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All 74 Disney Animated Movies Ranked

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All Disney Animated Theatrical Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

The latest: With Mufasa‘s arrival, we’ve added over 150 reviews for the early Disney Renaissance films: THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989), the now Certified Fresh THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (1990), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991), and ALADDIN (1992).

Remember those shelves and shelves of Disney classics you used to have on VHS – the spines of their spongy plastic cases promising adventures with foxes and cats, lions and bears, princesses and puppets? They’re all on Disney+. (Except for Song of the South, because well, that one’s never going to see the light of zip-a-dee-ay again.) To celebrate this access to all the best Disney movies, we went ahead and compiled a list of every Disney animated film and ranked them the best way we know how, by Certified Fresh first, then Fresh, and then the Rotten ones.

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 Dwarfsand 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.

So, Meter Meter on the wall, who’s the Freshest of them all? Find out in our guide to the Best Disney Animated Movies!

#1

Pinocchio (1940)

Tomatometer icon 100%
Popcornmeter icon 73%

#1

Adjusted Score: 108779%
Synopsis: When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio (Dickie…
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#2

Zootopia (2016)

Tomatometer icon 98%
Popcornmeter icon 92%

#2

Adjusted Score: 112298%
Synopsis: From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live…
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Directed By: Byron Howard, Rich Moore

#3
#3

Adjusted Score: 104310%
Synopsis: In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his…
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#4

Cinderella (1950)

Tomatometer icon 98%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#4

Adjusted Score: 103178%
Synopsis: With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in…
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#5
Adjusted Score: 122184%
Synopsis: The Grimm fairy tale gets a Technicolor treatment in Disney’s first animated feature. Jealous of Snow White’s beauty, the wicked…
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Directed By: David Hand

#6

Aladdin (1992)

Tomatometer icon 96%
Popcornmeter icon 92%

#6

Adjusted Score: 107818%
Synopsis: When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that…
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Directed By: Ron Clements, John Musker

#7

Moana (2016)

Tomatometer icon 95%
Popcornmeter icon 89%

#7

Adjusted Score: 108734%
Synopsis: An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty…
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Directed By: John Musker, Ron Clements

#8

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Tomatometer icon 95%
Popcornmeter icon 93%

#8

Adjusted Score: 110983%
Synopsis: An arrogant young prince and his castle’s servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into…
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Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

#9

Fantasia (1940)

Tomatometer icon 95%
Popcornmeter icon 83%

#9

Adjusted Score: 103168%
Synopsis: Released in 1940, represented Disney’s boldest experiment to date. Bringing to life his vision of blending animated imagery with classical…
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#10

Dumbo (1941)

Tomatometer icon 95%
Popcornmeter icon 70%

#10

Adjusted Score: 101132%
Synopsis: A young circus elephant is born with comically large ears and given the cruel nickname Dumbo. One day at a…
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Directed By: Ben Sharpsteen

#11

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Tomatometer icon 93%
Popcornmeter icon 97%

#11

Adjusted Score: 108485%
Synopsis: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known…
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#12

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Tomatometer icon 93%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#12

Adjusted Score: 98055%
Synopsis: This Disney animated classic follows a pampered cocker spaniel named Lady (Barbara Luddy) whose comfortable life slips away once her…
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#13

Encanto (2021)

Tomatometer icon 92%
Popcornmeter icon 93%

#13

Adjusted Score: 102384%
Synopsis: The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the…
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Directed By: Jared Bush, Byron Howard

#14

The Lion King (1994)

Tomatometer icon 92%
Popcornmeter icon 93%

#14

Adjusted Score: 102357%
Synopsis: This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father,…
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Directed By: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

#15

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Tomatometer icon 92%
Popcornmeter icon 88%

#15

Adjusted Score: 103717%
Synopsis: In Disney’s beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) is fascinated with life on land. On one of…
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Directed By: Ron Clements, John Musker

#16

Bambi (1942)

Tomatometer icon 91%
Popcornmeter icon 73%

#16

Adjusted Score: 99127%
Synopsis: In a classic Disney animation, a fawn named Bambi joins his new friends, a young rabbit named Thumper and a…
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Directed By: David Hand

#17

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Tomatometer icon 90%
Popcornmeter icon 91%

#17

Adjusted Score: 100761%
Synopsis: Robotics prodigy Hiro lives in the city of San Fransokyo. Next to his older brother, Tadashi, Hiro’s closest companion is…
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Directed By: Don Hall, Chris Williams

#18

Bolt (2008)

Tomatometer icon 90%
Popcornmeter icon 74%

#18

Adjusted Score: 97528%
Synopsis: The days of canine superstar Bolt (John Travolta) are filled with danger and intrigue … until the cameras stop rolling….
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#19

Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Tomatometer icon 90%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#19

Adjusted Score: 94898%
Synopsis: Three stories inspired by A.A. Milne add up to a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings) and…
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#20

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Tomatometer icon 90%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#20

Adjusted Score: 95160%
Synopsis: Filled with jealousy, the evil witch Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) to die on her 16th birthday….
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Directed By: Clyde Geronimi

#21

Frozen (2013)

Tomatometer icon 89%
Popcornmeter icon 85%

#21

Adjusted Score: 100759%
Synopsis: When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna (Kristen Bell) joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and…
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Directed By: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

#22

Tangled (2010)

Tomatometer icon 89%
Popcornmeter icon 87%

#22

Adjusted Score: 98222%
Synopsis: When the kingdom’s most-wanted bandit, Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi), hides in a convenient tower, he immediately becomes a captive of…
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Directed By: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard

#23

Tarzan (1999)

Tomatometer icon 89%
Popcornmeter icon 75%

#23

Adjusted Score: 94059%
Synopsis: In this Disney animated tale, the orphaned Tarzan (Tony Goldwyn) grows up in the remote African wilderness, raised by the…
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Directed By: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima

#24

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Tomatometer icon 88%
Popcornmeter icon 64%

#24

Adjusted Score: 103184%
Synopsis: Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World…
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Directed By: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore

#25

The Jungle Book (1967)

Tomatometer icon 88%
Popcornmeter icon 82%

#25

Adjusted Score: 92677%
Synopsis: In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling’s book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his…
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Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman

#26

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Tomatometer icon 87%
Popcornmeter icon 86%

#26

Adjusted Score: 95949%
Synopsis: Arcade-game character Wreck-It Ralph is tired of always being the bad guy and losing to his good guy opponent, Fix-It…
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Directed By: Rich Moore

#27

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Tomatometer icon 87%
Popcornmeter icon 78%

#27

Adjusted Score: 91833%
Synopsis: A tale of a young girl’s close encounter with the galaxy’s most wanted extraterrestrial. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl…
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#28
#28

Adjusted Score: 91213%
Synopsis: Arrogant young Emperor Kuzco is transformed into a llama by his power-hungry advisor — the devious diva Yzma. Stranded in…
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Directed By: Mark Dindal

#29

Mulan (1998)

Tomatometer icon 86%
Popcornmeter icon 85%

#29

Adjusted Score: 91163%
Synopsis: Fearful that her ailing father will be drafted into the Chinese military, Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) takes his spot — though,…
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Directed By: Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft

#30

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Tomatometer icon 85%
Popcornmeter icon 74%

#30

Adjusted Score: 92942%
Synopsis: Hardworking and ambitious, Tiana dreams of one day opening the finest restaurant in New Orleans. Her dream takes a slight…
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Directed By: Ron Clements, John Musker

#31

The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Tomatometer icon 85%
Popcornmeter icon 68%

#31

Adjusted Score: 90160%
Synopsis: Cody (Adam Ryen), a boy living in the Australian outback, frees a rare golden eagle from a trap. When an…
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Directed By: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel

#32

Hercules (1997)

Tomatometer icon 83%
Popcornmeter icon 76%

#32

Adjusted Score: 89301%
Synopsis: Disney tackles Greek mythology in this animated feature. Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of gods, was snatched as a baby…
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Directed By: Ron Clements, John Musker

#33

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005)

Tomatometer icon 81%
Popcornmeter icon 68%

#33

Adjusted Score: 83732%
Synopsis: Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings), Piglet (John Fiedler), Tigger and Roo (Nikita Hopkins) search for a mysterious and fearsome creature….
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Directed By: Frank Nissen

#34
#34

Adjusted Score: 87888%
Synopsis: An animated Disney adventure follows disfigured Quasimodo (Tom Hulce), the bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who bides his time locked…
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Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

#35

Fantasia 2000 (1999)

Tomatometer icon 80%
Popcornmeter icon 75%

#35

Adjusted Score: 83916%
Synopsis: “Fantasia/2000” continues and builds upon Walt Disney’s original idea with the creation of a new musical program interpreted by a…
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#36

Peter Pan (1953)

Tomatometer icon 78%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#36

Adjusted Score: 83000%
Synopsis: In this Disney animated film, Wendy (Kathryn Beaumont) and her two brothers are amazed when a magical boy named Peter…
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#37

Frozen II (2019)

Tomatometer icon 77%
Popcornmeter icon 92%

#37

Adjusted Score: 95137%
Synopsis: Elsa the Snow Queen has an extraordinary gift — the power to create ice and snow. But no matter how…
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Directed By: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

