# Rank the Pixar films from your favorite to least favorite. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035 "2015-12-10T02:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/1 "2015-12-10T02:59:57Z")
This has been done before, but none for at least five years and, also, more movies are out now. So here are all of the Pixar films in chronological order: Toy Story A Bug’s Life Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo The Incredibles Cars Ratatouille 2 WALL-E Up Toy Story 3 Cars 2 Brave Monsters University Inside Out The Good Dinosaur How would you rank them, if you were to put the one you liked the most first and went, from there, to the one you like the least being on the bottom? I’ll leave it to you how to rank any that you haven’t seen before. My list would be: Up Finding Nemo WALL-E Inside Out Toy Story Toy Story 3 The Incredibles Brave Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Cars Monsters University Ratatouille A Bug’s Life Cars 2 I have not seen The Good Dinosaur yet. Pretty much they’re all great until between Monsters Inc and Cars (on my list), where the list drops very sharply. ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/2 "2015-12-10T04:26:43Z")
Very tough to rank some of these - except for the top and bottom 3, most of the middle could be in almost any order, really. The Incredibles WALL-E Finding Nemo Inside Out Monsters, Inc. Ratatouille Toy Story Monsters University Up Toy Story 3 Brave Toy Story 2 A Bug’s Life Cars Cars 2 Not had a chance to see The Good Dinosaur yet. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/3 "2015-12-10T05:28:39Z")
The Incredibles Up Finding Nemo Toy Story Cars Monsters, Inc. Inside Out WALL-E Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3 A Bug’s Life Ratatouille Monsters University Cars 2 I haven’t seen _Brave_ or _The Good Dinosaur_, so I didn’t rank them. _Inside Out_ could possibly rise up the list with additional viewings. ---
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Monsters, Inc. The Incredibles WALL-E Up Inside Out Toy Story Ratatouille Toy Story 3 Toy Story 2 Cars Finding Nemo – everything above this is a great movie — Brave Monsters University Cars 2 I left out: The Good Dinosaur A Bug’s Life I haven’t seen Dinosaur and I don’t remember Bug well enough to rank it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/5 "2015-12-10T07:02:34Z")
I polled my daughter on the subject, and decided to present both of our rankings. Her list: 1. Up 2. Inside Out 3. Finding Nemo 4. Toy Story 3 5. The Good Dinosaur 6. Monsters University 7. The Incredibles 8. Toy Story 2 9. Brave 10. Ratatouille 11. Monsters, Inc. 12. Toy Story 13. WALL-E 14. A Bug’s Life 15. Cars 16. Cars 2\* My list: 1. Up 02 The Incredibles 2. Finding Nemo 3. Toy Story 3 4. Ratatouille 5. WALL-E 6. Monsters, Inc. 7. A Bug’s Life 8. Brave 9. Toy Story 2 10. Toy Story 11. Inside Out 12. Monsters University 13. The Good Dinosaur \*\* 14. Cars 15. Cars 2 \*\* It probably says something about Cars that I prefer a movie I haven’t even seen over it. \*She hasn’t actually seen this. \*\*I haven’t actually seen these. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/6 "2015-12-10T08:08:46Z")
1. The Incredibles 2. Ratatouille Then all these 7 are ranked about equally: 1. WALL-E 2. Toy Story 3. Up 4. Brave 5. Finding Nemo 6. Inside Out 7. Monsters, Inc. 8. A Bug’s Life 9. Cars 10. Toy Story 2 11. Toy Story 3 12. Monsters University 13. Cars 2 Not seen yet: The Good Dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/7 "2015-12-10T08:52:18Z")
1\> The Incredibles 2\> Finding Nemo 3\> Toy Story 4\> Wall-E 5\> Inside Out 6\> Toy Story 2 & 3 8\> Monsters Inc 9\> Cars 10\> Up 11\> Brave 12\> A Bugs Life 13\> Ratatouille 99\> Cars 2 Have not seen Monsters University or The Good Dinosaur The gap between number 1 and number 13 isn’t really all that much… especially between Monsters Inc-\>Ratatouille which is basically a tie… but if I had to rank them it’d go like I did. But the gap between Ratatouille and that steaming pile that is Cars 2 is enormous… so I’ve left plenty of room to leave Cars 2 in last place for awhile. Inside Out has potential to supplant Wall-E when i get a chance to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/8 "2015-12-10T09:05:43Z")
Wall-E number 1, Cars 2 bottom ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/9 "2015-12-10T09:30:52Z")
Of those that I have seen: _The Incredibles_ _Ratatouille_ _WALL-E_ _Toy Story_ _A Bug’s Life_ _Up_ The first 2 probably change order by whim. They are the only ones that, if they were on TV tonight, I would think about watching them again. _Up_ is rated so poorly because I was interrupted while watching it and simply couldn’t be bothered watching what remained although I had been enjoying it up until the interruption. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/10 "2015-12-10T09:47:13Z")
The ones I’ve seen (and can remember clearly enough to rank): The Incredibles Brave Monsters Inc Toy Story A Bug’s Life Wall-E Up (Most overrated movie in the list…though quite good.) Toy Story 3 Cars 2 (actually, surprisingly entertaining, at least if you’re stuck on a ferry dock) I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Toy Story 2, but I remember nothing about it. Ditto Ratatouille. I intend to see Inside Out eventually, but haven’t yet. I’ve no intention to undo my ignorance of the others. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/11 "2015-12-10T10:19:36Z")
