69 articles
101 Dalmatians (1961 film)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians), Disney's 17th animated feature, released January 25, 1961; Pongo and Perdita rescue puppies from Cruella de Vil; first Disney feature using the Xerox process, grossing $14 million.
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy from Pixar and Disney, directed by John Lasseter, about an ant who recruits circus bugs against grasshoppers.
Aladdin (franchise)
Aladdin is Disney's media franchise based on the tale of Aladdin and the lamp: the 1992 animated hit ($504 million worldwide, two Oscars), two direct-to-video sequels, a TV series, the 2014 Broadway musical, and the 2019 live-action remake that grossed over $1 billion.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) is Disney's direct-to-video animated sequel in which Aladdin's long-lost father Cassim, voiced by John Rhys-Davies, leads the Forty Thieves seeking the Hand of Midas; Robin Williams returned as the Genie.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Atlantis: The Lost Empire, also known as Disney's Atlantis, is a 2001 American animated action-adventure film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, following Milo Thatch's expedition to Atlantis.
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation, 2024 Disney Channel/Disney+ animated musical film, the franchise's first feature, following Cricket Green's tricked family space vacation that endangers Big City.
Bolt (2008 film)
Bolt (2008) is a Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated comedy-adventure, directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard, about a TV super-dog voiced by John Travolta; Disney's first feature designed for 3-D, Oscar-nominated, formerly titled American Dog.
Brave (2012 film)
Brave (2012) is Pixar's 13th feature, also called The Bear and the Bow, directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Pixar's first female-led fairy tale, set in Scotland, it won the 2013 Best Animated Feature Oscar and grossed $273.3 million in the US.
Cars (franchise)
Cars, also known as Pixar Cars, is an American animated franchise from Pixar centered on race car Lightning McQueen, with films in 2006, 2011, and 2017.
Cars Toons
Cars Toons: Pixar animated short series based on Cars, in two runs, Mater's Tall Tales (2008–2012) and Tales from Radiator Springs (2013–2014); 15 shorts, directed by John Lasseter, starring Mater telling tall tales.
Chicken Little (2005 film)
Chicken Little (2005) is Walt Disney Animation Studios' first fully computer-animated feature, directed by Mark Dindal, released November 4, 2005, and the first film in Disney Digital 3-D, with mixed reviews (36% Tomatometer).
Coco (2017 film)
Coco (2017) is a Disney-Pixar animated musical directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina about Miguel, a boy who enters the Land of the Dead during Día de Muertos. It grossed over $814 million, won two Oscars, and spawned Coco 2.
Disney Renaissance
Disney Renaissance: 1989–1999 revival of Walt Disney Feature Animation, from The Little Mermaid to Tarzan, driven by Eisner, Katzenberg, Roy Disney, Broadway-style musicals, and digital tools.
Disney Vault
Disney Vault: the Walt Disney Company's home-video moratorium policy (also 'Disney Vault strategy'), withdrawing animated classics from retail for periodic re-releases from the 1980s until Bob Iger retired it with Disney+ in 2019.
Doug's 1st Movie
Doug's 1st Movie is a 1999 animated comedy from Jumbo Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Maurice Joyce, based on Disney's Doug TV series, released March 26, 1999, grossing $19.4 million.
Dumbo
Dumbo (1941) is Disney's fifth animated feature, a 64-minute RKO-distributed film about a mocked circus elephant who learns to fly, made for about $812,000, Oscar-winning for scoring, later criticized for racial stereotypes, remade by Tim Burton in 2019.
Elemental (2023 film)
Elemental (2023) is a Disney-Pixar animated romantic comedy-drama directed by Peter Sohn, set in Element City where fire, water, land and air residents live together; Ember (Leah Lewis) and Wade (Mamoudou Athie) lead a $496 million-grossing, Oscar-nominated immigration allegory.
Encanto
Encanto (2021) is Walt Disney Animation Studios' 60th animated feature, a Lin-Manuel Miranda musical about the Colombian Madrigal family, whose magic and intergenerational trauma, rooted in Abuela's forced displacement, drive the story.
Enchanted (film)
Enchanted is a 2007 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, and James Marsden, blending animation with live action in Manhattan.
Fantasia (1940 film)
Fantasia (1940) is Walt Disney's third animated feature, eight classical-music sequences conducted by Leopold Stokowski, premiered November 13, 1940, first shown in Fantasound stereo, a box-office failure until 1969, National Film Registry 1990.
Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated anthology film from Walt Disney that continues the 1940 Fantasia format, with seven new classical-music segments plus The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo (2003), Pixar's Oscar-winning animated film directed by Andrew Stanton, follows clownfish Marlin and Dory searching for his son Nemo; highest-grossing animated film of its time, over $339 million.
Home on the Range (2004 film)
Home on the Range (2004) is Disney's hand-drawn animated Western musical comedy, also developed as Sweating Bullets, about three cows saving the Patch of Heaven farm by capturing Alameda Slim for a $750 reward; it was Disney's last 2D theatrical feature.
Hoppers (film)
Hoppers is a 2026 Disney-Pixar animated comedy directed by Daniel Chong, in which Mabel (Piper Curda) hops her mind into a robotic beaver to save Beaverton Glade; it opened March 6, 2026 to $88 million globally.
I Am Groot
I Am Groot: Marvel Studios Disney+ animated shorts series (2022–2023) starring Baby Groot, written and directed by Kirsten Lepore, voiced by Vin Diesel; two seasons of five shorts each, set between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and its post-credits scene.
Inside Out (2015 film)
Inside Out is a 2015 Pixar animated film directed by Pete Docter, in which the emotions of an 11-year-old girl manage her mind as her family moves to San Francisco.
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 (2024) is Pixar's sequel to Inside Out, directed by Kelsey Mann, in which 13-year-old Riley's mind gains Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui; it became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp: 1955 Disney animated romance about pampered cocker spaniel Lady and stray Tramp; first CinemaScope animated feature, $4 million cost, $25 million gross, 2019 live-action remake.
Lego Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem
LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem is a 26-minute 2026 Disney+ animated special, the third in the LEGO Disney Princess series, in which Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan, Moana, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Tiana battle Cheshire Cat chaos in their castle.
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch is a Disney franchise begun with a 2002 animated film about a Hawaiian girl who adopts the alien experiment Stitch, remade in 2025.