All 30 Pixar movies, definitively ranked (including 'Hoppers')

30. "Cars 2"(2011): Oh, "Cars 2." You were the movie that made us lose confidence in Pixar. We get why you exist, but we’d prefer to pretend otherwise.

29. "Cars 3"(2017): What the third installment in the "Cars" franchise has going for it mostly is that it's not "Cars 2."

28. "Cars" (2006): The "Cars" sequels have unfortunately tarnished the memory of the original a little bit. While it isn’t bad, it just doesn't bowl you over the way many Pixar films do.

27. "The Good Dinosaur"(2015):Once you get past the gimmick – the meteor that took out the dinosaurs whizzed right by and the dinos have evolved into a talking, farming, herding society – the plot is pretty simplistic. It doesn't feel nearly sophisticated enough for Pixar.

26. "Onward"(2020): Despite a touching finish, this offbeat road movie about two elf brothers traveling with their dead dad's sentient legs never quite gels. 

25. "Monsters University"(2013): "Monsters, Inc." has one of the best Pixar endings, so good thing the studio didn’t try to give it a sequel. The prequel they gave it instead is missing the sense of wonder and themes about childhood that made the original so great.

24. "Elio" (2025): Pixar throws back with this familiar sci-fi project, in which a boy disaffected by Earth becomes BFFs with an alien. Best for a kid who's never seen "E.T."

23. "Elemental"(2023): Water guy Wade digs the fiery personality of Ember in this vibrant film, which overreaches with its ambitions to be both peppy rom-com and emotional immigrant story. 

22. "Brave"(2012): "Brave" had so much potential and gave the studio its first female protagonist, but it just couldn't click. The lesson is that fairy tales are strictly Disney's game.

21. "Lightyear" (2022): In Pixar's meta version of “Star Wars,” Chris Evans is an inspired choice to be the overly serious Buzz Lightyear, who has to train up a bunch of rookies to take on the evil Zurg.

20. "Incredibles 2"(2018): Superhero cinema has dominated the box office, and writer/director Brad Bird's visual style and humor feel less novel. But it's still an extremely entertaining ride.

19. "A Bug's Life"(1998): Really the only thing "A Bug’s Life" has going against it is that it’s not one of those cross-generational movies that appeals as much to parents as it does to their kids. "Bug's Life" is just a kids' movie, about bugs.

18. "Finding Dory" (2016): The sequel takes Ellen DeGeneres' forgetful fish Dory and gives depth and context to her disability.

17."Toy Story 4" (2019): The fourth “Toy Story” is slighter and more adventure-driven than “3,” but it still delivers a poignant sendoff to our favorite cowboy and space ranger. Plus, it gave us Forky, a spork with a death wish who's charming chaos. 

16. "Luca" (2021): A young sea creature named Luca explores the world outside the ocean with the help of Alberto, a slightly older half-human, half-fish. The queer allegory is undeniable, as Luca grapples with identity, prejudice and acceptance.

15. "Soul"(2020): Ajazzy riff on humanity and the hereafter with Pixar's first Black lead character, a band teacher who meets a jaded soul and asks big questions about the meaning of life.

14. "Toy Story 3" (2010): Andy gets ready for college in a tale about life transition and the inevitability of death – heady stuff for a kids’ movie. It's also the rare kids' movie depicting daycare as a deranged prison state. 

13."Up"(2009): Who wants to see a movie about an old man, an outcast kid, a talking dog and another old man who's a villain? This movie shouldn't have worked. But it did. 

12. "Toy Story 2"(1999): All of the "Toy Story" films are about growing up and growing apart, but none so mournfully as the second installment, which introduces Jessie (Joan Cusack), a toy whose owner has grown up and moved on.

11. "Hoppers" (2026): King George (voiced by Bobby Moynihan, left) helps Mabel (Piper Curda) learn about the ways of animals when she has her mind transferred into a robotic beaver in a hilariously subversive sci-fi comedy.

10. "Turning Red" (2022): A brainy, boy-crazy Chinese-Canadian teen in the throes of puberty learns you don't have to hide the messier parts of yourself.

9. "Ratatouille"(2007): One of Pixar’s most earnest films, turning a rat into an absolutely adorable hero. Pair that with one of the studio's best side characters, food critic Anton Ego (Peter O’Toole), and this feels as intimate as a Parisian dinner.

8. "Inside Out 2" (2024): The sequel introduces Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke) into the emotional mix, and chaos ensues inside and out of now-teenage Riley. It's a clever and ambitious exploration of puberty.

7. "Finding Nemo"(2003): The sea tale of an overprotective father searching for his lost son is one of Pixar’s most overt stories, but it never lets the sentiment overpower the comedy. 

6. "Toy Story"(1995): The revolutionary film featured all the ingredients that have become Pixar staples: emotional storytelling, action sequences, insights on the human condition, an all-star voice cast and protagonists you never would have thought of yourself.

5. "WALL-E"(2008): With a story this harsh on humanity, it helps to have a protagonist as innocent and (literally) wide-eyed as the title trash-compacting robot left all alone on a destroyed planet Earth.

4. "Inside Out"(2015): A madcap adventure about emotions in which cheery Joy (Amy Poehler) and mopey Sadness (Phyllis Smith) have to find common ground but also a heartbreaking tale reminding parents that kids grow up quickly.

3. "Coco"(2017): Pixar's adventure in the Land of the Dead found a new way for the studio to examine loss and grief. We dare you not to weep through the last 10 minutes when "Remember Me" comes on. 

2. "Monsters, Inc."(2001): It’s easy to forget this is essentially a buddy comedy about two guys who work at a power plant. The fact that it's also about childhood, loss of innocence, what we're truly afraid of and the nature of good and evil is what makes it one of Pixar's most imaginative outings.