All Pixar Movies, Ranked by Critics’ Scores

Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. Pixar has released 26 feature films, which were all released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner, with their first being Toy Story (which was also the first feature-length CGI film ever released) in 1995, and their latest being Lightyear in 2022. Their upcoming slate of films includes Elemental (2023) and two untitled films in 2024.

Now, we’re ranking all Pixar movies by critics’ scores from best to worst.

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Toy Story 2 (1999)

Tomatometer: 100% – Metascore: 88

Starring: Animation, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer

Directed By: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich

Toy Story (1995)

Tomatometer: 100% – Metascore: 95

Starring: Animation, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney

Directed By: John Lasseter

Finding Nemo (2003)

Tomatometer: 99% – Metascore: 90

Starring: Animation, Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe

Directed By: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Inside Out (2015)

Tomatometer: 98% – Metascore: 94

Starring: Animation, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader

Directed By: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Tomatometer: 98% – Metascore: 92

Starring: Animation, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

Directed By: Lee Unkrich

Up (2009)

Tomatometer: 98% – Metascore: 88

Starring: Animation, Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson

Directed By: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Tomatometer: 97% – Metascore: 84

Starring: Animation, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale

Directed By: Josh Cooley

Coco (2017)

Tomatometer: 97% – Metascore: 81

Starring: Animation, Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach

Directed By: Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina

The Incredibles (2004)

Tomatometer: 97% – Metascore: 90

Starring: Animation, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee

Directed By: Brad Bird

Ratatouille (2007)

Tomatometer: 96% – Metascore: 96

Starring: Animation, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy

Directed By: Brad Bird

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Tomatometer: 96% – Metascore: 79

Starring: Animation, John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi

Directed By: Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman

Soul (2020)

Tomatometer: 95% – Metascore: 83

Starring: Animation, John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi

Directed By: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers

WALL•E (2008)

Tomatometer: 95% – Metascore: 95

Starring: Animation, Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Directed By: Andrew Stanton

Finding Dory (2016)

Tomatometer: 94% – Metascore: 77

Starring: Animation, Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Directed By: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane

Turning Red (2022)

Tomatometer: 94% – Metascore: 83

Starring: Animation, Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park

Directed By: Domee Shi

Incredibles 2 (2018)

Tomatometer: 93% – Metascore: 80

Starring: Animation, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner

Directed By: Brad Bird

A Bug’s Life (1998)

Tomatometer: 92% – Metascore: 77

Starring: Animation, Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere

Directed By: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton

Luca (2021)

Tomatometer: 91% – Metascore: 71

Starring: Animation, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph

Directed By: Enrico Casarosa

Onward (2020)

Tomatometer: 88% – Metascore: 61

Starring: Animation, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer

Directed By: Dan Scanlon

Monsters University (2013)

Tomatometer: 80% – Metascore: 65

Starring: Animation, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren

Directed By: Dan Scanlon

Brave (2012)

Tomatometer: 78% – Metascore: 69

Starring: Animation, Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters

Directed By: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Tomatometer: 76% – Metascore: 66

Starring: Animation, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Padilla, Ryan Teeple

Directed By: Peter Sohn

Lightyear (2022)

Tomatometer: 75% – Metascore: 60

Starring: Animation, Chris Evans, Taika Waititi, Keke Palmer, James Brolin

Directed By: Angus MacLane

Cars (2006)

Tomatometer: 74% – Metascore: 73

Starring: Animation, Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy

Directed By: John Lasseter

Cars 3 (2017)

Tomatometer: 69% – Metascore: 59

Starring: Animation, Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Chris Cooper

Directed By: Brian Fee

Cars 2 (2011)

Tomatometer: 39% – Metascore: 57

Starring: Animation, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer

Directed By: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis

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