From Spider-Man to Minions: Best Animated Movies to Watch on Amazon Prime Video

Animated movies are no longer just something made for kids. In fact, we now have anime trending all around the world, so much so that it is considered a culture on its own. This culture even has different subsects like the western style and Japanese style. From Superman and Batman to Naruto and Disney movies, animated movies are also one of the fastest-growing genres thanks to advancements in CGI and animation technology.

From Spider-Man to Planet Hulk, we take a look at nine best animated movies that you can watch on Amazon Prime Video:

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains spider-like abilities similar to Spider-Man. After gaining superpowers, Morales protects the city as the new Spider-Man and tries to live up to the hero’s legacy. Soon, he meets alternate versions of Spider-Man and gets embroiled in an epic battle with KingPin to save the multiverse.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How To Train Your Dragon 2 is the story of Hiccup and Toothless. They are faced with the threat of Drago, a dragon hunter who wants to capture and dominate over all dragons to use them for his evil plans. Thus, Hiccup, Toothless and their dragon riding team are determined to defeat him and restore peace on Berk.

Rango

Rango, a pet chameleon who aspires to be a hero, lands in a drought-affected town plagued by bandits. He takes the post of sheriff and claims to be the saviour making an attempt to protect it.

At the 84th Academy Awards, the film won the Best Animated Feature, making it the first non-Disney or Pixar film to win the award since the 2006’s Warner Bros. movie Happy Feet.

Astro Boy

Who does not know Astro Boy? A teenage boy Toby Tenma is killed in an accident leading his father to resurrect him as a cyborg. Unfortunately, soon his creator abandons him because the cyborg can never be his own son. Realising he is a robot with incredible powers who is disowned by his creator, Toby goes on a journey to search for his identity and learn self-acceptance. Eventually, he becomes the greatest hero of Metro City.

The Croods

The Crood is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as ‘The Croodaceous’ era. Grug and his family embark on a journey to search for a new place to live after their cave is destroyed. A young boy named Guy shows up to the family and Grug’s position as a ‘Leader of the Hunt’ is threatened by the arrival of this genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions. The two trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home.

Monster House

Three teenagers discover that their neighbour's house is actually a monster created when a human soul merged with a man made structure. The haunted house hates children. Soon, the three teenagers decide to destroy the heart of the house to save the children, their neighbour and everyone else the house has attacked.

Minions

Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob decide to find a new master for their entire clan. They embark on a journey in search of evil and powerful masters who they can serve. On their adventure, they meet Scarlett Overkill, who is a female super-villain. She recruits them and hatches a plan to take over the world. However, the plot takes a turn when another much more powerful villain appears.

Igor

The Kingdom of Malaria is full of mad scientists and evil inventions. An aspiring and talented young lab assistant of an evil scientist dreams of winning the annual Evil Science Fair by becoming a mad scientist himself.

Planet Hulk

Planet Hulk is a follow-up story of the Avenger. His allies decide to send the mighty Hulk to a peaceful planet, considering he is too dangerous. However (somewhat expectedly), he damages the earth spaceship and lands on a planet ruled by a tyrant. The superhero then joins the locals to fight the tyrant ruler.