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Movies that feel likeToy Story 4 (2019)

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, devoted to taking care of his kid—whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But after Bonnie creates a reluctant new toy called "Forky", a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends challenges everything Woody believes about loyalty, purpose, and what it truly means to be a toy.

If you loved Toy Story 4, the closest films we have are The Lego Movie (2014), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012). All three share Toy Story 4'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 Trolls (2016).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Josh Cooleywarmcozywittyplayfulwhimsicalepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Toy Story (1995) · Toy Story 2 (1999) · Toy Story 3 (2010) · Toy Story 5 (2026)

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

Toys with inner lives wrestling big questions about play and purpose

The difference: Hyperactive meta gags — it dazzles more than it moves you

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 Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 60%★ 6.4animation · comedy · family

What your companions get up to, and worry about, when life changes

The difference: Sketch-like and disposable — none of Pixar's emotional weight

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · dir. Eric Darnell
🍅 78%★ 6.8animation · family · comedyMax

A found family in constant motion through carnival color

The difference: Frantic and disposable — nothing to sit with afterward

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

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Inside Out 2
2024 · dir. Kelsey Mann
🍅 91%★ 7.5animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

Comedy about the machinery of a self, sneaking real feeling in

The difference: Adolescent anxiety, not letting go — noisier and less wistful

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

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Rio
2011 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 72%★ 6.9animation · adventure · comedyDisney+

A pampered character shoved into a wilder and freer life

The difference: Light and musical — no reckoning with purpose or with loss

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

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Moana
2016 · dir. John Musker
🍅 96%★ 7.6adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

A hero answering a call that pulls them away from home

The difference: Mythic and musical — outward adventure, not quiet self-doubt

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

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Trolls
2016 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 76%★ 6.4adventure · animation · comedy

A mismatched pair on a rescue quest that tests what happiness means

The difference: A neon jukebox musical — sugar-rush energy over sentiment

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

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Ferdinand
2017 · dir. Carlos Saldanha
🍅 71%★ 6.7animation · family · adventureMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid— and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

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

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

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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Frozen II
2019 · dir. Jennifer Lee
🍅 77%★ 6.8family · animation · adventureDisney+

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Toy Story 4 does

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.

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The Croods
2013 · dir. Kirk DeMicco
🍅 71%★ 7.1animation · adventure · family

A protector learning his grip is what holds everyone back

The difference: Broad prehistoric slapstick — the feeling stays on the surface

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · dir. Derek Drymon
🍅 47%★ 6animation · comedy · familyPrime Video

A found family scrambling together to undo one gadget's chaos

The difference: Wall-to-wall slapstick — no quiet beats, no lump in the throat

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

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