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Disney Movies

 

Want to know the best Disney movies?  How about the worst Disney movies?  Curious about Disney  box office grosses or which Disney movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Disney movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place …. because we have all of that information and much more.

When Walt Disney decided to produce a full length animated movie in the mid-1930s … almost everybody thought it was a disaster waiting to happen.  It even earned the nickname …. Disney’s Folly.  While it turns out the man knew what he was doing…..as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs become one of the biggest box office hits of all time.  Since then the Disney company has been producing one hit movie after another for almost the last 80 years.  So far there have been 54 Disney Animated Movies.

This page will rank those 54 Disney movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Movies that were only distributed by Disney did not make the list…..so you will not find any Pixar or Disney Toons movies…in other words if the animation was done outside of Disney it does not make the list. If you are interested in Pixar movies you can check out my Pixar page here.  Another page you might be interested in checking out is Walt Disney Live Action Movies 1937 – 1967.

Mickey Mouse in 1941's Fantasia ....Fantasia is the highest rated Disney movie according to critics and audiences.
Mickey Mouse in 1941’s Fantasia ….Fantasia is the highest rated Disney movie according to critics and audiences.

Disney Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1991 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940 Pinocchio (1940)
1994 The Lion King (1994)
1992 Aladdin (1992)
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
1940 Fantasia (1940)
2016 Zootopia (2016)
1941 Dumbo (1941)
2016 Moana (2016)
1989 The Little Mermaid (1989)
2013 Frozen (2013)
1950 Cinderella (1950)
2014 Big Hero 6 (2014)
1961 101 Dalmatians (1961)
1942 Bambi (1942)
2010 Tangled (2010)
1959 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
1967 The Jungle Book (1967)
2025 Zootopia 2 (2025) NP
2012 Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
1999 Tarzan (1999)
1955 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
2002 Lilo & Stitch (2002)
1998 Mulan (1998)
2000 The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
1977 The Rescuers (1977)
1997 Hercules (1997)
2008 Bolt (2008)
1953 Peter Pan (1953)
1951 Alice in Wonderland (1951)
2019 Frozen II (2019)
1963 The Sword in the Stone (1963)
1944 The Three Caballeros (1944)
2009 The Princess and the Frog (2009)
2018 Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018)
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
1970 The Aristocats (1970)
1947 Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
1946 Make Mine Music (1946)
2024 Moana 2 (2024)
1973 Robin Hood (1973)
1995 Pocahontas (1995)
2000 Dinosaur (2000)
1981 The Fox and the Hound (1981)
1948 Melody Time (1948)
2021 Encanto (2021)
2007 Meet the Robinsons (2007)
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
1942 Saludos Amigos (1942)
1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
2005 Chicken Little (2005)
2003 Brother Bear (2003)
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
1988 Oliver & Company (1988)
1986 The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
2011 Winnie the Pooh (2011)
2002 Treasure Planet (2002)
1990 The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
2004 Home on the Range (2004)
1985 The Black Cauldron (1985)
2023 Wish (2023)
2022 Strange World (2022)

