Flow), Memoir of a Snail is an undeniable stop motion masterpiece by Australian director Adam Elliott, who also made the wonderful Mary & Max. The story follows a young woman narrating the ups and downs of her life after being separated from her twin brother as a child.
Like Memoirs of a Snail, the beautiful French production My Life as a Zucchini proves that animation can handle adult themes with tenderness. It tells the story of a boy who, after tragically losing his mother, ends up in an orphanage with hopes of being adopted.
Anomalisa is another stop motion film firmly rooted in the adult world, exploring themes like loneliness and existential ennui with clever visual and auditory devices. It follows a traveling speaker who rediscovers life's spark after meeting a woman unlike any other.
Stop motion isn’t common in Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s filmography, but it was his first love. His Pinocchio reimagines the classic fairy tale as a story about disobedience in the rise of fascism.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On blends stop motion with live-action to tell the story of a living seashell and his grandmother, who live in a human home and are featured in a documentary.