Top Live Action Disney Films Countdown

[Greg McElhatton]

1. Mary Poppins
2. The Parent Trap (1961)
3. Return to Oz
4. Song of the South
5. Freaky Friday (1977)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Treasure Island
8. Muppet Christmas Carol
9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
10. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
11. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
12. Muppet Treasure Island
13. Tron

[MickeyMousePal]

Welcome to UltimateDisney.com Greg McElhatton.

You will enjoy it here.

[feedmelinguini]

Ok, sports fans.... Here's my list:

1. Mary Poppins (who else?)
2. Never Cry Wolf (a Disney film where the main character eats mice!)
3. Freaky Friday (the original with Jodie Foster)
4. Living Desert (outside of that annoying square dance, a perfect film)
5. Muppet Christmas Carol (though I consider this a Muppet film first)
6. Song of the South (not deserving of its long-standing obscurity)
7. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (what's not to like?)
8. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (definite sleeper)
9. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury is a god)
10. Candleshoe (Jodie again--see #3)
11. Straight Story (Richard should have gotten Best Actor)
12. Now You See Him, Now You Don't (childhood favorite)
13. Love Bug (who'd a-thunk a VW could act?)
14. Third Man on the Mountain (a surprisingly engaging little yarn)
15. Journey of Natty Gann (love the film, not the DVD)
16. Napoleon and Samantha (Jodie again. Sorry.)
17. Treasure Island (fully live-action debut)
18. Cool Runnings (ya mon)
19. Misadventures of Merlin Jones (delightfully quirky, a genre unto itself)
20. Ten Who Dared (So bad it's good. I love to make fun of it.)

Lon

[Taran]

1. Mary Poppins
2. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
3. The Parent Trap (1961)
4. The Watcher in the Woods
5. Swiss Family Robinson
6. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
7. Pollyana
8. Old Yeller
9. Freaky Friday (1977)
10. Escape to Witch Mountain
11. Summer Magic
12. That Darn Cat! (1965)
13. Pete's Dragon
14. The Princess Diaries
15. Candleshoe
16. The Happiest Millionaire
17. The Absent-Minded Professor
18. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
19. The North Avenue Irregulars
20. Return to Oz

[MickeyMousePal]

Welcome to UltimateDisney.com Taran.

You will enjoy it here.

[cinephan]

1. Pirates of the Caribbean
2. Freaky Friday (70's)
3. Return From Witch Mountain
4. Mary Poppins
5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6. Tuck Everlasting
7. Escape to Witch Mountain
8. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
9. Candleshoe
10. North Avenue Irregulars

[Robshowie]

1. The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
2. Freaky Friday (2003)
3. The Princess Diaires (2001)
4. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
5. Mary Poppins (1964)
6. The Haunted Mansion (2003)
7. The Country Bears (2002)
8. Pete's Dragon (1977)
9. The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
10. Babes In Toyland (1961)
11. The Parent Trap (1961)
12. The Parent Trap (1998)
13. Hocus Pocus (1993)
14. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
15. Blank Check (1994)
16. Freaky Friday (1977)
17. Newsies (1992)
18. Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
19. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20. L.T. Robin Crusoe U S N (1966)

[Ernest Rister]

Favorite - not best - Disney Live-Action Titles

1. Mary Poppins
2. So Dear To My Heart
3. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5. The Three Lives of Thomasina
6. Treasure Island
7. Old Yeller
8. Never Cry Wolf
9. White Wilderness
10. Those Calloways!
11. The Journey of Natty Gann
12. The Apple Dumpling Gang
13. The Parent Trap
14. Swiss Family Robinson
15. Hot Lead and Cold Feet
16. The Happiest Millionaire (Uncut Road Show Version)
17. Third Man on the Mountain
18. Pollyanna
19. The Love Bug
20. Return from Witch Mountain (Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Denver Pyle, Alfred the Goat -- what more do you want in a movie?)

