But there’s no rule that says animation is for kids, and these 25 movies definitely prove that sometimes animation is clearly for adults.
Here are 25 Animated Movies That Are Not For Kids
As the name implies they also loaded it with heavy metal and rock music including bands like Black Sabbath and the Blue Oyster Cult, not to mention the voice acting from comedians like John Candy and Eugene Levy. It blended live action and animation in a sort of dark comedy noir film in which a cartoon femme fatale comes to life. As a good portion of the plot does revolve around the idea of human and cartoon sex, it clearly wasn’t meant for the kids to watch. They absolutely laced the movie with profanity, sexuality and as many low brow jokes as you could imagine a movie named Sausage Party might include. It plays out like a traditional sort of feudal martial arts film but the animation allows for over the top violence and gore which it never shies away from. Released in 1988, it still stands as one of the most iconic films of the genre and an incredible intro to Japanese cyberpunk.. Studios have been toying with a live action remake for over 20 years. It also features interviews with other soldiers and seeks to clarify his own memories of the events. Because it deals with war in an unflinching way, there are haunting depictions of violence and some sex as well. It’s not that the movie contains too much content you might think is inappropriate for children, it’s more that it clearly meant the themes and the ideas for adults. A child would probably just be bored. As you might expect from some dystopian future monster hunting, the moving is awash in blood with extensive violence throughout. It’s very surreal in nature throughout and the imagery can get pretty intense. The movie features some weird, metaphorical animated sex, sexual violence and just regular violence as well. It’s a sort of horror movie superhero film based on Zombie’s comic with an incredible voice cast. The sex in very overt as is the violence, not that you’d expect anything less from Rob Zombie. It was also very adult-oriented. No surprise then that the movie followed suit and included a lot of sex, nudity, violence and just weird, perverse stuff that you’ll feel ashamed to laugh about. It’s an almost surreal journey of nonsense, dark humor, and childish jokes that are great if you’re into that sort of thing. But this is no ordinary Batman, this is based on Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke and it’s absolutely brutal. It features the sadistic torture of Commissioner Gordon, Batgirl being paralyzed by the Joker and, of course, a little Bat sex. Hell, it just looks creepy even before you know what’s going on. Everything on screen has an unsettling darkness to it like you’re just watching someone else’s nightmare unfold. There’s enough surreal imagery to make the sex and violence in the film stand out in a creepy way that most kids probably don’t need to see. While it’s not over the top at all with sex and violence, its themes of war and prejudice hang heavy and make it not something your average kid would want to watch. Aside from becoming the highest grossing animated film ever at the time, it also managed to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most profanity ever in an animated film with 399 swear words. It’s a noir thriller by Philip K Dick, the same man who wrote Blade Runner, so there are some similar futuristic themes. While things like sex and violence are present, they’re not over the top compared to some of these films, but the pervasive drug use is definitely something not intended for kids. It’s a quirky film made by Charlie Kaufman and it’s at times funny and other times moving but also quite surreal and bizarre. While it won a number of awards, you can be sure no one suggested kids should be watching it. It’s a hard-hitting biographical drama about a girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution. There’s no slapstick comedy or funny animals here, just the human condition, turmoil, growth and loss. At first glance one might think this is a kid’s movie with its colorful cast of critters, but it squarely aimed the heavy political themes at adults. The result is the story of a famous singer slowly going mad as she’s stalked by a crazed fan. The movie features amped up violence and a very uncomfortable sexual assault scene. These days you’ll hear of a director editing an R down to PG-13 maybe, but rarely does this more extreme case occur. It didn’t work, either. They gave the movie an X-rating although today that mostly just means an R. The film is about an underground cartoonist and the people who inspire him. It also features a heck of a lot of cartoon nudity, violence, ethnic slurs and enough cussing to do South Park proud. It’s part political satire but also part shock comedy and features more than its fair share of oddly graphic anthropomorphic animal sex, a race riot, and all the cartoon cat swearing you could hope for. The sequel even managed to include Adolf Hitler.
