The Best & Worst Movie from Every Animation Studio

What is the [music] best and worst movie from every animation studio? I thought this would be pretty obvious, but when I researched the topic, I was surprised to see what came up. Uh, this wasn't the case with Pixar.

The highest rated movie of all the Pixar movies is Wall-E at an 8. 4 on IMDb. The thing is with Pixar is I wouldn't have been surprised if it was like 50 other movies, but I can totally understand why it's Wall-E.

This film has some of the most beautiful sequences in all of cinema, and that's coming from someone whose top four on Letterbox includes The Lego Movie. But yeah, this scene alone [music] justifies its placement as the best Pixar movie. From one sci-fi to the next, the worst Pixar movie is actually Lightyear.

It's not Cars 2 anymore. I know. Lightyear has a 6.

1 on IMDb and I uh it deserves it. I was so pumped for this movie. The trailer stands out to me as one of the best trailers I've ever seen.

I replay it over and over. The idea of an action sci-fi by Pixar was just so exciting to me, but instead we got whatever this is. Isn't that cute?

Robots can't quite say Buzz. So around here, I'm just berserk. >> The side characters were terrible.

The most uninteresting, unfunny side characters ever. The story was terrible. Who wants a sci-fi or you're stuck in one planet the whole time?

The twist was weird and didn't land for me at all. >> Dad, [laughter] >> guess again. >> Huge missed opportunity on this one.

If I had to say something nice, I guess the first act was pretty good. And the visuals are really quite amazing, even compared to other Pixar movies. I like the cinematography a lot.

So yeah, mostly mad at this one for disappointing me so terribly. It's not that bad. It's It's just dry.

Next up, Sony Pictures Animation. So the question here is, is the top rated movie into the Spider-Verse or Across the Spider-Verse? It's across the Spider-Verse.

It's 8. 5 on IMDb. See, in my mind, the first film is more respectable right now because it stands on its own and it's the one that started it all.

But at the same time, yeah, I like this one better. What can I say that hasn't already been said about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? Honestly, nothing.

Let's move on. Huge surprise. The lowest rated Sony Pictures animation movie is the Emoji Movie at a staggering 3.

4 on IMDb. This is easily the worst of the studio. And the catalog isn't exactly something to write home about.

I feel like they were trying to make this movie bad. They for one, they cost James Cordon, which is basically an automatic death sentence to any movie. >> Fist bump.

He's a knucklehead, literally. >> But on top of that, the jokes aren't funny. Uh, they're incredibly surface level.

>> Is that the time? >> Hey, my eyes are up here, pal. Woohoo.

>> The dialogue doesn't even make sense sometimes or is incredibly awkward. >> Me and the boys are going to throw ourselves on the barbie. Here's my sauce now.

>> Good day, mate. >> The story is nothing. The characters are nothing.

Even the editing sucks sometimes. I don't know how they messed that up. >> I'm really good at making plans, you guys.

[laughter] Right. >> Here we are. The piracy app.

>> There's not an original thing about this movie. It's just an amalgamation of every other animated movie from the time, including the infamous final dance number. >> Also, in the middle of the movie, this just comes out of nowhere.

>> Oh, you're thinking cuz I can make different faces. Firewall will think I'm different emoji. >> Yeah, I wanted to see it cuz it was my idea.

You know, women are always coming up with stuff that men are taking credit for. >> What the hell was that? Next is Warner Bros.

with the highest rated movie being The Iron Giant at 8. 1 on IMDb, which is messed up. The Lego movie is right there.

But I get it. The Iron Giant is basically iconic. I've seen it.

I don't think it's crazy good or anything. I think it's all right. But I guess you got to give this film credit for its idea and its animation.

It's a movie with a lot of hope pumped through its veins, and I like that. Space Jam 2 is Warner Bros. animation lowest rated movie at a 4.

5 on IMDb. And yeah, it's not fully animated, but apparently it counts. I haven't seen Space Jam 2 before, so I guess I'll uh I guess I'll check it out.

>> Yes, sir. >> All right. This one was weird.

First of all, I hate the idea of this movie. The whole thing is about the Warner Bros. algorithm controlling all the IP and all the characters as just computer programs.

Batman versus LeBron. It's just a real cynical view on movies. Also, the Looney Tunes are barely in this movie.

It's crazy. When LeBron James gets taken to Looney Tunes world, everyone's gone except Bugs Bunny. They all went to different worlds like DC and Harry Potter and like mostly DC.

It was for no reason. The only reason this was written into the movie is so we could go to the other worlds and see characters from other properties. It didn't serve this story at all.

It's just mindless cameos, which I hate. >> Winter, I say, winter is coming. >> But yeah, this takes up most of the movie.

Literally, the next thing they do once they get all of the characters back is play the basketball game. And then that lasts until the end. There's like no buildup.

