The 15 Best Animated Movies of the 2000s, Ranked According to Letterboxd

The 2000s were a defining decade when it came to feature-length animation as a whole. The decade saw the massive rise of 3D computer animation becoming the new standard in studio animation, and the decade as a whole saw more and more filmmakers use animation to experiment and tell their own beautiful stories. At the same time, the decade was also considered the final hurrah for 2D animation as the primary form of animation, acting as a sort of swan song before transitioning into the future of animated storytelling.