Pixar Movies Worst to Best

[DVCcurious]

Here's my story about Cars.

When my son was little he wouldn't eat. Like he literally would only eat barely enough to live. He hated eating and he'd cry at every meal. He was in the 3rd percentile for body weight. When he turned 1 we took him to a specialist who recommended we feed him in front of the TV so he would be distracted. Well, that worked great and he would eat small amounts of food (never a lot, but not nothing) while watching The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

For months on end we watched the Winnie the Pooh during breakfast and dinner (and lunch on weekends) while it took my son an hour to eat some food. Then one day Cars was on Disney Jr. and we put that on when we fed him lunch. He loved Cars so we bought the DVD and we watched Cars twice per day for a few months.

After watching Winnie the Pooh twice per day every day for 6 months Cars was the greatest movie ever!

 

[Whatsthegoodword]

Naaah. Here's the correct list:

Ratatouille
Toy Story
Incredibles
TS3
Up
Inside Out
TS2
Wall-E
Nemo
Cars
Monsters, Inc; everything above this line I thought was really great.
Bugs Life
Brave
MU
Dino; From here down are mistakes.
Cars2

 

[monorailrabbit]

Wall-e is my favorite of all time. I was surprised how high Ratatouille was on that list. Good Dinosaur was a huge let down for me. I agree the plot was lacking. Not a fan of The Incredibles, but overall I agree with the list...

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Toy Story would have been in the middle of my list. Toy Story 2 would have been higher than 1 and 3. I also would have the original Cars higher. Also agree that Cars 2 was a horrible movie. Pixar movies are weird for me though, while some are at the top of my list I don't like to rewatch because a few scenes wreck me. Like Up, love the movie, can't rewatch it because I die at the beginning. Same with Inside Out now and Bing Bong.

 

[Eoghann]

Interesting how tastes vary. Toy Story 2 is to my mind easily the weakest of those three movies.

And even Cars 2 I don't regard as horrible. I like the spy elements, though there's far too much Mater in it...

 

[rteetz]

Interesting how tastes vary. Toy Story 2 is to my mind easily the weakest of those three movies.

And even Cars 2 I don't regard as horrible. I like the spy elements, though there's far too much Mater in it...

I agree with you on toy story I liked 1 and 3 better than 2.

I also agree that cars 2 wasn't horrible and I do like mater so I didn't mind that.

 

[Ursula's Apprentice]

Toy Story would have been in the middle of my list. Toy Story 2 would have been higher than 1 and 3. I also would have the original Cars higher. Also agree that Cars 2 was a horrible movie. Pixar movies are weird for me though, while some are at the top of my list I don't like to rewatch because a few scenes wreck me. Like Up, love the movie, can't rewatch it because I die at the beginning. Same with Inside Out now and Bing Bong.

I've watched Inside Out multiple times, and I still cry like a baby at that part.

 

[MamaJinji]

I'm still trying to load the list.

I have no opinion about Good Dinosaur, I haven't seen that. I haven't watched Inside Out, either. I would move Brave and Wall-E up and Ratatouille down (I liked it, but it was nothing special to me). Kind of glad Planes and Planes 2 were both missing from the list, they would be at the bottom for me anyway. Lol. Cars 2 is exactly where it belongs. But you know, none of them are bad.

 

[Eoghann]

I'm still trying to load the list.

I have no opinion about Good Dinosaur, I haven't seen that. I haven't watched Inside Out, either. I would move Brave and Wall-E up and Ratatouille down (I liked it, but it was nothing special to me). Kind of glad Planes and Planes 2 were both missing from the list, they would be at the bottom for me anyway. Lol. Cars 2 is exactly where it belongs. But you know, none of them are bad.

If I'm remembering correctly Planes and Planes 2 weren't released as Pixar brand movies even though they are Cars spinoffs.

 

[rteetz]

I'm still trying to load the list.

I have no opinion about Good Dinosaur, I haven't seen that. I haven't watched Inside Out, either. I would move Brave and Wall-E up and Ratatouille down (I liked it, but it was nothing special to me). Kind of glad Planes and Planes 2 were both missing from the list, they would be at the bottom for me anyway. Lol. Cars 2 is exactly where it belongs. But you know, none of them are bad.

Planes is considered Disney Toon Studios not Pixar.

 

[MamaJinji]

Is that so? Weird. I guess I assumed it was Pixar since Planes is very clearly the same world as Cars. Makes sense that those two aren't in the same zone as even the 'worst' of the Pixar ones.

 

[Buckeye218]

Borrowing from War Eagle's 3-tier idea, here would be my list.

Tier 1 (Superior Films) -- Up, Toy Story 1, Cars, Monsters, Inc, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo
Tier 2 (Successful Films) -- Incredibles, Bug's Life, Monster's University, Brave
Tier 3 (Disappointing - by Pixar standards) -- Inside Out, Toy Story 3, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Cars 2

** Haven't seen Good Dinosaur

 

[Whatsthegoodword]

Is that so? Weird. I guess I assumed it was Pixar since Planes is very clearly the same world as Cars. Makes sense that those two aren't in the same zone as even the 'worst' of the Pixar ones.

