Animated Movies By Pixar May 2026

Story: In a world where toys come to life when humans aren't looking, cowboy doll Woody is the beloved leader of a boy named Andy's room. His status is threatened when Andy gets a high-tech space ranger action figure, Buzz Lightyear, who genuinely believes he is a real space hero. After a rivalry leads them both to be lost outside their home, Woody and Buzz must overcome their differences, escape the cruel neighborhood kid Sid, and work together to get back to Andy before he moves. 2. A Bug's Life (1998) Story: Flik is an inventive but clumsy ant in a struggling colony forced to give food to a gang of bullying grasshoppers led by Hopper. After one of Flik's inventions accidentally destroys the offering, he volunteers to leave the colony to find "tough warrior bugs" to defend them. He instead returns with a bumbling troupe of circus bugs he mistakes for heroes. When the grasshoppers return for more food, Flik must rally his fake warriors and his own colony to stand up for themselves. 3. Toy Story 2 (1999) Story: When a toy collector steals Woody from a yard sale, Buzz Lightyear leads a rescue mission with Andy's other toys. Woody discovers he is a valuable collectible from a 1950s TV show, complete with a new cowboy friend named Jessie and her horse, Bullseye. He faces a dilemma: return to Andy and the finite joy of being a child's toy, or go to a museum in Japan where he'll be preserved forever but never played with again. 4. Monsters, Inc. (2001) Story: In the city of Monstropolis, monsters generate their city's power by sneaking into children's bedrooms at night and scaring them—even though monsters believe children are toxic. Top scarer James P. Sullivan (Sulley) and his one-eyed partner Mike Wazowski accidentally bring a human girl named "Boo" through their door. They must hide her from the villainous Randall, who wants to kidnap her for an extraction machine, all while learning that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. 5. Finding Nemo (2003) Story: Marlin, an overprotective clownfish who lost his wife and most of his eggs in a barracuda attack, lives in constant fear with his sole surviving son, Nemo. On his first day of school, Nemo defiantly swims out to touch a boat and is captured by a diver. Marlin teams up with Dory, a cheerful blue tang with short-term memory loss, to cross the entire ocean and find him. Meanwhile, Nemo is placed in a fish tank in a dentist's office and must plan an escape with a group of tank fish. 6. The Incredibles (2004) Story: After a series of lawsuits, superheroes are forced into hiding under a government relocation program. Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) and his wife Helen (Elastigirl) now live a dull suburban life with their three children (Violet, Dash, and baby Jack-Jack), all of whom have powers. Bob secretly takes a mysterious mission to a remote island, only to be captured by an obsessed former fan, Syndrome, who has invented technology to kill superheroes and sell his own gadgets to the public. Helen must reactivate her suit to rescue Bob with the help of their kids. 7. Cars (2006) Story: Lightning McQueen is a arrogant, rookie race car who only cares about winning the Piston Cup. On his way to a tie-breaker race, he gets lost and accidentally tears up the main road of the forgotten Route 66 town, Radiator Springs. Sentenced to community service repaving it, McQueen clashes with the town's wise but rusty judge, Doc Hudson (a retired racing legend). As he slowly befriends the town's quirky residents (including Mater the tow truck), McQueen learns that winning isn't everything and friendship matters more than a trophy. 8. Ratatouille (2007) Story: Remy is a rat with an extraordinarily refined sense of taste and smell, who dreams of becoming a chef like his idol, Auguste Gusteau. Separated from his colony, he ends up in the kitchen of Gusteau's now-failing restaurant in Paris. He forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, a garbage boy with no cooking skill: Remy hides under Linguini's hat and pulls his hair to control his movements, creating incredible dishes. But a cynical food critic, Anton Ego, is coming to review the restaurant, and a jealous head chef wants to expose the "rat chef." 9. WALL-E (2008) Story: In the 29th century, Earth is a desolate wasteland covered in trash, abandoned by humans who now live on a giant luxury starliner. The last working trash compactor robot, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class), spends his days compacting garbage and collecting curious human artifacts. His lonely routine changes when a sleek, egg-shaped probe robot named EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) arrives to scan for signs of plant life. When WALL-E shows her a living seedling he found, EVE goes into standby mode to signal the mothership, and a lovesick WALL-E follows her into space, where the fate of humanity hangs on a simple act of devotion. 10. Up (2009) Story: Carl Fredricksen, a 78-year-old retired balloon salesman and grieving widower, faces eviction from his beloved home. To fulfill a childhood promise to his late wife Ellie, he ties thousands of balloons to his house and literally flies away to Paradise Falls in South America. But he discovers a stowaway: Russell, an overly eager Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his last merit badge for "Assisting the Elderly." They land near the falls and encounter a giant, colorful bird (Kevin), a talking dog (Dug), and Carl's childhood hero—now a crazed villain living in a zeppelin who will do anything to capture the bird. 11. Toy Story 3 (2010) Story: Andy is now 17 and packing for college. His toys—Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest—haven't been played with in years. Mistakenly thrown into a trash bag, they end up donated to Sunnyside Daycare. At first it seems like a paradise for toys, but they soon discover the daycare is ruled by a cruel, strawberry-scented teddy bear named Lotso, who runs a prison-like system where new toys are sent to the destructive toddlers' room. Woody tries to escape back to Andy, while the others must plot a daring breakout from a dumpster-bound incinerator. 