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What is the best Disney animated movie from Walt Disney's era?

By YPB Team

Wartime musical anthologies sit beside the fairy tales that made the studio's name, all shaped under Walt's own eye. Some still fill theme parks; a few are barely remembered outside film classes.

  1. Pinocchio — ranked #11
    Pinocchio
    A 1940 adaptation of Carlo Collodi's novel that won Academy Awards for its score and for the song When You Wish Upon a Star.
    1000pts
  2. The Jungle Book — ranked #22
    The Jungle Book
    A 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's stories, released ten months after Walt Disney's death in December 1966 and the last animated feature he personally worked on.
    738pts
  3. Snow White — ranked #33
    Snow White
    Disney's first full-length animated feature, a 1937 adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
    700pts
  4. Lady and the Tramp — ranked #44
    Lady and the Tramp
    A 1955 romance between a pampered cocker spaniel and a stray, and Disney's first animated feature filmed in CinemaScope.
    658pts
  5. Sleeping Beauty — ranked #55
    Sleeping Beauty
    A 1959 fairy-tale feature shot in Super Technirama 70, with a score adapted from Tchaikovsky's ballet and Maleficent as its villain.
    625pts
  6. The Three Caballeros — ranked #66
    The Three Caballeros
    A 1944 package film mixing animation and live action in which Donald Duck travels Latin America with José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles.
    625pts
  7. Peter Pan — ranked #77
    Peter Pan
    A 1953 adaptation of J. M. Barrie's play, with Bobby Driscoll voicing Peter and Kathryn Beaumont voicing Wendy.
    625pts
  8. Fantasia — ranked #88
    Fantasia
    A 1940 concert feature of animated segments set to classical pieces conducted by Leopold Stokowski, including Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
    500pts
  9. Ichabod and Mr. Toad — ranked #99
    Ichabod and Mr. Toad
    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) pairs adaptations of The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, narrated by Basil Rathbone and Bing Crosby.
    433pts
  10. Make Mine Music — ranked #1010
    Make Mine Music
    A 1946 package film of ten musical shorts, among them Peter and the Wolf and Casey at the Bat.
    357pts
  11. One Hundred and One Dalmatians — ranked #1111
    One Hundred and One Dalmatians
    A 1961 adaptation of Dodie Smith's novel about puppies stolen by Cruella de Vil, the first Disney feature to use xerography throughout to transfer drawings to cels.
    357pts
  12. Bambi — ranked #1212
    Bambi
    A 1942 adaptation of Felix Salten's novel about a young deer, with the young Bambi voiced by Donnie Dunagan.
    357pts
  13. Saludos Amigos — ranked #1313
    Saludos Amigos
    A 42-minute package film drawn from Disney's 1941 goodwill tour of Latin America, which introduced the parrot José Carioca.
    357pts
  14. Melody Time — ranked #1414
    Melody Time
    A 1948 package film of seven musical segments, including Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill.
    357pts
  15. Fun and Fancy Free — ranked #1515
    Fun and Fancy Free
    A 1947 two-part film pairing Bongo, about a circus bear, with Mickey and the Beanstalk starring Mickey, Donald and Goofy.
    269pts
  16. Cinderella — ranked #1616
    Cinderella
    A 1950 adaptation of Charles Perrault's fairy tale featuring the Oscar-nominated song Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.
    269pts
  17. Dumbo — ranked #1717
    Dumbo
    A 1941 feature of about 64 minutes about a baby circus elephant mocked for his huge ears, which won the Oscar for its musical scoring.
    269pts
  18. The Sword in the Stone — ranked #1818
    The Sword in the Stone
    A 1963 adaptation of T. H. White's novel about the young King Arthur's lessons with Merlin, the last Disney animated feature released in Walt's lifetime.
    0pts
  19. Alice in Wonderland — ranked #1919
    Alice in Wonderland
    A 1951 adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, with Kathryn Beaumont voicing Alice.
    0pts

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