Top 5 Animated Movies from the 2000s to Stream on Max

While more and more animated films are being released every year, they're not as ambient as the films of the 2000s. These five animated flicks are proof that this was the golden decade for the genre.

Robots (2005, 6.4 on IMDb)

This animated sci-fi action comedy from the studio that brought us Ice Age is set in a world inhabited by various robots. The movie primarily follows Rodney Copperbottom, an ambitious and adventurous inventor robot who dreams of working for the company of his idol, famous inventor Bigweld. Rodney's dream comes true when he discovers a scheme devised by the company's new owner and his mother to trick older robots into buying more replaceable parts. Naturally, Rodney and his new friends must put an end to this.

Monsters vs Aliens (2009, 6.4 on IMDb)

This DreamWorks animation centers on Susan, a California woman who is hit by a meteorite on the day of her wedding. After being exposed to the extraterrestrial material, she turns into a giant with enhanced strength and is quickly captured by the US Armed Forces. Susan is kept in a top-secret location with other monsters who will one day be recruited by the government to fight an alien invasion in exchange for their freedom.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008, 6.8 on IMDb)

The fourth film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' book of the same name follows Horton the Elephant, a nature teacher in the jungle where the movie takes place, who one day hears an almost inaudible cry for help from a speck of dust. After placing it on a flower to carry with him, Horton discovers that the speck is home to the Whos, the tiniest creatures that live in the town of Whoville. When Horton's treatment of the speck puts the Whos in danger, they ask him to take them to a safe place, and his quest begins.

9 (2009, 7.0 on IMDb)

This dark sci-fi animation is set in an alternate reality where a machine uprising in the early 1940s caused the extinction of humanity. The film follows 9, a rag doll who gains consciousness shortly after the end of humanity. As one of the nine rag dolls, 9 must find the others and learn their purpose while struggling to stay alive.

Spirited Away (2001, 8.6 on IMDb)

Hayao Miyazaki's classic animated film centers on ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino, who moves to a new neighborhood with her parents. But on the way, she accidentally enters the world of spirits called Kami, where her parents are turned into pigs by the local witch. In order to find a way to save her parents and escape the spirit world, Chihiro starts working at the witch's bathhouse, and many strange events ensue.