns, repairing sheds, and creating green sculptures, which irritate Gromit. The dog now feels left out because his owner has a new pet. However, it soon becomes clear that Wallace needs rescuing again.

Feathers McGraw, an evil penguin who resents Wallace and Gromit, plans to hack Norbit and bring him under his control.

2. 'KPop Demon Hunters', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.6/10

The girls in the K-pop group Huntrix are beautiful and talented. However, few know that the fate of humanity depends on their musical talent and charisma. The public's love fuels an invisible barrier that protects the world from evil spirits.

Their desire for popularity isn't a whim but a vital necessity. Just when everything seems to be going perfectly, a new group of five guys appears on the scene. And they are actually demons.

1. 'Ne Zha 2', 2025

IMDb Score: 8.0/10

After the events of the first movie the boy Nezha and the Dragon King's son Ao Bing die and become spirits. Master Taiyi Zhenren creates new bodies for them from the roots of a magical lotus.

Nezha and Ao Bing don't have time to adjust to their new bodies, however, before the outpost is attacked by the Dragon King's monsters. In saving his friend, Ao Bing loses his physical form again, and Nezha temporarily inhabits his soul.

Nezha journeys to the heavenly Jade Palace to find a way to return his friend to the world of the living.