Which Pixar film features the Day of the Dead?

The Pixar film that features the Day of the Dead is Coco.

Released in 2017, Coco follows Miguel Rivera, a 12-year-old boy in Mexico who dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s ban on music. During the Day of the Dead, Miguel accidentally enters the Land of the Dead and encounters generations of deceased relatives while trying to return home and uncover his family’s history.

The film draws heavily on Mexican traditions, including ofrendas, family photographs, marigolds, papel picado, calaveras, and visits between the living and the dead. Its central idea—that people remain present through family memory—connects the fantasy story to the holiday’s emphasis on remembrance.

Coco was directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed and co-written by Adrian Molina. Pixar’s creative team conducted research trips in Mexico and worked with cultural consultants, including Mexican-American cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz. The film is sometimes mixed up with The Book of Life, a 2014 animated movie that also uses Mexican-inspired imagery and a realm of the dead, but The Book of Life is not a Pixar production.