# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/21 "2015-12-10T19:32:48Z")
1: Toy Story 3 - could use a better storyline, though. 2: Ratatouille 3: Toy Story 4: Toy Story 2 5: The Incredibles 6: WALL-E 7: Finding Nemo 8: Monsters, Inc. 9: Monsters University - a lame sequel. 10. Brave - easily the worst. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/22 "2015-12-10T20:02:12Z")
The ones I’ve seen and can remember (in tiers): Fantastic: The Incredibles WALL-E Up Finding Nemo Toy Story Inside Out Toy Story 3 Very good: Ratatouille Toy Story 2 Pretty good: A Bug’s Life Monsters, Inc. Brave Just okay: Cars ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/23 "2015-12-10T20:03:05Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > 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. I was also really disappointed with Inside Out. Even if I ignored the mess they made of the whole internal logic symbolism and tried to enjoy it as a popcorn flick I still found the characters boring, the story simplistic, and the CGI settings uninspired. It felt “cartoony” which is something I’d never say about Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Incredibles, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/24 "2015-12-10T20:47:40Z")
Toy Story 2 The Incredibles Toy Story Inside Out Toy Story 3 Up A Bug’s Life Finding Nemo Monsters, Inc. WALL-E Ratatouille Monsters University Brave These two are so bad, they go waaaaay down here: Cars Cars 2 Haven’t seen: The Good Dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/25 "2015-12-10T21:20:21Z")
**GREAT** The Incredibles Toy Story Up Monsters, Inc. Toy Story 3 Wall-E **GOOD** Finding Nemo Toy Story 2 **MEH** Ratatouille Inside Out Monsters University **BELOW AVERAGE** Brave Cars **HAVEN’T SEEN OR DON’T REMEMBER** A Bug’s Life Cars 2 The Good Dinosaur ---
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/26 "2015-12-10T21:28:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. They did go for accuracy. The first movie is about a race (the Red Bull race, then around the world), the second is a search-and-rescue story, and in both they tried to emulate the real way planes are involved. They’re better than you might expect, but aren’t as nuanced as the best Pixars. \*Edit: Or maybe the Red Bull Air Race is in the second one. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/27 "2015-12-10T21:35:03Z")
Great and endlessly rewatchable: Finding Nemo Incredibles Great for a couple viewings only: Toy Story 1,2,3 Wall-E Watched once, not bad, and that was enough: All the rest (but haven’t seen Up or Inside Out) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/28 "2015-12-10T21:42:30Z")
WALL-E Finding Nemo The Incredibles Inside Out Up Toy Story 2 Toy Story Monsters, Inc. Toy Story 3 A Bug’s Life Ratatouille Cars Brave Cars 2 Monsters University Haven’t seen The Good Dinosaur. The fact that “A Bug’s Life” is 10th on my list is a stunning testament to the volume of brilliant work Pixar has done. “A Bug’s Life” is a terrific movie. “Cars” is by the numbers and I’m not a fan at all,. but it’s \*still \*a better movie than most movies. That’s how good Pixar is; their bad movie is better than most movies. Monsters University, which it had some good gags, is the only Pixar movie where I’ve ever found myself checking my watch. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/29 "2015-12-10T22:21:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > They did go for accuracy. The first movie is about a race (the Red Bull race, then around the world), the second is a search-and-rescue story, and in both they tried to emulate the real way planes are involved. They’re better than you might expect, but aren’t as nuanced as the best Pixars. There’s one thing I’d especially like to check out. The posters for _Planes 2_ show a small waterbomber; looks like he’s even the main character. I happen to know a company that built a plane just like that, modified from a crop duster. Last I heard, the real plane never caught on with firefighting outfits. I’d love to find out how Pixar chose that for their movie, and if they had any contact with the company while they were developing the film. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/30 "2015-12-11T01:58:49Z")
