Top 10 Best Vietnamese Animated Films

Tít and Mít is a film adapted from the comic series Tý Quậy by author Đào Hải. The film shows the perspective of the surrounding world through the main characters, two elementary school students named Tít and Mít. The mischief and antics of both boys, whether at school or at home, have brought a lot of refreshing laughter to the audience. Most situations start from the mouth of their younger sister named Tún or the mischievous ideas of Tít. After the mischievous actions, Tít always has to endure punishment from his family for the mischief he has done. However, despite being mischievous, Tít is quite kind to everyone. He is brave and always wants to help others, so despite his mischief, everyone loves him.

Tít and Mít have depicted a whole world of childhood with everyday thoughts and behaviors, lessons learned from mistakes through humorous situations during the opening day, camping trips, cooking competitions... With a natural storytelling style, the events presented allow children to draw their own lessons from them.

Alongside iconic Vietnamese films like Tít and Mít, the movie The Adventures of Two Grasshoppers draws inspiration from the Dế Mèn Adventure series by writer Tô Hoài, which was once the childhood of many generations of Vietnamese youth. The Adventures of Two Grasshoppers tells the story of the adventure of two adorable grasshoppers named Black Cricket and Hopper Cricket. Although small, these two grasshoppers are extremely brave, always sticking together to overcome any challenge, no matter how difficult or dangerous it may be.

In a beloved scene from The Adventures of Two Grasshoppers, Black Cricket and Hopper Cricket are playing and accidentally get trapped in a closed box. Determined and resourceful, Black Cricket finds a way to escape from the box and then returns to help Hopper Cricket. This highlights the theme: In life, one needs determination and perseverance to overcome difficulties, rather than relying on the whims of fate.

The Journey of the Golden Bee is a multi-episode animated series adapted from the story The Strange Adventures of the Golden Bee by writer Vũ Duy Thông. The series revolves around the story of a mischievous Golden Bee who, even while still in the hive, always has different demands from everyone else. Due to his stubborn nature and refusal to listen to the advice of the Old Bee, he embarks on a solo adventure to satisfy his adventurous spirit and daring nature while looking for honey.

However, this leads him to face many difficulties and dangers: causing a misunderstanding with the Sparrow, falling into the poisonous Spider's web, encountering the cunning Termite gang, and ending up in the lair of the ferocious Wasp.

Despite encountering numerous troubles, the Golden Bee still has good friends willing to help him overcome challenges: Uncle Bumblebee, Mr. Cricket, and especially Little Bee - a loyal friend who is willing to sacrifice himself to protect the Golden Bee. Along this journey, the Golden Bee learns the value of unity, friendship, and gains a deeper understanding of himself.

Knight Tin Plate is a film adapted from the literary work of the same name, released in 2006. Director Pham Minh Tri attempted to approach his work to the most common aspects of daily life to cater to the tastes of the target audience, namely children. Besides the beautiful traditional ethnic imprints through images of fields, buffaloes, and conical hats, the film also depicts the realistic dark side of the lives of people today. Not only stopping at beautiful images, Knight Tin Plate also addresses issues of theft, fighting, and even the pain and darkness of society that still haunt the present through details about the world of mice and a wooden doll.

Although addressing issues of theft and fighting, the film cleverly integrates many humorous elements that make children find it fascinating. Through the stories in Knight Tin Plate, the filmmaker wants to convey a message about courage in every person, while also teaching children about what is right and wrong in real life.

The Pigeon School is a renowned Vietnamese animated film, inspired by the story 'The Classroom of the White Pigeon' by author Thy Ngoc. The Pigeon School tells the story of a teacher bringing literacy to the people of the highlands. The film evokes the scene of the humble teaching era full of difficulties and struggles. In the film, the protagonist responsible for imparting knowledge and also the highlight of the film is the pigeon teacher, with students being familiar livestock such as pigs, chickens, buffaloes, and cows. The story is built on real events of the grassroots literacy movement from the end of 1945 to the years 1954 - 1960 in Vietnam. In those classrooms, teachers were sometimes elderly, but in many classes, teachers were just young girls, boys who had just finished elementary school. The film borrowed those images to create a vivid and touching class of Mr. Pigeon that resonated with generations of viewers.

Therefore, The Pigeon School emphasizes the importance of education. The film has brought viewers through various emotions surrounding the stories in the classroom.

The Little Shoeshine Boy is an outstanding short animated film directed by Doãn Thành. The film depicts the life of a solitary shoeshine boy living amidst the bustling streets. Unlike the happy lives of many fortunate children with loving parents, the little shoeshine boy, frail and tiny, has to fend for himself everywhere to earn a living. He goes out in the morning to find shoe-shining customers to make ends meet, and sleeps in a drainage pipe at a construction site at night.

