6. Finding Nemo
The opening of Finding Nemo is a traumatising experience for even the hardest of souls as a mother and all her eggs except one are eaten, leaving the solitary egg and the father alone. From that opening scene, the movie has you hooked, and is the perfect device to explain why Marlin is so overprotective of Nemo. The grand ocean is the perfect environment for a lost child story as it exposes horror and wonder in equal measure. The voice work of Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres is amongst the best in the whole Pixar cannon, as Brooks' Marlin is eternally sympathetic and witty and DeGeneres' Dory has become one of the most popular and quoted Pixar creations. For obvious reasons, Finding Nemo appears massively to the parents taking their children to see the picture, as the movie gently explains that overprotecting your children will inevitably alienate them and expose them to the dangers you were attempting to protect them from. Finding Nemo also features some of Pixar's very best animation as the ocean world looks fantastic and each of the fish are captured for their unique quality. Overall, Finding Nemo is completely engaging, impossible to dislike and warm-hearted, even if its central message is overly idealistic.