Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar Animation Studios (Pixar) for Walt Disney Pictures. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin, voiced by Albert Brooks, who along with a regal tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) called Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, searches for his son Nemo, voiced by Alexander Gould. Along the way he learns to take risks and that his son is capable of taking care of himself.

The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $864 million worldwide. It was the 2nd highest grossing film of 2003 (2003 in film), just behind Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It is the best-selling DVD of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006 and is the highest grossing G-rated movie of all time, not counting for inflation (Stanley Kubricks (Stanley Kubrick) 2001: A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey (film)) grossed $191 Million on its release in 1968. With inflation, its box office gross is over $1.1 Billion.). In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the tenth greatest animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10 (AFIs 10 Top 10). It was also the first Pixar film to be released in May.