[Ernest Rister]

WORST LIVE ACTION TITLES

1. Ten Who Dared ("Rock-Bottom Disney" - Leonard Maltin)
2. Monkeys Go Home!
3. The Monkey's Uncle
4. Lt. Robinson Crusoe, USN (co-stars a Monkey)
5. Moon Pilot (also co-starring a Monkey)
6. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (co-starring a Chimpanzee - close enough!)
7. The Barefoot Executive (More Monkeys!)
8. Disney History Films Co-starring Jeff York, Who Looks Like a Monkey (Johnny Tremain, Great Locomotive Chase...and Ten Who Dared, because Brian Keith with fake beard looks like Jeff York)
9. Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (Richard Todd looks like an Oragutang in a Kilt)
10. Son of Flubber (apparently written by Monkeys)
11. Herbie Goes Bananas (sounds Monkey-ish)
12. Superdad (starts to make joke about how Bob Crane and Monkeys at the Zoo are similar, decides not to)
13. Unidentified Flying Oddball (Ron Moody and Jim Dale apparently had monkeys for agents)
14. Million Dollar Duck (Dean Jones sort of looks like a lemur)
15. Ten Who Dared (Actually Would Have Been Better With Monkeys)

[poco]

Does anyone know when the last day of this is? I have to watch a few more to make 20 titles!

[MickeyMousePal]

Voting will end January 24. If there are any films you'd like to provide comments for in the Countdown Write-up Features (this may be a little different from the Animated one we did), PM or e-mail me (countdown@ultimatedisney.com) with the title(s) you're interested in, and I will get back to you if the film makes the Top 20 overall.

Here's the date poco.

[Ernest Rister]

<<Welcome to UltimateDisney.com Taran.

You will enjoy it here.>>

Where's my welcome?

[Loomis]

<<Welcome to UltimateDisney.com Taran.

You will enjoy it here.>>

Where's my welcome?

Ok, I'll bite.... Welcome Ernest.

Actually, before I read that I was just about to suggest that we start your "WORST LIVE ACTION TITLES" as a separate thread. It would be something fun to do.


Luke - we know you have the technology - can we split it like a banana?

[Disney Guru]

Here Are My Favorite Live Action Disneys

1) Song Of The South
2) So Dear To My Heart
3) Toby Tyler
4) Ten Who Dared
5) Babes In Toyland
6) Bon Voyage!
7) Emil And The Detectives
Almost Angels
9) Follow Me Boys!
10) Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin
11) The One And Only Genuine Origional Family Band
12) The Waltz King
13) The Wild Country
14) The Gnome Mobile
15) Smith!
16) Million Dollar Duck
17) Snowball Express
18) Charley And The Angel
19) Dr. Syn Alias The Scarecrow
20) Amy

[gau dog]

Top 10
1. Mary Poppins
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3. Absent Minded Professor
4. Old Yeller
5. Swiss Family Robinson
6. Parent Trap 1961
7. Shaggy Dog
8. Dick Tracy - why isn't this listed?
9. Tron
10. Rocketeer

[abbatazappa]

1. Escape To Witch Mountain (1975)
2. Song of the South (1946)
3. The Shaggy Dog (1959)
4. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
5. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
7. Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
8. The Love Bug (1969)
9. The Island At The Top Of The World (1974)
10. Return to Oz (1985)
11. Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
12. The Black Hole (1979)
13. Old Yeller (1957)
14. Treasure Island (1950)
15. The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
16. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
17. Charlie the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
18. Big Red (1962)
19. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
20. Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

[Poppins#1]

Here are my votes for best Disney live action film:

#1 Mary Poppins
#2 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
#3 Old Yeller
#4 The Parent Trap - 1961
#5 Swiss Family Robinson
#6 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
#7 The Three Lives of Thomasina
#8 Pollyanna
#9 The Love Bug
#10 The Journey of Natty Gann

[MickeyMousePal]

Welcome all to Ultimate Disney!

Poppins#1
abbatazappa
gau dog
cinephan
Robshowie

Welcome to the Forum!!!!

[Maerj]

1 Pirates of the Carribean
2 Mary Poppins
3 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
4 Haunted Mansion
5 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6 Song of the South
7 The Black Hole
8 Dragonslayer
9 Tron
10 The Rocketeer
11 Flight of the Navigator
12 Return to Oz
13 Freaky Friday (2003)
14 Honey, I Shrunk the Kid
15 The Absent Minded Professor
16 Swiss Family Robinson
17 Something Wicked This Way Comes
18 Treasure Island
19 Muppet Treasure Island
20 The Reluctant Dragon

[wwwjim]

Here are my 20.

1) Mary Poppins
2) Song of the South
3) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
4) Apple Dumpling Gang
5) Lovebug
6) Rocketeer
7) White Fang
8) Three Musketeers
9) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
10) So Dear to My Heart
11) Last Flight of Noah's Ark
12) Great Locomotive Chase
13) Absent Minded Professer
14) Swiss Family Robinson
15) Johnny Tremain
16) Old Yeller
17) Escape to Witch Mountain
18) Flight of the Navigator
19) Honey I Shrunk the Kids
20) Darby O'Gill