#38
#38

Adjusted Score: 77820%
Synopsis: In this animated musical, Spot (Nathan Lane) is a snarky blue-furred dog whose greatest desire is to be transformed into…
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Directed By: Timothy Björklund

#39

Piglet’s Big Movie (2003)

Tomatometer icon 70%
Popcornmeter icon 64%

#39

Adjusted Score: 72083%
Synopsis: In this animated feature, Piglet (John Fiedler) is the smallest of all his friends, which doesn’t account for his big…
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Directed By: Francis Glebas

#40
Adjusted Score: 101303%
Synopsis: Sebastian Cabot narrates the adventures of bumbling bear Winnie the Pooh as he battles a nest of vicious bees over…
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#41
Adjusted Score: 74671%
Synopsis: Scrooge McDuck finds a magic lamp with Huey, Dewey and Louie and their girlfriend, Webby….
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#42
Adjusted Score: 90121%
Synopsis: Two animated adaptations of classic literature make up this Disney film. In “The Wind in the Willows,” wealthy Mr. Toad…
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#43

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Tomatometer icon 84%
Popcornmeter icon 78%

#43

Adjusted Score: 88779%
Synopsis: Lewis Carroll’s beloved fantasy tale is brought to life in this Disney animated classic. When Alice (Kathryn Beaumont), a restless…
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#44

The Rescuers (1977)

Tomatometer icon 79%
Popcornmeter icon 68%

#44

Adjusted Score: 82001%
Synopsis: Bernard and Miss Bianca, two New York City mice, are members of the Rescue Aid Society, an international team that…
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#45

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Tomatometer icon 78%
Popcornmeter icon 79%

#45

Adjusted Score: 80049%
Synopsis: Rodent supersleuth Basil and his bumbling partner must thwart evil Ratigan’s plot to depose the Mouse Queen….
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#46

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Tomatometer icon 75%
Popcornmeter icon 78%

#46

Adjusted Score: 77105%
Synopsis: After his mother is killed, Tod the fox (Mickey Rooney) is taken in by the kindly Widow Tweed (Jeanette Nolan)….
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#47

Melody Time (1948)

Tomatometer icon 75%
Popcornmeter icon 48%

#47

Adjusted Score: 76053%
Synopsis: Many animated tales are set to a rousing array of music from the 1940s from the likes of Roy Rogers,…
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#48

Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

Tomatometer icon 73%
Popcornmeter icon 58%

#48

Adjusted Score: 74149%
Synopsis: Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen introduces cartoons: “Bongo,” about a unicycling circus bear, and “Mickey and the Beanstalk.”…
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#49

Strange World (2022)

Tomatometer icon 72%
Popcornmeter icon 66%

#49

Adjusted Score: 80873%
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original action-packed adventure “Strange World” introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt…
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Directed By: Don Hall, Qui Nguyen

#50

Treasure Planet (2002)

Tomatometer icon 69%
Popcornmeter icon 72%

#50

Adjusted Score: 73872%
Synopsis: The legendary “loot of a thousand worlds” inspires an intergalactic treasure hunt when 15-year-old Jim Hawkins stumbles upon a map…
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Directed By: John Musker, Ron Clements

#51

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Tomatometer icon 68%
Popcornmeter icon 74%

#51

Adjusted Score: 73434%
Synopsis: Boy genius Lewis gives up hope of retrieving his latest invention, which was stolen by Bowler Hat Guy, then a…
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Directed By: Stephen J. Anderson

#52

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Tomatometer icon 66%
Popcornmeter icon 73%

#52

Adjusted Score: 69522%
Synopsis: This Disney adaptation of the classic fable chronicles King Arthur’s humble beginnings. As an orphaned child, Arthur, who was then…
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Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman

#53

Dinosaur (2000)

Tomatometer icon 65%
Popcornmeter icon 48%

#53

Adjusted Score: 69706%
Synopsis: This is the story of Aladar (D.B. Sweeney), an iguanodon dinosaur raised by a family of lemurs. Their world is…
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#54

The Aristocats (1970)

Tomatometer icon 64%
Popcornmeter icon 70%

#54

Adjusted Score: 68004%
Synopsis: When a retired opera singer leaves her inheritance to her cat, Duchess (Eva Gabor), and three kittens, the woman’s butler…
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Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman

#55

Moana 2 (2024)

Tomatometer icon 61%
Popcornmeter icon 86%

#55

Adjusted Score: 74701%
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and…
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#56

The Tigger Movie (2000)

Tomatometer icon 63%
Popcornmeter icon 62%

#56

Adjusted Score: 65313%
Synopsis: Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected…
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Directed By: Jun Falkenstein

#57

Recess: School’s Out (2001)

