3. Toy Story
When Pixar steamed into the animation waters with just a posable desk lamp, a star-spangled ball and a handful of cheerful shorts to their name, few could ever have suspected their success would ride as high as it has. These days the animation house is arguably hamstrung by the successes of past triumphs like Toy Story and its sequels, because the expectations built on the back of those films are unfairly and improbably high, but watching the films now, it's not hard to see how they built such a reputation. Even back with Toy Story, when the technology John Lassiter and co needed had to be built as it was being employed, the film is enchanting and utterly bursting with charm. Along with both of its sequels, the film reinvented the idea of "cartoons for grown-ups," buoyed by a whole new medium, which would find an older audience, as well as immediately dazzling the youngsters, the chief success of the original was that the medium never mattered. The characters - including all of those added for sequels - are flawless and hugely endearing, backed by exceptional voice work from a heavingly talented cast, and even when the films attempt to moralise or grand-stand on IMPORTANT SYMBOLIC issues, they are never as insistent as Nolan's final Bat-film, and there's never any betrayal of the character's fundamental essence.
The Uncharacteristic Low Point? It's incredibly difficult to pinpoint anything, to be perfect honest. The sacharine ending is perfect, but it hides a multitude of problems that will inevitably happen beyond the end of the film, leaving a massive question mark over what happens when Bonnie grows up and moves on. Yes, that inexpressed tragedy is engaging in itself, but it might have been better if the toys (or at least a couple of them) had died.