Best Family movies of 2000s

Ratatouille(2007)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 93

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.



Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi(2001)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.



Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.



Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A young wizard finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.



Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.



Coraline(2009)

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Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.



The School of Rock(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.



Corpse Bride(2005)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.



The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.



Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.



Hairspray(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.



Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.



Cars(2006)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.



Happy Feet(2006)

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Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!



Enchanted(2007)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.



Where the Wild Things Are(2009)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.



Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.



Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him.



Finding Neverland(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.




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