10 Unforgettable 2017 Movie Scenes

Pixar used to be a flawless dream machine - from 1994 through 2005, they produced instant classic after instant classic. They had mastered the sweet spot between the Disney movie making machine and sincere heartfelt storytelling. It appears that pressure to produce a new film every year or two has meant that the once infallible Pixar now flip flops between heart-wrenching stories and gorgeously animated (if narratively underwhelming) family entertainment.

Fortunately, Coco is definitely the former. An astonishingly authentic Dia De Los Muertos fable, it gives us a tale packed with magic, ravishing images, excellent songs, and a heartfelt theme that sticks with the audience long after the credits have rolled. It's a truly beautiful tale. And no scene hits harder than the emotional climax of the movie, where Miguel sings one of his great great grandfather's songs to his great grandmother so she does not forget him.

It's a simple scene - a boy playing his guitar to an unresponsive nonagenarian - but it works incredibly well as both an emotional climax to the movie and a thematic one. The song ("Remember Me") becomes a plea to the audience to honor their ancestors even if their own goals in life contradict what their family thinks is best. This is the sort of emotionally devastating material we have grown to expect from Pixar's best work, but it still catches us off guard.