Ain't that the truth! "Planes", I think, is the worst movie I've ever paid to see in the theatre.

 

[JaimeK]

So little love for Brave - I really like that one.

My list would be something like this:
Finding Nemo
Wall-E
Incredibles
Brave
Monsters Inc.
TS2
TS1
Up
Inside Out
Ratatouille
Cars
TS3
Good Dino
Monsters U
Cars 2
Bugs Life

Good Dinosaur - they did some good heart-string tugging but the world they created was just so weird. Dinos live in a house and are farmers. Other dinos are cattle wranglers. Other "redneck" (and super over the top stereotypical) dinos are poachers. He meets a human child who acts like a puppy.

 

[RJP77]

Wow. I guess my opinion really differs from most. I thought Inside Out was boring and a rip off. The concept for the movie is stolen from a 90s sitcom called Herman's Head. Plus there was no real plot other than "moving is hard for kids". There was no antagonist and no real conflict for the protagonist to overcome. Other than watching the internal conflict develop (which as I said is a rip off) there was nothing clever about the movie. Even if we say "Joy" is the protagonist that doesn't really help because she was so bossy and self-adsorbed that I didn't like her.

By contrast I thought Wall-E was amazing. Brave and Cars were also better than their ranking. All movies with plots, conflict, antagonists and a lot more heart. "Up" has so much heart I end up feeling depressed by the end of it.

 

[Eoghann]

Wow. I guess my opinion really differs from most. I thought Inside Out was boring and a rip off. The concept for the movie is stolen from a 90s sitcom called Herman's Head.

I assure you the concept is far, far older than Herman's Head. It had been done many times in many formats. The oldest I personally am familiar with is the Numskulls a comic strip which I read in the Dandy (a comic in the UK) back in the 1970s.

It's not entirely original but that doesn't make it stolen or a rip off.

 

[dashofsunshine]

Wow. I guess my opinion really differs from most. I thought Inside Out was boring and a rip off. The concept for the movie is stolen from a 90s sitcom called Herman's Head. Plus there was no real plot other than "moving is hard for kids". There was no antagonist and no real conflict for the protagonist to overcome. Other than watching the internal conflict develop (which as I said is a rip off) there was nothing clever about the movie. Even if we say "Joy" is the protagonist that doesn't really help because she was so bossy and self-adsorbed that I didn't like her.

By contrast I thought Wall-E was amazing. Brave and Cars were also better than their ranking. All movies with plots, conflict, antagonists and a lot more heart. "Up" has so much heart I end up feeling depressed by the end of it.

I loved Inside Out because it dealt with children's emotions. I was diagnosed with manic depression at age 13, and even then, it was something you "didn't talk about." When you're a kid, you're expected to be happy. Mental health at any age isn't spoken about or recognized as much as it should be, but especially for kids. I was sad all the time - no one seemed to understand why. My parents tried to understand, but like I said...it wasn't talked about readily. Kids feel a lot of pressure to be happy because it is what's accepted, and I don't think people (or parents) always realize it. The point wasn't that "moving is hard," the point was that as children mature, they will deal with more complex and complicated emotions, some of which will be very sad; Riley's Mom asked her to be happy to support her Dad, so she did. She held it in and tried to act happy. At the end, she says "I know you really want me to be happy, but..."

Inside Out dealt with some things that really needed to be addressed by a company like Disney with such a massive fan base. Any movie that deals with mental health in a way that kids and parents can understand...is supported, in my book.

EDIT: not trying to change your mind or say you're wrong or anything; everyone has an opinion. Just sharing

 

[circus4u]

I loved Inside Out because it dealt with children's emotions. I was diagnosed with manic depression at age 13, and even then, it was something you "didn't talk about." When you're a kid, you're expected to be happy. Mental health at any age isn't spoken about or recognized as much as it should be, but especially for kids. I was sad all the time - no one seemed to understand why. My parents tried to understand, but like I said...it wasn't talked about readily. Kids feel a lot of pressure to be happy because it is what's accepted, and I don't think people (or parents) always realize it. The point wasn't that "moving is hard," the point was that as children mature, they will deal with more complex and complicated emotions, some of which will be very sad; Riley's Mom asked her to be happy to support her Dad, so she did. She held it in and tried to act happy. At the end, she says "I know you really want me to be happy, but..."

Inside Out dealt with some things that really needed to be addressed by a company like Disney with such a massive fan base. Any movie that deals with mental health in a way that kids and parents can understand...is supported, in my book.

EDIT: not trying to change your mind or say you're wrong or anything; everyone has an opinion. Just sharing

I think we all have our reasons for a favorite on that list. The one that hit me most, emotionally and the reason it is my favorite, is "Up." Wife and I have been married 45 years and I often wondered what it would be like if suddenly she wasn't around. I think that I would probably react/feel the same emotions as reflected in that movie.

 

[brooke789]

My 5 year old Son recently did a project for school where he had to list his favorite movie. It was Cars 2. That same weeks (He was the star student) each child in his class wrote why they liked him. One little boy wrote "because we both love Cars 2". I literally had no idea it was supposed to be so terrible. It's better than 1 to my son!

 

[dogdangling]

just goes to show looking at the movies, what a great studio Pixar is