Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 American stop-motion action-adventure film directed by Travis Knight and produced by Laika. The screenplay, written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler, revolves around Kubo, a 12-year-old boy with an eyepatch. Kubo's left eye was stolen in infancy, and he must subdue his corrupt family members now coming to get the other eye. The film features the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, and Matthew McConaughey.

The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 13, 2016. Focus Features released it theatrically on September 9. Worldwide, the film grossed nearly $70 million on a $60 million budget. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Kubo and the Two Strings holds a rating of 97%, based on 192 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10.

Kubo and the Two Strings garnered awards and nominations in a general animated film category at several award ceremonies. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated in the categories Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects; it was the second animated film to be nominated in the latter category, following The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and Best Animated Feature at the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards. The film received the second-most nominations at the 44th Annie Awards, one fewer than Zootopia 11, and won Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation, Production Design, and Editorial in an Animated Feature Production, with seven other nominations.

Kubo and the Two Strings was named best animated feature film at the 12th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, the 29th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, the 70th British Academy Film Awards, the 21st Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, the 10th Houston Film Critics Society Awards, the 88th National Board of Review Awards, the 20th Online Film Critics Society Awards, the 21st San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, and the 15th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards.

Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards February 6, 2017 Best Movie for Grownups who Refuse to Grow Up Kubo and the Two Strings Academy Awards February 26, 2017 Best Animated Feature Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner rowspan="6" Best Visual Effects Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff ACE Eddie Awards January 27, 2017 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Christopher Murrie Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 21, 2016 Best Animated Film Travis Knight Annie Awards February 4, 2017 Best Animated Feature Kubo and the Two Strings Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production David Horsley, Eric Wachtman, Timur Khodzhaev, Daniel Leatherdale and Terrance Tomberg Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production Jan Maas Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Shannon Tindle rowspan="2" Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production Travis Knight Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Nelson Lowry, Trevor Dalmer, August Hall and Ean McNamara Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Mark Garcia rowspan="3" Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Art Parkinson Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production Marc Haimes and Chris Butler Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Christopher Murrie rowspan="3" Austin Film Critics Association December 28, 2016 Best Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings British Academy Film Awards February 12, 2017 Best Animated Film Travis Knight British Academy Children's Awards November 26, 2017 Feature Film Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner Chicago Film Critics Association December 15, 2016 Best Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings Most Promising Filmmaker Travis Knight rowspan="2" Cinema Audio Society February 18, 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated Tim Chau, Tim LeBlanc, Darrin Mann, Carlos Sotolongo and Nick Wollage Columbus Film Critics Association Awards January 5, 2017 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature Kubo and the Two Strings Costume Designers Guild February 21, 2017 Excellence in Fantasy Film Deborah Cook rowspan="3" Critics' Choice Awards December 11, 2016 Best Animated Feature Kubo and the Two Strings Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 13, 2016 Best Animated Film Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2016 Best Animated Film Golden Globe Awards January 8, 2017 Best Animated Feature Film Golden Tomato Awards January 12, 2017 Best Wide Release 2016 Best Animated Movie 2016 Houston Film Critics Society January 6, 2017 Best Animated Feature Film rowspan="4" National Board of Review January 4, 2017 Best Animated Film New York Film Critics Online December 11, 2016 Best Animated Film Online Film Critics Society January 3, 2017 Best Animated Feature Producers Guild of America January 28, 2017 Best Animated Motion Picture Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner Ray Bradbury Award May 20, 2017 Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Mark Haimes, Chris Butler and Travis Knight San Diego Film Critics Society December 12, 2016 Best Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 11, 2016 Best Animated Feature rowspan="2" Satellite Awards February 19, 2017 Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association December 18, 2016 Best Animated Film rowspan="2" Toronto Film Critics Association December 11, 2016 Best Animated Film Travis Knight Village Voice Film Poll January 6, 2017 Best Animated Feature "Kubo and the Two Strings" rowspan="2" Visual Effects Society February 7, 2017 Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Steve Emerson, Travis Knight, Brad Schiff and Arianne Sutner Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature Kubo – Adam Lawthers, Jeff Riley, Jeremy Spake and Ian Whitlockrowspan="5" Monkey – Andy Bailey, Jessica Lynn, Kim Slate and Dobrin Yanev Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Hanzo's Fortress – Phil Brotherton, Emily Greene, Nick Mariana and Joe Strasser Waves – David Horsley, Takashi Kuboto, Daniel Leatherdale and Eric Wachtman Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Water – David Horsley, Timur Khodzhaev, Peter Stuary and Terrance Tornberg Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 5, 2016 Best Animated Feature Kubo and the Two Strings Women Film Critics Circle December 19, 2016 Best Family Film

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