Instead of obeying orders he uses balloons to fly himself and his newfound scout friend, Russel, to Paradise Falls where he once promised to build a house with his diseased wife.

He accidentally hits someone when trying to remove his mailbox though and is sentenced to a retirement home. Because the story is new – Carl Fredricksen is a grumpy old man who refuses to move out of his home when the construction workers want to build across his lawn. When a spaceship comes to pick her up, WALL-E follows and rather than help the crew kill the last living plant from Earth WALL-E and friends step in to save the day.Īs the highest IMDb rated Disney movie of the 21st Century you might just want to do yourself a favor and watch it! (And for the record, anything on IMDb rated above 8 is counted as extraordinarily good – it’s extremely hard to get that kind of score!)Ī grumpy old man turns out not to be all that grumpy when he meets a lonely young boy… It’s not a new concept, but Disney made it look bright and shiny in this story. When another robot, EVE, is sent to look for life on Earth, WALL-E falls in love with her and gives her the plant, which makes her go into sleep mode, as she’s found life. The longer version is that WALL-E is a robot living on an abandoned Earth with a pet cockroach and the last surviving plant. In short it’s a wonderful dystopian tale of what it actually means to be human, even if the main character is a robot. (Oh, and remember that Disney merged with Pixar in 2006, so Pixar movies from that day onwards have been listed as Disney movies too. Just in case you are looking for a movie for the next family night, or simply the next time it’s you, a DVD and a pint of ice cream! That’s why I’ve listed the top fifty (according to IMDb) Disney movies of the 21st century.

Disney movies from 2017