One of my earliest memories was watching the wonderful Dumbo, which is the also the first movie I can remember watching when I was just a toddler.
Disney has definitely had its dips in high success and unfortunate lows.
From it's birth in 1937 to the early 60's, it was creating classic after classic. The next stage saw some solid features and the 80's for some people was a bit of a low point by the studios standards.
Then in 1989, they came back with The Little Mermaid. That begun what is called the "renaissance" period throughout the 90's.
In my opinion 2004 was Disney's lowest point with the release of the pretty poor Home On The Range. Thankfully, in 2008 they showed promise with the entertaining Bolt. 2009 saw some clear signs of the studio going back to classical story-telling with a few songs in-between in The Princess And The Frog. Since then, Disney have never looked back as the releases of Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootropolis and now Moana has got Disney back on top ahead of rivals Pixar and Dreamworks.
My top 10 really needs now introduction. It has a great mix of its early works, renaissance classic and its latest installments. But as I have now seen all 58 films from this studio, I will quickly list my ranking of all them up to 11 and then I will give my top 10 that includes a short review of each one:
62) Home On The Range
61) Chicken Little
60) The Rescuers
59) Melody Time
58) Fun And Fancy Free
57) Brother Bear
56) Wish
55) Make Mine Music
54) The Three Caballeros
53) Saludos Amigos
55) Make Mine Music
54) The Three Caballeros
53) Saludos Amigos
52) The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad
51) Lilo & Stitch
50) Pocahontas
49) Oliver & Company
48) Winnie The Pooh
47) The Black Cauldron
50) Pocahontas
49) Oliver & Company
48) Winnie The Pooh
47) The Black Cauldron
46) Peter Pan
45) Strange World
44) Mulan
43) The Jungle Book
44) Mulan
43) The Jungle Book
42) Dinosaur
41) The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
41) The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
40) The Rescuers Down Under
39) Encanto
39) Encanto
38) Bolt
37) Treasure Planet
36) Hercules
35) The AristoCats
36) Hercules
35) The AristoCats
34) Raya And The Last Dragon
33) Meet The Robinsons
32) 101 Dalmatians
33) Meet The Robinsons
32) 101 Dalmatians
31) Frozen II
30) The Emperor's New Groove
29) The Sword In The Stone
28) The Princess And The Frog
27) Robin Hood
26) The Great Mouse Detective
25) Moana
24) Fantasia 2000
23) Atlantis: The Lost Empire
22) Tarzan
21) The Fox And The Hound
20) Fantasia
19) Ralph Breaks The Internet
18) Big Hero 6
17) Sleeping Beauty
16) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
15) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
14) Dumbo
13) Zootropolis
12) Alice In Wonderland
11) Wreck-It Ralph
10) Tangled - With Disney determined to make their 50th feature a big hit, they decided to go for the tale of Rapunzel, with a twist.
They produced something special, highly enjoyable with memorable characters and songs.
Like every Disney classic, there is something for everyone in here for all ages.
9) Frozen - The phenomenon that is Frozen.
It has the catchy songs, the lovable characters and like most of these latest classics, they have a slight twist on the usual structure.
Don't be fooled by the over-hyped craze of merchandise sales, it IS that good.
8) Aladdin - Released in the epicentre of their renaissance period in the 90's.
It contains one of the most memorable songs in Disney history and one of the greatest characters in the form the of The Genie, voiced by the immortal Robin Williams.
Classic Disney's always need a well developed villain and this one has a pretty scary one in Jafar.
I forget how enjoyable this is at times.
7) Cinderella - In my opinion the last iconic classic in Disney's first peaked phase of success.
Everyone knows the story, and it contains a selection of some highly under-rated songs.
Also, with a combination of superb animation and perfect voice casts, this is certainly a great one to start with for any youngsters just beginning their lift of Disney viewing.
6) Pinocchio - After never being brought up with it and only seeing it for the first time last year, I have got a lot of catching-up to do with this breath-taking and ground-breaking feature from 1940.
