Every Pixar Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
3. WALL-E
If you released WALL-E today it'd still seem massively bold and ahead of its time, but back in 2008? It was positively revelatory.
The opening 40-or-so minutes of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi comedy feature very little spoken dialogue and no human characters, focused instead on the solitary titular robot cleaning up a desolate Earth in 2805.
The environmentalist message certainly isn't subtle but then it's far from a subtle issue, yet WALL-E also isn't just a listless screed about humanity's short-sighted wastefulness.
It's also a dizzying, dew-eyed love story between WALL-E and EVE, slyly evoking the sweep of a classic Hollywood romance - per its nods to 1969's musical rom-com Hello, Dolly! - despite the undeniably doomy backdrop.
While it isn't easy to be hopeful about humanity's future, WALL-E concedes the potential for us to do better before it's too late, and almost 15 years since its release that message feels more urgent and relevant than ever.