6. Up
Arguably the last great movie that Pixar's brilliant team of animators have turned out, Up manages to tell a story from the point of view of an old man that includes a giant bird, a talking dog, a stowaway boy scout, and a house lifted by balloons and somehow managed to craft one of the most affecting of all modern films. The much-celebrated silent opening of the film might be the best 10 minutes sequence in any recent Hollywood movie As always with a Pixar film, the animation is absolutely stunning but the real heft comes from the characters, story, and direction. The house floating away on balloons looks magnificent every time and a host of memorable characters, who become better upon every viewing, inhabit the narrative. Although Up does contain action sequences they aren't the focus of the film and one of the wonders of the movies is that it takes its time, in an age where almost every big-budget movie spends two hours trying to destroy as much as they can, Up devotes its time to establishing a relationship with its characters and then developing them throughout the runtime of the film. Up managed to be one of Pixar's most unlikely successes, not only is the main character an old man, but the plot sounds overly fantastical, and the narrative would seem to not interest Pixar's main demographic. Luckily though, Up managed to transcend its limitations and become one of Pixar's most successful films, and it remains one of their best.