Top 20 Worst Animated Movies of the Century (So Far)

the Golden Age of animation this is not welcome to watchmojo.com I we found you a girlfriend for this list we'll be looking at the absolute worst animated movies the 20th century has produced to date anything released in or after the year 2000 is eligible so earlier films like 1998 Pocahontas - yes that's a thing that exists will not be eligible I can't learn new ways alone but you can help me we're also disqualifying TV movies and films that strive for full photo realism and use real sets like cats like it's a joke I rather like it so the joke's on him number 20 Mars Needs Moms not every animated movie from the legendary Walt Disney Company can become a classic but we still expect better from the house of mouse than this a limp and lifeless animated feature starring Seth Green the film follows a young boy named Milo as he tries to rescue his kidnapped mother from Martian invaders while later entries in our list will defiantly stride into so bad it's good territory this one is just bland and forgettable I dig it when you change color with uninteresting or outright annoying characters massive tonal shifts and just nothing to really keep viewers engaged despite being a major studio release the film was forgotten almost as soon as it arrived number 19 planes the first thing to go hey you remember cars remember how it was good but sort of lacking in terms of depth it was a solid enough kids movie sure but pretty mediocre judged by Pixar's many incredible films while Plains is the bland and unoriginal spin-off that makes you realise that cars could have been much worse your strut Jetstream yep a crop duster hey what's going on here is there a bug in the fly today this film feels like a monetary decision and nothing more the first two cars films made but loads of cash and so Disney produced this spin off to keep the sweet greenbacks coming the result is about what you'd expect a by-the-numbers children's adventure with celebrity voices and little in the way of original ideas it's going to be close it's anyone's race alright get my good side fellas number 18 cars - hey you remember cars okay we're not gonna reuse everything we said in our last entry but we were tempted almost everything that could be said about Disney's airborne spin-off two cars could also be said about this glassy direct sequel while it's certainly technically proficient and visually eye catching this is among Pixar's shallowest and most blatantly commercial efforts to date if he wants to get back is right while the studio made its name with kids films that were thoughtful mature and often dealt with heavy subjects this entry just feels like a cash grab both at the box office and the toy store from a studio of such illustrious pedigree we just expect better we're not angry Pixar we're just disappointed number 17 ugly dolls if you were a parent or toy collector in the early 2000s you may remember the series of plush dolls that this animated film is based on welcome to ugly veil friend what's your name wedge head evidently not that many people remembered the brand when the film adaptation came out in 2019 as the film underperformed at the box office those who did see the film were greeted by a colorful and cheery but ultimately derivative animated musical despite singers like Nick Jonas pitbull Kelly Clarkson and Janelle Monae providing voices and musical numbers for the film's in an interesting tidbit the film was originally slated to be directed and written by Sin City co-director Robert Rodriguez makes you wonder what kind of movie it could have been doesn't it it's got to get better than this right number 16 the Queen's Corgi it's an empirical fact that corgis are just plain adorable with the stubby little legs sweet faces and fluffy tummies and yet our love of these adorable pups just isn't enough to carry this abysmal animated film from Belgium's and wave pictures the film follows Rex the favorite Corgi of Queen Elizabeth the second who finds himself in the pound after biting Donald Trump yeah we're serious I believe is yours the film is 85 minutes of bad jokes and presentable but unremarkable animation with a bewilderingly high-class voice cast including Jack Whitehall Ray Winstone and Julie Walters live how could you betray me you were my best friend Charlie of course we're friends Rick it would not couldn't they just have made a movie about cheddar from Brooklyn nine-nine number 15 sir Billy the career of sir Sean Connery is nothing short of legendary even outside his stint as James Bond the Scottish actor has countless classic films under his belt and this low-rent Scottish animated feature film the film sees Connery voicing an elderly skateboarding veterinarian who must save a fugitive beaver named Bessie boo and while Connery can and has brought dignity and gravitas to many a role this is not one of them the CGI is also pretty unpleasant to look at even when you take the film's relatively meager budget into account why Connery came out of retirement for a movie like this we will never know Sean Connery [Music] reminds me of another adventure number 14 Playmobil the movie since its inception in the 1970s this toy line has been in fierce competition with chief rival Lego so it's not surprising that they try and replicate Lego success on the big screen we wish we could say that their failure to do so was a surprise but that would be alive the film sees siblings Charlie and Marla transported into the Playmobil world Marley to me after Charlie has taken prisoner by pirates Marla must save him in an adventure that pits her against aliens dinosaurs robots and more let's break this Dino soar maybe if it