Top 10 Pixar Movies

This is an inspiring tale about following your dreams, even if it’s not what others expect. Focused on a rat named Remy who wants to become a chef, this movie’s so charming you’ll want to believe a friendship between a rat and a human is actually possible. People related so well to these animated characters that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded it an Oscar.

With its creatively designed monsters and visuals, “Monsters, Inc.” delighted both the young and young at heart. But it’s Sulley’s hilarious friendship with Mike and heartwarming relationship with Boo that makes the movie such an entertaining take on our childhood fear of closet monsters. Pixar created such a magical world with this film that the 2013 prequel, “Monsters University,” was also a critical and commercial success.

Can you go wrong with superheroes, comedy and computer animation? Pixar can’t: this winning formula nabbed the studio massive box office success and multiple accolades. By putting humans at its center and including some implied sexuality and violence, “The Incredibles” is one of Pixar’s most grown-up films. And with a killer use of action and some great advances in animation techniques, it’s certainly super.

Bringing together sci-fi, romantic comedy and robots in a dark vision of the future where human beings are too fat to move, “WALL-E” is unlike any Pixar movie before it. Part of what makes the Oscar-winning flick so fantastic is that we’re somehow able to connect with its robots, since they’re able to say so much with so few words. But it also has wondrous visuals and a cautionary-but-optimistic message that speaks to all.

At times happy, heartbreaking, frustrating, exciting and inspiring, “Up” revolves around a senior citizen whose attempt to fly to South America by tying thousands of balloons to his house becomes complicated thanks to a young boy. With endearing characters, hilarious situations and a tear-inducing montage featuring Carl Fredericksen and his late wife, it’s no wonder it was the second animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

It’s not an Oscar winner and one of 2003’s highest-grossing films for nothing: by drawing on a father’s bond for his child and the lengths he’ll go to protect him, “Finding Nemo” is universal, relatable and emotional. But that’s not all – thanks to its fishy characters and the cast’s incredible voice-over, Pixar created a visually spectacular flick that’s also touching and funny.

Just when you thought Pixar wouldn’t be able to top “Toy Story 2,” along comes “Toy Story 3.” Reuniting Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the gang, the third film sees Andy’s childhood playthings coping with their owner going to college. Mixing comedy, drama and action with dark themes, the detail-oriented film really toyed with our emotions (and even made us cry!). How’s that for a 3D computer-animated family flick?

It may be Pixar’s first feature length computer-animated offering, but it’s also their best. Using never-before-seen CGI techniques, the studio stunned moviegoers. It also captured our hearts with the witty and moving story of a bunch of toys that just wanna be played with. Thanks to a talented voice cast and its all-ages appeal, the critically acclaimed box office smash also inspired filmmakers to go to infinity and beyond when it comes to their art.

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