What are your favorite Disney animated films?

With all the buzz over the Snow White DVD, I thought it would be an appropriate time to post a poll on this.

Feel free to post your top 10, top 5 or just your favorite. But remember that this poll is about the 40 (41 if you count the infamous Song of the South) animated films done by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released theatrically. The works of other divisions of the Disney studio (the Pixar films, the straight-to-video sequels, the films based on animated series like Goof Troop, Doug and Recess, etc.) do not count in this case.

Here's my current top 10:

1. Beauty and the Beast
2. The Lion King
3. Fantasia
4. Pinocchio
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
6. The Little Mermaid
7. Bambi
8. Aladdin
9. Tarzan
10. The Jungle Book


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[Edited last by Kristian on October 12, 2001 at 08:00 AM]

1. Pinocchio
2. Bambi
3. Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Fantasia
6. 101 Dalmations
7. Aladdin
8. The Lion King

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Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)?

I am definitely a fan of the recent stuff, as I have not seen a lot of the older stuff...

1) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2) Beauty and the Beast
3) Aladdin

I rarely see anyone like my Number 1, but it is my favorite.

An interesting question...see any similiarities?


Little Mermaid (1) = Pocahontas (5)
Beauty and the Beast (2) = Hunchback of Notre Dame (6)
Aladdin (3) = Hercules (7)
Lion King (4) = Tarzan (8)


I've always wondered if Disney had 4-year development cycles for their movies?

Just curious

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Dumbo and Pinocchio top my list. As for ranking the rest, it's been a while, so I'd have to see them again.

A while back I did a Disney films tournament here. Interestingly, nobody has yet mentioned the eventual winner of that tourney as one of their favourites--Sleeping Beauty. I always knew that result was bogus.

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[Edited last by Rain on October 12, 2001 at 10:03 AM]

I was thinking the same thing. I read these first few posts and was absolutely shocked that no one picked Sleeping Beauty, which I think is head and shoulders above any other Disney cartoon. A fairly distant second is Cinderella, which also has not been mentioned. Those are the only two that I'm really wild about.

I guess I'm out of step with the Disney crowd.

-Gabe

I think Hunchback is the most underrated of all the Disney films. The only reason it's not in my top 10 is because the gargoyles go over-the-top a few too many times.


As for Sleeping Beauty... it is one of the most beautifully animated of the Disney films, but the story pales compared to the similar Snow White. I still like the film a lot, though, especially the climactic fight with Maleficent and the "Once Upon a Dream" sequence.

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My DVD collection

1)Fantasia
2)Pinocchio
3)Sleeping Beauty
4)Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
5)The Jungle Book
6)The Lion King
7)The Little Mermaid
8)Aladdin
9)Beauty and the Beast
10)Mulan

1- Tarzan
2- Lion King
3- Hercules
4- The Little Mermaid
5- Aladdin
6- Lady & The Tramp
7- Mulan
8- Hunchback Of Notre Dame
9- Beauty & The Beast
10- 101 Dalmatians


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My Favourite Movie

1) Lion King
2) The Emperor's New Groove
3) Alladin
4) Beauty and the Beast
5) Little Mermaid


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My DVD's

1. Mulan
2. Lion King
3. Aladdin
4. Beauty & Beast
5. Sleeping Beauty

01) The Little Mermaid
02) Fantasia
03) Pinocchio
04) 101 Dalmations
05) Bambi
06) Beauty & The Beast
07) Aladdin
08) Fantasia 2000
09) Robin Hood
10) Tarzan

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There's actually a split in my appreciation: the one's I consider "New Age" Disney Classics and "Classic" Disney Classics.

New Age top three:

Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
Aladdin


Classic top six:

Fantasia
Snow White etc.
Cinderella
Peter Pan
Little Mermaid
Jungle Book

Both could easily have been "top many more", and also, I'm not exactly sure about the order .

Cees

1. Pinocchio -- It isn't even my favorite Disney film but I just can't get over the amazing background art.

2. Snow White -- I was worried this one wouldn't hold up well after not having seen it for decades. The new DVD has put my fears to rest.

