Stephen Thompson

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It's been more than 30 years since Pixar kicked off a historic run of animated features with Toy Story.

And with Toy Story 5 in theaters, it seemed like a good time for your picks for the greatest Pixar films of all time.

So we are revisiting our episode from last summer where we discussed the best of the best.

I'm Stephen Thompson, and today in this encore episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we are ranking the best Pixar movies.

Here to reveal the list is my co-host, Aisha Harris.

Hey, Aisha.

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Thank you, Stephen.

So for those of you who didn't vote in our Pixar poll, a quick bit of background.

We gave listeners a list of Pixar features, 28 of them in all prior to the release of Elio, and the chance to pick no more than three of them.

which, given the number of classic films, was a tough task.

I personally counted seven films I wanted to put in my top three.

So with that in mind, let's get to your top five, which, thanks to a well-placed tie, is actually a top six.

Aisha, hit us with the first of our two fifth-place finishers.

Yeah, these are two very different films, and they are two, I think, masterpieces.

Toy Story gets a ton of credit for being kind of the movie that started it all, and rightfully so.

I don't think it gets enough credit for being the bedrock on which some of the best sequels ever made were built.

You know, when we talk about this poll, you know, this is not a super scientific poll.