had come out first this movie might have fared better but especially when compared to its brick building rival Playmobil the movie just cannot compete all right Charlie we got this number 13 tiara the brave the term mock Buster refers to movies that are intentionally similar sometimes to the point of legal sketchiness too big high-profile movies released around the same time aren't you enjoying your birthday party I best the idea is to ride another movie's coattails at worst these movies hope to make their money from people who buy or rent them by mistake you can probably figure out which film this bargain-basement animated feature is imitating all on your own but if you need a hint take a look at the title hey you're blocking my view I need to get to the palace quickly don't worry super cloud a woefully inept and visually hideous mess this film is somehow even worse than you'd expect with animation that looks decades out-of-date and some of the worst voice acting we have ever heard this is the best you can do yeah this is better than what you can do number 12 Duggal if you found yourself at a video store in the mid-2000s you may have glanced at the cover of this animated film gathering dust in the kids section an unforeseeable accident despite the voice cast including Judy Dench Jon Stewart Ian McKellen and a number of other high-profile names the film is an absolute slog and there is a reason I'm not just a fixture on a merry-go-round I'm a soldier we're the Stooges uniform Stan it's what's inside the film was originally made and released in the UK as the Magic Roundabout but was recut and redubbed for the US release with American actors delivering already dated pop-culture references and flatulence jokes well it may have been tolerable in its original form studio meddling rendered this American version nearly unwatchable here's Johnny number 11 delgo another all-star of DVD bargain bins everywhere this 2008 animated feature redefined the term box-office bomb upon release just get some help [Music] against a budget of 40 million dollars the film grows to barely over half a million dollars those are the kinds of numbers that make studio execs question their career choices relax these guys are amateurs we wish we could say the film is an underappreciated gem but it's mostly just a hodgepodge of sci-fi and fantasy tropes held together by not especially great-looking animation not even the presence of film legend and Bancroft could save this one and she's been known to work a miracle or two in her day but I do have regrets one in particular leaves me no peace but you didn't have the courage to finish what I started number 10 Sherlock gnomes a sequel to 2011's Gnomeo and Juliet yeah we've already done that this 2018 film continues the franchise's tradition of basing pretty much the entire movie around one lame pun oxen gnomes are in danger too the season I see he's a Sherlock Holmes style detective but he's a gnome do you get it well that's not a very good surprise that one joke is the foundation on which almost the entire movie rests on and if that seems like a bad basis for a movie to you you officially have more sense than the producers did the film spends in agonizing 86 minutes stretching this joke into a series of set pieces and gags and even the youngest audience member is likely to get bored long before the credits roll I think there's one more twist in the tale number 9 the nutjob afraid this is the wrong kind of not CGI movies starring wacky talking animals have had their fair share of success over the years but this entry just feels like a pale imitation of other better films and listen up we're gonna dig our own hole a tunnel from here to the alley loot the whole place get fat for winter got it the film follows surly a squirrel voiced by Will Arnett who makes his living stealing food in the big city the film is modeled after classic heist movies but doesn't end up stealing much beyond the audience's time and money it's got an a-list voice cast but they're sleepwalking their way through the dialogue and the pop-culture references felt dated even at the time of release do it by the way the film just doesn't stand out from the crowded genre it inhabits and we wouldn't be surprised if half the people who watched forgot it ever even existed number 8 legends of Oz Dorothy's return by silly sure do you mean diabolically no The Wizard of Oz is beyond iconic its place is one of the most beloved films of classic Hollywood is unshakable with that in mind any film that brings audiences back to the world of Oz has some pretty big ruby slippers to fill Emerald City must be in that direction I think correct though I'm not sure I would advise you to go based on a novel by Roger Stanton Baum great-grandson of original oz writer L frank Baum the CGI movie doesn't measure up to the legacy of either the books or the classic film feeling more like a knockoff than a real return to the merry old Land of Oz the animation is dated and unimpressive and the songs are generally more tedious than toe-tapping I know I know hard to take me seriously number seven hoodwinked - hood versus evil the original hoodwinked turned a lot of heads with its combination of fairy tale hijinks and modern charm plus it turned a very strong profit from its modest budget and so a sequel was greenlit unfortunately the high standards set by the first film proved too much for this ill-fated follow-up do not pursue do not proceed despite actually having a bigger budget the sequel somehow looks worse than its predecessor and was lacking in both charm and wit giant super-powered German kids did not see that coming it should also be noted that by 2011 the Shrek franchise