Animation on Kanopy: what is worth streaming right now (free with a library card)

12 animation titles on Kanopy (free with a library card) at our last check, ranked by quality and fame, each with scare, gore and violence tags.

1. 1Loving Vincent (2017)Melancholy · late-night trip · emotionally heavy · measured · PG-13Hand-painted animation brings a melancholy atmosphere to a young man's search for answers about a troubled artist's final days.Netflix · Kanopy · Hoopla
2. 2Mary and Max (2009)Dry wit · melancholy · full attention · emotionally devastating · NRA lonely Australian girl and an obese New Yorker find connection through letters, sharing whimsical, darkly comic life.AMC+ · Kanopy
3. 3My Life as a Zucchini (2016)Wholesome humor · melancholy · family watch · emotionally heavy · PG-13An orphaned boy finds connection and belonging among new friends, navigating life's bittersweet challenges with earnest, wholesome humor.Kanopy
4. 4The Garden of Words (2013)Melancholy · late-night trip · emotionally heavy · measured · PG-13A young shoemaker and a mysterious woman find solace and connection on rainy days in a quiet garden.Kanopy
5. 5Cinderella (1950)Wholesome humor · whimsical · family watch · measured · GA kindhearted girl's whimsical dreams of romance and royalty come true with a bit of magic.Disney+ · Kanopy
6. 6South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)Big broad humor · absurdist · party watch · mildly scary · RA darkly comic, satirical, and raunchy animated musical takes aim at censorship and outrage with brisk, absurdist humor.Paramount+ · Kanopy
7. 7Rango (2011)Absurdist humor · whimsical · family watch · measured · PGA lost family pet becomes a whimsical, darkly comic sheriff in a gritty, surreal Western town.Kanopy · Hoopla · YouTube (free)
8. 8The Adventures of Tintin (2011)Big broad humor · whimsical · family watch · brisk · PGA brisk animated mystery unfolds as an intrepid reporter and his dog chase a ship's explosive secret.Paramount+ · Peacock · Kanopy
9. 9Anomalisa (2015)Dry wit · melancholy · full attention · emotionally heavy · RA lonely speaker's monotonous world gains color when he meets an extraordinary woman, sparking bittersweet intimacy.Kanopy · YouTube (free)
10. 10A Scanner Darkly (2006)Surreal · light gore · emotionally heavy · measured · RAn undercover cop's identity dissolves into a surreal, bleak world as a dangerous drug takes hold.Kanopy · YouTube (free)
11. 11Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)Wholesome humor · whimsical · family watch · measured · PGA young boy enters a whimsical animated world of tiny people to find treasure and save his grandfather's home.Kanopy · Hoopla · Fandango at Home (free)
12. 12Beowulf (2007)Epic · late-night trip · brutal violence · graphic gore · PG-13A legendary warrior battles a monstrous ogre in an atmospheric, gritty, and epic adventure.Kanopy · Hoopla

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