Top 5 Greatest Disney Animated Films
Published:Relive your childhood’s most memorable film moments with our Top 5 Greatest Disney Animated Films, featuring classics dating from 1937 through to the modern day! Did your favorite Disney cartoon make the cut?
1) Fantasia
- 1940 musical which was groundbreaking on several counts
- Innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound
- Surreal fantasy and playful escapism
- Compositions by Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas, and Schubert
- The screen bursts with color and action as creatures transmute and convention is thrust aside!
2) Lion King
- Breathtaking animation
- Classic soundtrack with songs by Elton John & Tim Rice
- Huge 1994 movie, continues as an acclaimed stage production
- A lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is murdered
- Vocal performances by Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane & Whoopi Goldberg are terrific
3) Aladdin
- 1992 musical fantasy film
- One of the most spectacular adventures of all-time
- Won two Academy Awards, for Best Music and Original Score
- Sidesplitting comedy. Robin Williams is the best genie all-time
- Won Golden Globe for Best Original Song (“A Whole New World”)
4) Lady and the Tramp
- 1955 romantic musical comedy film
- Tells the story of a female Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family, and a male stray mutt named Tramp
- Sequence of Lady and Tramp sharing a plate of Italian spaghetti has become iconic in film history
- Time named it as one of their 25 All-Time Best Animated Films
- Earned a spot on AFI’s 100 years 100 Passions list
5) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
- In 1937, became Disney’s first animated feature film
- Ranked as Greatest American Animated Film by American Film Institute
- Added to the US National Film Registry in 1989
- Nominated for Oscar for Best Musical Score
- Adjusted for inflation, it is one of the top ten performers at the North American box office