Tomatometer icon 59%
Popcornmeter icon 56%

#57

Adjusted Score: 60878%
Synopsis: The school year is finally over, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in…
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Directed By: Chuck Sheetz

#58

A Goofy Movie (1995)

Tomatometer icon 59%
Popcornmeter icon 71%

#58

Adjusted Score: 60284%
Synopsis: Though Goofy always means well, his amiable cluelessness and klutzy pratfalls regularly embarrass his awkward adolescent son, Max. When Max’s…
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Directed By: Kevin Lima

#59

Pocahontas (1995)

Tomatometer icon 58%
Popcornmeter icon 64%

#59

Adjusted Score: 66663%
Synopsis: This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and…
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#60

Robin Hood (1973)

Tomatometer icon 58%
Popcornmeter icon 81%

#60

Adjusted Score: 60648%
Synopsis: An amiable rooster called Alan-a-Dale (Roger Miller) tells stories and sings songs of the heroic Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) and…
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Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman

#61

Make Mine Music (1946)

Tomatometer icon 58%
Popcornmeter icon 41%

#61

Adjusted Score: 58989%
Synopsis: Walt Disney’s compilation of 10 animated shorts include “All the Cats Join In” and “The Whale Who Wanted to Sing…
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#62

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Tomatometer icon 56%
Popcornmeter icon 48%

#62

Adjusted Score: 58822%
Synopsis: In the land of Prydain, lowly pig herder Taran (Grant Bardsley) dreams of becoming a gallant knight. Young Taran receives…
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Directed By: Ted Berman, Richard Rich

#63

Oliver & Company (1988)

Tomatometer icon 53%
Popcornmeter icon 62%

#63

Adjusted Score: 57731%
Synopsis: In this animated update of the classic “Oliver Twist” tale, Oliver (Joey Lawrence) is an orphaned kitten taken in by…
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Directed By: George Scribner

#64

Home on the Range (2004)

Tomatometer icon 52%
Popcornmeter icon 29%

#64

Adjusted Score: 55878%
Synopsis: To save their owner’s farm, three cows (Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly) try to capture a notorious rustler and…
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Directed By: Will Finn, John Sanford

#65

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Tomatometer icon 48%
Popcornmeter icon 55%

#65

Adjusted Score: 53047%
Synopsis: An inexperienced young adventurer becomes the key to unraveling an ancient mystery when he joins up with a group of…
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Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

#66

Wish (2023)

Tomatometer icon 48%
Popcornmeter icon 80%

#66

Adjusted Score: 60463%
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a…
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#67

Return to Never Land (2002)

Tomatometer icon 45%
Popcornmeter icon 39%

#67

Adjusted Score: 47797%
Synopsis: Wendy is all grown up, with children of her own, and as the blitzkrieg rages, she calms them with tales…
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Directed By: Robin Budd

#68

Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

Tomatometer icon 44%
Popcornmeter icon 56%

#68

Adjusted Score: 47817%
Synopsis: Dusty (Dane Cook), the famous racing airplane, learns that his engine is damaged, so he must shift gears and find…
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Directed By: Bobs Gannaway

#69

Bambi II (2006)

Tomatometer icon 44%
Popcornmeter icon 60%

#69

Adjusted Score: 18283%
Synopsis: After the death of his mother, a fawn (Alexander Gould) develops a deeper bond with his noble father (Patrick Stewart)….
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Directed By: Brian Pimental

#70

Brother Bear (2003)

Tomatometer icon 37%
Popcornmeter icon 66%

#70

Adjusted Score: 41245%
Synopsis: Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix) is a young Indian brave with a particular distaste for bears. When his brother Sitka (D.B. Sweeney)…
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#71

Chicken Little (2005)

Tomatometer icon 37%
Popcornmeter icon 47%

#71

Adjusted Score: 42828%
Synopsis: Young Chicken Little (Zach Braff) throws his small town into panic by claiming the sky is falling. Unable to find…
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Directed By: Mark Dindal

#72

Doug’s 1st Movie (1999)

Tomatometer icon 28%
Popcornmeter icon 28%

#72

Adjusted Score: 29058%
Synopsis: Doug and his pal, Skeeter, befriend a creature created by toxins that were dumped into Lucky Duck Lake….
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Directed By: Maurice Joyce

#73

Planes (2013)

Tomatometer icon 26%
Popcornmeter icon 49%

#73

Adjusted Score: 31151%
Synopsis: Dusty is a small-town plane who dreams of one day competing as a high-flying air racer. However, poor Dusty has…
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Directed By: Klay Hall

#74

The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Tomatometer icon 19%
Popcornmeter icon 30%

#74

Adjusted Score: 21603%
Synopsis: Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back…
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Directed By: Steve Trenbirth

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