2016 · Travis Knight · 101 min · Animation
Kubo and the Two Strings is Laika's most visually ambitious and emotionally profound film, a stop-motion epic that treats its young audience with extraordinary respect. The storytelling is bravely melancholy, the animation sets records, and the themes of memory, loss, and storytelling itself give it a depth that few animated films achieve.
2009 · Henry Selick · 100 min · Animation
Coraline is stop-motion animation at its most ambitious and unsettling, a dark fairy tale that respects its young audience enough to genuinely frighten them. Henry Selick and Laika crafted a visual masterpiece that improves with every viewing and has aged into one of the greatest animated films of the century.
2012 · Sam Fell · 92 min · Animation
ParaNorman is a spooky, funny, and surprisingly moving stop-motion film that uses its zombie movie exterior to tell a story about tolerance, bullying, and the danger of mob mentality. It's a gateway horror film for kids that treats its young audience with more respect than most live-action horror treats adults.
2014 · Graham Annable · 96 min · Animation
The Boxtrolls is Laika's most visually charming and least narratively compelling film, a beautifully animated adventure that delights with its handcrafted world and inventive creature design but can't quite find the emotional depth that defines the studio's best work.
2019 · Chris Butler · 93 min · Animation
Missing Link is Laika's most lighthearted and accessible film, a globe-trotting buddy comedy with stunning animation and genuine warmth. It doesn't reach the emotional depths of the studio's best work, but its visual beauty and gentle humor make it a pleasant adventure that earned its Golden Globe.