Today I am going to look at my favorite animated Disney films, there will be no Pixar related films as I will do another list for that. i have some friends join in too, which of us has the best list? and what would make up your favorite 5?
5. Cinderella (1950)
When Cinderella’s cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
4. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.
3. The Little Mermaid (1989)
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.
2. Fantasia (1940)
A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music.
1. The Lion King (1994)
Tricked into thinking that he caused the death of his own father, a young lion cub flees and abandons his destiny as the future king.
5. Peter Pan (1953)
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
4. The Jungle Book (1967)
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization
3. Beauty and The Beast (1991)
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.
2. The Lion King (1994)
Tricked into thinking that he caused the death of his own father, a young lion cub flees and abandons his destiny as the future king.
1. Mulan (1998)
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process.
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
4. Dumbo (1941)
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
3. The Fox & the Hound (1981)
Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.
2. Aladdin (1992)
When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie’s magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.
1. The Little Mermaid (1989)
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.
5. Pinocchio (1940)
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. I remember this being one of the first Disney films I ever saw and man when you are a kid this is easily one of the most frightening films you will ever see. The transformation scene is one of the most disturbing animated sequences ever put onto film.
4. Robin Hood (1973)
The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals. This is another one I remember seeing a lot when I was younger it was always very fun and using the animals as different characters in the classic story works too.
3. The Jungle Book (1967)
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. The last of the truly classic Disney films that is included on my list and I liked this because of the songs that are still just as catchy as they were when I first saw. The characters also each have a level of uniqueness which makes them all memorable.
2. The Lion King (1994)
Tricked into thinking that he caused the death of his own father, a young lion cub flees and abandons his destiny as the future king. This is the first one I saw at the cinema and from the opening sequences to the final conclusion this will always be considered a classic.
1. Treasure Planet (2002)
A Disney animated version of “Treasure Island”. The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders. This is my favorite because it fulfils my sense of adventure in a film and it opens on the classically over told story into a new sense of sci-fi. It also has my all-time favorite Disney song ‘I’m Still Here’.
