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Ranked: Pixar Shorts

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Disney’s Pixar Animated Studios is known for their classic feature-length films including the Toy Story trilogy, Wall-e, and, most recently, Brave, but it would be rude to forget their short films amongst their talent. Here are my rankings of all Pixar’s short films, which can also be found on my Letterboxd account here.

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1. Day & Night (2011)

This is one of few Pixar films that I’ve seen on the big screen, and I think it also has to be my favourite. The idea itself is genius; it’s simple but brilliant and looks absolutely fantastic. I don’t really know what the message is but it feels very heartfelt and I enjoy just as much with every viewing.

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2. Presto (2008)

Pixar’s funniest short by a long mile. Presto is hilarious.

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3. La Luna (2011)

One of my favourite shorts from Pixar. Without any dialogue, the short is beautifully animated, but most of all La Luna is charming and sweet, and tells a heartfelt story of three characters from three different generations. It really is rather wonderful.

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4. Partly Cloudy (2009)

A lovely idea, making this especially fun to watch with younger siblings as the short explores where storks get the babies that they deliver from. It’s funny and sweet, and a perfect additional feature to Up.

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5. For The Birds (2000)

Another funny short from Pixar. I laughed a lot. The animation is incredibly detailed too.

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6. Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex (2012)

When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.

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7. Lifted (2006)

A funny concept as a young alien takes his first lesson in UFO driving and human abducting. Could have been better but I love the idea.

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8. Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (2011)

The Toy Story characters are some of Pixar’s best. This is a very funny little short that you will love if you like Toy Story. And everybody does.

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9. Geri’s Game (1997)

I love this old man. Another charming story and great Pixar short.

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10. Mike’s New Car (2002)

Gotta love Mike and Sulley – they’re hilarious! There wasn’t quite enough conversation between them but it’s still funny over and over.

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11. BURN·E (2008)

Poor little Burn-e. A funny little back story to Wall-e.

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12. Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (2011)

We will never have enough of Toy Story. This short reminds me of the more recent Wreck-It Ralph and one of the funnier scenes in Toy Story 3 so it was very funny to watch. Lots of fun characters.

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13. George & A.J. (2009)

I didn’t know where this was going to go but what a good idea! It was a bit too short but the quick flashes of these different ideas were comical even if only briefly.

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14. Dug’s Special Mission (2009)

Oh Dug. You are my favourite animated dog. Not much of a short though, but I like how it linked into the film.

SQUIRREL!

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15. Jack-Jack Attack (2004)

It’s great to see what was happening in this background story, especially when we hear a short clip of the phone calls made in the feature film. You do need to have seen the film to really enjoy it, though.

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16. Luxo Jr. (1986)

It’s hard to comment on this one, but I think a quote from Anchorman could work:

“I love lamp.”

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17. Your Friend the Rat (2007)

Entertaining and very informative (I hope all of them facts were true anyway?) A good little animation and quite funny too. Should I like rats now?

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18. Mater And The Ghostlight (2006)

I’m not a big Cars fan, the worst Pixar films in my opinion, but this short is short enough to be funny.

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19. Knick Knack (1989)

I didn’t like the animation and thought the characters all looked quite evil which was off-putting, but if they were more toy-like and the animation was sharper then it would have been really good.

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20. Red’s Dream (1987)

A beautiful animation but the story’s not quite as strong as Pixar’s more recent shorts. Also, clowns are terrifying.

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21. One Man Band (2005)

This would have been amazing if each one man band had their own song, and then each of these songs clashed throughout their attempts to impress. Instead, the use of one song really annoyed me so I couldn’t enjoy it, despite how good it looked.

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22. Time Travel Mater (2012)

I still don’t like Cars. I half enjoyed the other Cars short but this one was pretty rubbish.

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23. Tin Toy (1988)

Horribly dated, poor animation, and one hell of a creepy baby.

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24. Boundin’ (2003)

I didn’t really understand this one? It did nothing for me.

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25. The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)

As Pixar’s first short, I’ll have to forgive it for being bad. It wasn’t very adventurous…



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