If you want more cheese, Gromit
What is it about Aardman’s stop-motion films which is so comforting? The nostalgic vision of a quaint, cheese-obsessed Britain? The shameless silliness and relentless puns? The enormous toothy grins? Or the knowledge that, even when the characters are in peril, they are, let’s face it, made of clay? Maybe it comes down to the bliss of relishing a work of art which has been so lovingly and painstakingly handcrafted. Whatever the answer, Wallace & Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) has all of the ingredients above, complemented by Peter Sallis’s beatific voice and some marvellous gadgetry, making it a delight from start to finish. Aficionados of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animators, would argue that their cartoons are similarly quirky and joyous, but if you’re sticking with Aardman you can gorge on Chicken Run (2000), The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! (2012), Early Man (2018), and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019).