Soul

Soul

Everybody has a soul. Joe Gardner is about to find his.

Directed by Pete Docter

Produced by Pixar

2020101 min8.1 / 10

A visually stunning, spiritually ambitious animated film about purpose and passion that uses the afterlife as a framework for exploring what makes life meaningful.

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

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Questions people ask

  • Does Soul end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Soul one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 96% of films.

  • Is Soul easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Soul violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Soul scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Soul sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

86/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise68

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love96

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Soul, and what each one shares →

Like Soul

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Soul

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Soul, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Soul, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Soul, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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