All 6 Ice Age Movies Ranked!

Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a criminally underrated masterpiece and you can’t change my mind.

The painting scene from the first Ice Age movie is easily the best scene in the entire franchise. Seeing Manny’s childhood as a kid made me cry since the first 2 movies were more realistic and grounded than the last two movies(yeah im not watching the 6th).

Ice Age 3 has always been my favorite one, and Buck is such a cool character)) Glad to see Sean share this opinion))

I remember watching Dawn of the Dinosaurs every single week as a little kid. I was seriously obsessed with that one

It’s still baffling to me that they had this many sequels and never brought back the baby from the first one but older (seems like an obvious sequel right there)

6 buck wild 2/10 5 continental drift 6/10 4 collusion course 6/10 3 the meltdown 8/10 2 ice age 9/10 1 dawn of the dinosaurs 10/10

For me, the first 3 will always be classics, with the fourth being acceptable, while the others simply don't exist like Shrek the 3rd. The fourth is a little out there, but at least it follows general history. After the dinosaurs, a good next step would be the splitting of the continents, though Pangea was already long torn apart by the start of the ice age. Funny enough, in the first movie, the gang is stopped by an ice train/ship/vehicle, during the montage, so I always felt that the pirates in the 4th weren't really damaging the cannon. However, if you think about it, what happened to the underground world when the continent was ripped apart. Pretty sure they would all be dead :'(

All 6 Ice Age Movies Ranked! 1:02 6. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022) 2:50 5. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) 4:41 4. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) 7:27 3. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) 8:46 2. Ice Age (2002) 11:05 1. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Personally I have always found Ice age 2 "the meltdown" to be the best quality and best story. Might be my own hot take but Ice Age 2 will always be my favourite

Dawn of the dinosaurs was the only one i'd consistently rewatch as a kid, so it's easily my favorite

First 3 are definitely head and shoulders above the rest. And I'd say your ranking is totally fair for a first time viewer. As a childhood fan of these films, the first Ice Age will always be iconic for me. It's so nostalgic, especially the song "Send me on my way" by Rusted Root. The songs, emotional moments, Diego's arc, the jokes (especially Sid), the journey and Scrat of course is just so good. I think they really got it right on a film-making level by the time they got round to number 3. They nailed all the jokes and went full steam ahead with all the awesome antics without it seeming awkward and weirdly over the top. After that, it really dropped off, which was a bit of a shame, but I also grew out of it at the same time. Definitely a top 5 movie franchise from my childhood!

Finally someone that appreciates ice age 3. It was my favorite childhood movie. I saw this one about a hundred times before the second even came out and it was still entertaining, at least for elementary school me....

6. Buck wild 5. Collision course 4. Ice age 3. Meltdown 2. Continual drift 1. Dawn of the dinosaurs Also the flashback on how buck lost his eye in dinosaurs gave me nightmares when I was young

Fun Fact: Diego was originally supposed to die at the end of the Original Ice Age. However, it was too depressing for the kids in the Test Audiences. Diego's voice actor Denis Leary actually warned the producers this would happen, and when it was proved true, he got his wish, and Diego survived. I personally am glad they made that change because Diego was one of my favorite Ice Age Characters growing up.

First three are fantastic, the fourth one is objectively not that great but I still got a good amount of enjoyment out of it, and anything past that doesn't exist in my eyes.

I'm actually right with you. Dawn of the Dinosaurs has been my favorite since I first saw it, and I saw the movies in release order. Haven't seen all the newer ones, but of those I have seen I'd have the same ranking.

I Grew up on the ice age movies and I just really am a die hard fan of this franchise Here's My Ranking 6. Ice Age The Adventures of Buck wild (1.5/10) 5. Ice Age Collision Course (2/10) 4. Ice Age The Meltdown (7/10) 3. Ice Age Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (7.5/10) 2. Ice Age Continental drift (8.5/10) 1. Ice Age (10/10)

Never cared much for the sequels but the original Ice Age was my childhood. The slide scene was my favorite scene of all time as a six year old.

Dawn of the Dinosaurs was a huge staple of my house growing up, haven’t watched it in years but glad to see it still has some quality to it.

After doing this, you should rank all 13 movies from Blue Sky Studios for a future video. I'd love to see that and would be interested in hearing what you think of each of them!