Disney Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Disney movies by the voice stars
  • Sort Disney movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Disney movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Disney movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Disney movie received.
  • Sort Disney movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
AA Best Picture Nom
Angela Lansbury &
Robby Benson
219.00 650.1 1,261.80 1 90 06 / 02 99.6
4 Pinocchio (1940) Mel Blanc 18.90 842.4 1,043.30 2 90 02 / 02 99.1
2 The Lion King (1994) Jeremy Irons &
James Earl Jones
363.90 1,114.8 2,536.70 1 88 04 / 02 99.0
3 Aladdin (1992) Robin Williams 217.40 654.7 1,518.20 1 85 05 / 02 98.9
5 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Adriana Caselotti 28.30 1,362.1 2,294.00 1 90 01 / 00 98.8
6 Fantasia (1940) Sterling Holloway 23.30 1,038.5 1,209.40 1 90 00 / 00 98.8
8 Zootopia (2016) Jason Bateman &
Ginnifer Goodwin
341.30 493.2 1,479.50 7 87 01 / 01 98.6
9 Dumbo (1941) Leopold Stokowski 9.70 432.0 596.90 2 85 02 / 01 98.6
10 Moana (2016) Dwayne Johnson 248.80 359.5 929.60 11 86 02 / 00 98.4
10 The Little Mermaid (1989) Buddy Hackett 111.50 351.2 665.40 8 82 03 / 02 98.4
11 Frozen (2013) Kristen Bell &
Josh Gad
400.00 615.1 1,958.10 2 83 02 / 02 98.4
12 Cinderella (1950) Ilene Woods &
James MacDonald
28.90 753.3 965.40 1 84 03 / 00 98.4
12 Big Hero 6 (2014) T.J. Miller 222.50 340.5 1,006.50 10 84 01 / 01 98.4
14 101 Dalmatians (1961) Rod Taylor 73.90 1,248.3 1,839.50 1 84 00 / 00 98.0
14 Bambi (1942) Bobby Stewart 18.40 793.5 1,001.00 1 82 03 / 00 98.0
16 Tangled (2010) Mandy Moore &
Ron Perlman
200.80 318.2 937.60 10 83 01 / 00 97.9
17 Sleeping Beauty (1959) Mary Costa 43.70 910.0 910.00 2 82 01 / 00 97.8
18 The Jungle Book (1967) George Sanders 89.10 920.7 920.70 2 82 01 / 00 97.8
19 Zootopia 2 (2025) Jason Bateman &
Ke Huy Quan
425.80 425.8 1,851.50 1 82 01 / 00 97.7 NP
19 Wreck-It Ralph (2012) John C. Reilly &
Sarah Silverman
189.40 297.5 740.00 12 81 01 / 00 97.6
20 Tarzan (1999) Glenn Close 171.10 422.7 1,107.20 6 80 01 / 01 97.5
20 Lady and the Tramp (1955) Peggy Lee 28.90 695.1 695.10 1 81 00 / 00 97.3
22 Lilo & Stitch (2002) Ving Rhames 145.80 314.2 588.70 14 79 01 / 00 97.2
22 Mulan (1998) Eddie Murphy 120.60 321.5 811.10 12 79 01 / 00 97.2
26 The Emperor's New Groove (2000) John Goodman &
David Spade
89.30 207.1 392.70 26 79 01 / 00 97.1
24 The Rescuers (1977) Bob Newhart &
Eva Gabor
45.90 257.5 257.50 14 79 01 / 00 97.1
24 Hercules (1997) Danny DeVito &
James Woods
99.10 269.9 688.20 16 79 01 / 00 97.0
31 Bolt (2008) John Travolta &
Miley Cyrus
114.10 198.6 539.70 23 79 01 / 00 96.8
26 Peter Pan (1953) Hans Conried 27.30 569.2 569.20 4 78 00 / 00 96.6
27 Alice in Wonderland (1951) Ed Wynn &
Richard Haydn
19.10 478.6 478.60 2 77 01 / 00 96.6
30 Frozen II (2019) Kristen Bell &
Josh Gad
477.40 651.4 1,978.70 4 76 01 / 00 96.5
29 The Sword in the Stone (1963) Sebastian Cabot 29.00 421.5 421.50 4 74 01 / 00 95.9
35 The Three Caballeros (1944) Clarence Nash 4.80 189.0 410.80 70 76 02 / 00 95.8
35 The Princess and the Frog (2009) John Goodman 104.40 174.0 445.10 30 79 03 / 00 95.6
32 Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) John C. Reilly &
Sarah Silverman
201.10 274.4 721.00 14 72 01 / 00 95.5
34 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Demi Moore &
Kevin Kline
100.10 283.2 920.10 15 70 01 / 00 94.7
36 The Aristocats (1970) Phil Harris &
Eva Gabor
60.60 488.8 488.80 5 68 00 / 00 93.9
37 Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Walt Disney 6.50 219.1 321.90 43 67 00 / 00 93.8
38 Make Mine Music (1946) Nelson Eddy 6.10 217.2 332.00 58 66 00 / 00 93.4
39 Moana 2 (2024) Dwayne Johnson 460.40 460.4 1,059.20 4 66 00 / 00 93.3
40 Robin Hood (1973) Peter Ustinov 52.10 367.9 367.90 6 65 01 / 00 93.2
41 Pocahontas (1995) Mel Gibson &
Christian Bale
141.60 406.8 994.50 4 61 02 / 02 93.0
43 Dinosaur (2000) D.B. Sweeney 137.70 319.5 811.30 11 63 00 / 00 92.4
45 The Fox and the Hound (1981) Kurt Russell &
Mickey Rooney
39.90 179.4 179.40 14 70 00 / 00 92.4
45 Melody Time (1948) Roy Rogers 4.90 152.1 213.80 73 77 00 / 00 91.8
45 Encanto (2021) John Leguizamo 94.80 116.5 275.20 15 83 03 / 01 91.4
46 Meet the Robinsons (2007) Adam West &
Angela Bassett
97.80 177.7 307.70 28 67 00 / 00 91.0
47 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) James Garner &
Michael J. Fox
84.10 186.0 411.60 26 57 00 / 00 88.7
48 Saludos Amigos (1942) Walt Disney 2.90 123.2 199.50 100 72 03 / 00 87.7
49 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Bing Crosby &
Basil Rathbone
4.10 119.1 153.40 87 76 00 / 00 87.6
46 Chicken Little (2005) Adam West &
Garry Marshall
135.40 264.4 614.10 14 49 00 / 00 87.4
51 Brother Bear (2003) Rick Moranis 85.30 176.9 519.10 34 53 01 / 00 86.2
50 Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Kelly Marie Tran 54.50 62.9 133.30 24 87 01 / 00 86.1
53 Oliver & Company (1988) Bette Midler 53.30 162.0 162.00 17 54 00 / 00 84.6
55 The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Vincent Price &
Basil Rathbone
25.30 85.4 85.40 37 76 00 / 00 83.3
55 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) Sebastian Cabot 10.80 60.6 60.60 58 83 00 / 00 83.1
56 Winnie the Pooh (2011) Jim Cummings 26.70 42.1 52.30 106 81 00 / 00 78.7
56 Treasure Planet (2002) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 38.20 82.3 236.20 70 67 01 / 00 78.7
57 The Rescuers Down Under (1990) John Candy &
George C. Scott
27.90 82.5 82.50 41 66 00 / 00 77.2
58 Home on the Range (2004) Steve Buscemi 50.00 100.7 100.70 65 55 00 / 00 73.1
60 The Black Cauldron (1985) Nigel Hawthorne 21.30 75.0 75.00 42 60 00 / 00 69.9
61 Wish (2023) Ariana DeBose &
Chris Pine
64.00 69.7 261.30 40 53 00 / 00 60.1
63 Strange World (2022) Jake Gyllenhaal 38.00 42.4 77.60 40 60 00 / 00 57.4

