Last Updated on 13 June 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 100 best stop-motion movies of all time. This includes claymation and other stop-motion animation formats.

I found 24 different ranked lists online of “best claymation movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 24 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Claymation Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  2. Coraline (2009)
  3. Mary and Max (2009)
  4. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
  5. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  6. Chicken Run (2000)
  7. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
  8. Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
  9. Anomalisa (2015)
  10. ParaNorman (2012)
  11. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
  12. Corpse Bride (2005)
  13. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
  14. Isle of Dogs (2018)
  15. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
  16. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
  17. Frankenweenie (2012)
  18. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
  19. The Boxtrolls (2014)
  20. Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
  21. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
  22. The Wolf House (2018)
  23. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
  24. King Kong (1933)
  25. A Town Called Panic (2009)
  26. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995)
  27. A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
  28. Early Man (2018)
  29. The Little Prince (2015)
  30. Missing Link (2019)
  31. Mad God (2021)
  32. Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989)
  33. Vincent (1982)
  34. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
  35. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
  36. Fantastic Planet (1973)
  37. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
  38. Wendell & Wild (2022)
  39. $9.99 (2008)
  40. The Story of the Fox (1937)
  41. The House (2022)
  42. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
  43. Alice (1988)
  44. Santa Claus Is Comin to Town (1970)
  45. Hell and Back (2015)
  46. Gumby: The Movie (1995)
  47. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
  48. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
  49. Memoir of a Snail (2024)
  50. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
  51. Celebrity Deathmatch (1998)
  52. The Miracle Maker (1999)
  53. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
  54. Jack Frost (1979)
  55. The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
  56. Little Otik (2000)
  57. Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
  58. Creature Comforts (1989)
  59. The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
  60. Junk Head (2017)
  61. Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
  62. Street of Crocodiles (1986)
  63. Faust (1994)
  64. The Wind in the Willows (1983)
  65. Stopmotion (2023)
  66. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
  67. Oink (2022)
  68. Monkeybone (2001)
  69. The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)
  70. Peter and the Wolf (2006)
  71. Toys in the Attic (2009)
  72. Flushed Away (2006)
  73. Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979)
  74. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
  75. The Lego Movie (2014)
  76. The Tower (2018)
  77. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
  78. The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (2001)
  79. Closed Mondays (1974)
  80. Silhouetten (1936)
  81. The PJs (1999)
  82. The Apostle (2012)
  83. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection (2017)
  84. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
  85. Pat and Mat Back in Action (2018)
  86. The Plague Dogs (1982)
  87. Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
  88. Felidae (1994)
  89. The Lost World (1925)
  90. Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996)
  91. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
  92. Tengers (2007)
  93. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
  94. The Inventor (2023)
  95. Coonskin (1974)
  96. Elf (2003)
  97. Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017)
  98. Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (2023)
  99. Buurman & Buurman: Bakken en grillen (2021)
  100. Living Large (2024)

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