Also, Bugs Bunny dies at the end, which is funny. >> That's all, folks. except he just doesn't die.

He just shows up in the real world without explanation. I didn't want Bugs Bunny to die. It's just like if you're going to do it, commit or come up with a reason why he's alive again.

Anyways, yeah, this movie is bad. Moving on to Disney. The highest rated movie is The Lion King at 8.

5 on IMDb. And I think that makes sense. It's the most iconic one.

I mean, of course, it was going to be this movie. But honestly, for me, thinking this is the best Disney movie is like choosing Mario as your favorite Mario character. It's boring and safe, but that doesn't take away the quality of the story or the quality of the music.

I think Simba's voice is weird when he gets older, but besides that, I guess it deserves the spot. >> Home on the Range is the worst one at 5. 4 on IMDb.

Now, listen. I hate farm movies. I hate the vibe of farm movies, and that vibe is infused into this movie's life force.

It lives and dies by the farm vibe. But if you ignore that, I don't know. I guess it's not that bad.

I don't know why it has such an incredibly low score. I mean, there's nothing remarkable about it, so maybe that's the reason why it's so low. I think the minecart sequence at the end is kind of fun, and Steve Bushi is in it, which is also fun.

I gave up clown college for this, but don't waste your time with this one. You'll get nothing out of it. Studio Ghibli Spirited Away is number one at 8.

6 because of course it is. It's a masterful film or whatever. I don't know.

I've seen chunks of this movie throughout the years, but I don't think I've ever experienced it as a whole. So, let's change that. >> You're going to fall asleep like first 20 minutes.

I guarantee. No, I won't. >> Okay, fine.

>> The world is beautiful and imaginative. The characters are so likable. Every single one of them.

Jibli films are very different from many of the other movies I watch. I wouldn't say there's a driving force leading the characters from one scene to the next narrative-wise. Things kind of just happen and are more linked together by the themes of the film and the emotion of the characters.

And sometimes that works for me. Here it does. Watching this movie just takes you away.

And at the end, it's hard to say why you liked it, but you just know you did. On the other hand, Earwig and the Witch, a 4. 7 on IMDb.

I hadn't seen this one, so I had to go watch it. And oh no, I didn't like it. Oh no.

This is genuinely sad. I thought this would be the one studio that wouldn't necessarily have a bad movie, just a movie that happens to be the worst out of everything they've made. But I was wrong.

This is one of those movies that doesn't have a driving force and definitely does not work for me. This film follows Ewig, who is a witch's daughter who gets dropped off at an orphanage when she's really young. Many years later, she's adopted by two grumpy witches for an extra pair of hands.

And through her spirit, she transformed this dysfunctional family into a loving one. Except the last thing I just said doesn't even happen on screen. We fast forward like 6 months at the end of the movie and then they love each other before that, which is what we're actually watching.

It's just E-wig annoying the two witches for an hour and not in any way try to win them over. It's weird. It's also revealed that Ewig's mother knows the two witches that adopted her, but this doesn't seem to be relevant at all.

She even comes back in the last scene of the movie and we never find out why E-wig was left at the orphanage. Ewig as a character is likable, I would say. I think actually every character is relatively likable, but the plot is genuinely nonsensical, and the characters stay entirely stagnant until that 6-month time jump.

Also, the visuals are very bad. Sometimes things look good. You can tell there are artists working on this movie, but everything is modeled so badly, textured so badly, and animated so badly that most of the time it's really ugly.

Moving on to Blue Sky, we've got Ice Age is the number one movie with 7. 5. Ice Age is, you know, pretty good.

I don't disagree that it's Blue Skye's best movie, but uh it's not exactly a movie that blows me away or anything. Ice Age Collision Course is Blue Skye's worst movie at a 5. 7 on IMDb.

The story is very straightforward. There's a meteor coming to hit Earth and they figure out where it's going to hit. They go to there.

There's a bunch of magnets. So, they shoot the magnets into the sky with a volcano and then the meteorite follows them. There's also way too many characters in this movie.

You could easily remove half of them and it would be a lot better for it. Diego's tiger girlfriend literally I think has five lines tops. Also, the humor for the most part is bad.

Like really bad. >> Fashion reporting for duty. There is some level of emotional growth in this movie, but it's very surface level and goes exactly how you'd expect.

Some positives. Simon Peg as Buck is committing 100% and that's respectable. The movie from beginning to end looks genuinely beautiful.

If you're not a Disney or Pixar movie, you you just don't get animated movies that look like this anymore. Illumination. Their best movie is Despectable Me at 7.

6 on IMDb. The fact that they haven't topped their first film is actually really annoying to me. Like, yeah, they they still haven't even gotten close.