Disney Movies World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
The Lion King (1994) Jeremy Irons &
James Earl Jones
2,536.70
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Adriana Caselotti 2,294.00
Frozen II (2019) Kristen Bell &
Josh Gad
1,978.70
Frozen (2013) Kristen Bell &
Josh Gad
1,958.10
Zootopia 2 (2025) Jason Bateman &
Ke Huy Quan
1,851.50 NP
101 Dalmatians (1961) Rod Taylor 1,839.50
Aladdin (1992) Robin Williams 1,518.20
Zootopia (2016) Jason Bateman &
Ginnifer Goodwin
1,479.50
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
AA Best Picture Nom
Angela Lansbury &
Robby Benson
1,261.80
Fantasia (1940) Sterling Holloway 1,209.40
Tarzan (1999) Glenn Close 1,107.20
Moana 2 (2024) Dwayne Johnson 1,059.20
Pinocchio (1940) Mel Blanc 1,043.30
Big Hero 6 (2014) T.J. Miller 1,006.50
Bambi (1942) Bobby Stewart 1,001.00
Pocahontas (1995) Mel Gibson &
Christian Bale
994.50
Cinderella (1950) Ilene Woods &
James MacDonald
965.40
Tangled (2010) Mandy Moore &
Ron Perlman
937.60
Moana (2016) Dwayne Johnson 929.60
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Demi Moore &
Kevin Kline
920.10
Dinosaur (2000) D.B. Sweeney 811.30
Mulan (1998) Eddie Murphy 811.10
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) John C. Reilly &
Sarah Silverman
740.00
Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) John C. Reilly &
Sarah Silverman
721.00
Hercules (1997) Danny DeVito &
James Woods
688.20
The Little Mermaid (1989) Buddy Hackett 665.40
Chicken Little (2005) Adam West &
Garry Marshall
614.10
Dumbo (1941) Leopold Stokowski 596.90
Lilo & Stitch (2002) Ving Rhames 588.70
Bolt (2008) John Travolta &
Miley Cyrus
539.70
Brother Bear (2003) Rick Moranis 519.10
The Princess and the Frog (2009) John Goodman 445.10
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) James Garner &
Michael J. Fox
411.60
The Three Caballeros (1944) Clarence Nash 410.80
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) John Goodman &
David Spade
392.70
Make Mine Music (1946) Nelson Eddy 332.00
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Walt Disney 321.90
Meet the Robinsons (2007) Adam West &
Angela Bassett
307.70
Encanto (2021) John Leguizamo 275.20
Wish (2023) Ariana DeBose &
Chris Pine
261.30
Treasure Planet (2002) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 236.20
Melody Time (1948) Roy Rogers 213.80
Saludos Amigos (1942) Walt Disney 199.50
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Bing Crosby &
Basil Rathbone
153.40
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Kelly Marie Tran 133.30
Strange World (2022) Jake Gyllenhaal 77.60
Winnie the Pooh (2011) Jim Cummings 52.30

