Turns out, animation can handle the darkest, funniest, and most complex stories we throw at it. These movies stand out as masterpieces.

Anomalisa, A Scanner Darkly, and American Pop are all among the greatest R-rated animated movies that can be called masterpieces.

Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-rated animated comedy Fixed – about a dog on a mission to get his rocks off, before they are chopped off by the vet – hits Netflix this week after buzzy screenings at Annecy and ...