I am lumping the _Toy Story_ movies in a group, because I like them all about the same, and they keep swapping around in order for different reasons. My fave has always been _Finding Nemo_, and nothing has beaten that yet, it’s the one I’ve watched most often. Unlike the rest of humanity\*, though, I really did not like _Inside Out_. Sure I cried where it was mandated by the rules of “Manipulative Screenplay Writing 101” but the plot frustrated me by its complete disregard of internal logic, so despite some moments working okay, it really deserves nothing but my contempt. Finding Nemo Toy Story Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3 Ratatouille The Incredibles WALL-E Up Brave Monsters, Inc. Cars A Bug’s Life Monsters University Cars 2 Inside Out I haven’t seen _The Good Dinosaur_ yet, it comes out here after Christmas. I’m not looking that forward to it, though. \*_I also like the Cars movies more than anyone, so I’m a bit weird._ ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/12 "2015-12-10T11:46:15Z")
Monsters, Inc. Toy Story Up Toy Story 2 Inside Out Toy Story 3 WALL-E The Incredibles Ratatouille Monsters University Finding Nemo Cars Never saw: A Bug’s Life Cars 2 Brave The Good Dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/13 "2015-12-10T12:13:27Z")
I do wonder why A Bugs life gets so little love. Cars and Cars 2 (not seen Planes) are clearly substandard movies, but Bugs life was pretty good. Certainly better than the recent drop in quality. Toy Story 2 Up Toy Story A Bug’s Life Toy Story 3 Monsters, Inc. The Incredibles Ratatouille Monsters University Inside Out Finding Nemo WALL-E Brave Cars 2 Cars ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/14 "2015-12-10T12:44:58Z")
The Incredibles Toy Story 2 Toy Story Up Toy Story 3 Finding Nemo A Bug’s Life Monsters Inc. Cars Ratatouille Haven’t seen the others. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/15 "2015-12-10T14:48:43Z")
Up (This might be the only movie to ever make me cry again upon re-watching it.) Toy Story Toy Story 3 Toy Story 2 (I have trouble remembering which is which, but I think this is my preferred order) WALL-E The Incredibles Finding Nemo Brave Monsters, Inc. A Bug’s Life Monsters University Cars (way, way down the list) Haven’t seen (and what am I waiting for?) Inside Out The Good Dinosaur Ratatouille 2 - I didn’t even know this existed. Haven’t seen (and it will probably stay that way like the last two Star Wars prequels) Cars 2 I may have ruined Cars for my then-girlfriend when: I tried to make it more interesting by pointing out trivia about each of the featured cars. When they introduced Doc Hudson, I told her about Hudson’s success in Nascar in the 1950’s. As I was saying it, we both figured out the rest of the plot pretty quickly. This didn’t improve either of our opinions of of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/16 "2015-12-10T14:54:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > \*_I also like the Cars movies more than anyone, so I’m a bit weird._ That’s one of the things I’m finding interesting about these lists, the placement of _Cars_. I liked it, in part because they went to the effort to get so many unusual details of car culture correct. And much of it looks fantastic; Radiator Springs once it’s cleaned up and the neon lights are on, and the Coyote-Roadrunner/John-Ford/Monument-Valley backdrops. I should see _Planes_ for the same reason, to find out if they slipped in the same sort of inside jokes that only pilots would get. ---
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My list would be grouped more or less like this: Toy Story The Incredibles Finding Nemo Monsters, Inc. Toy Story 2 Ratatouille A Bug’s Life Up WALL-E Inside Out Toy Story 3 Brave Cars 2 Monsters University Cars The Good Dinosaur\* \*I have not seen this yet, but based on excerpts I have seen, it would belong in the last group. I am another outlier in that I found _Inside Out_ to be a bit overtly manipulative. I found it a little too “gooey”. ---
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Toy Story (Second movie I ever saw in theaters, the first was The Lion King, of course, it was as amazing to me then as it is now and is one of my favorite movies.) The Incredibles Ratatouille Toy Story 3 (I could barely keep it together when I saw this in theaters.) Toy Story 2 Finding Nemo Up WALL-E Brave A Bug’s Life Cars Monsters, Inc. I’ve only seen parts of Inside Out but I liked what I saw. I need to sit down and watch it. Haven’t seen: Cars 2 Monsters University The Good Dinosaur ---
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Of the ones I’ve seen: 1: The Incredibles 2: Toy Story 3 3: Toy Story 4: Toy Story 2 5: Inside Out 6: WALL-E 7: Ratatouille 8: Monsters, Inc. 9: Finding Nemo I mean to see, but haven’t gotten around to yet: Up Brave I have no particular interest in, but might watch with a friend or relative: A Bug’s Life Monsters University The Good Dinosaur Probably wouldn’t bother with at all: Cars Cars 2 The first five on my list I consider all great movies, and could shift around a bit depending on my mood (though _Incredibles_ is still probably #1). #6, WALL-E, I consider a very good movie. 7-9 were all decent, worth the price of a ticket or rental. Beyond that, of course, I’m just guessing. ---
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Of those I’ve seen: Inside Out Up The Incredibles Ratatouille Toy Story 2 Toy Story Toy Story 3 WALL-E Finding Nemo Brave A Bug’s Life Monsters, Inc. Cars And I’ll add Aardman, who have been far more consistent: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (aka Pirates! An Adventure with Scientists) Arthur Christmas Chicken Run Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were Rabbit Shaun the Sheep Movie Flushed Away. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035.md?page=2)