12. Cars 2 (2011) Story: Mater the tow truck accidentally gets mistaken for an American spy by British intelligence agent Finn McMissile. While Lightning McQueen races in the World Grand Prix (a competition to promote a new eco-fuel), Mater is swept into a globe-trotting espionage mission to uncover a conspiracy by oil companies sabotaging the race. The plot focuses on Mater's bumbling but sincere attempts to be a hero, though the story is often considered Pixar's weakest due to its shift from racing to spy-genre comedy. 13. Brave (2012) Story: In medieval Scotland, Princess Merida is a headstrong, archery-obsessed teenager who refuses to follow her kingdom's tradition that she must marry the firstborn son of one of the three allied clans. After a heated argument with her mother, Queen Elinor, Merida rides into the forest and buys a spell from a witch that will "change her fate." The spell turns her mother into a bear. With only three days to break the curse before it becomes permanent, Merida must repair her relationship with her mother and learn that bravery means admitting fault, not just defying rules. 14. Monsters University (2013) Story: A prequel to Monsters, Inc. A young, enthusiastic but naturally un-scary Mike Wazowski enrolls in Monsters University to become a scarer. He is paired with a naturally talented but lazy and arrogant James P. Sullivan. After they accidentally destroy the school's scare simulator, both are kicked out of the scare program. To prove themselves, they enter the "Scare Games" with a misfit fraternity, Oozma Kappa. They must work together despite hating each other, learning that natural talent means nothing without dedication, and that heart can make up for lack of fright. 15. Inside Out (2015) Story: Inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley, five personified emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger—run her life via a control console. When Riley's family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco, Joy tries too hard to keep Riley happy, accidentally getting herself and Sadness sucked out of Headquarters and into the vast long-term memory labyrinth. With only Fear, Disgust, and Anger left in control, Riley becomes depressed and detached. Lost in her own mind, Joy must learn that Sadness has a crucial purpose: signaling for help and creating empathy. 16. The Good Dinosaur (2015) Story: In an alternate timeline where the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs missed Earth, an apatosaurus named Arlo is the runt of his family, terrified of everything. After a traumatic accident that washes him far from home, Arlo is alone in the wilderness. He befriends a wild human boy he names Spot. Together, the pair must journey back to Arlo's farm across dangerous terrain, including predatory pterodactyls and terrifying storm squalls. The story is a boy-and-his-dog reversal, where Arlo learns to overcome his fear and become the dinosaur his father believed he could be. 17. Finding Dory (2016) Story: Set one year after Finding Nemo , Dory (the blue tang with short-term memory loss) suddenly remembers that she has parents and that she was separated from them as a child. With Marlin and Nemo in tow, she travels across the ocean to the Marine Life Institute in California, a rehabilitation center. There, she navigates quarantine zones, a cranky octopus (Hank), a nearsighted whale shark (Destiny), and a beluga whale with sonar issues (Bailey) to find her family—all while struggling to hold onto her fleeting memories before they disappear again. 18. Cars 3 (2017) Story: Lightning McQueen is now a veteran racer facing a new generation of faster, technologically advanced cars led by the sleek, arrogant Jackson Storm. After a near-fatal crash, McQueen is told his career is over. Refusing to retire, he trains with a young, brilliant female trainer named Cruz Ramirez. He realizes he cannot beat the new cars on speed alone. The story becomes about legacy: McQueen decides that winning isn't just about himself anymore, leading to a surprising finale where he gives up his final race to mentor Cruz into becoming a champion. 19. Coco (2017) Story: Miguel is a 12-year-old boy in Mexico who secretly dreams of being a musician, despite his family's generations-old ban on music (because his great-great-grandfather abandoned his wife and daughter for a music career). On Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Miguel steals a guitar from the tomb of his idol, the late Ernesto de la Cruz, and is magically transported to the Land of the Dead. There, he teams up with a trickster named Héctor to find de la Cruz and receive his blessing to return home. He discovers that Héctor is actually his true great-great-grandfather, who was murdered by de la Cruz, who stole his songs. Miguel learns that family memory is what keeps the dead alive. 20. Incredibles 2 (2018) Story: Picking up immediately after the first film, the Parr family battles the Underminer. Their collateral damage causes superheroes to be outlawed again. A wealthy tech fanatic, Winston Deavor, offers a solution: make superheroes legal again by putting Elastigirl in the spotlight as a public hero, while Mr. Incredible stays home as a stay-at-home dad caring for Violet, Dash, and baby Jack-Jack (whose chaotic, emerging powers include laser eyes and turning into a demon). While Elastigirl pursues a mysterious villain called Screenslaver, Bob discovers that parenting super-powered children is harder than any fight. 