A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

(Aardman Animations, Netflix)

Directors: Richard Phelan, Will Becher

Release Date: September 22, 2019 (U.K.)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%

Synopsis: The human and animal denizens of Mossy Bottom Farm discover a space alien, whom the sheep try to keep safe while Farmer John uses the opportunity to transform his struggling farm into a theme park.

Director Talk: “As the first film was coming to an end, we started to have brainstorm meetings about what we could do next with Shaun the Sheep. Richard Starzak, who created Shaun the Sheep, said, ‘What if an alien crashed on the farm?’ And then everyone just lit up, because we realized we’d never made a sci-fi film at Aardman.” — Will Becher

The Word: “It’s a very funny movie — and an endlessly, refreshingly cheerful one, which is just as rare.” — Jason Bailey, New York Times

Nomination Chances: From the early days of Creature Comforts and Wallace & Gromit shorts, Aardman has had a history of being invited to the Oscar party — and the Bristolbased studio has a way of melting the hearts of animation lovers all over the world.