The tagline "Atlantis is waiting" comes from which 2001 movie?

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The tagline “Atlantis is waiting” comes from the 2001 movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Released by Walt Disney Feature Animation, the film follows linguist and cartographer Milo Thatch as he joins an expedition searching for the legendary lost civilization. The phrase works as both a promotional tagline and a story cue: Milo believes Atlantis is real, while the expedition’s financiers and crew initially treat the idea as an improbable myth.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, the filmmakers behind Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Unlike many Disney animated features of its era, it is an action-adventure science-fantasy film rather than a traditional musical. The movie draws loosely on Plato’s ancient account of Atlantis while inventing its own language, technology, mythology, and characters.

A common mix-up is shortening the title to Atlantis or confusing it with later films about the mythical island. The full title is Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and its release year is 2001.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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