Best and Worst Disney Films after The Lion King (1995-today)

[toplaycool22]

(Note: must be 2-D)

Best:

Mulan
Tarzan
Lilo & Stitch
The Princess and the Frog

Underrated (should be noticed more):

The Emperor's New Groove

Worst:

Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Treasure Planet
Brother Bear
Home on the Range

[SWillie!]

I refuse to follow the "must be 2d" rule, because that's stupid and they are all DISNEY movies.

From best to worst:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mulan
Tangled
Lilo & Stitch
Tarzan
The Princess and the Frog
Fantasia 2000
Winnie the Pooh
Pocahontas
Brother Bear
Bolt
Treasure Planet
The Emperor's New Groove
Hercules
Dinosaur
Meet the Robinsons
Atlantis
Home on the Range





Chicken Little.

[pap64]

I agree with SWillie. The CG features are still part of the official canon and part of Disney history, regardless of what the fans may say.

As for the best...
- Tangled
- Princess and the Frog
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Mulan
- Tarzan

The underrated:
- Home on the Range
- Brother Bear

The Worst:
- Chicken Little
- Dinosaur

[UmbrellaFish]

I'm keeping the CGI features, as well.

Best to Worst:

Tangled
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mulan
The Emperor's New Groove
Lilo and Stitch
Tarzan
Pocahontas
Meet the Robinsons
The Princess and the Frog
Hercules
Treasure Planet
Bolt
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Brother Bear
Chicken Little
Dinosaur

I haven't seen Home on the Range or Fantasia 2000 in years, nor have I seen Winnie the Pooh at all, so I didn't include those titles on my list.

[Disney's Divinity]

For me (in order, from top to bottom):

Best

Mulan
Hercules
Tarzan
The Emperor's New Groove
Lilo & Stitch
The Princess and the Frog
Tangled

Okay

Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Treasure Planet
Atlantis
Fantasia 2000
Dinosaur

Worst

Brother Bear
Home on the Range

I define worst as "I absolutely hated it," and I liked Dinosaur so-so though it's not great by any means.

[Mooky]

Best:
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Mulan
- Tarzan
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Lilo & Stitch

Decent:
- Fantasia 2000
- Brother Bear
- The Princess and the Frog
- Tangled

Underrated:
- Dinosaur
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Treasure Planet
- Home on the Range
- Bolt

Mediocre:
- Pocahontas
- Hercules
- Meet the Robinsons
- Winnie the Pooh

Worst:
- Chicken Little

[DisneyDude2010]

In Order

Good
- Tangled
- Mulan
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Hercules
- Lilo and Stitch
- Bolt
- Tarzan
- Brother Bear
- The Princess and the Frog

O.K
-Home on the Range
-Dinosaur
-Winnie the Pooh
- Hunch Back of Notre Dame
-Meet the Robinsons
(even though looking back the animation was terrible I liked the plot)
-Fantasia 2000

Bad
-Treasure Plant
-Atlantis
-Chicken Little

[PixarFan2006]

Best
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Lilo & Stitch

Good
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog
Tangled

Underrated
Fantasia 2000
The Emperor's New Groove
Treasure Planet

Worst
Pocahontas
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Chicken Little

Have Not Seen
Tarzan
Brother Bear
Home on the Range

[Goliath]

I refuse to follow the "must be 2d" rule, because that's stupid and they are all DISNEY movies.

From best to worst:

I haven't seen all Disney films following TLK:

Lilo & Stitch
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Rapunzel
Tarzan
Mulan
Hercules
Pocahontas
The Princess and the Frog
Fantasia 2000
Emperor's New Groove
Brother Bear
Atlantis
Treasure Planet
Home on the Range

And I think the first 7 titles on this list are vastly superior to TLK, too!

[toplaycool22]

Ok ok, I will include CGI

Best:

Tangled

Worst:

Chicken Little
Dinosaur
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt

[milojthatch]

Again, I agree that the CG films should be listed. Like it or not, they are part of the DAC cannon of films. Here is my list sans "Winnie-the-Pooh" as sadly I have not seen it yet, so won't rate it till I do.

Best:
- Tangled
- Mulan
- Tarzan
- Lilo & Stitch

Decent:
- Fantasia 2000
- Brother Bear
- The Princess and the Frog
- Hercules
- Meet the Robinsons
- The Emperor's New Groove

Underrated:
- Pocahontas
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Mediocre:
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Treasure Planet
- Home on the Range
- Bolt

Worst:
- Chicken Little
- Dinosaur

[ajmrowland]

Basically, I liked them all except for Home on the Range and-to a lesser extent-Chicken little.

[TheValentineBros]

To me, they're all good except for Chicken Little, Home on the Range, and Meet the Robinsons. I thought MtR was okay at best. Home on the Range was mediocre, and Chicken Little was, and still is, sadly, the worst Disney animated classic out there.

