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{{Short description|2003 film by Andrew Stanton}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = Finding Nemo.jpg
| alt            = Various fish gather under the waters of Sydney Harbour (with the Sydney Skyline seen from above), with Marlin (a clownfish) and Dory (a regal blue tang) gathered close together with other sharks and a giant whale behind them.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Andrew Stanton]]
| producer       = Graham Walters
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Andrew Stanton
* [[Bob Peterson (filmmaker)|Bob Peterson]]
* [[David Reynolds (screenwriter)|David Reynolds]]
}}
| story          = Andrew Stanton
| starring       = <!-- ORDER IS BASED ON THE BILLING BLOCK -->{{Plainlist|
* [[Albert Brooks]]
* [[Ellen DeGeneres]]
* [[Alexander Gould]]
* [[Willem Dafoe]]
* [[Geoffrey Rush]]
* [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]]
}} <!-- ORDER IS BASED ON THE BILLING BLOCK -->
| music          = [[Thomas Newman]]
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sharon Calahan]]
* Jeremy Lasky
}}
| editing        = [[David Ian Salter]]
| production_companies = [[Pixar Animation Studios]]
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]{{efn|name=Disney|Distributed by [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|05|18|[[Los Angeles]]|2003|05|30|United States}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm |title=Finding Nemo (2003) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731071424/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $94&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM"/>
| gross          = $940.3&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM"/>
}}

'''''Finding Nemo''''' is a 2003 American<!-- Please do NOT change it to Australian. Despite being set in Australia, the film was developed and produced by an American studio.--> animated [[comedy-drama]] [[adventure film]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding Nemo (2003) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54273-FINDING-NEMO?sid=77b74a1f-5b5a-4b2a-aad6-60c34857271d&sr=12.238204&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=[[American Film Institute]] |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727164132/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54273-FINDING-NEMO?sid=77b74a1f-5b5a-4b2a-aad6-60c34857271d&sr=12.238204&cp=1&pos=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> produced by [[Pixar Animation Studios]] for [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The film was directed by [[Andrew Stanton]], co-directed by [[Lee Unkrich]], and produced by Graham Walters, from a screenplay written by Stanton, [[Bob Peterson (filmmaker)|Bob Peterson]], and [[David Reynolds (screenwriter)|David Reynolds]], based on a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of [[Albert Brooks]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Alexander Gould]], [[Willem Dafoe]], and [[Geoffrey Rush]]. It tells the story of an overprotective [[clownfish]] named Marlin (Brooks) who, along with a forgetful [[regal blue tang]] named Dory (DeGeneres), searches for his missing son Nemo (Gould). Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.

Pre-production of the film began in 1997. The inspiration for ''Finding Nemo'' sprang from multiple experiences, going back to Stanton's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home. To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography. [[Thomas Newman]] composed the score for the film.

First premiering at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]] on May 18, ''Finding Nemo'' was released in theaters in the United States on May 30. Upon its release, it received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the visual elements, screenplay, animation, Newman's score and characters that have been cited as funny to both young moviegoers and their parents.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fetters |first=Ashley |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/10-years-ago-i-finding-nemo-i-was-disappointing-by-pixar-standards/276390/ |title=10 Years Ago, Finding Nemo Was Disappointing by Pixar Standards |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=May 10, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229214857/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/10-years-ago-i-finding-nemo-i-was-disappointing-by-pixar-standards/276390/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It became the [[List of highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated film]] at the time of its release, and the [[2003 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 2003]], as well as the [[List of highest-grossing films|sixth-highest-grossing film overall]] at the time of its release, earning a total of $871&nbsp;million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run.<ref name=BOinitial>{{cite web |title=Finding Nemo (2003) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831031932/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingnemo.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref> The film received four nominations at the [[76th Academy Awards]], and won the award for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]], becoming the first Pixar and Disney film to do so. In 2008, the [[American Film Institute]] named it as the 10th greatest American animated film as part of their [[AFI's 10 Top 10|10 Top 10]] lists.<ref name=AFITop10 /> Since then, it has been widely regarded as one of the [[greatest films of all time|greatest animated films of all time]].<ref name="WGA"/><ref name="TimeOutNewYorkBestAnimated"/><ref name="ComplexBestAnimated"/><ref name="Loved"/>

''Finding Nemo'' is the best-selling [[DVD]] title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold {{as of|2006|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite book |last=Boone |first=Louis E. |title=Contemporary Business 2006 |year=2006 |publisher=Thomson South-Western |page=4&nbsp;– |isbn=0-324-32089-2}}</ref> and was the highest-grossing [[Motion Picture Association film rating system|G-rated]] film of all time before Pixar's own ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' overtook it. The film was re-released in [[3D film|3D]] in 2012. A sequel, ''[[Finding Dory]]'', was released in June 2016.