Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse reinvented animation with a groundbreaking comic book visual style that feels genuinely revolutionary, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and earning $384 million worldwide on a $90 million budget. By using 24 frames per second on twos, it mirrors the speed of comic books, reducing production costs by 30% compared to the average CGI film while delivering 177 unique characters. Miles Morales' origin story brings fresh energy and diversity that outperforms #4, WALL-E, in terms of visual innovation, as its use of Ben-Day dots and hand-drawn textures created a new standard for animated superhero movies that neither Disney nor Pixar had attempted.