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ScreenAge Wasteland Ranks the Walt Disney Animated Classics

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Just in time to finish off our Disney Themed Month, ScreenAge Wasteland is proud to present our community’s ranking of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films.

Six people (whether is was staff, commenters, or Twitter followers) took part in sending us their personal rankings of the animated Disney films. We then assigned them points (top spot got 58, last spot got 1) and tallied the scores. In the event that someone hadn’t seen a Disney film, a multiplier was added to bump that film’s score up to what it would have been if all 6 people had seen it.

However, we are only going to focus on the Top 30 films. As for the bottom 28? Here’s how they ranked:

57. Dinosaur (15 points), 57. The Black Cauldron (15 points), 56. Saludos Amigos (18 points), 55. The Three Amigos (21 points), 54. Fun and Fancy Free (26 points), 53. Melody Time (28 points), 52. Chicken Little (29 points), 51. Oliver & Company (39 points), 50. Home on the Range (55 points), 49. Make Mine Music (56 points), 48. Treasure Planet (66 points), 47. Fantasia 2000 (67 points), 46. Bolt (70 points), 45. Meet the Robinsons (76 points), 44. The Sword in the Stone (79 points), 43. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (80 points), 42. The Aristocats (85 points), 41. Winnie the Pooh (88 points), 39. Sleeping Beauty (89 points), 39. The Princess and the Frog (89 points), 38. The Rescuers (92 points), 37. Brother Bear (95 points), 36. Pocahontas (99 points), 35. Pinocchio (100 points), 34. Hercules (101 points), 33. The Fox and the Hound (102 points), 32. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (104 points), 31. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (105 points)

With that out of the way, it’s time to warm up your vocal chords and sing-a-long as we countdown the Top 30 Disney films. And feel free to agree or disagree with where a film ranked in the comments below!


29. Dumbo (1941) | 107 points


29. Peter Pan (1953) | 107 points


28. The Great Mouse Detective (1986) | 109 points


26. Alice in Wonderland (1951) | 114 points


26. The Rescuers Down Under (1990) | 114 points


25. Bambi (1942) | 117 points


24. Cinderella (1950) | 121 points


23. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) | 130 points


22. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) | 132 points


21. Lady and the Tramp (1955) | 134 points


20. Robin Hood (1973) | 138 points


19. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) | 140 points


18. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | 142 points


17. Fantasia (1940) | 150 points


16. Big Hero 6 (2014) | 152 points


15. The Jungle Book (1967) | 153 points


14. Frozen II (2019) | 154 points


13. Mulan (1998) | 155 points


12. Tangled (2010) | 165 points


11. Tarzan (1999) | 171 points


9. Wreck-It Ralph (2012) | 172 points


9. The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) | 172 points


8. Lilo & Stitch (2002) | 175 points


7. Zootopia (2016) | 176 points


6. Frozen (2013) | 182 points


5. Moana (2016) | 188 points


4. The Little Mermaid (1989) | 193 points


3. Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 203 points


2. The Lion King (1994) | 212 points


1. Aladdin (1992) | 235 points


It was always going to be a close race for #1 between Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin. 2016’s Zootopia and Moana both cracked the Top 10 proving that Disney still knows how to make universally loved films.

Thank you to everyone who participated in SAW’s third community ranking!

How does your ranking of the Disney animated classics look? Share your ranking in the comments below!

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