Every Pixar Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

5. Monsters, Inc.

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Perhaps second only to Toy Story, Monsters, Inc. might tout the most imaginative premise of any Pixar film, flipping the very idea of things that go bump in the night on its head, re-imagining uncanny monsters as employees simply out to do a job and get through the day.

This is just a wonderful and endlessly creative piece of work: the buddy comedy shtick between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) could've provided enough mileage alone for a delirious animated comedy, but the script dares to go deeper, with the touching bond between Sulley and young stowaway Boo (Mary Gibbs) lending the film tremendous emotional weight.

It also boasts some of Pixar's most inspired character design work by way of its large cast of weird and wonderful monsters, helping ensure Monsters, Inc. resonates near-equally for kids still scared of the dark and adults terrified of humdrum working life.

 
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