The film The Little Shoeshine Boy successfully portrays the image of the shoeshine boy as well as many other children in similar situations wandering outside. The life of the shoeshine boy is far from easy; there are times when he goes hungry because there are no customers. Sometimes, when lucky, he earns a little money from a generous customer only to be robbed by older street children. However, amidst all the hardships, he receives simple yet precious gifts like a warm loaf of bread. Despite enduring so much hardship, in his small heart, he still holds warmth and love, readily sharing his meager loaf of bread with a pitiful stray dog.

Different from other traditional animated films of Vietnam, The Dream of the Green Frog is the first 3D animated film of Vietnamese cinema and has excellently won the Silver Lotus Award at the Vietnam Film Festival 2007.

The Dream of the Green Frog is inspired by and adapted from the folk story of the frog sitting at the bottom of the well. The film revolves around the pair of Father Frog and Son Frog. Like the frog in the well story, Father Frog is an old-fashioned frog, with narrow-minded thinking and always fears about the disasters around, yet he always pats himself on the back, considering himself the lord of all creatures. Father Frog has found for Son Frog a magnificent kingdom, which is a well. From the bottom of the well, the sky looks no bigger than a hoop. Father Frog believes that life will settle down eventually, without having to contend with any crabs or fish.

Of course, Son Frog never strays far from his small kingdom. Under his father's education, he also begins to imbibe his father's conservative and self-important habits. Son Frog's dreams become small and pragmatic. He dreams from the bottom of his well, reaching for a piece of moon as a crown. Then the crown turns into fish to feed on.

The conservatism and arrogance will harm Son Frog if one day Mr. Turtle does not appear. When he boasts about his magnificent kingdom, Mr. Turtle advises the Frog family to go to the sea. Mr. Turtle tells them about the things he has seen and heard, about the vast ocean with waves, seagulls soaring freely, under the water is myriad of other lives... along with the beauty of myriad forms when dawn breaks, and at sunset.

The Boy of Reed Flute is a 3D animated epic film, the longest in duration ever produced by Vietnam. Despite being recently released, the film quickly garnered numerous prestigious awards, most recently the 'Golden Lotus' award at the closing ceremony of the 19th Vietnam Film Festival.

The Boy of Reed Flute portrays the life and personality during the childhood years of Dinh Bo Linh, the hero who contributed to pacifying the 12 warlords, unifying the country, and becoming the first king of Vietnam after 1000 years of Chinese domination. In the film, Dinh Bo Linh is depicted as an adorable boy with curly hair, extremely mischievous, intelligent, and possessing leadership qualities from a very young age. The film has successfully created a historical figure and legends about Van Thang Vuong - Dinh Bo Linh, which are now being remembered in a more vivid and intuitive way by audiences of all ages.

Under the Tree is one of Vietnam's outstanding 3D animated films produced by the young production team at Colory Animation Studio. It tells the story of a timid mouse who likes to pretend to be brave, only to realize that bravery lies not in the liver but in the heart. The film revolves around four main characters: Mouse, Frog, Turtle, and Snake, with many humorous and touching situations involving these characters.

The storyline of Under the Tree is simple yet complete, familiar, and with a clear and understandable plot, using plot twists to create tension and interest in the story. In addition, the dialogues are cute and suitable for the characters' personalities as well as the young audience. The film has received high praise from audiences for its story, character personalities, expressions, dialogues, as well as lighting and graphics.

The Dragon and the Fairy Descendant is a Vietnamese historical animated film advised by historian Dương Trung Quốc. Inspired by the legend of The Dragon and the Fairy Descendant, it tells the story of ancient Vietnam with its wild forests and lurking monsters threatening humans. Âu Cơ and Lạc Long Quân coincidentally meet in such circumstances, fall in love, and give birth to a hundred eggs, facing the challenge of dealing with harmful monsters and protecting their eggs.

The film begins with the image of a Fairy Descendant chasing away water monsters to save a human boy during a stormy night, only to be severely injured. Then, the Dragon Deity appears to defeat the monsters and save her. From that moment, they fall in love. The Fairy Descendant, whose real name is Âu Cơ, represents all living beings, while the Dragon Deity, Lạc Long Quân, rules the sky and the sea. They then join forces to defeat the harmful monsters threatening the village. After facing many challenges and battles, their eggs hatch into a hundred children. When they grow up, Lạc Long Quân suggests to Âu Cơ that they should split their children, fifty to the mountains and fifty to the sea, to build and protect the nation.