The adult animated comedy category is growing for film and it looks as though 2023 could be the best year yet with some promising developments on the way. Until then, here are the best adult animated films released in 2022. Most of them are streaming, so be sure to check them out and let us know what YOU think in the comments.
5) Wendell and Wild
Network: Netflix
I really like Wendell & Wild. It’s fun, entertaining, dark, and it can get heartfelt at times. It has some good character building, some good world building, eye-catching visuals, a killer soundtrack, and the perfect balance of laughs and frights.
4) Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
Out now on Blu-Ray/DVD, coming soon to HBO MAX
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm is funny, it’s violent, and it feels made to order for fans of the franchise. There is also the underlying charm that has allowed Aqua Teen the ability to keep serving up fresh hijinks for the past 20 years. Through all of Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm’s keystone vulgarity and debauchery, there is actually an entirely new layer of even more vulgarity and debauchery. And yes, that new layer is entertaining as hell.
3) My Year of Dicks
Featuring a rock-solid cast and a hilarious premise for an animated television series, My Year of Dicks flips the classic coming-of-age trope on it’s head with some veins of quirkiness that would be instantly recognizable by fans of say a Bob’s Burgers or Big Mouth. Pamela Ribon has already shown her chops as a writer in comics, but My Year of Dicks shows that she should be looked at for more serious projects down the road from FX or anyone else for that matter. Christ, I just remembered her conversation with her dad! *cringe*
2) Death of a Rockstar
Network: Tubi
The ending of the story I never saw coming. I played what I thought was the ending of the movie, thinking of every single possible outcome. I just couldn’t do it. Röckët Stahr created a movie that subverted expectations for me. I thought this movie was going to be slapstick, with little to no substance. But what was given to us was a great fucking movie. It’s been a long time since I’ve been hooked on a rock opera, let alone an animated one. But fuck me, Röckët Stahr nailed it.
1) Beavis and Butt-Head: Do the Universe
Network: Paramount+
Like Do America, our titular heroes’ journey is as a result of intense stupidity indicative of the classic franchise’s name sake with Mike Judge trekking us through a litany of hilarious road blocks complete with homages to the aforementioned film, the classic TV show, and complete with heavy metal-laden car chases that will kill you by way of internal bruising from being hunched over with belly laughs. The 90-minute feature-length never lets up and reminds you that Judge is still one of the proverbial gods of adult animation as twists and turns are abound all-the-while we get to see a litany of thank you’s to the meme creators of the world that have more than kept this franchise relevant even almost 30 years later. While The Bob’s Burgers Movie really didn’t grasp what makes turning a TV show into a movie entails, Judge continues to show everyone the proper way of doing it.