But yeah, I mean, Despicable Me is a great movie. The minions are actually used an appropriate amount. The characters are emotional and driven, unlike any of the other films.

There's still a bit of cringe humor, but it's overshadowed by actual funny moments. >> You touched my shirt. >> I respect Despeable Me.

On the other hand, there's Hop at 5. 4 on IMDb. I watched Hop a fair bit when I was younger and honestly I didn't think it was that bad.

Like it's pretty inoffensive. >> No, Dad. I don't want to be the Easter Bunny.

>> I think the fact that the rabbit was voiced by just a terrible person by all accounts is funny. Uh tragic, but if you ignore that, funny. James M's character is likable and it's another great addition to the James M drive CGI character in car cinematic universe.

Sure, it's probably bad, but I don't think it's that bad. I think this 5. 4 score is a little harsh.

Nickelodeon's highest rated movie is Rango at 7. 3 on IMDb. The highest rated movie for a whole studio only being 7.

3 is pretty bad, but I will say I think it's slightly unfair. Rango is good. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem is great.

Spongebob, the first Spongebob movie, is fantastic. That movie is the best, but uh Rango, that's the highest rated. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks movie is Nickelodeon's lowest rated movie at a 3.

7 on IMDb. And oh my god, this one hurt me. It's really bad.

The story is stupid. The visuals are borderline offensive at times. The characters are terrible.

The humor doesn't make sense at all. >> I got this. >> Spongebob says the most dumb, nonsensical things so many times throughout this movie.

And then he he just chuckles to himself in the same way every time. [screaming] >> I get it. Oh, that's a good one, Bob.

>> I don't even know if I can consider this Spongebob anymore. He's got no personality. Well, I was hoping to make a splash here.

>> He just says whatever joke the writers think they can force into this moment, whether it fits him or the situation at all. >> Hey, that whistle had a nice ring to it. >> I think this is worse than the Emoji Movie.

I won't lie. >> Do you feel drained? >> I'm so drained.

>> I feel like a mole. >> Leica's highest rated movie is Coraline at a 7. 8 on IMDb.

And Coraline, I think, is one of the scariest to ever do it. I'd hate to have button eye so bad. It'd ruin my life.

But I think it's also one of the most beautiful movies of all time. I want to crawl in this tunnel so bad. I think it'd maybe make my day if I didn't have much going on.

Fantastic movie. And Leica is yet to reach the same heights. I watched Kubo recently and it was way more childish than I was expecting, but that's neither here nor there.

The worst Leica movie on IMDb is Missing Link at 6. 7, which I actually like. It's got some good voice performances.

I love when Hugh Jackman is in anything. And Zach Galifanakis is in this before he sold out and agreed to be in literally anything, which you know, no shade to him, but I mean, come on, LILO AND STITCH. [screaming] It's also got really beautiful shots and animation, a fun, light-hearted tone, and good characters.

Third act kind of falls apart a little bit in my opinion, but still a good watch. DramWorks, the highest rated movie is How to Train Your Drgon at 8. 1.

This is definitely the best one. I've seen it so many times throughout my life, and it only gets better with age. Aside from the story, which is obviously amazing, the music is something incredible that I I want to point out.

>> You just forget how good it is until you hear it again. Some of the sequences are dreamlike. This film takes full advantage of the art of cinema, animation, and storytelling.

Certified classic. Boss Baby 2 is the worst DramWorks movie at a 5. 9 on IMDb.

I know I sounded mostly negative right there, but I actually don't mind it. I think the decision to age up the two main characters from the last movie was actually really smart and it stops this film from being a complete rehash of the last one. I really like the storyline between Tim and his daughter and luckily this is the main focus of the movie.

I think their relationship is really endearing and I like the twist it takes and I'm also incredibly grateful it never did anything weird. It didn't go all back to the future on me. But yeah, besides this story line, I think everything else is pretty bad.

There's also a conflict between Tim and his brother, the the boss baby, which is apparently they don't see each other anymore, which the boss baby feels betrayed by. >> Sorry I wasn't there for you. >> But literally, that's unreasonable.

Tim has a family, and the boss baby moved really far away, seemingly. >> Also, by all accounts, I'm pretty sure the boss baby was welcome into Tim's home whenever he wanted to come. He just never really did.

>> Well, he grew up to be the boss. All right. He's so busy, we hardly see him anymore.

>> I also dislike the plot with the main villain. It's just unengaging and generic. But yeah, as a whole, this movie is better than I thought.

I think it's better than the first Boss Baby. There wasn't even that much gross out childish humor in this movie, which really surprised me. And there you go.

No one asked for this, but if I had to rank all the movies I just talked about, here it is. And I know obviously this isn't every animation studio. I just thought these were the main ones.

Maybe one day I'll come back and do literally all of them. Anyways, uh, subscribe. I guess I'll see you later.