List of Disney theatrical animated features

This article is about all animated features produced by or released through The Walt Disney Company and its predecessors. For a list of features produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and its predecessors, see List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company, see List of Pixar films and DisneyToon Studios#Filmography.

This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced and/or released by The Walt Disney Studios, the film division of The Walt Disney Company.

Currently, the The Walt Disney Studios releases films from Disney-owned and non-Disney owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios which began as the animation division of Walt Disney Productions, producing animated short films since 1923. The studio produced its first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and as of 2014 has produced a total of 54 feature films.[st 1] Beginning with Toy Story in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios also released animated films by Pixar Animation Studios, which became a wholly owned subsidiary in 2006.[1][2]

Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely Walt Disney Television Animation (now DisneyToon Studios) and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, or previously owned Miramax film labels. In 1996, The Walt Disney Studios 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 Disney release of Spirited Away won the 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.[3] 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. Other studios globally have released films through Walt Disney Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.

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Upcoming · Notes · References · See also

Films

Released

Color Legend
Walt Disney Animation Studios  
DisneyToon Studios  
Pixar  
Walt Disney Television Animation  
Studio Ghibli  
ImageMovers Digital  
Other Disney studio  
Third-party studio  
Title Original theatrical release date[rls 1] Animation Studio[st 1]
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons May 19, 1937 Walt Disney  
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs December 21, 1937 Walt Disney  
Pinocchio February 7, 1940 Walt Disney  
Fantasia November 13, 1940[rls 2] Walt Disney  
Dumbo October 23, 1941 Walt Disney  
Bambi August 13, 1942 Walt Disney  
Saludos Amigos August 24, 1942 Walt Disney  
The Three Caballeros December 21, 1944 Walt Disney  
Make Mine Music April 20, 1946 Walt Disney  
Song of the South November 12, 1946 Walt Disney  
Fun and Fancy Free September 27, 1947 Walt Disney  
Melody Time May 27, 1948 Walt Disney  
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad October 5, 1949 Walt Disney  
Cinderella February 15, 1950 Walt Disney  
Alice in Wonderland July 28, 1951 Walt Disney  
Peter Pan February 5, 1953 Walt Disney  
Lady and the Tramp June 22, 1955 Walt Disney  
Sleeping Beauty January 29, 1959 Walt Disney  
One Hundred and One Dalmatians January 25, 1961 Walt Disney  
The Sword in the Stone December 25, 1963 Walt Disney  
The Jungle Book October 18, 1967 Walt Disney  
The Aristocats December 24, 1970 Walt Disney  
Robin Hood November 8, 1973 Walt Disney  
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh March 11, 1977 Walt Disney  
The Rescuers June 22, 1977 Walt Disney  
The Fox and the Hound July 10, 1981 Walt Disney  
The Black Cauldron July 24, 1985 Walt Disney  
The Great Mouse Detective July 2, 1986 Walt Disney  
The Brave Little Toaster July 10, 1987 Hyperion Pictures  
Who Framed Roger Rabbit June 22, 1988 Walt Disney  
Oliver & Company November 18, 1988 Walt Disney  
The Little Mermaid November 17, 1989 Walt Disney  
DuckTales the Movie August 3, 1990 DisneyToon Studios  
The Rescuers Down Under November 16, 1990 Walt Disney  
Beauty and the Beast November 22, 1991 Walt Disney  
Aladdin November 25, 1992 Walt Disney  
The Nightmare Before Christmas October 29, 1993 Skellington Productions[st 2]  
The Lion King June 24, 1994 Walt Disney  
A Goofy Movie April 7, 1995 DisneyToon Studios  
Pocahontas June 23, 1995 Walt Disney  
Toy Story November 22, 1995 Pixar Animation Studios  
