The Little Mermaid (1989) Review
The Little Mermaid is the film that started the Disney Renaissance. Ron Clements and John Musker directed.
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AnimatedThe Iron Giant (1999) Review
Brad Bird had been working primarily as television animator before The Iron Giant. The film loosely adapts Ted Hughes's 1968 novel The Iron Man, published in the United States as The Iron Giant.
AnimatedInside Out (2015) and Inside Out 2 (2024) Review
The film is basically a story about the psychological. Pete Docter built the premise from his own experience watching his daughter Elie change as she entered adolescence.
AdventureFinding Nemo (2003) Review
Finding Nemo is one of the foundational documents of Pixar's golden era and one of the great American animated films of the early twenty-first century. Stanton would subsequently direct WALL-E in 2008, Finding Dory in 2016, and various other major…
AnimatedThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Review
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the darkest films Disney has ever released and one of the most thematically ambitious animated features in the studi. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed.
AdventureFinding Dory (2016) Review
Finding Dory is one of the more substantive Pixar sequels and one of the more thoughtful contemporary animated productions about cognitive disability. The substantial gap between productions reflected Pixar's broader sequel discipline during the period.
AnimatedFantasia (1940) Review
Fantasia is one of the great animated films in cinema history and one of the foundational documents of the entire American animation tradition. The film consists of eight animated segments set to classical music compositions.
AnimalDumbo (1941 / 2019), Contrast Review
The Dumbo property exists in two substantial Disney adaptations across nearly eighty years. The 1941 animated production is one of the great classical Disney achievements and the production that financially saved Disney following the substantial commercial disappointment of Fantasia.
AnimatedCinderella (1950) Review
Cinderella is the film that saved the Walt Disney Company. The wartime production constraint.
AdventureChicken Run (2000) Review
Chicken Run is one of the great British animated productions of the early twenty-first century and the feature debut of Aardman Animations as substantial. Aardman Animations had been working primarily in short subject and television animated production before Chicken Run.
AnimatedBeauty and the Beast (1991) Review
Beauty and the Beast is one of the great Disney animated films and the first animated feature ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed.
AnimalBambi (1942) Review
Bambi is one of the great American animated films and one of Walt Disney's most personal achievements. The film runs seventy minutes.