Toy Story WALL-E Toy Story 3 The Incredibles Monsters, Inc. A Bug’s Life Finding Nemo Ratatouille Up Inside Out Toy Story 2 Brave Cars 2 Cars Monsters University The Good Dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/31 "2015-12-11T02:02:50Z")
I should add that I have seen **Inside Out** only once so am open to reevaluating it in the future, for it definitely is one of the most ambitious films from the company, but the sum of its parts (some of which are quite ingenious or powerful) were less than the whole I felt at the end. So that might easily bump up a notch, as _Nemo_ has over the years (another one I didn’t care for much the first time). ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/32 "2015-12-11T07:44:21Z")
Up Toy Story For the Birds (short) Lifted (short) The Incredibles Finding Nemo Monsters, Inc. I haven’t seen any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/33 "2015-12-11T11:12:07Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I was also really disappointed with Inside Out. Even if I ignored the mess they made of the whole internal logic symbolism and tried to enjoy it as a popcorn flick I still found the characters boring, the story simplistic, and the CGI settings uninspired. > It felt “cartoony” which is something I’d never say about Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Incredibles, etc. I found it quite disturbing in some ways, and did think “this is not something you’d show to someone with mental problems”. Basically, its an 11 year old kid having a nervous breakdown… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/34 "2015-12-11T11:43:42Z")
**Liked** Inside Out **Reasonably Entertained** Monsters, Inc. Ratatouille Up The Incredibles **Forgettable** (can’t sort due to having forgotten) Toy Story Toy Story 2 Monsters University Finding Nemo A Bug’s Life **Didn’t Like** WALL-E **Haven’t Seen** Cars Ratatouille 2 Toy Story 3 Cars 2 Brave ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/35 "2015-12-11T13:51:52Z")
I realised there’s quite a few Pixar movies I haven’t seen. From the ones I have: Up Finding Nemo Toy Story Toy Story 3 The Incredibles Toy Story 2 A Bug’s Life Monsters University Monsters Inc Cars ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/36 "2015-12-11T14:06:26Z")
I wonder how my rankings would change if I was a child for any of the Pixar movies – I was 15 when Toy Story came out, and I loved it, but I’m sure it would have felt quite different if I was 7 or 8. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/37 "2015-12-11T15:31:12Z")
I haven’t seen all that many of the more recent Pixar films. However, of the ones I have seen: Toy Story Toy Story 2 The Incredibles Finding Nemo Monsters, Inc. A Bug’s Life Up Cars I notice that _Up_ is near the top for most people and near the bottom for me. I don’t hate it, but I always felt that Pixar shot for “profound” and hit “trite”, even by the standards of a children’s film. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/38 "2015-12-11T15:38:10Z")
Whereas I’ve noticed that a lot of people rate _Finding Nemo_ highly, but it’s my least favorite of the ones I’ve seen. I think it has something to do with whether one has children: I can see how it might resonate more strongly to a parent. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/39 "2015-12-11T16:42:58Z")
**Loved:** The Incredibles Toy Story Inside Out Toy Story 3 Monsters, Inc. **Really, Really Liked:** Toy Story 2 Ratatouille Up **Enjoyed, probably will never watch again:** Cars Finding Nemo A Bug’s Life Brave **Mysteriously haven’t seen but will probably love:** WALL-E **More understandably haven’t seen:** Cars 2 Monsters University The Good Dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035/40 "2015-12-11T18:28:19Z")
I divide Pixar films into two categories: those I will continue to watch perhaps for the rest of my life and those which I enjoyed but don’t much care if I never watch again. Within each category, my opinion keeps shifting. The first category: The Incredibles Toy Story 3 Toy Story 2 Inside Out Up Wall-E Ratatouillie Finding Nemo Toy Story The second category: Monsters Inc Cars 2 A Bug’s Life Brave Cars Monsters University I haven’t seen the Good Dinosaur yet but I expect it will fall in the second category. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-pixar-films-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/740035.md?page=3)