Moana

Long ago, on the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti: a living island who brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. Maui, the shape-shifting demigod of the wind and sea and master of wayfinding, stole Te Fiti's heart and gave humanity the power of creation. Te Fiti disintegrated, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. Maui lost both the heart and his magic fish hook to the depths of the sea before he disappeared.

A thousand years later, the ocean chooses Moana, the daughter of Motunui's chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti. Tui and Sina, Moana's parents, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her to become the island's chief. Sixteen years later, blight strikes the island, killing vegetation and shrinking the fish catch. Moana suggests going beyond the island's reef with her pet pig, Pua, to catch more fish and explore the oceans, but Tui forbids it.

Moana tries to conquer the reef but is overpowered by the tides and shipwrecked. Moana's grandmother, Tala, shows her a secret cavern of ships and reveals that Motunui's people were voyagers until Maui stole Te Fiti's heart; the ocean was no longer safe. Tala explains that Te Kā's darkness is destroying the island, but it can be cured if Moana finds Maui and has him restore Te Fiti's heart. Having been given the heart by the ocean, Tala gives it to Moana. Tala later becomes gravely ill and tells Moana to find Maui.

Moana sets sail on a camakau from the cavern along with her dimwitted pet rooster, Heihei, who stowed away on it. They are caught in a typhoon and shipwrecked on an island, where she finds Maui stranded. She demands Maui return the heart, but he refuses and traps her in a cave before leaving on her boat. She escapes and confronts Maui, who reluctantly lets her on the camakau. They are attacked by Kakamora, coconut pirates who seek the heart, but Moana and Maui escape.

Moana doesn't see Maui as a hero since he stole the heart and cursed the world, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. However, Maui first needs to retrieve his fishhook from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab, in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters. While Moana distracts Tamatoa, Maui retrieves his hook, only to find he can no longer control his shape-shifting. He is overpowered by Tamatoa, but Moana manages to help them escape. Maui reveals his first tattoo was earned when his human parents abandoned him as an infant, and the gods granted him his powers out of pity. After reassurance from Moana, Maui teaches her the art of wayfinding, regaining control of his powers, and the two grow closer.

They arrive at Te Fiti's island, only to be attacked by Te Kā. Moana refuses to turn back, and the confrontation badly damages Maui's hook. Unwilling to lose his hook again, Maui abandons Moana, who loses hope and tearfully asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart. The ocean obliges and takes the heart, but Tala's spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling. Moana retrieves the heart and sails back to confront Te Kā. Maui returns, having had a change of heart, and buys Moana time to reach Te Fiti by fighting Te Kā, thereby destroying his hook. Upon being unable to find Te Fiti, Moana realizes Te Kā is Te Fiti, but corrupted without her heart. The ocean clears a path for Moana, allowing her to return the heart to Te Fiti, who heals the ocean and the islands from blight. Maui apologizes to Te Fiti, who fixes his hook and Moana's boat before falling into a deep sleep and becoming an island.

Moana bids farewell to Maui and Te Fiti, then returns home and reunites with her parents. After placing a shell on top of the stack of stones placed by all previous chiefs, Moana takes up her role as chieftess and wayfinder, leading her people as they resume voyaging, accompanied by Maui.