# List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
[Walt Disney Animation Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney-animation-studios) films are the feature-length animated movies produced in-house by the Burbank studio founded by [Walt Disney](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney), beginning with *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* in 1937 and continuing through *Zootopia 2* (2025) and the upcoming *Hexed* (2026).[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) The studio's official filmography lists 63 titles from 1937 to 2024, and the set is often called the Disney Animated Canon.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) • [2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First feature | *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937), the studio's first fully animated feature film[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) |
| Canon size | 63 titles listed on the studio's official filmography from 1937 through the announced *Hexed* (November 25, 2026)[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) |
| Canon boundaries | Includes *Dinosaur* (2000) and *Winnie the Pooh* (2011) but excludes *The Wild* (2006)[2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html) |
| Technology milestones | First CGI elements in *The Black Cauldron* (1985); first fully computer-animated feature *Chicken Little* (2005); last hand-drawn feature *Winnie the Pooh* (2011)[2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html) |
| Biggest hit | *Zootopia 2* (2025) is described by the studio as its #1 feature of all time[3](https://www.disneystudios.com/business/walt-disney-animation-studios) |
| Recent records | *Moana 2* (2024) set the highest 5-day opening of all time and the highest Thanksgiving opening weekend box office ever[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-box-office-alan-bergman-interview/) |
| Billion-dollar club | Only 11 animated films have ever passed $1 billion worldwide, and Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios produced eight of them[5](https://d23.com/7-billion-dollar-earning-animated-movies-you-can-stream-on-disney/) |
## What counts as a studio film
The films collectively produced by the studio are commonly dubbed the Disney Animated Canon or Disney animated features canon.[6](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features) According to D23, Disney's official fan club, the "classic" animated features are the principal full-length Disney animated features from Walt Disney Feature Animation; its list excludes direct-to-video releases, theatrical titles from [Disney Television Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/disney-television-animation), stop-motion works like *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, and computer-animated films from other studios like *Toy Story*.[7](https://d23.com/a-to-z/animated-features-classic/)
The canon's edges are not obvious from the titles alone. *Dinosaur* (2000) is included even though its animation was done by a separate studio, The Secret Lab, because its pre-production and post-production took place at Walt Disney Animation; *The Wild* (2006) is excluded.[2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html) The studio's own filmography matches this boundary: it lists neither *The Wild* nor the wartime live-action hybrids *The Reluctant Dragon*, *Song of the South*, *Victory Through Air Power*, and *So Dear to My Heart*, which appear on D23's broader list of all Disney films.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) • [8](https://d23.com/list-of-disney-films/)
## The complete filmography
The following list reproduces the studio's official feature filmography with release years.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/)
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), *[Fantasia](https://www.edgepedia.org/fantasia-1940-film)* (1940)
- *Dumbo* (1941)
- *Bambi* (1942)
- *Saludos Amigos* (1943)
- *The Three Caballeros* (1945)
- *Make Mine Music* (1946)
- *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947)
- *Melody Time* (1948)
- *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949)
- *Cinderella* (1950)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951)
- *[Peter Pan](https://www.edgepedia.org/peter-pan-1953-film)* (1953)
- *Lady and the Tramp* (1955)
- *Sleeping Beauty* (1959)
- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961)
- *The Sword in the Stone* (1963)
- *The Jungle Book* (1967)
- *The Aristocats* (1970)
- *Robin Hood* (1973)
- *The Rescuers* (1977), *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (1977)
- *The Fox and the Hound* (1981)
- *The Black Cauldron* (1985)
- *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986)
- *Oliver & Company* (1988)
- *The Little Mermaid* (1989)
- *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1991)
- *Aladdin* (1992)
- *The Lion King* (1994)
- *Pocahontas* (1995)
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996)
- *Hercules* (1997)
- *Mulan* (1998)
- *Tarzan* (1999)
- *Fantasia 2000* (2000), *Dinosaur* (2000), *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000)
- *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001)
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2002), *Treasure Planet* (2002)
- *Brother Bear* (2003)
- *Home on the Range* (2004)
- *Chicken Little* (2005)
- *Meet the Robinsons* (2007)
- *Bolt* (2008)
- *The Princess and the Frog* (2009)
- *Tangled* (2010)
- *Winnie the Pooh* (2011)
- *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012)
- *Frozen* (2013)
- *Big Hero 6* (2014)
- *Zootopia* (2016), *Moana* (2016)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018)
- *Frozen 2* (2019)
- *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021), *Encanto* (2021)
- *Strange World* (2022)
- *[Wish](https://www.edgepedia.org/wish-film)* (2023)
- *Moana 2* (2024)
- *Zootopia 2* (2025)
- *Hexed* (announced for November 25, 2026)