[dvdjunkie]

In my eyes, I would rather watch a Disney animated film anytime over some of the other so-called "hits" that are out there.

I have never seen a Disney animated or live-action film that I didn't like and didn't want for my collection.

There are no BAD Disney films, just some that a person likes better than others.

While I love the story of Pocohontas, I find the animation a little unreal, not looking like real people or animals, when you compare it to things like "Snow White", "Cinderella", etc., and I really enjoyed "Treasure Planet" and "Dinosaur" and find that they are good enough to stand alone on their own merits, while neither is what you would call "Academy Award winning", they are still Disney and they are still entertainment.

Even "Chicken Little" and "Home on the Range", for all their faults, are still watchable. And why anyone says that the animation in "Aristocats" is terrible, is beyond me, but that's just a person's personal judgement.

[Elladorine]

Apparently I'm still one of the very few people around here that actually likes Chicken Little.

[disneyboy20022]

Basically, I liked them all except for Home on the Range and-to a lesser extent-Chicken little.

That's exactly how I feel....

[milojthatch]

Apparently I'm still one of the very few people around here that actually likes Chicken Little.

At first, I didn't like it for political reasons. Remember, at the time, hand drawn was never going to be used anymore and "Chicken Little" was the new face of Disney Animation. I saw it and I know there were others that agreed with this view, that it wasn't so much a Disney film as much as it was an Eisner film. It was Eisner's final destruction of Disney, to which Roy had to "Save Disney."

To this date, it is the only DAC I have missed seeing in theaters since I've been born. I literally didn't watch it till I heard that "Prince and the Frog" was in production.

Now I just don't like it becuase I feel the story is weak, and most of the characters are annoying. But, it has it's moments that I like, and I'd rather watch this film then most other animation studios stuff.

In my eyes, I would rather watch a Disney animated film anytime over some of the other so-called "hits" that are out there.

I have never seen a Disney animated or live-action film that I didn't like and didn't want for my collection.

There are no BAD Disney films, just some that a person likes better than others.

While I love the story of Pocohontas, I find the animation a little unreal, not looking like real people or animals, when you compare it to things like "Snow White", "Cinderella", etc., and I really enjoyed "Treasure Planet" and "Dinosaur" and find that they are good enough to stand alone on their own merits, while neither is what you would call "Academy Award winning", they are still Disney and they are still entertainment.

Even "Chicken Little" and "Home on the Range", for all their faults, are still watchable. And why anyone says that the animation in "Aristocats" is terrible, is beyond me, but that's just a person's personal judgement.

I can actually mostly agree with that. Mostly. Disney has had some truly horrible movies made, but for the most part, the Disney brand means quality. Personally, I think few other studios have what Disney has.

[Elladorine]

I was never into politics.

[disneyprincess11]

NOT IN ORDER

BEST:
-Tangled
-Princess and the Frog
-Lilo and Stitch
-Mulan
-Tarzan
-Meet the Robinsons
-Hercules
-The Emperor's New Groove
-Pochantas
-Bolt
-Brother Bear (Not my fave)

WORST:
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame
-Dinosaur
-Treasure Planet
-Fantasia 2000
-Chicken Little (I liked it, but far from my favorite)

HAVE NOT SEEN:
-Winnie the Pooh
-Home on the Range (Saw a little bit)
-Atlantis: The Lost Empire

[Linden]

Borrowing disneyprincess11's format (thanks )
NOT IN ORDER

BEST:
-Mulan
-Tangled
-Tarzan
-Treasure Planet
-The Emperor's New Groove
-Bolt

MEDIOCRE:
-Winnie the Pooh
-Brother Bear (I like the general plot, the gorgeous animation, and the character arc, but the humor frequently makes the film unbearable).
-The Princess and the Frog

WORST:
-Dinosaur
-Atlantis: The Lost Empire
-Pocahontas
-Home on the Range
-Chicken Little (it's been a long time since I saw this, but I liked it well enough at the time. It just didn't make any impression on me, aside from the pop culture references.)
-Meet the Robinsons


HAVE NOT SEEN:
-Hercules

NEED TO RE-WATCH TO ACCURATELY JUDGE:
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I haven't yet watched this as a plain old movie, as opposed to a children's movie. I'm sure that will make me see it differently).
-Lilo & Stitch (I haven't seen it since 2003, so I don't remember it very well )
-Meet the Robinsons (when I rented it, it skipped REALLY bad, so I didn't see the whole movie. I think I missed a lot of the exposition, too. But from what I saw, I didn't like it at all. That's why it's listed under worst as well as here)

I think that's all of them. Even though not all the movies are in my "BEST" category, I really do like this period of Disney animation. Some of Disney's most creative movies (like Brother Bear or Lilo & Stitch)are from this period. I may not like all the movies, but I certainly like that they tried to break from the Renaissance formula more.