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Best Animation Movies

of the 2000s

The 20 highest-rated animation movies released between 2000 and 2009, ranked by IMDb score.

1

WALL·E(2008)

8.4 IMDb95% RT95 Meta

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize t

2

Up(2009)

8.3 IMDb98% RT88 Meta

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-

3

Presto(2008)

8.3 IMDb

Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit one too many times, the magician finds he isn't the onl

4

La Maison en Petits Cubes(2008)

8.2 IMDb

La Maison en Petits Cubes tells the story of a grandfather's memories as he adds more blocks to his house to stem the flooding waters.

5

Howl's Moving Castle(2004)

8.2 IMDb88% RT82 Meta

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the kin

6

Finding Nemo(2003)

8.2 IMDb99% RT90 Meta

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Do

7

Mary and Max(2009)

8.1 IMDb96% RT72 Meta

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

8

Ratatouille(2007)

8.1 IMDb96% RT96 Meta

Remy, a rat living in Paris, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He dreams of becoming a chef, determined to create culinary masterpieces rather than scavenge for scr

9

Monsters, Inc.(2001)

8.1 IMDb96% RT79 Meta

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their worl

10

Persepolis(2007)

8 IMDb96% RT90 Meta

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. How

11

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance(2009)

7.9 IMDb82% RT46 Meta

Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious M

12

Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)

7.9 IMDb93% RT83 Meta

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his famil

13

Coraline(2009)

7.8 IMDb91% RT80 Meta

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a fri

14

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street(2002)

7.8 IMDb

Noah's Ark, the latest innovation in VR technology, is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. However, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his d

15

Millennium Actress(2002)

7.8 IMDb93% RT70 Meta

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and t

16

Paprika(2006)

7.7 IMDb87% RT81 Meta

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

17

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)

7.6 IMDb87% RT66 Meta

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that chang

18

Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.(2006)

7.4 IMDb

The villains of the Kids Next Door, lead by Father, join forces to resurrect the Ultimate Evil, Grandfather, a tyrant who once ruled the world many years ago when most of the villains were themselves

19

A Movie of Eggs(2006)

6.5 IMDb

A small egg named Toto decides that he wants to fulfill his purpose in life and become a chicken instead of dying in a frying pan; so he starts a quest to return to the farms along with his new friend

20

The Legend of the Nahuala(2007)

6.1 IMDb

Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to whi

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