Toy Story 5 (2026)

Toy Story 5 earns its place by tackling a very modern anxiety—kids drifting from imagination toward screens—without losing the series’ warm, mischievous soul. Under Andrew Stanton’s steady hand, the gang’s latest challenge feels less like a gimmick and more like a heartfelt, funny adventure about purpose, change, and what it means to still matter when the rules of playtime evolve. The voice work from Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack lands with that familiar, lived-in charm, and the film uses nostalgia not as a crutch but as emotional fuel, letting longtime fans feel the weight of every choice without leaning on cheap sentiment. If you’re hoping for a brisk, big-hearted Pixar ride that can make you laugh and then quietly sneak up on your feelings, this one’s worth showing up for—though if you’re tired of stories about technology, you may find its theme a little close to home.

Toy Story 5 is clearly trying to wrestle with a real modern problem—kids glued to screens—and use the gang to ask what “purpose” looks like when playtime has changed. The catch is that the premise can feel a bit like a franchise obligation rather than a story that urgently needed telling, and the “technology is the new villain” angle risks coming off more preachy or obvious than emotionally fresh. If you’re hoping for the clean, satisfying finality of Toy Story 3 (or even the goodbye energy of 4), this may feel like one more lap with familiar beats. Still, Stanton knows how to stage adventurous set pieces and squeeze warmth out of the ensemble, so if you mainly want to hang out with Woody, Buzz, and Jessie again, you’ll probably get your comfort-food fix.