21. Toy Story 4 (2019) Story: Woody is now Bonnie's toy, but he's neglected as she prefers her new homemade toy, Forky (a spork with googly eyes and pipe-cleaner arms). When Bonnie's family goes on a road trip, Forky throws himself out the window, believing he is trash. Woody jumps after him. Their rescue attempt leads them to an antique shop where Woody reunites with his long-lost love, Bo Peep (who became a lost toy years ago and now lives a wild, free life on her own). Woody must decide between returning to Bonnie to serve his purpose or joining Bo as a "lost toy" to help other toys find children. 22. Onward (2020) Story: In a modern fantasy world where magic has been replaced by technology, teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot are given a wizard's staff by their dying mother. It can cast a spell to bring their dead father back for one day. Ian (a shy, insecure teen) botches the spell, only summoning their father's lower half—legs and a torso, no head or arms. With only 24 hours before the spell ends, the brothers set off on a suburban quest across the magical highway, using Barley's old role-playing game knowledge to find a second gem that will complete the spell. The story ends with Ian realizing he never needed his father because Barley has been the father figure all along. 23. Soul (2020) Story: Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher and passionate jazz pianist who finally gets his big break: a gig playing with a legendary saxophonist. On his way home to celebrate, he falls down a manhole and dies. His soul is sent to The Great Beyond, but he refuses to go and instead falls into The Great Before, where unborn souls get their personalities. There, he is assigned to mentor a cynical, millennia-old unborn soul named 22, who has never found her "spark" (passion for life). They end up back on Earth with Joe's soul in a therapy cat and 22's soul in Joe's body. The profound lesson: life's purpose isn't a grand goal, but the small joys—a bagel, a leaf, a conversation. 24. Luca (2021) Story: In a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young sea monster boy named Luca befriends another sea monster, Alberto. They can transform into human boys as soon as they are dry, but revert to sea monsters when wet. Dreaming of owning a Vespa and seeing the world, they run away to the human town of Portorosso, hiding their secret. They enter a local triathlon to win money for the scooter, competing against the town bully, Ercole. The story is a small, intimate coming-of-age fable about friendship, accepting yourself, and that sometimes leaving home is the only way to grow—with no true villain, just the fear of being different. 25. Turning Red (2022) Story: In Toronto, 2002, 13-year-old Meilin "Mei" Lee is a confident, nerdy overachiever caught between being her mother's obedient daughter and the chaos of teenage rebellion. One morning she wakes up transformed into a giant red panda—the result of a family curse that manifests intense emotion. She learns the only way to control it is through a ritual on the next red moon. But she also discovers she can use the panda to earn money to go to a concert by her favorite boy band. The story is a metaphor for puberty, where Mei must decide whether to seal away her "messy, loud, animal self" or keep it and risk disappointing her protective mother. 26. Lightyear (2022) Story: This is not a Toy Story film. It is presented as the sci-fi blockbuster movie that the human Andy (from Toy Story ) saw in 1995 that made him want a Buzz Lightyear action figure. It follows the "real" Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger who, after a test flight gone wrong, crash-lands on a hostile planet with his crew. He volunteers to test the hyperspace fuel repeatedly, each test costing him four years of time while only four minutes pass for everyone else. By the time he succeeds, his best friend has aged and died, and a robot army has taken over the planet. He must team up with a ragtag group of rookie cadets to correct his mistakes and learn that no one succeeds alone. 27. Elemental (2023) Story: In a city where sentient elements of nature—Fire, Water, Earth, and Air—live together but strictly segregate, a fiery young woman named Ember Lumen works in her parents' convenience store in Firetown. After an outburst of anger damages her shop's basement, she meets Wade, a goofy, emotional water element who is a city inspector. He threatens to close the store unless she fixes a plumbing leak. As they work together (despite fire and water being supposed enemies), they uncover a city-wide infrastructure problem and fall in love. The story is about immigration, generational expectations, and the truth that opposites can not only attract but complete each other. 28. Inside Out 2 (2024) Story: Now 13 years old, Riley is about to start high school. The overnight demolition crew arrives at Headquarters to install an upgraded console because puberty has begun. Four new, complex emotions arrive: Anxiety, Envy, Ennui (boredom), and Embarrassment. Anxiety immediately takes charge, believing she knows what's best for Riley's social future. She banishes Joy and the original emotions to the back of Riley's mind and creates a "sense of self" based purely on fear and ambition ("I'm not good enough"). Joy must lead a journey through Riley's deepening psyche—including her belief system and a "Sar-chasm"—to restore balance and teach Riley that all emotions, even messy ones, are allowed.