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Genre: Pixar

The studio that made computer animation an emotional art form, reviewed film by film. Pixar earns high expectations; these reviews apply them.

WALL-E (2008) film poster

WALL-E (2008)

Andrew Stanton's 2008 Pixar masterpiece. Garbage robot finds love on dead Earth.

Toy Story 1-3 (1995, 1999, 2010) film poster

Toy Story 1-3 (1995, 1999, 2010)

Toy Story is the foundational achievement in feature-length computer animation. Seen all three more than five times across decades.

Monsters, Inc. (2001) film poster

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

The 10+ rating is honest evaluation. Pete Docter directing his feature debut.

Up (2009) film poster

Up (2009) Review

Docter and Bob Peterson wrote the screenplay. The aggregate Docter filmography represents one of the most accomplished contemporary directorial bodies of work in American animation.

Ratatouille (2007) film poster

Ratatouille (2007) Review

Ratatouille is one of the best Pixar films and one of the best animated films of the twenty-first century. The premise sounds like an idea that would test poorly with focus groups and get killed in development.

Inside Out (2015) and Inside Out 2 (2024) film poster

Inside Out (2015) and Inside Out 2 (2024) Review

The film is basically a story about the psychological. Pete Docter built the premise from his own experience watching his daughter Elie change as she entered adolescence.

Finding Nemo (2003) film poster

Finding Nemo (2003) Review

Finding Nemo is one of the foundational documents of Pixar's golden era and one of the great American animated films of the early twenty-first century. Stanton would subsequently direct WALL-E in 2008, Finding Dory in 2016, and various other major…

Finding Dory (2016) film poster

Finding Dory (2016) Review

Finding Dory is one of the more substantive Pixar sequels and one of the more thoughtful contemporary animated productions about cognitive disability. The substantial gap between productions reflected Pixar's broader sequel discipline during the period.

A Bug's Life (1998) film poster

A Bug’s Life (1998) Review

The 1998 production represented his second feature directorial work and the broader Pixar studio's continued development as substantial animated production company. Flik is an ant inventor whose inventions consistently fail and damage the broader colony operations.