You will find the studio’s earliest animated offerings: the one that started it all – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – and the ones whose box office receipts might have made a weaker-willed studio impresario end it quickly ( Pinocchio, Fantasia).
We’ve been strict with our rules; we’re talking Disney animated movies, and excluding Pixar, and movies also had to be theatrically released in order to qualify. Plus, the movies had to be fully animated, which means you won’t find live-action/animation hybrid movies like Bedknobs and Broomsticks nor Song of the South on the list. You will find the studio’s earliest animated offerings: the one that started it all – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – and the ones whose box office receipts might have made a weaker-willed studio impresario end it quickly ( Pinocchio, Fantasia). You’ll also find rousing adventures ( Jungle Book, Sword In the Stone), make a foray into the experimental years ( Black Cauldron, Oliver and Company), resurface in the second golden age ( Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), fall back into the second dark age ( Treasure Planet, Home on the Range), and come back up again for some digital fun ( Bolt, Big Hero 6) before coming full circle with the princesses ( Tangled, Frozen, Moana). Except you won’t do it in that order, of course, because Disney’s Tomatometer highs and lows are spread across the decades.