List of Pixar movies

This is a list of movies that have been released or are soon to be released by Pixar.

Movies
All movies listed are co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (1995–2007)/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2008–present).

Released
 Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Composer(s) Story Screenplay Toy Story  John Lasseter Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton & Joe Ranft Joss Whedon, Stanton, Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow Bonnie Arnold & Ralph Guggenheim Randy Newman A Bug's Life  John LasseterCo-directed by:Andrew Stanton Lasseter, Stanton & Joe Ranft Stanton, Donald McEnery & Bob Shaw Darla K. Anderson & Kevin Reher Toy Story 2  John LasseterCo-directed by:Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich Lasseter, Pete Docter, Brannon & Andrew Stanton Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin & Chris Webb Helene Plotkin & Karen Robert Jackson Monsters, Inc.   Pete DocterCo-directed by:Lee Unkrich & David Silverman Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon & Ralph Eggleston Andrew Stanton & Dan Gerson Darla K. Anderson Finding Nemo  Andrew StantonCo-directed by:Lee Unkrich Stanton Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds Graham Walters Thomas Newman The Incredibles  Brad Bird John Walker Michael Giacchino Cars  John LasseterCo-directed by:Joe Ranft Lasseter, Ranft & Jorgen Klubien Dan Fogelman, Lasseter, Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin & Klubien Darla K. Anderson Randy Newman  Ratatouille  Brad BirdCo-directed by:Jan Pinkava Pinkava, Jim Capobianco & Bird  Bird Brad Lewis Michael Giacchino WALL-E  Andrew Stanton Stanton & Pete Docter Stanton & Jim Reardon Jim Morris Thomas Newman Up  Pete DocterCo-directed by:Bob Peterson Docter, Peterson & Tom McCarthy Peterson & Docter Jonas Rivera Michael Giacchino Toy Story 3  Lee Unkrich John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Unkrich Michael Arndt Darla K. Anderson Randy Newman Cars 2  John LasseterCo-directed by:Brad Lewis Lasseter, Lewis & Dan Fogelman Ben Queen  Denise Ream Michael Giacchino Brave  Mark Andrews & Brenda ChapmanCo-directed by:Steve Purcell Chapman Andrews, Purcell, Chapman & Irene Mecchi Katherine Sarafian Patrick Doyle Monsters University  Dan Scanlon Dan Gerson, Robert L. Baird & Scanlon Kori Rae Randy Newman Inside Out  Pete DocterCo-directed by:Ronnie del Carmen Docter & del Carmen Docter, Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley Jonas Rivera Michael Giacchino The Good Dinosaur  Peter Sohn Sohn, Erik Benson, Meg LeFauve, Kelsey Mann & Bob Peterson LeFauve Denise Ream Mychael & Jeff Danna Finding Dory  Andrew StantonCo-directed by:Angus MacLane Stanton Stanton & Victoria Strouse Lindsey Collins Thomas Newman Cars 3  Brian Fee Fee, Ben Queen, Eyal Podell & Jonathan E. Stewart Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson & Mike Rich  Kevin Reher Randy Newman Coco  Lee UnkrichCo-directed by:Adrian Molina Unkrich, Jason Katz, Matthew Aldrich & Molina Molina & Aldrich Darla K. Anderson Michael Giacchino Incredibles 2  Brad Bird John Walker & Nicole Paradis Grindle Michael Giacchino Toy Story 4  Josh Cooley John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Cooley, Valerie LaPointe, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Martin Hynes & Stephany Folsom Stanton & Folsom Mark Nielsen & Jonas Rivera Randy Newman Onward  Dan Scanlon Scanlon, Keith Bunin & Jason Headley Kori Rae Mychael & Jeff Danna Soul  Pete DocterCo-directed by:Kemp Powers Docter, Mike Jones & Powers Dana Murray Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Luca  Enrico Casarosa Casarosa, Jesse Andrews & Simon Stephenson Andrews & Mike Jones Andrea Warren Dan Romer Turning Red  Domee Shi Shi, Julia Cho & Sarah Streicher Cho & Shi Lindsey Collins Ludwig Göransson Lightyear  Angus MacLane MacLane, Matthew Aldrich & Jason Headley Headley & MacLane Galyn Susman Michael Giacchino Elemental  Peter Sohn Sohn, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel & Brenda Hsueh Hoberg, Likkel & Hsueh Denise Ream Thomas Newman Inside Out 2  Kelsey Mann Mann & Meg LeFauve LeFauve & Dave Holstein Mark Nielsen Andrea Datzman Elio  Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina Molina, Sharafian, Shi & Julia Cho Cho, Mark Hammer & Mike Jones Mary Alice Drumm Rob Simonsen

