Toy Story

Movie · 1995

Toy Story is Pixar's beloved debut feature, following cowboy toy Woody and space ranger Buzz Lightyear as they move from rivals to best friends. It carries wonderful messages about courage, teamwork, and humility, with a handful of tense or scary moments concentrated around one villainous child and his dog.

Most comfortable for ages 5 and up; sensitive kids around 3-4 may want a grown-up close by for the Sid scenes.

Scary imageryPeril & tensionViolenceLoss & griefBig emotionsLanguageBehavior modeledLoud or startling soundsRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smokingOld-school gender rolesConsumerism & toy hype

If you’d rather skip

ViolenceSid's introduction, early in the filmMild

Sid blows up a Combat Carl toy (only debris shown) to establish him as dangerous; sets the tone for his scenes throughout.

Scary imagerySid's bedroom scenes, middle actModerate

Grotesque hybrid toys (including a doll head on spider legs) inhabit Sid's room; a doll's head spins all the way around and a child runs away screaming. These scenes are the film's most frightening stretch and are worth previewing for sensitive kids.

ViolenceSid's bedroom scenes, middle actMild

Sid puts his sister's doll in a vice, decapitates it, and swaps its head with another toy; also burns Woody's forehead with a magnifying glass. No blood, but the imagery is deliberately unsettling.

6 more moments are in the full report. See all of them, checked against your own family’s settings, in Little Longer.