Toy Story (1995).
The Toy Story trilogy details the adventures of a gang of toys as they watch Andy, their owner, grow up. These films are notorious for making the audience experience a range of emotions regardless of the age of the viewer – you haven’t lived until you’ve seen a grown man cry at the exploits of a cowboy and a space-man; and believe me, you’ll be crying too.
A Bug’s Life (1998).
A Bug’s Life is a unique story one of the smallest creatures, Flik the ant, taking a huge adventure to save his village. This film goes to show that it doesn’t take a great scale to create a cinematic gem.
Monsters Inc. (2001).
Kids have always feared what lurks in the shadows at night, and this fact is what makes Monsters Inc. work. Pixar manage to spin groundbreaking stories from organically simple ideas, and this film is no exception.
The Incredibles (2004).
If you’re a superhero nerd, like me, you’ll appreciate The Incredibles for the comic book references; however, if you have a life, this film is an amusing adventure which exposes that family life can be both heaven and hell, even for the super human.
WALL-E (2008).
This is arguably the most underrated of the Pixar films, as well as being the least accessible for kids. WALL-E takes place in the future, where Earth has become a floating trash heap; it comments on how consumerism and laziness will eventually destroy the planet. The sparse use of dialogue may disengage kids, but it is a great film for older audiences.
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