had taken the whole edgy fairy tale bit about as far as it could be taken leaving very little room for the hoodwinked franchise which is very much in the same vein how do you even come up with that who says that you get what you pay for number six a cars life Sparky's big adventure I wish I could be Sparky stop this is not a musical released the same year as the much much much better known Pixar movie we bet cash money that this low-budget animated movie tricked a few unwary Souls into buying or renting it by mistake sorry officer I didn't think I could drive fast enough to break the speed limit clocking in at a thankfully brief 40 minutes the film is closer to an animated short than a full feature and follows an obnoxious red sports car named Sparky as you can probably see from the footage the film's animation is beyond terrible and the voice acting makes Larry the Cable Guy sound like a downright thespian just imagine being a ten-year-old kid and getting this for Christmas that's the one you wanted right number five trolls alright folks let's talk about the asylum if you're familiar with mock Buster's odds are you've encountered this company before heck they practically invented the genre today he keeps boredom away animated movies aren't something they do often but when they do they're generally as horrible as you would expect a low-budget imitator of dreamworks trolls this film follows a young troll who befriends a human my name is Finn my name is Hayden this high on our list bad animation should be par for the course but this movie doubles down by being just plain ugly rather than cute this movies versions of trolls are hideous to look at making the movie on uncomfortable chore to get through number four Titanic the legend goes on the sinking of the Titanic is widely seen as one of the greatest tragedies in the history of sea travel around 1,500 lives were lost and those that survived were left forever scarred by the horrific experience we've been on tour so what could have possibly possessed the makers of this film to turn the event into an animated film featuring talking animals and a rapping dog don't sweat it forget it enjoy the show oh right money the film's sheer tastelessness wouldn't be quite as bad if it were at least well animated but it looks like a lazy attempt to copy the style of animator Don Bluth add some atrocious voice acting and a small T ending and this one's just embarrassing now that I found her I'm not going to let her get away from me [Music] number three norm of the north don't listen to the haters normal you're a polar bear you got this the best kinds of kids movies are ones that don't talk down to their audience written and produced with enough cleverness style and heart an animated film can and should be enjoyable for audiences of all ages the makers of this film evidently thought they could substitute all of that with a twerking polar bear [Applause] surprise surprise it did not work Rob Schneider headlines is the titular norm a polar bear gifted with the ability to speak to humans after his grandfather disappears norm must use the ability to find him get ready grandpa there's witless obnoxious and annoying in the extreme this movie has probably driven at least a few parents up the wall oh and did we mention it has three sequels okay I'm not quite getting king of the Arctic it's more like queen of the prom number two food fight while not offensive enough to take our top spot this entry is one of the most legendary bad movies of all time so much so that has gained a cult following listen up fat cat burgler I'm giving you one last chance to hand them over before I cash in your coupons for you the film had an amazingly troubled production and was originally meant to be released in the early 2000s before being half Hazzard Lee released direct-to-dvd in 2012 the results speak for themselves I still got it the movie follows a group of living food mascots whose grocery store comes under threat from the shady brand ex prompting hiro dex dogtective to try and save the day come on pal let's snap crackle and pop a tea it's just one baffling decision after another as the film stumbles to its conclusion which naturally involves a dog and a woman getting married kinda says it all doesn't it and it's not the raisins were humiliating before we unveil our most atrocious number one pick here are some honorable mentions Ice Age collision course for franchise fatigue where the dead go to die for being 90 minutes of huh Freebirds for making the Angry Birds movie look inspired Tarzan because you forgot it even existed you take me to the media I'll set you both free never eight crazy nights for hopeless Hanukkah hijinks [Music] before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you'll have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one the emoji movie oh boy I'm gonna be so May well there may be worse movies out there this 2017 film takes the top spot for falling right into that how does this exist category from the get-go and never escaping it should we wash our hands TJ Miller voices gene an emoji capable of multiple expressions as he embarks on a quest to get reprogrammed along the way gene encounters various apps and malware while the user of the cellphone he inhabits struggles to get his phone working again I don't like it almost from the moment it was announced moviegoers figured it would be a cynical cash grab trying desperately to spin a movie out of a bunch of character less icons and wouldn't you know it they were right said white aim highest even do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 20min 18sec (1218 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 10 2020