The Complete Disney Film List And My Rankings

These are the classic animated Disney films. These are FULL LENGTH FEATURES ONLY. The list does not include animated films distributed but not produced by Disney. It also doesn’t include direct to video releases. The first column is the order in which they were released, and the second column is my opinion as to the ranking of the films. The "DNS" designator indicates one I have not seen. This list is accurate as the date of this post. I have not included Disney Toon Studio films in any of these lists.


1 13 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2 15 Pinocchio
3 3 Fantasia
4 12 Dumbo
5 21 Bambi
6 41 Saludos Amigos
7 37 The Three Caballeros
8 DNS Make Mine Music
9 42 Fun and Fancy Free
10 DNS Melody Time
11 11 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
12 14 Cinderella
13 10 Alice in Wonderland
14 9 Peter Pan
15 17 Lady and the Tramp
16 8 Sleeping Beauty
17 18 One Hundred and One Dalmatians
18 19 The Sword in the Stone
19 6 The Jungle Book
20 32 The Aristocats
21 20 Robin Hood
22 23 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
23 24 The Rescuers
24 25 The Fox and the Hound
25 7 The Black Cauldron
26 27 The Great Mouse Detective
27 26 Oliver & Company
28 28 The Little Mermaid
29 38 The Rescuers Down Under
30 2 Beauty and the Beast
31 29 Aladdin
32 1 The Lion King
33 40 Pocahontas
34 35 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
35 36 Hercules
36 5 Mulan
37 22 Tarzan
38 34 Fantasia 2000
39 31 The Emperor's New Groove
40 30 Atlantis: The Lost Empire
41 4 Lilo & Stitch
42 33 Treasure Planet
43 16 Brother Bear
44 39 Home on the Range
45 DNS Chicken Little
46 DNS Meet the Robinsons


These are the Pixar films. These are FULL LENGTH FEATURES ONLY. The first column is the order in which they were released, and the second column is my opinion as to the ranking of the films. The "DNS" designator indicates one I have not seen. This list is accurate as the date of this post.
1 4 Toy Story
2 6 A Bug's Life
3 5 Toy Story 2
4 3 Monsters, Inc.
5 7 Finding Nemo
6 2 The Incredibles
7 8 Cars
8 1 Ratatouille



These are the mixed live action and animated Disney films. These are FULL LENGTH FEATURES ONLY. The list does not include animated films distributed but not produced by Disney. It also doesn’t include direct to video releases. The first column is the order in which they were released, and the second column is my opinion as to the ranking of the films. The "DNS" designator indicates one I have not seen. This list is accurate as the date of this post.
1 6 The Reluctant Dragon
2 DNS Victory Through Air Power (War Film)
3 1 Song of the South
4 DNS So Dear to My Heart
5 3 Mary Poppins
6 4 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
7 5 Pete's Dragon
8 2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9 DNS The Lizzie McGuire Movie

These are the "other" Disney films which didn't come out of Disney studios, but they do deserve a mention. These are FULL LENGTH FEATURES ONLY. The list does not include animated films distributed but not produced by Disney. It also doesn’t include direct to video releases. The first column is the order in which they were released, and the second column is my opinion as to the ranking of the films. The "DNS" designator indicates one I have not seen. This list is accurate as the date of this post.

1 1 The Nightmare Before Christmas
2 DNS James and the Giant Peach
3 2 Dinosaur

The Simpsons Review. Exceleellllent.

The movie will make you laugh pretty much from one end to the other — and through the credits too. Don’t leave early. I liked it but I did think it was just a two part episode thrown together on the big screen. All your favourites are there, though there are so many you will find most don’t speak for lack of time. Matt Groening has said that there will at least another hour of cut stuff on the DVD. Sure, it was a bit slow in the middle, but many movies are. I was hoping for a work of art, but what I got was one of the better Simpsons episodes ever made. And on reflection, that isn't half bad.

Spoilers aplenty so don’t read on if you care about that.

In a tribute to Austin powers we see Bart skate through town, naked as the day he was born. And we finally see the yellow veg-n-fruit as it were. Very anti-climactic, so to speak. And pricelessly funny. Almost as funny as Spider-Pig which sounds stupid but in reality makes you laugh in spite of yourself.

The big shocker is probably Marge actually swearing. A character di es but I won’t put that here.

There are sight gags all over the place. And I mean everywhere. Fox News crawls. Tributes to old episodes (electrocuting fish, jumping gorges, wrecked ambulances). You know you’re in for it from the opening credits when Ralph comes out and hums the 20th century fox fanfare. And later he comes out again.

There’s a story to the movie, but it’s utterly incidental for the most part. All they want to do is set up gag after gag. From President Schwartenegger to rush to get every single character in the film, including one of my favourites Fat Tony. The credit showed that even Kang was in it, but I missed his cameo. Green Day and Tom Hanks both have appearances as well.

