We Rank EVERY Pixar Movie | J vs Ben: Tier List

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Fun fact: my instructor in film school worked at Disney during the time Cars 2 came out. It was made intentionally terrible. Basically Pixar was only under contract with Disney for a certain number of movies. Pixar did animation for a segment in Fantasia and expected that to count as one of the movies, but Disney disagreed and refused to let them go. As a result, Pixar intentionally made Cars 2 terrible as a huge middle finger to Disney. Idk if I remembered all the details right but I think you boys should look into it for a future vid!

For some reason, Coco just hits different for me. I’ll never forget watching that movie for the first time.

Brave was released on my 18th birthday the year my mom died. I can't remember if she even got to see it. We had a tumultuous relationship. To this day, I cry when I watch it. Objectively, I know it's not the best Pixar movie, but I have a soft spot for it. It had so much potential and so much heart, it was just suffered from the conflicts during production and too many plots being combined.

To me, Finding Nemo is untouched. The story is amazing in its simplicity, but every problem that arises is organic, and is solved due to ingenuity and character-advancing breakthroughs— Marlin learning to let go, Dory building connections, Nemo growing and trusting his own abilities. This is the only Pixar movie to me where the "tearjerker" moment feels truly earned and not an annoying, heavy-handed nudge to make me cry. First, the openner with Coral protecting her babies. And finally when Nemo pretends to be dead and Marlin finds him like that. They are given weight, but not in a way that's so obvious and emotionally manipulative. I also love, love, love the environments. Gorgeous! Of course the coral reefs look amazing. But even the way they animated vast open waters. And the score is top notch. Perfectly accompanies the great adventure. But with numbers that evoke such peacefulness. Nemo Egg gives me chills and makes me teary every single time. I think Toy Story gives it a run, but this is some of the best voice casting for Pixar, too. I love this movie. I think it's actually perfect.

J's story about The Good Dinosaur showed how it is often personal connections that can increase your overall perception of a film. I will say that my feelings about Finding Nemo and Finding Dory are that they belong in the top tiers because of my personal connections to them. As a special education teacher, and the sister of someone with both physical and cognitive disabilities, I found that representation to be very meaningful. I will also always have a special place in my heart for FN because right after my high school graduation, my family went on a Disney cruise and the film premiered that week, so we got to see the film while on the ship and we were given buttons, "I saw it first at sea."

Coco is my absolute favorite Pixar film. I was sobbing at the end there and it stayed with me for much longer than any other Pixar film has. Love that movie.

Ratatouille is in my opinion, the best Pixar movie ever.

My favorite is Ratatouille, it is so underrated,

I remember counting the actual unique words of dialogue that Wall-E said in the movie and it was ~24. Yeah that's something so impressive (main character saying only 24 unique words in the movie and still feeling emotions from him) that I have to make it a top 3 Pixar movie on that alone.

Fun fact about Brave! It was actually the other way around (of what you guys were imagining). The movie started as a mother-daughter story, based on the life of the director (a woman). But she left mid-way (fired I think?) and the guy that they put in as director didn't think the story was interesting enough so he made it more of an action movie. Truly a tragedy, in my opinion.

See I think Brave totally works because in the banquet hall when Merida gives her speech she becomes closer to her mother. She takes that step and starts seeing things her way and also starts appreciating hrf mother's diplomatic skill, whereas with the bear you have Merida's mom become more like Merida. The fighter, the courageous warrior. The feral bear represented what happens when you let resentment born from miscommunication blossom into hatred. Ultimately it was understanding and the willingness of Merida's mom to fight when negotiating no longer works, to go with the flow and for once not think to defeat mordeau and break the curse. It wasn't just Merida mending the tapestry snd trying to heal the breach (although I think it would have been enough to break the mom's curse) it was also the mom walking a bit in her daughter's shoes. Merida learned to appreciate her mom which would have been enough to heal the wounds and break the curse. But Merida's mom learning to appreciate Merida gave them a chance at true overflowing happiness and joy in eachothers company. They became friends beyond just mother and daughter and I really love that. That nuance there it's so hard to describe but as someone who has always failed to actually reach that with my mom, I definitely see and feel it. This movie is top tier for me.

The 1 thing I must disagree with is Monsters University. That would be top tier for me; I think it’s such a great film!

When Inside Out came out I was like 15 or 16 and I refused to watch it because "its a kids movie" then in grade 12 my English teacher made us watch it for an assignment, and I was quite annoyed - but I was pleasantly surprised. It's such an informative movie - no matter who you are. It wasn't just a kids movie that adults can appreciate - its just a movie that both adults and kids can enjoy,

I've always loved Brave though the plot line isn't always on point. The three brother bears are just so cute.

11:27 J's face after smashing his shin under the desk is beautiful. That will be my new screen saver 😆 🤣 😂

Can we add Ben saying “ultimately” and “this idea of” to the bingo cards cuz he says those two things A LOT

I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I don't find the opening to Up as sad as people say, especially considering you found it sadder than Finding Nemo. Ellie and Carl got to live a happy life. She was presumably in her 80s or so when she died. Compared to Coral, who died much younger (in clownfish years), plus how all but one of Marlin's children were also killed.

Over the years I’ve come to realize… I like Brave more than (what seems like) most people. I would put it at A+(113)…. I couldn’t tell you why but it’s just a movie I really enjoy. I think I tend to enjoy really good visual looking movies.

Loving this J vs Ben ranking format! Y'all should do it for more stuff, Marvel, Star Wars, etc!