Ranking the Pixar Movies

With the release of Disney-Pixar's most recent film this weekend (that film would be Up), and with the inspiration of this article from IGN.com, I've decided to give my own rankings of the 9 Disney-Pixar full length feature films. Without further ado, and in dramatic order...

9. WALL-E (2008)
Critically acclaimed, but just didn't do it for me. Outstanding animation and clever sets, however, it lacked one very important element in a Disney-Pixar movie...namely, humor. It wasn't a funny film. In fact, I often felt sad for WALL-E and didn't really find much of his antics funny.

8. Monster's Inc.(2001)
A pretty solid movie, but I never quite got drawn into the characters. It was clever and fairly humorous, just not the best that Pixar has done.

7. Cars (2006)
Awesome animation, good story, and interesting characters push this one up the list a bit. The cleverness of what they did with world of cars was pretty impressive.

6. Ratatouille (2007)
More of a "cute" film than many on this list, but a quality main character (the rat who wants to be a chef) really drives this entertaining yarn.


5. A Bug's Life (1998)
I've always held this, the second Disney-Pixar film, in very high regard. I must admit that I haven't watched it in awhile, so it might not have aged well, but my recollection of it is a very very funny film. Consistently underrated by many.

4. The Incredibles (2004)
A funny and very entertaining film about a family of super heroes ranks high on the list. Makes great use of the characters and their powers to really make for a funny and entertaining movie. Quite a bit of action for a cartoon movie also makes it worth watching.

3. Finding Nemo (2003)
A consistently funny film that really hits on almost every right note from start to finish. Who knew searching for a fish could be so much fun?

2. Toy Story 2 (1999)
Arguably the best Pixar film (see below for reasons it is not). Basically flat out hilarious, a great story, and awesome characters. There really is nothing not to love about this movie.

However, it is number two because number one is....

1. Toy Story (1995)
Basically everything I said about Toy Story 2 is also true for the original, and because Toy Story came first, it also has to come in first here on my list. Laugh out loud funny and unbelieveably clever.

Honestly, with the exception of WALL-E, I've never really been disappointed in a Disney-Pixar film. I'm looking forward to Up, not sure I'm going to the theater to see it, but the previews have enough moments to raise expectations. If your Pixar list differs from mine, feel free to post your comments.