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  1. Rob Write says:
    June 9, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Hi Bruce; You’ve got to love Disney. So many animated classics. They went through a slump in the seventies but made a big comeback with the “Little Mermaid”. “Fantasia” is a brilliant piece of art. The first Disney film I ever saw in a theater was “Robin Hood”. I’m not sure what my favorite Disney film is. Growing up I think it was “Pinnochio”. In recent years, the Japanese studio Ghibli and the amazing Hayao Miyazaki have replaced Disney as my favorite animated filmmakers but Disney will always have a sentimental importance to me.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      Hey Rob…I think our childhood was ripped off when it comes to new Disney classics…..sure we got the classic re-releases….but no new classics…unless you consider Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone or The Rescuers classics….I want my money back…lol.

      I am not familiar with Ghibli or Hayao Miyazaki but I will make an active attempt to check out some of their work.

      It seems we have the same memories….one of the first movies I remember seeing was Robin Hood….I got to go with the neighbor’s family…and I felt like such a big man …being about 5 or 6 and going somewhere without my parents… it is always good to read your comments.

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  2. Joy56 says:
    June 9, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    this is a lovely page. I enjoyed reading it so much.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      Thanks for the compliment and the comment, Joy56 both are greatly appreciated.

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  3. Flora Breen Robison says:
    June 9, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    Sunday night I was trying to get to bed early so I’d get plenty of sleep for an early morning, but I wanted to let your readers know that Robert Shumann, half of a brother team who wrote the music to Disney classics during Disney’s lifetime died this weekend. His brother’s name is Richard. The timing was odd because this hub of yours was days old at the time he died.

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    1. Flora Breen Robison says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:24 pm

      This page was included as a recommended page in the weekly archived version of our newsletter. Congratulations.

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    2. Cogerson says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      Hey Flora…thanks for the update on Robert Shumann, sad news but he leaves behind some very memorable work……and thanks for letting me know that this hub made the newsletter…..it is a fun hub and seems to be drawing some traffic.

      Reply
  4. Mckbirdnicks says:
    June 9, 2015 at 3:23 pm

    Great pages are becoming the standard with you. The pre computer Disney animators were amazing. Each frame a work of art. I still get laughed at around here when watching an early animated Disney production. Thanks for the great work here.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Hey mckbirdbks…..the Disney classics look amazing on blu-ray….I think the best one is Pinocchio….it is like watching a brand new movie. I appreciate the compliment and the visit….both are greatly appreciated.

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  5. mimic says:
    June 9, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    love this. disney movies have always been my favorites. it is hard to pick a fovorite, actually it is hard to pick a second favorite as cinderella is my all time favorite and will probably always be. (it was playing at a movie theater and we went to see it on our honeymoon) i can’t remember what the first disney movie i saw was, maybe it was cinderells. i do remember going to see Peter Pan with my third grade class on a field trip. since it was made in 1953 that means it was a brand new movie when i saw it. fantasia is one of my favorites and i don’t understand why it didn’t get nominated for anything. maybe because it has no plot and is a series of vingettes. i love lady and the tramp, i can hear peggy lee singing “he’s a Tramp”. Aladdin was really good with robin williams, but it had a lot of topical humor that will get lost over the years.

    Walt Disney has aways been one of my heros because of his imagination. Dr. Seuss is another one. i need to see the Lorax.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 9, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Hey mimic….glad you liked my Disney animated hub….and just so you know I am trying to figure out how I can find all the Disney live action movies….which was a suggestion from you awhile ago.

      Interesting about your memories of the classic Disney movies….I have some myself….but they are for the not classic Disney movies like Robin Hood and The Sword and the Stone. We have many of these Disney movies on blu-ray, and the quality is outstanding especially for Pinocchio and Fantasia….and they are waiting for you on your next visit.

      The Lorax is a huge hit, so I imagine it will be in theaters for awhile…..thanks for comment.

      Reply

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