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Movies that feel likeToy Story (1995)

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

If you loved Toy Story, the closest films we have are A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006) and Zootopia (2016). All three share Toy Story's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005).

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Lasseterwarmcozywittyplayfulwhimsicalepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Toy Story 2 (1999) · Toy Story 3 (2010) · Toy Story 4 (2019) · Toy Story 5 (2026)

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A Bug's Life
1998 · dir. John Lasseter
🍅 92%★ 7.2adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Early Pixar's little worlds with big ensemble charm

The difference: An underdog colony caper, less intimate

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

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Cars
2006 · dir. John Lasseter
🍅 75%★ 7.3animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

Lasseter's follow-up formula — a cocky hero humbled into community

The difference: Route 66 pace, the toys traded for chrome

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

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Zootopia
2016 · dir. Byron Howard
🍅 98%★ 8animation · adventure · familyDisney+

A meticulously imagined world where every job has its species

The difference: Buddy-cop mystery, message forward

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 93%★ 7.9adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Toys-come-alive wit swapped for Roald Dahl mischief

The difference: Anderson deadpan, stop-motion textures

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

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Ice Age
2002 · dir. Chris Wedge
🍅 76%★ 7.5animation · comedy · familyDisney+

Mismatched companions becoming a makeshift family

The difference: Prehistoric road trip, broader comedy

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

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Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · dir. Simon J. Smith
🍅 74%★ 6.6family · animation · adventure

Broad, fast toy-shelf comedy with a rescue driving it

The difference: Gag-first and disposable — nothing underneath the noise

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

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Madagascar
2005 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 55%★ 6.9adventure · animation · comedy

Pampered characters discovering life outside their comfortable box

The difference: Zoo-break slapstick, friendship strained

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

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Wreck-It Ralph
2012 · dir. Rich Moore
🍅 87%★ 7.7family · animation · comedyDisney+

A secret world behind the games kids play

The difference: Arcade mythology, villain's midlife crisis

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

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🍅 95%★ 7.5adventure · animation · comedy

Common ground: villain

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · dir. Stephen Hillenburg
🍅 68%★ 7.2adventure · animation · comedyPrime VideoParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: villain

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

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The Lego Movie
2014 · dir. Phil Lord
🍅 96%★ 7.7animation · family · adventureParamount+

Playthings with inner lives, and a joke rate that never dips

The difference: Frenetic and self-aware where Toy Story plays it straight

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

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The Emperor's New Groove
2000 · dir. Mark Dindal
🍅 86%★ 7.4adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Toy Story does

When the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.

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