James and the Giant Peach April 12, 1996 Skellington[st 3]  
The Hunchback of Notre Dame June 21, 1996 Walt Disney  
Hercules June 27, 1997 Walt Disney  
Mulan June 19, 1998 Walt Disney  
A Bug's Life November 25, 1998 Pixar Animation Studios  
Doug's 1st Movie March 26, 1999 Walt Disney Television Animation  
Tarzan June 18, 1999 Walt Disney  
Toy Story 2 November 24, 1999 Pixar Animation Studios  
Fantasia 2000 December 17, 1999 Walt Disney  
The Tigger Movie February 11, 2000 DisneyToon Studios  
Dinosaur May 19, 2000 Walt Disney  
The Emperor's New Groove December 15, 2000 Walt Disney  
Recess: School's Out February 16, 2001 Walt Disney Television Animation  
Atlantis: The Lost Empire June 15, 2001 Walt Disney  
Monsters, Inc. November 2, 2001 Pixar Animation Studios  
Return to Never Land February 15, 2002 DisneyToon Studios  
Lilo & Stitch June 21, 2002 Walt Disney  
Spirited Away September 20, 2002[sg 1] Studio Ghibli  
Treasure Planet November 27, 2002 Walt Disney  
The Jungle Book 2 February 14, 2003 DisneyToon Studios  
Piglet's Big Movie March 21, 2003 DisneyToon Studios  
Finding Nemo May 30, 2003 Pixar Animation Studios  
Brother Bear November 1, 2003 Walt Disney  
Teacher's Pet January 16, 2004 Walt Disney Television Animation  
Home on the Range April 2, 2004 Walt Disney  
The Incredibles November 5, 2004 Pixar Animation Studios  
Pooh's Heffalump Movie February 11, 2005 DisneyToon Studios  
Howl's Moving Castle June 10, 2005[sg 2] Studio Ghibli  
Valiant August 19, 2005[rls 3] Vanguard Animation  
Chicken Little November 4, 2005 Walt Disney  
Bambi II February 7, 2006[rls 4] DisneyToon Studios  
The Wild April 14, 2006[rls 5] C.O.R.E.[st 4]  
Cars June 9, 2006 Pixar Animation Studios  
Meet the Robinsons March 30, 2007 Walt Disney  
Ratatouille June 29, 2007 Pixar Animation Studios  
WALL-E June 27, 2008 Pixar Animation Studios  
Tinker Bell September 18, 2008[rls 4] DisneyToon Studios  
Roadside Romeo October 24, 2008 (India)[rls 5] Yash Raj Films[st 5]  
Bolt November 28, 2008 Walt Disney  
Up May 29, 2009 Pixar Animation Studios  
Ponyo August 14, 2009[sg 3] Studio Ghibli  
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure September 3, 2009 (Argentina)[rls 4] DisneyToon Studios  
A Christmas Carol November 6, 2009 ImageMovers Digital[st 6]  
The Princess and the Frog December 11, 2009 Walt Disney  
Toy Story 3 June 18, 2010 Pixar Animation Studios  
Tales from Earthsea August 13, 2010[sg 4] Studio Ghibli  
Tangled November 24, 2010 Walt Disney  
Gnomeo and Juliet February 11, 2011 Starz Animation[st 7]  
Mars Needs Moms March 11, 2011 ImageMovers Digital[st 6]  
Cars 2 June 24, 2011 Pixar Animation Studios  
Winnie the Pooh July 15, 2011 Walt Disney  
The Secret World of Arrietty February 17, 2012[sg 5] Studio Ghibli  
Arjun: The Warrior Prince May 25, 2012 (India)[rls 5] UTV Motion Pictures  
Brave June 22, 2012 Pixar Animation Studios  
Secret of the Wings August 31, 2012 [rls 6] DisneyToon Studios  
Frankenweenie October 5, 2012[4] Tim Burton[st 3]  
Wreck-It Ralph November 2, 2012 Walt Disney  
Monsters University June 21, 2013 Pixar Animation Studios  
Planes August 9, 2013 DisneyToon Studios  
Frozen November 27, 2013 Walt Disney  
The Pirate Fairy February 13, 2014 [rls 6] DisneyToon Studios  
The Wind Rises February 21, 2014[sg 6] Studio Ghibli[st 7]  
Planes: Fire & Rescue July 18, 2014 DisneyToon Studios  
Big Hero 6 November 7, 2014 Walt Disney  
Strange Magic January 23, 2015 Lucasfilm Animation[st 7]  
Inside Out June 19, 2015 Pixar Animation Studios  
The Good Dinosaur November 25, 2015 Pixar Animation Studios  

Upcoming or in production

Title Intended theatrical release date
by Walt Disney Pictures/
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures		 Animation Studio[st 1]
Zootopia[5][6][7] March 4, 2016 Walt Disney  
Finding Dory[8] June 17, 2016[9] Pixar  
Moana[5][6][10] November 23, 2016 Walt Disney  
Cars 3[11] June 16, 2017 Pixar  
Coco[12] November 22, 2017 Pixar  
Gigantic[5][6][13][11] March 9, 2018 Walt Disney  
Toy Story 4[14][11] June 15, 2018 Pixar  
The Incredibles 2[11] June 21, 2019 Pixar  
Untitled film[11] June 19, 2020 Pixar  
Untitled film[11] November 25, 2020 Walt Disney  
Frozen 2[15] TBA Walt Disney  

