15. Finding Dory
Finding Dory is kind of the platonic ideal of Pixar movies. The film has everything that Pixar does so well: huge adventure, moments that make you cry, massive surprises. For me, there is very little that doesn’t work in the film. Lots of people dislike it, though, because it’s so unsurprising—if you know Pixar films, you inherently know everything that’s going to happen in Dory. Without the originality that marks Pixar’s best works, it has to be ranked below the films that paved its way.
