List the 50 DACs from Best to Worst

[Lazario]

My list changes a lot, but here we go again. This time I think I'm closer to definitive than ever. This one really feels right:

1. Dumbo
2. Sleeping Beauty
3. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. The Little Mermaid
6. Fun and Fancy Free
7. The Rescuers
8. Fantasia
9. The Great Mouse Detective
10. Pinocchio
11. The Jungle Book
12. Aladdin
13. Robin Hood
14. Pocahontas
15. Cinderella
16. The Three Caballeros
17. 101 Dalmatians
18. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
19. The Sword in the Stone
20. Ichabod & Mr. Toad
21. The Black Cauldron
22. Melody Time
23. Peter Pan
24. The Rescuers Down Under
25. Oliver & Company
26. Make Mine Music
27. Lady and the Tramp
28. The Lion King
29. The Aristocats
30. The Princess and the Frog
31. Beauty and the Beast
32. Bambi
33. The Fox and the Hound


(Some more tweaking)

[Christopher_TCUIH]

This is my current list. I tend to watch some movies then I get sick of them, then after a while I'll love them again. Dumbo & Alice any time though (;

-Dumbo
-Alice in Wonderland
-Cinderella
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
-Winnie the Pooh
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame
-Mulan
-Hercules
-Tarzan
-Pocahontas
-Meet the Robinsons
-The Jungle Book
-Sleeping Beauty
-Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
-Bambi
-Lady & the Tramp
-The Emperor's New Groove
-Fun & Fancy Free
-The Little Mermaid
-The Aristocats
-Oliver & Company
-Dinosaur
-The Great Mouse Detective
-Home on the Range
-One Hundred & One Dalmatians
-Robin Hood
-Aladdin
-Atlantis The Lost Empire
-Beauty & the Beast
-Treasure Planet
-Pinocchio
-The Fox & the Hound
-Lilo & Stitch
-The Black Cauldron
-The Sword in the Stone
-The Rescuers Down Under
-Fantasia
-Fantasia 2000
-The Lion King
-Peter Pan
-Saludos Amigos
-The Three Caballeros
-Bolt
-The Princess & the Frog
-Tangled

Don't remember it's been a while:

-Make Mine Music
-Melody Time
-The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad
-The Rescuers
-Brother Bear
-Chicken Little

[qindarka]

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

Pixar:
1. Toy Story
2. The Incredibles
3. Monsters Inc.
4. Toy Story 2
5. Ratatouille
6. A Bug's Life
7. Up
8. Toy Story 3
9. Cars 2
10. Finding Nemo
11. Cars
12. WALL-E

[MutantEnemy]

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

[Widdi]

Only because I recently wrote the list out for a friend:

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

[Dr Frankenollie]

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[Goliath]

Upon reviewing Beauty and the Beast recently, I have to say this one needs to go from the top 10 of my 'objective' list ASAP! Can't believe I ever put it that high!

Also, Aladdin needs to be higher.

[qindarka]

I'm surprised by the low ranking for Snow White in a lot of these lists.

What's with the dislike?

I don't think that any of us really dislike it. I really only dislike 3 of the 51 films. Its just that I prefer most of their other films.

[Lazario]

I'm surprised by the low ranking for Snow White in a lot of these lists.

What's with the dislike?

I would assume that it's not a dislike, they just believe it isn't the best all-around encapsulation of Disney magic. Snow White ranked #19 on my list but my whole top 20 is what I would categorize as Above Average Disney. That Top 20 as a whole only discludes the obvious Me choices for not great classic Disney films - Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, and Peter Pan - and contemporaries - Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and Princess and the Frog. Is it really the movie that started it all? Or just a jumping off point to get things really cooking with Pinocchio (better than Snow White), Fantasia (better than Pinocchio), and Dumbo (better than Fantasia)?

You want to talk about something suspicious- how about the fact that way too many of the 90's movies rank high as a group? People are way too attached to those films. I feel like they forget what classic Disney is all about. To me, Aladdin was a lot of fun and an incredibly exciting and ... Actually, here's the weird thing about Aladdin: I walk away from it and all I remember is the nostalgia. I wish I could describe it, it focuses more on the hype and everything around it than watching the movie (those experiences are surrounded with a lot of unfortunate cringing at kids younger than me - I was always the oldest of any group of kids I was in - who just had to repeat every single line that came out of Robin Williams' mouth). And by hype I mean games, video, computer, artwork- really incredible and inspired merchandising. But every time I actually sit through it, I do a little more cringing than I usually admit. It averages out by the end, I look back on it and think it was a good ride. Just maybe lacking a bit in depth (maybe that's just the musical side of it- I really can't stand musicals, I'm talking about can't stand to a degree that most people reserve for country music, and most of the songs in this movie are overrated- especially the songs with Aladdin and Jasmine's characters' singing voices).

Anyway, my point (I had one after all)- "Nu" Disney is way too different than classic Disney and sure it started in the 80's (and earlier than Little Mermaid- which was a truly rare film even by 80's Disney standards) and for me, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Pocahontas did all that needed to be done to service the artistic niche Disney hadn't yet in the years Don Bluth was whipping their asses. Pixar handled the future. Other than that... there's no reason Disney has to be so goddamn trendy with trends that feel like they weren't invented by Disney anyway. Disney are always capable of doing something great without copying someone else's style. Or using manipulations like annoying, overrated child actors or copying the premise from a movie they already made. Or trying to use animation to make soulless, fluffed up Broadway musical styled silliness. (That last one, I believe, is the biggest problem I had with Tangled- which otherwise was a surprisingly decent movie.)

I just felt like saying all this.

[qindarka]

Or maybe some of us prefer the movies in the 90s because we think they are more entertaining and had better storytelling than other Disney movies. Feel free to disagree on this but I don't like the insinuation that we are wrong and are blinded by hype and nostalgia.

And you say we have forgotten what classic Disney is all about? What, then, is classic Disney all about?

[DisneyGuy220987]

Wow, this would take ages.
I'm just gonna post my top 10 for now, and my least favourite 5.
By that, I mean the ones I got most enjoyment from, & least enjoyment.
I'll fill in the rest at a later date

Top 10:

1) Tangled
2) Bolt
3) Treasure Planet (these are my DEFINITE top 3 as of 2011 for me)
4) The Princess & The Frog
5) Cinderella
6) Pinocchio
7) Mulan
8 ) The Lion King
9) Beauty & The Beast
10) Sleeping Beauty

Bottom 5:

47) Oliver & Company
48 ) The Fox and the Hound
49) Home on the Range
50) Chicken Little
51) The Black Cauldron

Now don't get me wrong, each film has parts that I enjoy, but I just enjoy these the least...except The Black Cauldron, I seriously did not enjoy that LOL, Gurgi's voice was probably it's only redeeming quality, even though it was also annoying

[Lazario]

Or maybe some of us prefer the movies in the 90s because we think they are more entertaining and had better storytelling

Say that to the animators who are responsible for 90's wave of movies and see what they think of it. In some cases, they're more fanatical fans of the original class of Disney movies than we could ever be.

Feel free to disagree on this but I don't like the insinuation that we are wrong and are blinded by hype and nostalgia. And you say we have forgotten what classic Disney is all about? What, then, is classic Disney all about?

There's a Cyril Proudbottom quote that's just perfect for this occasion. (He's a character from a classic era Disney film, by the way. )

[Tristy]

"Ha ha. I thought you would know that governor."