Best 2000s Animation Movies

Looking for the best 2000s Animation movies? These are the 48 highest-rated 2000s Animation titles in our catalogue, led by Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Spirited Away (2001)

★ 8.5/10

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
2. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

★ 8.4/10

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 king.
3. Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000)

★ 8.1/10

All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all…
4. WALL·E (2008)

★ 8.1/10

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named…
5. Up (2009)

★ 8.0/10

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-year old…
6. Our War Game (2000)

★ 8.0/10

Spring break turns into a summer war when the evil Diaboromon wreaks havoc on the internet, and Tai and Matt must achieve a new Digivolution to defeat him! Will Tai and the Digidestined save the world, and will Sora…
7. Strawberry Shortcake: Rockaberry Roll (2008)

★ 8.0/10

There's music in the air - and lots of fun, too - for Strawberry Shortcake and all her friends! Strawberry and her pals form their own band, Strawberry Jam, and enter the Strawberryland Talent Show. But when they start…
8. Coraline (2009)

★ 7.9/10

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 frighteningly real…
9. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

★ 7.9/10

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
10. Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2009)

★ 7.9/10

A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with alternate footage. When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death…
11. Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006)

★ 7.9/10

After a battle with a high-tech villain named, Saiko-Tek, the Teen Titans travel to the city of Tokyo where they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with an ancient enemy.
12. Persepolis (2007)

★ 7.9/10

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. However as Marji…
13. Mary and Max (2009)

★ 7.9/10

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.
14. La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008)

★ 7.9/10

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.
15. Paprika (2006)

★ 7.8/10

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.
16. Shrek (2001)

★ 7.8/10

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely…
17. Finding Nemo (2003)

★ 7.8/10

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 Dory to bring Nemo…
18. Monsters, Inc. (2001)

★ 7.8/10

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 world, it's the…
19. Ratatouille (2007)

★ 7.8/10

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy…
20. Millennium Actress (2002)

★ 7.8/10

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 thought was gone…
21. Ponyo (2008)

★ 7.8/10

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be…
22. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

★ 7.8/10

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 family.
23. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

★ 7.8/10

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 changing the past isn't…
24. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

★ 7.8/10

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 Makinami Mari…
25. Partly Cloudy (2009)

★ 7.8/10

Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and bring them to life. Gus, a lonely and…
26. Presto (2008)

★ 7.8/10

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 only one with a few…
27. Another Egg and Chicken Movie (2009)

★ 7.8/10

Toto, now a chicken, tries to live as such, while Willy and Bibi deal some problems between them. A sorcerer egg desert needs a chicken heart to cast a spell. He sends his armies of eggs vulture, ostrich and scorpion…
28. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

★ 7.8/10

Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities…
29. The Incredibles (2004)

★ 7.7/10

Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get…
30. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)

★ 7.7/10

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 dying message…
31. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

★ 7.7/10

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
32. Princes and Princesses (2000)

★ 7.7/10

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created…
33. Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)

★ 7.7/10

Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also…
34. Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture (2004)

★ 7.7/10

After the bloody battle against Hades, the goddess Athena and her saints are still recovering when they find themselves face to face with their newest and most formidable foe: the dreadful moon goddess Artemis. Artemis…
35. Waltz with Bashir (2008)

★ 7.7/10

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
36. Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)

★ 7.7/10

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals: Fred, Velma, and Daphne.
37. Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)

★ 7.7/10

The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate…
38. Corpse Bride (2005)

★ 7.6/10

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
39. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

★ 7.6/10

When self-centered Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his scheming advisor, he is forced to rely on good-hearted peasant Pacha to get back home.
40. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

★ 7.6/10

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty…
41. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

★ 7.6/10

D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.
42. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)

★ 7.6/10

King Randolph sends for his cousin, Duchess Rowena, to help turn his daughters, Princess Genevieve and her eleven sisters, into royal material. But the Duchess strips the sisters of their fun, including their favorite…
43. Treasure Planet (2002)

★ 7.6/10

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find…
44. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

★ 7.6/10

After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion…
45. Sword of the Stranger (2007)

★ 7.6/10

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack…
46. The Second Renaissance Part I (2003)

★ 7.5/10

Tells the early history of how conflict began between the humans and machines. Part 1 of 2.
47. The Second Renaissance Part II (2003)

★ 7.5/10

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
48. Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004)

★ 7.5/10

In her first animated musical featuring seven original songs, Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship. Based on the story by Mark Twain.