## Periods of the filmography
**The early features, 1937 to 1942.** The first five features, *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, *Pinocchio*, *Fantasia*, *Dumbo*, and *Bambi*, established the studio's hand-drawn style. *Snow White* was made in three-strip [Technicolor](https://www.edgepedia.org/technicolor), and Walt Disney announced the project to his animators in 1934 by telling them the story outright.[9](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/film-archive-walt-disney-studios/) • [10](https://d23.com/disney-history/)
**The 1940s package films.** During and after World War II the studio released shorter anthology features such as *Saludos Amigos*, *Make Mine Music*, *Fun and Fancy Free*, *Melody Time*, and *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*, before returning to single-story features with *Cinderella* in 1950.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/)
**The late 20th century.** After a quiet stretch in the 1970s and early 1980s, *The Little Mermaid* (1989) began a run of musical features through the 1990s, including *Beauty and the Beast*, *Aladdin*, *The Lion King*, and *Mulan*.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) Time credits studio animation boss [Jeffrey Katzenberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeffrey-katzenberg)'s pairing of writer-directors [Ron Clements](https://www.edgepedia.org/ron-clements) and [John Musker](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-musker) with songwriters Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for launching this revival.[11](https://time.com/4609386/best-animated-films/)
**The 2000s transition.** The studio's first CGI elements appeared in *The Black Cauldron* (1985), and *Chicken Little* (2005) was its first fully computer-animated feature.[2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html) The 2000s releases also moved away from musicals toward action and science fiction, with *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001) as the studio's first science fiction film.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) *Winnie the Pooh* (2011) was the last hand-drawn animated Disney movie.[2](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html)
**The modern era.** Since 2012 the studio has released computer-animated features including the *Frozen* films, *Zootopia*, *Moana*, *Encanto*, and *Wish*.[1](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/) *Moana 2* began as a streaming series; directors David Derrick Jr. and Jason Hand developed it for more than a year before their work convinced Disney executives to back a theatrical film, and its teaser trailer was watched 178 million times in 24 hours.[12](https://apnews.com/article/e64b02c14af7f69d204abfa9f7d39224) *Zootopia 2* became the biggest movie of 2025 and is described by the studio as its #1 feature of all time.[3](https://www.disneystudios.com/business/walt-disney-animation-studios) • [13](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/this-is-the-most-difficult-thing-ive-ever-done-inside-disneys-wildest-animation-challenge-yet)
## Box office and reach
Only 11 animated films have ever crossed $1 billion worldwide, and Pixar Animation Studios or Walt Disney Animation Studios produced eight of those titles.[5](https://d23.com/7-billion-dollar-earning-animated-movies-you-can-stream-on-disney/) In 2024, *Moana 2* posted the highest 5-day opening of all time and the highest [Thanksgiving](https://www.edgepedia.org/thanksgiving) opening weekend box office ever, while Pixar's *Inside Out 2* became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.[4](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-box-office-alan-bergman-interview/) On Disney+, the first *Moana* remains the most watched movie with more than 1.4 billion hours streamed, and *Moana 2* became the biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios premiere on the platform since *Encanto*.[14](https://apnews.com/article/12a484b389359d746c703898d71697c3)
The catalog also feeds a live-action remake program: four remakes of animated classics, *The Lion King*, *[Beauty and the Beast](https://www.edgepedia.org/beauty-and-the-beast-2017-film)*, *Alice in Wonderland*, and *Aladdin*, have each passed $1 billion worldwide, and a live-action *[Moana](https://www.edgepedia.org/moana-2026-film)* directed by [Thomas Kail](https://www.edgepedia.org/thomas-kail) was scheduled to open in July 2026.[15](https://time.com/7270250/disney-live-action-remakes-ranked/) • [12](https://apnews.com/article/e64b02c14af7f69d204abfa9f7d39224)
## References
1. [Feature Films, Walt Disney Animation Studios](https://www.disneyanimation.com/films/)
2. [The Official Disney Animated Canon, Disneyclips.com](https://www.disneyclips.com/movies/canon.html)
3. [Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Studios](https://www.disneystudios.com/business/walt-disney-animation-studios)
4. [Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, on the Record-Breaking Year for The Walt Disney Studios](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-box-office-alan-bergman-interview/)
5. [7 Billion-Dollar-Earning Animated Movies You Can Stream on Disney+, D23](https://d23.com/7-billion-dollar-earning-animated-movies-you-can-stream-on-disney/)
6. [List of Disney theatrical animated features, Disney Wiki](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features)
7. [Animated features, classic, D23](https://d23.com/a-to-z/animated-features-classic/)
8. [List of Disney Films, D23](https://d23.com/list-of-disney-films/)
9. [Preserving a Legacy: Inside the Walt Disney Studios Film Archive, The Walt Disney Company](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/film-archive-walt-disney-studios/)
10. [Disney History, D23](https://d23.com/disney-history/)
11. [The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films, Time](https://time.com/4609386/best-animated-films/)
12. [How 'Moana 2' charted a course back to the big screen, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/e64b02c14af7f69d204abfa9f7d39224)
13. [Inside Disney's wildest animation challenge yet, TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/this-is-the-most-difficult-thing-ive-ever-done-inside-disneys-wildest-animation-challenge-yet)
14. [Disney parks thrive in second quarter and company adds 1.4 million new streaming subscribers, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/12a484b389359d746c703898d71697c3)
15. [Every Disney Live-Action Remake, Ranked, Time](https://time.com/7270250/disney-live-action-remakes-ranked/)
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