Top 5 Pixar movies, ranked by listeners

By Stephen Thompson,

Aisha Harris, Liz Metzger, Hafsa Fathima, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published June 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM CDT

Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and Woody (Tom Hanks) in Toy Story. — Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and Woody (Tom Hanks) in *Toy Story*.

It's been nearly 30 years since Toy Story kicked off a historic run of animated films. So now seemed like a good time to discuss the best of the best — YOUR picks for the greatest Pixar films of all time. Thousands of you voted, and we've got the results.

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Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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