20 Must-See Disney Animated Feature Films

When it comes to Walt Disney Feature Animation, I'm sure that you must be familiar with them.There is more than 80 years since the first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937.The Walt Disney Company has created many classic animations for us. I believe that without Disney and its classic animations like Mickey Mouse, there would be less joys in our life.

Here chilimovie take a look at 20 classic Disney animated feature films. Both The Lion King which made audiences cry, and the famous Beauty and the Beast which is still popular today. All of them have created an amazing fairy tale world for generations of audiences.


Release Date
1994-06-24
  • Rate : 8.5
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Jennifer Yuan
  • Stars : Matthew Broderick , Moira Kelly , Nathan Lane
  • A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?
Release Date
1937-12-21
  • Rate : 7.6
  • Production Companies : RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Walt Disney Productions
  • Director : David Hand, Kendall O'Connor, John Hubley
  • Stars : Adriana Caselotti , Lucille La Verne , Harry Stockwell
  • A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Release Date
2012-01-13
  • Rate : 8
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Rick Moore
  • Stars : Paige O'Hara , Robby Benson , Richard White
  • Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
Release Date
1989-11-17
  • Rate : 7.6
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV
  • Director : Ron Clements, Jennifer Yuan, Bill Perkins
  • Stars : Jodi Benson , Samuel E. Wright , Pat Carroll
  • This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
Release Date
1940-02-23
  • Rate : 7.5
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
  • Stars : Dickie Jones , Cliff Edwards , Clarence Nash
  • Der alte Gepetto wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als einen kleinen Jungen. In einer wundervollen, sternklaren Nacht erfüllt eine gute Fee seinen Wunsch, indem sie die kleine Holzmarionette Pinocchio zum Leben erweckt. Trotz aller guten Vorsätze und der Warnungen der gewissenhaften Grille Jiminy zieht er voller Neugier und Abenteuerlust los, um die weite Welt zu erkunden. Eine aufregende Reise beginnt. Doch schon bald gerät Pinocchio von einem Schlamassel in den nächsten, bis er im Bauch eines riesigen Wals landet ...
Release Date
1950-02-22
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Productions
  • Director : Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
  • Stars : Ilene Woods , Eleanor Audley , Verna Felton
  • Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Release Date
1995-06-16
  • Rate : 6.7
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, Peter J. Deluca
  • Stars : Irene Bedard , Mel Gibson , David Ogden Stiers
  • Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
Release Date
1998-06-19
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook, Peter J. Deluca
  • Stars : Ming-Na Wen , Eddie Murphy , BD Wong
  • To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Release Date
1940-11-13
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions
  • Director : Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts
  • Stars : Deems Taylor , Walt Disney , Leopold Stokowski
  • Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
Release Date
2008-11-21
  • Rate : 6.8
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Byron Howard, Merrick Rustia, Thomas Baker
  • Stars : John Travolta , Susie Essman , Mark Walton
  • Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.
Release Date
2003-10-23
  • Rate : 6.9
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker, George Villaflor
  • Stars : Joaquin Phoenix , Jeremy Suarez , Jason Raize
  • When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
Release Date
2009-12-11
  • Rate : 7.2
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Jennifer Yuan, Chung Sup Yoon, James P. Alles
  • Stars : Anika Noni Rose , Bruno Campos , Jim Cummings
  • A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Release Date
2000-01-01
  • Rate : 7.1
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation
  • Director : James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Eric Goldberg
  • Stars : Steve Martin , Itzhak Perlman , Quincy Jones
  • Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Release Date
2000-12-15
  • Rate : 7.4
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Chung Sup Sup Yoon, Rick Moore, Mark Dindal
  • Stars : David Spade , John Goodman , Eartha Kitt
  • Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a llama, who accidentally ends up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco if he doesn't destroy his house, and so they form an unlikely partnership.
Release Date
2002-06-21
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • Director : Peter J. Deluca, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
  • Stars : Daveigh Chase , Chris Sanders , Tia Carrere
  • As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.
Release Date
2010-11-24
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, Rick Moore
  • Stars : Mandy Moore , Zachary Levi , Donna Murphy
  • When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.
Release Date
2012-11-02
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
  • Director : Rick Moore, Matsune Suzuki, Merrick Rustia
  • Stars : John C. Reilly , Sarah Silverman , Jack McBrayer
  • Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.
Release Date
2013-11-27
  • Rate : 7.4
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Scott Armstrong, Kendra Vander Vliet, Rick Moore
  • Stars : Kristen Bell , Idina Menzel , Jonathan Groff
  • Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.
Release Date
2016-03-04
  • Rate : 8
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Jared Bush, Jenny Bettis, Rick Moore
  • Stars : Jason Bateman , Ginnifer Goodwin , Idris Elba
  • Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Release Date
2014-11-07
  • Rate : 7.8
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Director : Don Hall, Chris Williams, Kendra Vander Vliet
  • Stars : Scott Adsit , Ryan Potter , Daniel Henney
  • A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.