‘Inside Out 2’ will continue Oscars winning streak for Pixar

Pixar pictures have won 23 Academy Awards to date, beginning with a special achievement Oscar for “Toy Story” in 1995 as the first feature-length computer-animated film. The most recent Oscars Pixar received were Best Original Score and Best Animated Feature in 2021 for “Soul.”

That title became the 11th Pixar winner of Best Animated Feature out of 18 nominations in total, making it the animation studio with the most amount of wins and nominations in Oscars history in this category. The acclaimed studio could extend that record this year with “Inside Out 2,” the sequel to 2015’s hugely successful “Inside Out,” which depicted emotions as living entities living in the heads of human beings. That first film saw young Riley contend with a move away from home while her emotions (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear) struggled to guide Riley through this period.

This sequel, from director Kelsey Mann, depicts Riley as a teenager while new emotions Anxiety, Embarrassment, Ennui, and Envy become new presence’s in Riley’s life and in headquarters. “Inside Out 2” has, at this time of writing, grossed $729 million worldwide while it sits on 91% on Rotten Tomatoes with the site’s critical consensus reading: “Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst, ‘Inside Out 2’ clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor’s emotional intelligence.”

This commercial and critical success could propel the sequel to awards glory and help to add to Pixar’s incredible Oscars record. Here’s the full breakdown of Pixar’s Academy Awards record, category by category. The studio has 23 wins and 62 nominations overall. Winners are denoted and are in italics.

Best Picture — Two nominations

• “Up” — Jonas Rivera, 2010
• “Toy Story 3” — Darla K. Anderson, 2011

Best Animated Feature — 11 wins, 18 nominations

• “Monster’s Inc.” — Pete Docter and John Lasseter, 2002
• “Finding Nemo” — Andrew Stanton, 2004 — WINNER
• “The Incredibles” — Brad Bird, 2005 — WINNER
• “Cars” — John Lasseter, 2007
• “Ratatouille” — Brad Bird, 2008 — WINNER
• “WALL-E” — Andrew Stanton, 2009 — WINNER
• “Up” — Pete Docter, 2010 — WINNER
• “Toy Story 3” — Lee Unkrich, 2011 — WINNER
• “Brave” — Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, 2013 — WINNER
• “Inside Out” — Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera, 2016 — WINNER
• “Coco” — Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson, 2018 — WINNER
• “Incredibles 2” — Brad Bird, John Walker, and Nicole Paradis Grindle, 2019
• “Toy Story 4” — Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, and Jonas Rivera, 2020 — WINNER
• “Onward” — Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae, 2021
• “Soul” — Pete Docter and Dana Murray, 2021 — WINNER
• “Luca” — Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren, 2022
• “Turning Red” — Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins, 2023
• “Elemental” — Peter Sohn and Denise Ream, 2024

Best Original Screenplay — Seven nominations

• “Toy Story” — Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, and Joe Ranft, 1996
• “Finding Nemo” — Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Andrew Stanton, 2004
• “The Incredibles” — Brad Bird, 2005
• “Ratatouille” — Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, and Jan Pinkava, 2008
• “WALL-E” — Jim Reardon, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter, 2009
• “Up” — Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy, 2010
• “Inside Out” — Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Ronnie Del Carmen, 2016

Best Adapted Screenplay — One nomination

• “Toy Story 3” — Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich (based on the previous “Toy Story” films), 2011

Best Original Score — Two wins, eight nominations

• “Toy Story” — Randy Newman, 1996 (this nomination was for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score)
• “A Bug’s Life” — Randy Newman, 1999 (this nomination was for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score)
• “Monster’s Inc.” — Randy Newman, 2002
• “Finding Nemo” — Thomas Newman, 2004
• “Ratatouille” — Michael Giacchino, 2008
• “WALL-E” — Thomas Newman, 2009
• “Up” — Michael Giacchino, 2010 — WINNER
• “Soul” — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, 2021 — WINNER

Best Original Song — Three wins, eight nominations

• “Toy Story” — “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman, 1996
• “Toy Story 2” — “When She Loved Me” by Randy Newman, 2000
• “Monster’s Inc.” — “If I Didn’t Have You” by Randy Newman, 2002 — WINNER
• “Cars” — “Our Town” by Randy Newman, 2007
• “WALL-E” — “Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, 2009
• “Toy Story 3” — “We Belong Together” by Randy Newman, 2011 — WINNER
• “Coco” — “Remember Me” by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, 2018 — WINNER
• “Toy Story 4” — “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” by Randy Newman, 2020

Best Sound Editing — One win, seven nominations

• “Monster’s Inc.” — Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers, 2002
• “Finding Nemo” — Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers, 2004
• “The Incredibles” — Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, 2005 — WINNER
• “Ratatouille” — Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, 2008
• “WALL-E” — Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood, 2009
• “Up” — Michael Silvers and Tom Myers, 2010
• “Toy Story 3” — Michael Silvers and Tom Myers, 2011

Best Sound Mixing — Three nominations

• “The Incredibles” — Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, and Doc Kane, 2005
• “Ratatouille” — Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, and Doc Kane, 2008
• “WALL-E” — Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, and Ben Burtt, 2009

Best Sound — One nomination

• “Soul” — Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott, and David Parker, 2021

Best Animated Short Film — Four wins, 14 nominations

• “Luxo Jr.” — John Lasseter and Bill Reeves, 1987
• “Tin Toy” — John Lasseter and Bill Reeves, 1989 — WINNER
• “Geri’s Game” — Jan Pinkava, 1998 — WINNER
• “For the Birds” — Ralph Eggleston, 2002 — WINNER
• “Boundin'” — Bud Luckey, 2004
• “One Man Band” — Mark Andrews and Andrew Jimenez, 2006
• “Lifted” — Gary Rydstrom, 2007
• “Presto” — Doug Sweetland, 2009
• “Day & Night” — Teddy Newton, 2011
• “La Luna” — Enrico Casarosa, 2012
• “Sanjay’s Super Team” — Sanjay Patel and Nicole Paradis Grindle, 2016
• “Piper” — Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer, 2017 — WINNER
• “Lou” — Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, 2018
• “Bao” — Becky Neiman-Cobb and Domee Shi, 2019 — WINNER

Special Achievement — One award

• “Toy Story” — First Feature-Length Computer-Animated Film for John Lasseter, 1996

So, naturally, Pixar has earned the most success in the Animated Feature category with 11 wins and 18 citations in total. It also has eight nominations for Original Score and Original Song while Sound Editing and Original Screenplay garnered the studio seven nominations in each category. Meanwhile, Animated Short Film has won Pixar four Oscars and Original Song won the studio three.

“WALL-E” is the Pixar film with the most Oscar nominations with six (Animated Feature, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing). It only won one of those six citations, however, which was for Animated Feature. Five Pixar films have won two Oscars (the most amount of Oscars a single Pixar film has won). They are:

• “The Incredibles” — Animated Feature and Sound Editing
• “Up” — Animated Feature and Original Score
• “Toy Story 3” — Animated Feature and Original Song
• “Coco” — Animated Feature and Original Song
• “Soul” — Animated Feature and Original Song

“Inside Out 2” will be looking for multiple nominations, with director Mann and her co-writers LeFauve and Dave Holstein will be on the hunt for an Adapted Screenplay nomination while the film is bound to be one of the favorites for Animated Feature. Andrea Datzman will be looking for an Original Score bid while don’t rule out a Sound nomination, either. Could it sneak into the Best Picture lineup, too? That one could be tougher. But “Inside Out 2” could use its commercial and critical success to garner even more Oscar glory for Pixar.

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