The animation is probably the best I have seen from Disney and clearly looked very ambitious in certain scenes.
It is surprisingly scary and dark, which is also a huge asset in any successful Disney film.
5) Lady And The Tramp - Despite its more adult themes, it is Disney doing what they do best.
With a short collection of songs means more for story development and it is quite glorious viewing.
From the romantic tale between two dogs with different up-bringing's, to the story of a new arrival of one of the dogs families that causes trouble with the families dog.
The finale is one of Disney's most tense and darkest.
4) The Little Mermaid - Based on the tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this is the film that begun the renaissance period.
A perfect by the studio to release another classic tale onto the big screen. It does not need to be complex, it has a simple touching story, breath-taking animation, characters both hilarious and scary and award-winning music.
3) The Lion King - Many people's film that associate them with the 90's if your were a child during that decade (like me).
With a story inspired from a Shakespeare play, it teaches so many lessons for kids that includes many peoples most emotional scene in film history.
It is also the highest-ranked film from this studio on IMDB.
2) Beauty And The Beast - Winner of two Oscars and the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture.
A movie that you feels impossible to not fall in love with.
It has a terrific story, interesting characters and it is dramatically portrayed on screen.
1) Bambi - The Disney film that works for me every time.
It centres on the story of a young deer and his life in the forest. Not only that, it also tells of the all the animals in the forest and how life in there is both wonderful and dangerous.
With probably the most famous tear-jerking scene of all-time, this is definitely a Disney film that pushes your emotions in all sorts of directions.
29) The Sword In The Stone
28) The Princess And The Frog
27) Robin Hood
26) The Great Mouse Detective
25) Moana
24) Fantasia 2000
23) Atlantis: The Lost Empire
22) Tarzan
21) The Fox And The Hound
20) Fantasia
19) Ralph Breaks The Internet
18) Big Hero 6
17) Sleeping Beauty
16) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
15) The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
14) Dumbo
13) Zootropolis
12) Alice In Wonderland
11) Wreck-It Ralph
They produced something special, highly enjoyable with memorable characters and songs.
Like every Disney classic, there is something for everyone in here for all ages.
It has the catchy songs, the lovable characters and like most of these latest classics, they have a slight twist on the usual structure.
Don't be fooled by the over-hyped craze of merchandise sales, it IS that good.
It contains one of the most memorable songs in Disney history and one of the greatest characters in the form the of The Genie, voiced by the immortal Robin Williams.
Classic Disney's always need a well developed villain and this one has a pretty scary one in Jafar.
I forget how enjoyable this is at times.
7) Cinderella - In my opinion the last iconic classic in Disney's first peaked phase of success.Everyone knows the story, and it contains a selection of some highly under-rated songs.
Also, with a combination of superb animation and perfect voice casts, this is certainly a great one to start with for any youngsters just beginning their lift of Disney viewing.
The animation is probably the best I have seen from Disney and clearly looked very ambitious in certain scenes.
It is surprisingly scary and dark, which is also a huge asset in any successful Disney film.
With a short collection of songs means more for story development and it is quite glorious viewing.
From the romantic tale between two dogs with different up-bringing's, to the story of a new arrival of one of the dogs families that causes trouble with the families dog.
The finale is one of Disney's most tense and darkest.
A perfect by the studio to release another classic tale onto the big screen. It does not need to be complex, it has a simple touching story, breath-taking animation, characters both hilarious and scary and award-winning music.
With a story inspired from a Shakespeare play, it teaches so many lessons for kids that includes many peoples most emotional scene in film history.
It is also the highest-ranked film from this studio on IMDB.
A movie that you feels impossible to not fall in love with.
It has a terrific story, interesting characters and it is dramatically portrayed on screen.
It centres on the story of a young deer and his life in the forest. Not only that, it also tells of the all the animals in the forest and how life in there is both wonderful and dangerous.
With probably the most famous tear-jerking scene of all-time, this is definitely a Disney film that pushes your emotions in all sorts of directions.
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