1. Wall-E
If Finding Nemo is where Pixar finally hit its stride, Wall-E is where it shot to the moon. Wall-E is a film that, again, has everything the greatest Pixar movies have, but it’s also stunningly bold. It’s legendarily cinematic. It’s a film that has no fear of being something bigger, and something wholly unique. It dares to go without dialogue for massive chunks of time. This is a kids movie. Released by Walt Disney. It shares more in common with the great silent comedies of actors like Charlie Chaplin than those of its parent company, and yet it’s still so much more than that. Wall-E is a movie about humanity, the environment, the future, and real-life issues people struggle with on a daily basis—and its messages are delivered organically through a tiny little robot. Truly, Wall-E is almost unspeakably good. It’s not just Pixar’s masterpiece, but one of the greatest films of all time, period.
