Favorite Disney films

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What are your favorite Disney films?

Finding Nemo, Wall-E & Up

Aladdin
The little mermaid
The lion King
Mulan
Beauty and the beast
Tangled
Enchanted
Frozen

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Lilo and Stitch. Its been my favorite disney film since i was a child and i have seen it countless times. The sequels sucked though.

I've seen the entirety of Disney's animated oeuvre, but I still rank 'Lilo & Stitch' as my personal favorite. The art design, specifically the use of watercolors, is wonderful and the characters are really well-done; the relationship between Lilo and Nani is so meaningful and realistic...it's leaps and bounds above how animated films usually write kid characters.

Of the early years, I think 'Pinocchio' and 'Fantasia' were Disney's crowning achievement of animation, and easily their greatest accomplishments. Of their middle period, I guess maybe 'The Jungle Book' was the objective best, but I prefer 'Robin Hood'. Of the Disney Renaissance, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' was hands-down their magnum opus (that "Hellfire" sequence...jeez), though I have a soft spot for 'The Great Mouse Detective' and 'The Black Cauldron'. Of the post-Renaissance, 'Lilo & Stitch' obviously takes the cake, but I think most of the movies made around that time were vastly underrated ('Treasure Planet', 'The Emperor's New Groove', etc.). Of the modern era, 'Tangled' was by far the most solidly written and animated, maybe followed by 'Big Hero 6'.

As far as live-action films go, Disney hit a lot of pure gold from the '50s-'70s; I think 'Treasure Island' and 'Mary Poppins' are my favorites. Of the mid-period, most of the cult classics definitely make my list: 'The Black Hole', 'Midnight Madness', 'Flight of the Navigator', 'Return to Oz', 'The Rocketeer', etc. (weirdly enough, I never liked 'Tron'). The live-action films really took a dive in the '90s/'00s (funny how the quality of the animated films and live-action films seem to fluctuate against each other)...'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'The Muppets' are really the only stand-outs over the last 20 years, though I'll fight to defend my opinion that 'John Carter' was terribly underrated, just really badly marketed.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
WALL·E (2008)
Johnny Tremain (1957)

Snow White, Pinnochio, Bambi, Dumbo, Fantasia, Make Mine Music, Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland, Lady and The Tramp, Jungle Book, Aristicats, 101 Dalmations, Winnie the Pooh, The Great Mouse Detective, Fox and the Hound, Oliver and Company, Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo and Stitch, Meet The Robinsons, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh 2011, Wreck It Ralph, Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, Frozen 2, Encanto

If, and that is a BIG IF, we are counting Pixar, I would say Inside Out followed by Up.
In terms of pure Disney, The Love Bug. My dad took my brother and I to see it in the sixties.
Also, Mary Poppins. I was unable to see it as a child. I had to wait for it to be on television.
As for classic Disney cartoons, I'll say it is a toss up between Dumbo, Bambi, and Pinocchio. We had the VHS tapes of all three that we watched with our two sons.
For moderately modern cartoons, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. Again, we had VHS tapes, but my then wife and I also went to see it.

Fun fact! (like a slide show of a family vacation presented to friends) The Little Mermaid was release our first surviving son was born, 1989. Beauty and the Beast was released when our next son was born.

Favorite Vintage Disney films: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi

Favorite Renaissance Disney films: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Toy Story

Favorite Millennial Disney Films: Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Toy Story 3

Favorite Modern Disney Film: Wreck-It-Ralph

I really like the movies luca and soul.
Both have well thought out stories that offers a rewarding feel good feeling by the end.

They are imo the last of the great disney movies as the releases afterwords have been soso. It's a shame because disney was really good at exploring heavy subjects in a family friendly format.

Beauty & the Beast
Dumbo
Cinderella


Sleeping Beauty had potential but got too scary.

Soul has one of the deepest Disney scripts I have seen put in a movie. Anyone observe where number 22 was heading at the end of the movie (sorry spoiler).

I like many of their adventure films from 60+ years ago, such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Kidnapped, etc.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a lot of fun.

The Jungle Book

The Toy Story Trilogy

Beauty and the Beast

Zootopia

Wreck-It Ralph

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

Big Hero 6

Miracle

Aladdin

The Lion King

Inside Out

Inside Out 2

WALL-E

The Aristocats

Hercules