3. The Jungle Book -- If I'm not mistaken this was the last feature that Uncle Walt had a hand in creating.

4. Beauty & The Beast -- Reignited my interest in animated films.

5. Robin Hood -- I was seriously into this movie as a kid and still enjoy it.

1. Aladdin
2. Sword in the Stone
3. Robin Hood
4. Atlantis
5. The Emperor's New Groove
6. The Lion King
7. Return of Jafar
8. Aladdin and the King of Theives
9. Alice in Wonderland
10. A Bug's Life


I really have no organization for those movies. But those are as close to my top 10 favorite Disney titles. But there are so many of them that are just outstanding. It's really hard to choose.

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My picks:

Fantasia
Snow White
Song of the South


It's a real shame some people hesitate to refer Song of the South as a "real" Disney film. No thanks to Mr. Eisner, of course. This may not agree with everyone, but I think Beauty and the Beast is a little overrated.

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[Edited last by PatrickMcCart on October 13, 2001 at 11:25 AM]

Aladdin
Beauty & the Beast
The Jungle Book
Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
101 Dalmatians
Lady & the Tramp
The Little Mermaid
Snow White
The Lion King

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Fantasia
Pinocchio
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
The Little Mermaid
Lady and the Tramp
The Jungle Book
Song of the South
Beauty and the Beast
Fantasia 2000


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My DVD Collection

Snow White, Lion King and Fantasia, but in all fairness it has been too long since I have seen some of the classics to make this fair.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Bambi
Lady and the Tramp
The Little Mermaid
The Rescuers Down Under
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King

1. Beauty and the Beat
2. The Lion King
3. Aladdin
4. Sleeping Beauty
5. The Little Mermaid
6. The Sword in the Stone
7. The Black Cauldron
8. Dumbo
9. Lady and the Tramp
10. Peter Pan

My most hated one is Hercules

Robin Hood and the LIttle Mermaid are my faves

I don't really think that any of the so-called 'new age' Disney titles can even compare to the earlier classics: Here are my favourites in order.

1) Alice in Wonderland - the most twisted of the earlier cartoons, and IMO the most fun.

2) Fantasia - the most magical Disney film, and IMO the most imaginative!

3) Peter Pan - I have really fond memories of this as a child. + its a great story.

4) Dumbo - another childhood favourite

5) Pinocchio - yet another childhood favourite

6) Bambi - IMO the essential Disney film, but not as personnal to me as the others so it goes lower down.

I also love these Disney animated classics, but wouldn't consider them to be favourites:

-Lady and the Tramp
-The Sword in the Stone
-Beauty and the Beast

All time #1 favourite animated film: Pinocchio

Favourite contemporary Disney: Beauty and the Beast

Others I love:

Classics: Alice in Wonderland, Fantasia, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Contemporary Disney films: I've pretty much loved all of them. Hercules and Mulan I didn't LOVE, but enjoyed well enough.

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Beauty and the Beast
Lion King
Mulan
Aladdin
Hunchback of Notre Dame


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I had just seen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for the first time a couple of days ago. It is already my favorite Disney animated film. Granted, I should revisit the other classic movies to make up my mind about them, but as of now, I enjoy Snow White more so than any other.

The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast are both terrifically entertaining, and Fantasia is definitly a treat, but it doesn't reach me personally. Instead, the Pines of Rome sequence in Fantasia 2000 hits me stronger than any sequence. But for pure silly fun, The Emperor's New Groove may have no peer.

1. Dumbo
2. Pinocchio
3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
4. Beauty and the Beast

Don't care for most of the more recent ones at all.

Newish releases:

The Lion King
Alladin
Fantasia 2000
Tarzan

Olde Schoole:

Bambi
Snow White
Dumbo

All around favourite: The Lion King

Classics: 1. Snow White
2. Fantasia
3. Bambi
4. Pinocchio

New Classics: 1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Tarzan
3. The Lion King
4. Aladdin