The first 10 Pixar feature films

What counts as a feature

Pixar publishes separate catalogues for feature films, shorts and other productions. This question uses the features. A short shown before a cinema release is not an additional feature in the sequence, and a later re-release of an existing film does not create a new entry. The production studio also matters: Disney distribution does not make every Disney animated film a Pixar feature. Keeping the candidate pool tied to the studio catalogue avoids mixing films that belong to separate production histories.

Release order and sequel order

Toy Story 2 appears early because it was an early Pixar release, while other familiar sequels were made much later. A series’ internal narrative or a viewer’s preferred watch order does not alter the studio’s release chronology. The first ten also combine stand-alone films with the beginnings of franchises. That makes the sequence useful for seeing how the studio’s catalogue developed, rather than treating every film as part of one continuous fictional timeline.

What the release-year table reveals

The supporting years show that this first group spans 1995 to 2009. The spacing is uneven, so ten releases do not imply ten consecutive annual slots. A year is enough context to distinguish most entries here, while the source catalogue supplies the order itself. Title punctuation can vary between catalogues and common usage, particularly for Monsters, Inc. and WALL-E; accepted spellings map those names to the same films. The archive preserves the original sequence after later features are added to Pixar’s site, because a new release extends the catalogue rather than changing which ten features came first.

Sources & further reading

• Pixar: feature-film catalogue

Explanation updated Thursday, October 1, 2026. The puzzle’s original data date is listed below.