Notes

    Release Notes

      1. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by the Walt Disney Company. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company. Films released before 1954 were released by RKO Radio Pictures, films released after 1955 were released by Disney-owned Buena Vista Distribution and through its current name Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and films released after 1985 are co-credited with Walt Disney Pictures.
      2. ↑ Originally distributed by Walt Disney Productions. Original RKO date of release was April 1, 1941
      3. ↑ Released by Walt Disney Pictures in North America
      4. 1 2 3 Not released theatrically in the United States
      5. 1 2 3 Released by Disney outside North America
      6. 1 2 Limited release in the United States.

      Studio/Production Notes

      1. 1 2 3 Animated films listed as produced by Walt Disney were either entirely produced prior to 1986 as part of the animation department of Walt Disney Productions or by the restructured studio unit Walt Disney Feature Animation, known after 2006 as Walt Disney Animation Studios. Some films may have been animated at various satellite animation studios as well. "Walt Disney Animated Films - History". Walt Disney Animation Studios.
      2. ↑ Originally released by Touchstone Pictures. Subsequently reissued by Walt Disney Pictures.
      3. 1 2 Released by Walt Disney Pictures.
      4. ↑ Animation produced by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation of C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures.
      5. ↑ Co-production with The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd.
      6. 1 2 The film studio ImageMovers Digital, run by Robert Zemeckis, was owned by Disney from 2007 to 2010. These films were performance captured animated films.
      7. 1 2 3 Released by Touchstone Pictures.

      Studio Ghibli films original release dates:

      1. ↑ Original date of release was July 20, 2001
      2. ↑ Original date of release was November 20, 2004
      3. ↑ Original date of release was July 19, 2008
      4. ↑ Original date of release was July 29, 2006
      5. ↑ Original date of release was July 17, 2010
      6. ↑ Original date of release was July 20, 2013

      See also

      Distribution brands

      References

      1. ↑ La Monica, Paul R. (January 24, 2006). "Disney buys Pixar". CNN.
      2. ↑ The Walt Disney Studios Animation. http://www.waltdisneystudios.com/. Retrieved on 2013-10-02.
      3. ↑ The Disney-Tokuma Deal //. Nausicaa.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
      4. ↑ Fischer, Russ (August 9, 2010). "Disney Sets 2012 Release Dates For John Carter of Mars and Frankenweenie". Retrieved August 4, 2011.
      5. 1 2 3 "Disney Sets Animation Slate To Infinity And Beyond". Deadline. May 29, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
      6. 1 2 3 Jardine, William (July 11, 2013). "Tonnes of New Details Revealed About Disney's Upcoming Slate!". Big Screen Animation. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
      7. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (December 4, 2013). "Pixar vs. Disney Animation: John Lasseter's Tricky Tug-of-War". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
      8. ↑ Kit, Borys (July 17, 2012). "Andrew Stanton to Direct Pixar's Finding Nemo Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
      9. ↑ "Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' Pushed Back Nearly 18 Months After Losing Director". Hollywoodreporter.com. 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
      10. ↑ Graser, Marc (October 20, 2014). "Disney Sails Into Theaters With Animated ‘Moana’ in 2016". Variety. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
      11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hipes, Patrick (October 8, 2015). "Disney: ‘Ant Man And The Wasp’ A Go, ‘Incredibles 2’ Dated & More". Deadline. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
      12. ↑ "meet the newest disney pixar film, coco". disney. 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
      13. ↑ Kim, Nemo (October 21, 2014). "John Lasseter Says ‘Thank You, Korea,’ But Pixar Production to Remain In-House". Variety. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. For the Walt Disney Animation Studios slate Lasseter confirmed release dates of Jan 2015 for “Big Hero 6,” which premieres later this week as the opening film of the Tokyo International Film Festival; 2016 for “Zootopia”; and slots thereafter for “Moana” and “Giants,” both of which are currently in production.
      14. ↑ Graser, Marc (November 6, 2014). "Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4′ Set to Play in Theaters in 2017". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
      15. ↑ "Frozen 2 is Officially Announced And We Are Crying Icy Tears of Joy". Disney Blogs.

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