7 Pixar Movies Better Than Toy Story 4

7. Coco

Coco was Pixar’s return to blistering form following a string of sub-par entries in The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory and Cars 3. It also once again proved that there was no subject that the animation studio considered off-limits, this time tackling the taboo subject of death, with tact and surprisingly a lot of warmth.

Where Toy Story 4's plotting and story is at times meandering and lacks the razor sharp focus of previous installments, Coco's finely tuned narrative guides the viewer effortlessly through one of the most intricately detailed worlds that the studio has ever crafted.

Pixar also ensures that the themes of death, grief and moving on never come across preachy, melancholic or downright depressing. Instead the film’s tone is balanced to perfection with the tear-jerking moments weaving through an upbeat sense of adventure and awe without ever feeling awkward or jarring. Unfortunately the more emotional moments in Toy Story 4 never feel quite so organic.