Last updated in September 2020. Most weekends there is a good animated movie at the theater to see and sometimes a great one! Below is a list of upcoming animated movies. Some of the most highly anticipated animation movies for 2020 and 2021. What movie are you looking forward to the most?
Check out IMDb’s calendar page and Rotten Tomatoes list of movies coming soon as well as our Featured Animation movie reviews. Another popular page is our animated movie posters coming soon page. New posters and artwork come out several months before the movies hit the big screen and can be a sneak peek at what movies are coming soon.
Recent updates – Minions: The Rise of Gru moves back to July 2021 and Netflix’s new animated movie Over the Moon moves forward to October 23, 2020, the same day as Sony’s Connected release.
Animated Movies 2020
- Trolls World Tour – Now Streaming!
- The Willoughbys – April 22, 2020
- Scoob! – May 15, 2020
- Connected – October 23, 2020
- Over the Moon – October 23, 2020
- Wish Dragon – November 6, 2020
- Soul – November 20, 2020
- The Croods 2 – December 23, 2020
Animated Movies 2021
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run – TBD
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway – January 15, 2021
- Rumble – January 29, 2021
- Raya and the Last Dragon – March 12, 2021
- Luck – March 19, 2021
- Boss Baby 2 – March 26, 2021
- Ron’s Gone Wrong – April 23, 2021
- Spirit: Riding Free – May 14, 2021
- Vivo – June 4, 2021
- Luca – June, 18
- Minions: The Rise of Gru – July 2, 2021
- Space Jam: A New Legacy – July 16, 2021
- Hotel Transylvania 4 – August 6, 2021
- The Bad Guys – September 17, 2021
- The Addams Family 2 – October 22, 2021
- Sing 2 – December 22, 2021
Scoob!
Release Date: Now Streaming!
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
Frank Welker, Will Forte, Zac Efron, Gina Rodriguez, Amanda Seyfried, Mark Wahlberg, Kiersey Clemons, Jason Isaacs, Tracy Morgan, Ken Jeong
Storyline – Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.
Connected
Connected Release Date: October 23, 2020
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
Olivia Colman, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Abbi Jacobson, Eric André, Michael Rianda
Storyline – Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams. Her whole family drives Katie to school together when their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising. The Mitchells will have to work together to save the world.
Over the Moon
Over the Moon Release Date: October 23, 2020
PG – 1h 35min?
Adventure | Comedy
Sandar Oh, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, Kimiko Glenn, John Cho, Brittany Ishibashi, Irene Tsu, Margaret Cho, Cathy Ang, Artt Butler, Robert G. Chiu
Storyline – A contemporary retelling of the mythological Chinese tale about a mysterious moon goddess.
Wish Dragon
Wish Dragon Release Date: November 6, 2020
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
John Cho, Jimmy Wong, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Constance Wu, Will Yun Lee, Bobby Lee, Jimmy O. Yang, Ian Chen
Storyline – A tale of discovering the greatest wish of all.
Soul
Soul Release Date: November 20, 2020
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Quest Love, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs
Storyline – A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself.
The Croods 2
Release Date: December 23, 2020
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Leslie Mann, Cloris Leachman, Catherine Keener, Peter Dinklage, Kelly Marie Tran, Clark Duke
Storyline – The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
Release Date: 2021 TBD
PG – 1h 35min
Adventure | Comedy
Keanu Reeves, Awkwafina, Clancy Brown, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Snoop Dogg, Lori Alan
Storyline – After SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.
Rumble
Release Date: January 29, 2021
PG – 1h 35min
Action | Comedy
Ben Schwartz, Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan, Jimmy Tatro, Tony Danza
Storyline – In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion.
Raya and the Last Dragon
Release Date: March 12, 2021
PG – 1h 35min
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Tim Cook, Tony Robbins, Jim Halbert, Jeff Andrews, Brandon Crombar
Storyline – In a realm known as Lumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
From July 2020 to December 2020 you can expect to see Connected, Wish Dragon, Soul, Over the Moon, and The Croods 2 animation releases. 
The next Disney movie is Raya and the Last Dragon. 
The top animated movie in worldwide box office sales is The Lion King 2019.