23. Brave
If the first half of Brave was the entire movie, it would be among Pixar’s best. The story of Merida, a young warrior princess who has no desire to be normal, is empowering and thrilling, but… that’s not really what the movie is about. Actually, the movie becomes less about Merida fighting the status quo and more about her bonding with her mother, who has been turned into a bear. If the bear part of Brave was the whole movie, it would be at the very bottom of this list, because it’s much too slapsticky and so tonally jarring. But since that first part is so damn good, Brave gets a slight bump up.