Upcoming
 Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Composer(s) Production status  Story Screenplay Hoppers  Daniel Chong Nicole Paradis Grindle rowspan="5"  In production Toy Story 5  Andrew StantonCo-directed by:McKenna Harris Stanton Jessica Choi Tin Toy: The Movie 28  December‚ 2026John LasseterJohn LasseterTinny BlilyJohn Lasseter Gatto  Enrico Casarosa colspan="2"  Andrea Warren Incredibles 3  Peter Sohn Brad Bird Dana Murray Pre-production  Coco 2  Lee UnkrichCo-directed by:Adrian Molina colspan="2"  Mark Nielsen 

 In-development projects 
Additionally, Aphton Corbin, Kristen Lester, Domee Shi, and Rosana Sullivan have been working on their respective untitled feature movies, all of which would be based upon original ideas.

In November 2023, creative director of the Cars franchise Jay Ward said he was working on multiple projects for the franchise.

In October 2024, Pixar was looking to cast Romani actors to voice two Romani characters for an unannounced film project.

Production cycle
In July 2013, then–Pixar president Edwin Catmull said that the studio planned to release one original film each year, and a sequel every other year, as part of a strategy to release "one and a half movies a year". On July 3, 2016, Pixar's current president Jim Morris announced that the studio might move away from sequels after Toy Story 4 and Pixar was only developing original ideas with five movies in development at the time of the announcement.

Cancelled projects

 Monkey 
Back when Pixar was still a part of Lucasfilm in 1985, it started pre-production on a film called Monkey. After Pixar spun off as a new company in 1986, however, it was still working on it. In the end, Pixar abandoned the project due to technical limitations.

 The Yellow Car 
In 1995, Jorgen Klubien started writing a script for a film titled The Yellow Car. He wrote the first draft of the script with Joe Ranft. Then in 1998, the film was scrapped in favor of Toy Story 2 (1999). In 2001, The Yellow Car would eventually be reworked into Cars (2006).

 1906 
In 2005, Pixar began collaborating with Disney and Warner Bros. on a live-action film adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel 1906, with Brad Bird announced as the director. It would have marked Pixar's first involvement in a live-action production and its first collaboration with a major production company other than Disney. Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million, and it is in limbo at Warner Bros. However, in June 2018, Bird mentioned the possibility of adapting the novel as a TV series, and the earthquake sequence as a live-action feature film.

 Newt 
A Pixar film titled Newt (which would have been Gary Rydstrom's feature directorial debut) was announced in April 2008, with Pixar planning to release it in 2011, which was later delayed to 2012, but it had finally been canceled by early 2010. John Lasseter noted that the film's proposed plot line was similar to another film, Blue Sky Studios' Rio (2011). In a March 2014 interview, then-Pixar president Edwin Catmull stated that Newt was an idea that was not working in pre-production. When the project was passed to Pete Docter, the director of Monsters, Inc. and Up, he pitched an idea that Pixar thought was better, and that concept became Inside Out.

 ShadeMaker 
In 2010, Henry Selick formed a joint venture with Pixar called Cinderbiter Productions, which was to exclusively produce stop-motion movies. Its first project under the deal, a film titled ShadeMaker was set to be released on October 4, 2013, but was canceled in August 2012 due to creative differences. Selick was given the option to shop ShadeMaker (now titled The Shadow King) to other studios. Selick later stated in interviews that the film suffered from interference from John Lasseter who Selick claimed came in and constantly changed elements of the script and production that ended up raising the budget that would lead to its cancelation. By November 2022, it was announced that Selick had reacquired the rights for The Shadow King from Disney and that he might revive the project.

