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Andrew Stanton has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Toy Story.
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Kedi
2017
Documentary

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
Music · Documentary

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Documentary · History

Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
Documentary · History

Break the Silence: The Movie
2020
Music · Documentary

Italian for Beginners
2000
Comedy · Drama

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Documentary

Toy Story
1995 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

WALL·E
2008 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

Toy Story 4
2019 · Movie · Writer
Top 5%Disney+ · Included

Finding Nemo
2003 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 7%Disney+ · Included

Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Movie · Writer
Top 7%Disney+ · Included

Toy Story 3
2010 · Movie · Writer
Top 8%Disney+ · Included

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Dir. Andrew Stanton · With Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.
Dir. Josh Cooley · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
Dir. Andrew Stanton · With Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
Dir. Pete Docter · With John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
Dir. Lee Unkrich · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Dir. Andrew Stanton · With Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O'Neill

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Dir. Leslie Iwerks · With Stacy Keach, Edwin Catmull, Steve Jobs
What lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly learns that completing a simple task can often be a very difficult endeavor.
Dir. Angus MacLane · With Angus MacLane, Tessa Swigart, Ben Burtt

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Dir. Andrew Stanton · With Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton

Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.
Dir. Andrew Stanton · With Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs
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