Dan Scanlon

What are Dan Scanlon's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dan Scanlon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (11).

• Disney+11 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Soul (2020) · producer
  • Inside Out 2 (2024) · producer
  • Zootopia 2 (2025) · thanks
  • Cars (2006) · actor
  • Onward (2020) · director, writer
  • Monsters University (2013) · actor, director, writer
  • Party Central (2013) · producer
  • Turning Red (2022) · producer
  • Dream Productions (2024) · producer
  • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) · director, writer
  • Cars on the Road (2022) · producer
• Hulu2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Soul (2020) · producer
  • Monsters University (2013) · actor, director, writer

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Scanlon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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  Zootopia 2(2025)

  Thanks

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Inside Out 2(2024)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  Dream Productions(2024)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows79^th
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  Turning Red(2022)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films79^th
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  Cars on the Road(2022)

  Show Producer

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows48^th
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  Soul(2020)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Onward(2020)

  Director · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films89^th
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  Party Central(2013)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Monsters University(2013)

  Director · Screenplay · Story · as Additional Voices (voice)

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  Tracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

  Director
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  Mater and the Ghostlight(2006)

  Co-Director · Original Story

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  Cars(2006)

  Storyboard Artist · as Additional Voices (voice)

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films92^nd

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2006 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Inside Out 2 (2024)

$1.7B worldwide

Highest rated

Soul (2020)

Midcredits 99^th

Most popular right now

Inside Out 2 (2024)

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2014–2021.

1. 2021
   • Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
   • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
2. 2014
   • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Dan Scanlon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89^th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved2
• Crowd Pleaser8
• Broadly Agreed1

Most loved · producer

Soul (2020)

Midcredits 99^th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 57/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dan Scanlon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dan Scanlon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Scanlon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pete Docter shares the most, 7.