30 Animated Movies That Are Not for Children

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is the kind of film that probably wouldn’t get the same budget or scale of release today, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t controversial at the time. Trey Parker and Matt Stone took their penchant for physical humour and sending up American stereotypes and translated it to the big screen at the end of the '90s, bringing all the characters we know and love across from TV for a feature-length adventure that leaves no-one unoffended. And this time it’s a musical.

The film finds Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny at the centre of a moral panic, when swearing - inspired by trap-jawed Canadian comedy duo Terrance and Phillip - takes hold of the American public. But when the US declares war on Canada, the South Park gang must prevent the execution of Terrance and Phillip, stop the new axis of Satan and Saddam Hussein from conquering the world, and save the day.

There’s a lot to digest, and while (like any 20-minute animation extended many times its normal length) it doesn’t hold up as well as the regular show, the film manages to stand out thanks to its surprisingly catchy songs (which millennial or Gen Xer can’t tell you what Kyle’s mum is?) and ability to continue pushing the boundaries of taste.