 The Graveyard Book 

In April 2012, Walt Disney Pictures acquired the rights and hired Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and the film adaptation of Gaiman's novel Coraline, to direct The Graveyard Book. The film was moved to Pixar as a stop-motion production, which would have been the company's first adapted work. After the studio and Selick parted ways over scheduling and development, it was announced in January 2013 that Ron Howard would direct the film.

In July 2022, it was announced that Marc Forster would direct the adaptation with a screenplay by David Magee under Walt Disney Studios. Later that year, Neil Gaiman stated that he has no involvement with the film. In September 2024, it was reported that the production had been halted due to a variety of factors including sexual misconduct allegations against Gaiman.

 Circle Seven Animation projects 
In addition, when the now-defunct Circle Seven Animation was open, there were plans for sequels to Finding Nemo (for which Pixar made its own sequel, Finding Dory) and Monsters, Inc. (for which Pixar made a prequel, Monsters University), as well as a different version of Toy Story 3. Pixar's later sequels had no basis in Circle Seven's projects, and were created completely separately.

 Other cancelled projects 
Teddy Newton, Mark Andrews, Bob Peterson, Lee Unkrich, and Dan Scanlon worked on untitled original movies that were shelved before their announcement. The screenplay for Newton's film was written by Derek Connolly. Andrews, Unkrich, and Scanlon left Pixar in 2018, 2019, and 2024, respectively. Unkrich later returned to Pixar by 2025 to helm Coco 2.

Co-production
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins is an animated direct-to-video film and a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with an opening sequence created by Pixar. The film was released on August 8, 2000, and led to a television series called, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command with Pixar creating the CGI portion of the opening theme.

A Spark Story is a feature-length documentary film co-produced by Pixar, Disney+, and Supper Club. The film centers on directors Aphton Corbin and Louis Gonzales as they work to bring their SparkShorts projects Twenty Something and Nona to the screen.

Collaboration
Pixar assisted in the English localization of several Studio Ghibli movies, mainly those from Hayao Miyazaki.

Pixar was brought on board to fine tune the script of The Muppets. The film was released on November 23, 2011.

Pixar assisted with the story development for The Jungle Book, as well as providing suggestions for the film's end credits sequence. The film was released on April 15, 2016. Additional special thanks credit was given to Mark Andrews.

Mary Poppins Returns includes a sequence combining live-action and traditional hand-drawn animation. The animation was supervised by Ken Duncan and James Baxter. Over 70 animators specializing in hand-drawn 2D animation from Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios were recruited for the sequence. The film was released on December 19, 2018.

Related productions
Planes is a spin-off of the Cars franchise, produced by the now defunct DisneyToon Studios and co-written and executive produced by John Lasseter. The film was conceived from the short film Air Mater, which introduces aspects of Planes and ends with a hint of the film. It was released on August 9, 2013. A sequel, Planes: Fire & Rescue, was released on July 18, 2014. A Planes spin-off film was announced in July 2017, with a release date of April 12, 2019, but was removed from the release schedule on March 1, 2018. The film was eventually canceled when DisneyToon Studios was shut down on June 28, 2018.

Ralph Breaks the Internet, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and co-executive produced by Lasseter, features Kelly Macdonald reprising her role as Merida from Brave, as well as a cameo from Tim Allen reprising his role (via archive recordings) as Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story franchise, and a sample of Patrick Doyle's score from Brave. The film, released on November 21, 2018, also features many visual references to Pixar and its movies. Additionally, Andrew Stanton received a "Narrative Guru" credit.

