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Showdown: Look Who's Talking

Top Ten Animal-Human Communication in Film

"There’s some hocus pocus going on and Mystery Inc. is on the case, at G-force speed. Round up the stray dogs, dancing cats, showbiz crocs and chatty ravens because we have one question: what doest thou want? To talk to humans, of course! This Showdown takes an incredible journey into the world of inter-species communication. From asshole bugs to Narnian lions, the only rule is that animals must communicate with humans in human languages, whether telepathically or verbally. Counted: humans who’ve been turned into animals; animated films in which humans and animals communicate. Not counted: films in which animals only talk to each other within their own animal worlds (sorry, Babe). Are you hot to trot? Now let’s split up, gang! Guide thy hand to thouest Letterboxd list, and tell us your ten favorite talking-animal movies."

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    7

  • Avengers: Infinity War

    6

  • Coraline

    9

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

    4

  • Up

    8

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    2

  • Shrek

    3

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    5

  • The Witch

    12

  • Shrek 2

    14

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    15

  • The Emperor's New Groove

    1

  • The Princess and the Frog

    16

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    18

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    11

  • War for the Planet of the Apes

    20

  • Tarzan

    19

  • The Jungle Book

    13

  • Planet of the Apes

    10

  • The Bad Guys

    17