Pixar Movies
by Challenger2013 | created - 13 Jul 2015 | updated - 03 Aug 2016 | PublicMy definitive ranking of every Pixar film I have seen. Subject to change as the studio releases more films. (Have not seen Brave or Cars 2 yet.)
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1. Toy Story 3 (2010)
G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty
Votes: 892,816 | Gross: $415.00M
It's a close race between the first and third installment in one of the greatest film trilogies ever, but the third squeaked out the win by packing a bigger emotional punch.
2. Toy Story (1995)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
Director: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Votes: 1,069,012 | Gross: $191.80M
The first Pixar product was revolutionary and is still exciting to this day. I grew up on this lovable story of friendship, so it has great sentimental value.
3. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.
Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 979,318 | Gross: $289.92M
Pixar knows how to do friendships, and the relationship between Mike and Sully is second only to that of Woody and Buzz. Add in the adorable Boo, and you've got a heart-warming, effective picture.
4. Toy Story 2 (1999)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 619,932 | Gross: $245.85M
This isn't quite the same quality as the first and third installments, but it still produces the same great feeling while introducing some wonderful new characters.
5. Inside Out (I) (2015)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen | Stars: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 785,847 | Gross: $356.46M
Pixar movies are noticeably made to be enjoyable for both kids and adults, and adults may find themselves relating to this one even more than the kids. Very emotional film (pun intended.)
6. Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 1,125,509 | Gross: $293.00M
The first five minutes of this film have already started making their way into cinematic history. The rest of the film is pretty great too.
7. The Incredibles (2004)
PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee
Votes: 809,121 | Gross: $261.44M
Although it's largely forgotten in the discussion of superhero films, this is one of the all-time greats for the genre.
8. Ratatouille (2007)
G | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm
Votes: 825,558 | Gross: $206.45M
Fueled by a nice relationship between man and rat, this wonderful Pixar film puts following your dreams into a smaller (mouse-size) perspective.
9. Finding Nemo (2003)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 1,113,819 | Gross: $380.84M
This story of a father and his wacky companion searching for his lost son is unforgettable. Ellen DeGeneres provides some of the best voice acting we have ever seen...or heard?
10. Finding Dory (2016)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Friendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson
Votes: 303,642 | Gross: $486.30M
11. A Bug's Life (1998)
G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere
Votes: 314,626 | Gross: $162.80M
The second Pixar picture is the first film I remember seeing in a theater, so that gave it a few bonus points. The film gives us an interesting hero, an equally enticing villain, and a battle larger than life...the life of an ant that is.
12. Monsters University (2013)
G | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren
Votes: 390,222 | Gross: $268.49M
I really enjoyed this prequel, but it didn't hold a candle to the original and didn't rejuvenate the franchise like the Toy Story sequels. I still consider it a great film that was snubbed by the Academy in the Best Animated Film category.
13. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,200,942 | Gross: $223.81M
Most people would put this aesthetically beautiful film higher, and I wouldn't necessarily blame them. Still, it didn't give me the same feeling as most of the other Pixar products, despite being one of the best-looking films in the Pixar repertoire.
14. Cars (2006)
G | 116 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.
Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft | Stars: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy
Votes: 470,327 | Gross: $244.08M
This film is very pleasing and enjoyable, but doesn't quite have the touch of the other Pixar films. Still, it strikes a longing for old small-town life, with the star of the show being the town of Radiator Springs.
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