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Moana vs Toy Story 5

Side-by-side Celluloid Scores, four-input breakdown, country/runtime context, and an editorial angle — built for quick answers and AI citation.

Quick Answer: Is Moana (2026) or Toy Story 5 the better Disney/Pixar 2026 family pick?

Toy Story 5 leads on Celluloid Score (80% vs 50%). Toy Story 5 currently leads Celluloid family scores; Moana 2026 is the musical ocean adventure alternative. Scores combine verified editorial and independent rating inputs.

The matchup

Toy Story 5 currently leads Celluloid family scores; Moana 2026 is the musical ocean adventure alternative.

Moana’s streaming-theatrical hybrid appeal; Toy Story 5 remains the stronger composite so far. Choose by song-forward adventure versus toy-box ensemble comedy.

Full ranking of released 2026 titles: Best of 2026. More head-to-heads: Compare hub.

Moana (2026)

Thomas Kail · Action, Adventure, Family · 1h 55m

United States · English · Jul 10, 2026

50%
Celluloid Score Not Recommended

Catherine Lagaʻaia is a radiant discovery and Oscar Faura's images give the ocean real weight, but critics remain cold — a Rotten 31% Tomatometer — finding Thomas Kail's near shot-for-shot fidelity to the 2016 original leaves this lavish remake with no reason of its own to exist. Audiences are far kinder (89% Popcornmeter), keeping it afloat at the box office in Odyssey's shadow.

In Disney’s live-action reimagining of the Oscar-nominated animated adventure, Moana answers the Ocean’s call and voyages beyond the reef of Motunui with the demigod Maui on a quest to restore the heart of Te Fiti and save her island. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs return alongside new spectacle built for the big screen.

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Toy Story 5 (2026)

Andrew Stanton · Animation, Family, Adventure · 1h 42m

United States · English · Jun 19, 2026

80%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Proving that old toys can learn new tricks while reckoning with an era of endless screen time, Toy Story 5 largely sidesteps franchise fatigue by reaffirming that children everywhere still got a friend in these lovable characters.

Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of Bonnie's toys face their most modern rival yet when a Lilypad tablet arrives as her new favorite plaything. As Bonnie disappears into screens, the gang must remind her — and themselves — why imagination still beats an algorithm.

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Score breakdown

Signal Moana Toy Story 5
Celluloid Score 50% 80%
Editorial rating 31/100 92/100
Audience snapshot (excluded) 89% 95%
Metascore 42 76
Letterboxd 3.1 3.7
IMDb 6.6 7.6
Runtime 1h 55m 1h 42m
Country United States United States

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