5) Toy Story 3
Sequel to: Toy Story 2
Time between movies: 11 years
Due to the nature of what they do, Pixar always take more time than it usually takes for Hollywood to knock out a sequel. Toy Story 3, however, wasn’t originally in the studio’s plans, with Disney originally taking the sequel to a rival animation house during its gestation period. Thankfully, Pixar took back the reins, and after a long development process birthed the greatest animated sequel of all-time.
Funnier, more profound and (owing to the advance in animation in the 11 years passed) better-looking than the previous two Toy Story‘s, Toy Story 3 is one of the greatest – if not the greatest – trilogy-capper ever made.
In 2018, the third Toy Story movie will get its own long-delayed sequel, but it’s hard to imagine Pixar being able to top Woody and co. facing off against an evil teddy named Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear.