The following is a list of animated feature films produced or released by The Walt Disney Company or its predecessor, Walt Disney Productions. The lists have been broken down categorically by sub-studio, etc.
Walt Disney Studios began work on animated short films in 1923. Then, in 1937, the studio released its first feature-length animated film with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and has hence continued to produce shorts, featurettes, and feature films to this day. Throughout the years, the studio has expanded its reach. Between collaborating with other studios to co-produce films to The Walt Disney Company distributing animated features produced by other companies, Walt Disney Studios no longer produces all their animated content under the Disney banner. Their most recent film, Winnie the Pooh, released in 2011, marks the studio's 51st feature-length animated film.
The following is a list of the animated films that were either entirely produced in-house by Walt Disney Productions prior to 1986, or were produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, formerly known as Walt Disney Feature Animation, after 1986.[1]
For advertising purposes, The Walt Disney Company began to affix numbers to each of the films in the late 1980s. Through this method, they could proclaim the film to be "Disney's X full-length animated film". When the numbering system was introduced, the group of films included became collectively known as the "Disney Animation Canon." Many film historians and animation fans refer to them as Disney "classics" or Disney "features". The numbering system remains today, as recent press releases for such products as the 20th anniversary edition of Oliver & Company,[2] as well as the opening and closing logos and marketing materials for Tangled,[3] still refer to the film's number.[4] Some foreign numbering systems of Disney Animated Classics exclude Dinosaur and include The Wild.[5] However, The Wild was not produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios nor Disney in general for that matter.
# | Film | Date of original release | Rotten Tomatoes rating | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | December 21, 1937 (premiere) February 4, 1938 |
97% | |
2 | Pinocchio | February 7, 1940 (premiere) February 9, 1940 |
100% | |
3 | Fantasia | November 13, 1940 (premiere/roadshow) January 29, 1941 (RKO roadshow) January 8, 1942 |
98% | [note 1][note 2] |
4 | Dumbo | October 23, 1941 | 97% | |
5 | Bambi | August 13, 1942 | 91% | |
6 | Saludos Amigos | August 24, 1942 (premiere) February 6, 1943 |
73% | [note 1][note 2] |
7 | The Three Caballeros | December 21, 1944 (premiere) February 3, 1945 |
87% | [note 1][note 2] |
8 | Make Mine Music | April 20, 1946 (premiere) August 15, 1946 |
67% | [note 1] |
9 | Fun and Fancy Free | September 27, 1947 | 67% | [note 1][note 2] |
10 | Melody Time | May 27, 1948 | 88% | [note 1][note 2] |
11 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | October 5, 1949 | 92% | [note 1] |
12 | Cinderella | February 15, 1950 (premiere) March 4, 1950 |
93% | |
13 | Alice in Wonderland | July 26, 1951 | 80% | |
14 | Peter Pan | February 5, 1953 | 83% | |
15 | Lady and the Tramp | June 16, 1955 (premiere) June 22, 1955 |
87% | [note 3] |
16 | Sleeping Beauty | January 29, 1959 | 85% | [note 4] |
17 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | January 25, 1961 | 97% | |
18 | The Sword in the Stone | December 25, 1963 | 71% | |
19 | The Jungle Book | October 18, 1967 | 86% | |
20 | The Aristocats | December 24, 1970 | 67% | |
21 | Robin Hood | November 8, 1973 | 55% | |
22 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | March 11, 1977 | 91% | [note 1][note 2] |
23 | The Rescuers | June 22, 1977 | 85% | |
24 | The Fox and the Hound | July 10, 1981 | 68% | |
25 | The Black Cauldron | July 24, 1985 | 57% | [note 4] |
26 | The Great Mouse Detective | July 2, 1986 | 81% | |
27 | Oliver & Company | November 13, 1988 (premiere) November 18, 1988 |
44% | |
28 | The Little Mermaid | November 14, 1989 (premiere) November 17, 1989 |
90% | |
29 | The Rescuers Down Under | November 16, 1990 | 65% | |
30 | Beauty and the Beast | November 13, 1991 | 92% | [note 5][note 6] |
31 | Aladdin | November 11, 1992 | 92% | |
32 | The Lion King | June 15, 1994 | 89% | [note 5][note 6] |
33 | Pocahontas | June 16, 1995 (premiere) June 23, 1995 |
56% | |
34 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | June 19, 1996 (premiere) June 21, 1996 |
73% | |
35 | Hercules | June 14, 1997 (premiere) June 27, 1997 |
84% | |
36 | Mulan | June 5, 1998 (premiere) June 19, 1998 |
86% | |
37 | Tarzan | June 12, 1999 (premiere) June 18, 1999 |
88% | |
38 | Fantasia 2000 | December 17, 1999 (premiere) January 1, 2000 |
82% | [note 1][note 2][note 5] |
39 | Dinosaur | May 19, 2000 | 65% | [note 2][note 7] |
40 | The Emperor's New Groove | December 10, 2000 (premiere) December 15, 2000 |
85% | |
41 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | June 3, 2001 (premiere) June 15, 2001 |
49% | |
42 | Lilo & Stitch | June 16, 2002 (premiere) June 21, 2002 |
86% | |
43 | Treasure Planet | November 17, 2002 (premiere) November 27, 2002 |
70% | [note 5] |
44 | Brother Bear | October 20, 2003 (premiere) October 24, 2003 |
38% | |
45 | Home on the Range | March 21, 2004 (premiere) April 2, 2004 |
55% | |
46 | Chicken Little | October 30, 2005 (premiere) November 4, 2005 |
36% | [note 6][note 7] |
47 | Meet the Robinsons | March 30, 2007 | 66% | [note 6][note 7] |
48 | Bolt | November 21, 2008 | 88% | [note 6][note 7] |
49 | The Princess and the Frog | November 25, 2009 (premiere) December 11, 2009 |
84% | |
50 | Tangled | November 24, 2010 | 90% | [note 6][note 7] |
51 | Winnie the Pooh | July 15, 2011 | 91% | [note 2] |
52 | Wreck-It Ralph | November 2, 2012[6] | [note 6][note 7][note 8] | |
53 | Frozen | November 27, 2013[7] | [note 8] |
It has been confirmed that Mickey Mouse and King of the Elves are also in development.[8][9][10]
Notes:
All of the following are live-action films and documentaries films that contain animated scenes or sequences.
# | Film | Date of original release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Reluctant Dragon | June 20, 1941 | N/A | N/A | [note 1] |
2 | Victory Through Air Power | July 17, 1943 | N/A | N/A | [note 1][note 2] |
3 | Song of the South | November 12, 1946 | N/A | $37,459,346 | |
4 | So Dear to My Heart | November 29, 1948 | N/A | N/A | |
5 | Mary Poppins | August 27, 1964 | N/A | $102,272,727 | |
6 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | November 11, 1971 | N/A | N/A | |
7 | Pete's Dragon | November 3, 1977 | N/A | $4,100,000 | |
8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | June 21, 1988 (premiere) June 22, 1988 |
$70 million | $329,803,958 | [note 3] |
9 | Enchanted | November 21, 2007 | $85 million | $340,487,652 |
Notes:
The following are live-action films produced by other studios, that contain animation scenes or sequences produced by Walt Disney.
# | Film | Date of original release | Produced by | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | June 20, 1931 | United Artists | [note 1] |
2 | Hollywood Party | June 1, 1934[11] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | [note 2] |
3 | Servants' Entrance | September 26, 1934 | 20th Century Fox | [note 3] |
4 | Cri Cri el grillito cantor | December 12, 1963 (Mexico) | Producciones Carlos Amador | [note 4][note 5] |
Notes:
This is the complete list of DisneyToon Studios films which have had a theatrical release.
# | Film | Date of original release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | August 3, 1990 | N/A | $18,115,724 | [note 1] |
2 | A Goofy Movie | April 7, 1995 | N/A | $35,348,597 | [note 1] |
3 | Doug's 1st Movie | March 26, 1999 | N/A | $19,440,089 | [note 1][note 2] |
4 | The Tigger Movie | February 11, 2000 | $30 million | $90,156,800 | |
5 | Recess: School's Out | February 16, 2001 | $23 million | $44,460,850 | [note 1] |
6 | Return to Never Land | February 15, 2002 | $20 million | $109,862,682 | |
7 | The Jungle Book 2 | February 14, 2003 | $20 million | $135,703,599 | |
8 | Piglet's Big Movie | March 21, 2003 | N/A | $62,870,546 | |
9 | Teacher's Pet | January 16, 2004 | N/A | $6,491,969 | [note 1] |
10 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | February 11, 2005 | $20 million | $52,858,433 | |
11 | Bambi II | January 26, 2006 (Argentina) | N/A | N/A | [note 3] |
12 | Tinker Bell | September 19, 2008 (Mexico) | N/A | $52,201,882 (DVD sales) | [note 3] |
13 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | September 3, 2009 (Argentina) | N/A | N/A | [note 3] |
14 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | August 13, 2010 (UK) | N/A | N/A | [note 3] |
Notes:
Disney now owns Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar has released or will release the following films:
# | Film | Date of original release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | $30 million | $361,996,233 | [note 1] |
2 | A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | $60 million | $363,398,565 | |
3 | Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | $90 million | $485,015,179 | [note 1] |
4 | Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | $115 million | $525,366,597 | |
5 | Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | $94 million | $867,893,978 | |
6 | The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | $92 million | $631,442,092 | |
7 | Cars | June 9, 2006 | $120 million | $461,983,149 | |
8 | Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | $150 million | $623,722,818 | |
9 | WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | $180 million | $521,311,860 | [note 2] |
10 | Up | May 29, 2009 | $175 million | $731,342,744 | [note 1] |
11 | Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | $200 million | $1,063,171,911 | [note 1][note 3] |
12 | Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | $200 million | $551,852,396 | [note 1][note 3] |
13 | Brave | June 22, 2012[12] | [note 1][note 4] | ||
14 | Monsters University | June 21, 2013[13] | [note 1][note 4] | ||
15 | The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You Inside a Young Girl's Mind (TBA) [14] | May 30, 2014 | [note 4] | ||
16 | The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs (TBA) [15][16] | TBA | [note 4] |
Notes:
The stop-motion makers Henry Selick and Tim Burton have worked on the following stop-motion films made by Disney.
# | Film | Date of original release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | October 9, 1993 (premiere) October 13, 1993 |
$18 million | $75,082,668 | [note 1][note 2][note 3] |
2 | James and the Giant Peach | April 12, 1996 | N/A | $28,946,127 | [note 2][note 4] |
3 | Frankenweenie | October 5, 2012[17] | |||
4 | Untitled Henry Selick film | October 4, 2013[18] |
Notes:
The following films were produced by ImageMovers Digital since its acquisition by Disney. However, Disney does not own earlier films made by ImageMovers Digital. All of the films below contain computer animated shots, and all were also released or re-released in a Disney Digital 3-D limited cinema version. ImageMovers Digital was closed in 2011.
# | Film | Date of original release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A Christmas Carol | November 6, 2009 | $175–200 million | $325,286,646 | |
2 | Mars Needs Moms | March 11, 2011 | $150 million | $39,549,758 |
Unlike the films above that were made by Disney, the films below were only distributed by Disney.
In 1996, Disney signed a deal with Tokuma Shoten for distribution rights to the theatrical works of Studio Ghibli world-wide (excluding Asia except for Japan and Taiwan and excluding Grave of the Fireflies which was not published by Tokuma), including what then was the most recent film, Princess Mononoke. The deal later grew to include DVD rights and newer Ghibli movies - the English language release of Spirited Away won the 2001, 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Studio Ghibli remains wholly independent of Disney and maintains strict creative control over the handling of the foreign language localization Disney produces.[19] All of the theatrical Ghibli back catalog originally included in the deal have since been released to DVD in North America (except Only Yesterday) and several other countries. The following films were given theatrical releases outside Japan by Disney and subsidiaries:
# | Film | Date of original release | Date of Disney re-release | Budget | Gross | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kiki's Delivery Service | July 29, 1989 | May 23, 1998 | ¥800 million ($6.9 million) | ¥2,170,000,000 ($18,172,849) | [note 1] |
2 | Princess Mononoke | July 12, 1997 | October 29, 1999 | ¥2.13 billion ($23.5 million) | ¥14,487,325,138 ($159,375,308) | [note 2] |
3 | Spirited Away | July 27, 2001 | September 20, 2002 | ¥1.9 billion ($19 million) | ¥27,492,509,500 ($274,925,095) | |
4 | The Cat Returns | July 19, 2002 | May 2, 2003 | N/A | N/A | [note 1] |
5 | Howl's Moving Castle | November 20, 2004 | June 10, 2005 | ¥2.4 billion ($24 million) | ¥23.2 billion ($231,711,096) | |
6 | Ponyo | July 19, 2008 | August 14, 2009 | ¥3.4 billion ($34 million) | $201,750,937 | |
7 | Tales from Earthsea | July 29, 2006 | August 13, 2010 | $22 million | $68,673,565 | |
8 | The Secret World of Arrietty | July 17, 2010 | February 17, 2012 | ¥2.3 billion ($23 million) | $126,368,084 | [note 3] |
9 | From up on Poppy Hill | July 16, 2011 | TBA | N/A | N/A | [note 4] |
Notes:
Notes:
Book: Disney theatrical animated features | |
Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print. |