And of course Maggie speaks her second word. Everyone saw the first episode where she said Daddy. Now she says another word which will be inherently obvious by the time she says it.

There’s some political stuff to. The President picks plan 3 at random, choosing to not even read them, saying “I was elected to lead, not read.” The head of the EPA is named Cargill. Cargill also happens to be the name of an international conglomerate of food, agricultural products as well as risk management products and services.

The family separates for awhile and it seems they are doomed to remain that way until they die (death being imminent). Happily, BTW, Bart does not say "cowabunga" at any point.

Enjoyed seeing it with the crowd: Evan, Erin, David, Kathy, William, and Timmy -- after breakfast naturally.

Ratatouille Really Rocks

Ratatouille really rocks. This rodent tale, written and directed by Brad Bird of Incredibles fame, is one powerful film. When I first saw the previews, I'll be honest, I wasn't interested. I thought it was going to be the worst of the Pixar lot (Cars currently holds that honour in my opinion). Instead, I have to report this as, by far, the best thing to come out of Pixar, ever. In fact, this may be one of the best films to come out of Dinsey in years. It's not Lion King, but that's not fair because Lion King is a classic for the ages.

I have to tell you, this film may be a classic for the ages as well. I cannot begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this film. It worked on every level. It worked as a cartoon, because it is a cartoon. It worked as a kids' film because the kids were all entertained. It worked as an adult film because there were some very adult innuendos and double-entendres, some that even slipped by the censors judging by the "G" rating.

I wish I could tell you about some flaws in the film, but there aren't any major flaws. Sure, there are some bits the seem rushed, but at 110 minutes you're at the outer-reach of attention-span for a "kiddie cartoon." And the credibility of a talking rat that cooks is absurd, but so are the talking animals in Lion King, the fish in Finding Nemo, and the toys in Toy Story. You can't hold that against a film, or you'd not like Lord of the Rings either.

I can honestly tell you, go see this film. Twice.

Knocked Up, Ocean's Thirteen, Surf's Up.

This post contains not one, not two, but THREE movie reviews. I am confident some of my reader base can handle three things at once. It's nice to know my vote counts, too. If you get Entertainment Weekly magazine, they have the Critical Mass section where critics from around the country have their reviews posted and there is an "EW Reader's Average" on which I am one of the panel members who gets to rate films.

First up is Knocked Up. The previews certainly looked funny. Parts of the movie were certainly funny. And I enjoyed myself right until the last bit when it took a nose dive of a particularly nefarious kind: it turned into a chick-flick. I have nothing against chick flicks, but I probably would not choose to see them with my guy friends. They are called chick-flicks, because you are supposed to see them with a lady and not a man. It was false advertising as far as I'm concerned. Plus, I was rather put out with the crowning moment in child-birth brought to life on the big screen THREE times. A red light on this one if you're a guy.

Next up is Ocean's Thirteen. After, Ocean's Twelve, anything would be good, even a proctology exam. I am pleased, then, to report that Ocean's Thirteen was actually an enjoyable film. It's certainly not up there with the original Ocean's Eleven (Clooney or Sinatra) but at least I had a good time. Then again I am biased towards any film set in Las Vegas. I also had the good luck to see the original Ocean's Eleven last Sunday when my new verticals were being installed. Not what I expected but also enjoyable. I can safely say if you liked Ocean's Eleven, you will also like Thirteen.

Last in line is Surf's Up!, which I swore I'd never see because I am tired of penguin movies. Happy Feet is better -- no question about it. However, if you give this film a chance to stand on its own, it's enjoyable and predictable at the same time. Decent soundtrack. Great humour in Chicken Joe and the graphics are nice but nowhere on the Happy Feet level. Another green light from me.

Happy Feet

Yeah, I finally saw Happy Feet.

I saw the preview some time ago and thought it looked stupid. I didn't really want to see it. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Everyone who did see it, told me they liked it or loved it. Sure they all thought it got a bit preachy at times (it does). So, I decided to see it based on the fact that my friends are smarter than movie critics (so is a cement block) and based on the fact it has a great soundtrack.

It opens with a Beatles song. Yay. This is always a good omen. The music in this film is fantastic. It doesn't matter what you like: there's something for you -- from rap, rock, pop, R&B, salsa, and so on. None of the songs are long enough to irritate if you don't like that particular piece. The graphics are beyond phenomenal.

And yeah, it's a bit preachy. It's at its worst when they mix in the live-action people in the back third of the movie. Although I fully agree with the political position of this film (yay), a kiddie cartoon is not the place for this type of overt political grandstanding. There's also some other cheap-shots in the film (with which I also agree) that also are out of place here.

I left, entirely satisfied. That may not say so much but considering I didn't really want to like this movie, and I left wishing white men could dance, that's a glowing recommendation.

It makes me glad I'm a penguin. Oh wait, I'm not a penguin. Dammit.