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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The 1937 animated musical fantasy produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It adapts the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Snow White" from 1812, and David Hand supervised the production.
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Pinocchio
A 1940 animated musical fantasy loosely based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske supervised it, and RKO Radio Pictures released it.
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Dumbo
A 1941 animated musical fantasy released by RKO Radio Pictures. It grew from a storyline by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, written for a novelty toy called "Roll-a-Book."
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Bambi
A 1942 coming-of-age film loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods. David D. Hand directed with a team of six sequence directors.
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Cinderella
Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, this 1950 musical fantasy follows the daughter of a widowed aristocrat who is forced to become a servant of her cruel stepmother.
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Alice in Wonderland
A 1951 musical fantasy comedy drawn from Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.
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Peter Pan
A 1953 fantasy adventure based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play, directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson. Bobby Driscoll is among the voice cast.
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Lady and the Tramp
A 1955 animated musical romantic comedy based on Ward Greene's 1945 Cosmopolitan magazine story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog." Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi were among its directors.
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Sleeping Beauty
A 1959 musical fantasy based on Perrault's 1697 tale. Princess Aurora is cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent to die from pricking her finger on a spinning wheel.
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
A 1961 animated adventure comedy adapted from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Walt Disney Productions made it, and Buena Vista Distribution released it.
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The Jungle Book
The 1967 musical adventure based on the Mowgli stories in Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book. It was the final animated feature produced by Walt Disney himself.
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The Aristocats
A 1970 animated musical comedy directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, from a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe. Walt Disney Productions made it, and Buena Vista Distribution released it.
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Robin Hood
A 1973 animated musical adventure comedy, produced and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It retells the English folktale in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals.
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The Little Mermaid
A 1989 musical fantasy written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 tale. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the songs.
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Beauty and the Beast
A 1991 animated musical romantic fantasy directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, written by Linda Woolverton, with Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson voicing the leads.
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Aladdin
A 1992 musical fantasy based on the Middle Eastern folk tale from One Thousand and One Nights. John Musker and Ron Clements both produced and directed it.
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The Lion King
A 1994 animated musical drama directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, with an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick and James Earl Jones.
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Pocahontas
A 1995 animated musical historical drama, loosely based on the life of the Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English settlers, directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A 1996 musical drama loosely based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn.
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Hercules
A 1997 musical fantasy comedy loosely based on the hero Heracles, a son of Zeus, who is known in the film by his Roman name. John Musker and Ron Clements directed.
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Mulan
A 1998 animated coming-of-age action-adventure based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft.
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Tarzan
A 1999 animated adventure based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes, directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck from a screenplay by Tab Murphy and others.
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Lilo & Stitch
A 2002 science fiction comedy-drama written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, from an original story by Sanders. Daveigh Chase and Sanders voice the title characters.
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Brother Bear
A 2003 musical fantasy adventure comedy-drama directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, written by Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron and others.
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Treasure Planet
A 2002 science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island, directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.
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The Princess and the Frog
A 2009 musical fantasy comedy, inspired in part by the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, and a modern take on the Brothers Grimm folk tale "The Frog Prince."
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Tangled
A 2010 musical fantasy comedy directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, written by Dan Fogelman, and loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel." Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi star.
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Wreck-It Ralph
A 2012 animated comedy directed by Rich Moore, written by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee, about an arcade game villain named Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly.
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Frozen
A 2013 animated musical fantasy loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen." Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee directed it, with Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel in the cast.
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Big Hero 6
A 2014 animated superhero film loosely based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name. Don Hall and Chris Williams directed it for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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Zootopia
A 2016 buddy cop comedy, titled Zootropolis in some markets, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore. It is the first film in the Zootopia franchise.
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Moana
A 2016 musical adventure directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, starring Dwayne Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho in her feature film debut. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote songs for it.
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Frozen II
The 2019 sequel to Frozen, directed again by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, with Lee writing from a story they conceived with others. It is the second film in the Frozen franchise.
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Raya and the Last Dragon
A 2021 animated fantasy action comedy directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, with Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina voicing leads.
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Encanto
A 2021 musical fantasy comedy from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and written by Charise Castro Smith and Bush, with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Wish
A 2023 animated musical fantasy directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn and written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, starring Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine.
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Moana 2
A 2024 musical adventure directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, and the second animated film in the Moana franchise.
Disney Movies tier list questions
Which Disney films are on this list?
The list covers 37 Walt Disney Animation Studios feature films, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 to Moana 2 in 2024. Pixar films have their own separate tier list.
What was the first Disney animated feature?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released in 1937 and produced by Walt Disney, was the first. It was supervised by David Hand with five sequence directors, and based on the Brothers Grimm tale.
How should I rank Disney animated movies?
Common criteria include story, songs, animation, villains and nostalgia. Many people compare the classic era, the 1990s renaissance and the modern films separately, since styles changed so much over eight decades.
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