Reception
Box office

 Year Film Budget Box office gross  U.S. and Canada Other territories Worldwide 1995   Toy Story  $30 million  $223,225,679 $171,210,907 $394,436,586  1998 A Bug's Life  $120 million  $162,798,565 $200,460,294 $363,258,859 1999  Toy Story 2  $90 million  $245,852,179 $265,506,097 $511,358,276  2001 Monsters, Inc.  $115 million $255,873,250 $272,900,000 $528,773,250  2003 Finding Nemo $94 million  $339,714,978 $531,300,000 $871,014,978  2004 The Incredibles $92 million  $261,441,092 $370,001,000 $631,442,092  2006 Cars $120 million  $244,082,982 $217,900,167 $461,983,149  2007 Ratatouille $150 million  $206,445,654 $417,280,431 $623,726,085  2008 WALL-E $180 million  $223,808,164 $297,503,696 $521,311,860  2009 Up $175 million  $293,004,164 $442,094,918 $735,099,082  2010 Toy Story 3 $200 million $415,004,880 $651,964,823 $1,066,969,703  2011 Cars 2 $200 million $191,452,396 $368,400,000 $559,852,396  2012  Brave $185 million  $237,283,207 $301,700,000 $538,983,207  2013 Monsters University $200 million  $268,492,764 $475,066,843 $743,559,607  2015 Inside Out $175 million $356,461,711 $501,149,463 $857,611,174  2015 The Good Dinosaur $175 million $123,087,120 $209,120,551 $332,207,671  2016 Finding Dory $200 million  $486,295,561 $542,275,328 $1,028,570,889  2017 Cars 3 $175 million $152,901,115 $231,029,541 $383,930,656  2017 Coco $175 million $210,460,015 $604,181,157 $814,641,172  2018 Incredibles 2 $200 million $608,581,744 $634,223,615 $1,242,805,359  2019 Toy Story 4 $200 million $434,038,008 $639,356,585 $1,073,394,593  2020 Onward $175–200 million $61,555,145 $80,384,897 $141,940,042  2020 Soul $150 million $946,154 $120,957,731 $121,903,885  2021 Luca 	 $1,324,302 $49,788,012 $51,112,314  2022 Turning Red $175 million $1,399,001 $20,414,357 $21,813,358  2022 Lightyear $200 million $118,307,188 $108,118,232 $226,425,420  2023 Elemental $200 million $154,426,697 $342,017,611 $496,444,308  2024 Inside Out 2 $200 million $652,980,194 $1,045,050,771 $1,698,030,965 

Critical and public response

+  Film Critical Public Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore A Bug's Life 92% (91 reviews) 78 (23 reviews)  Ratatouille 96% (253 reviews) 96 (37 reviews) WALL-E 95% (261 reviews) 95 (39 reviews) Up 98% (297 reviews) 88 (37 reviews)  Brave 79% (256 reviews) 69 (37 reviews)  The Good Dinosaur   75% (220 reviews) 66 (37 reviews)  Coco 97% (357 reviews) 81 (48 reviews)  Onward 88% (350 reviews) 64 (56 reviews)  Soul 95% (360 reviews) 83 (55 reviews) rowspan="3"  Luca 91% (303 reviews) 71 (52 reviews) Turning Red 95% (289 reviews) 83 (52 reviews) Elemental 73% (262 reviews) 58 (45 reviews) 

Academy Awards

 Film Best Picture Animated Feature Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Original Score Original Song Sound Other Sound Editing Sound Mixing Toy Story  rowspan="3"   rowspan="2"  rowspan=2    A Bug's Life Toy Story 2   Monsters, Inc.  rowspan="7"  rowspan=2   rowspan=2  Finding Nemo rowspan=2  rowspan=2  The Incredibles   Cars   Ratatouille rowspan=4  rowspan=3  rowspan=2  rowspan=4  rowspan=2  WALL-E  Up rowspan=2   Toy Story 3 rowspan="2"    Cars 2  Brave   Monsters University   Inside Out   rowspan="2"  The Good Dinosaur  Finding Dory  rowspan="2"  Cars 3  Coco    Incredibles 2  rowspan="2"  Toy Story 4    Onward  rowspan="4"  Soul   colspan="2"  Luca rowspan="2"  Turning Red Lightyear  Elemental   Inside Out 2 

References

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