animation Poll: Best Decade of Disney Animated Movies

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

Walt Disney Studios debuted their first animated feature film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” in 1937. Through the years they have produced a total of 55 feature films including the most recent, "Zootopia." Which decade had the best Disney animated films?

 

NOTE: The films listed are purely by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. PIXAR FILMS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED.

 

 

I personally like the 1990s very very much. 3 Of my top 10 Disney movies are in that decade and The Lion King is one of my all time favorite movies. Eventhough Pocahontas is the only really weak movie from that decade, the quality of the other movies makes up for it.

 

What are your favorite decades?

[cmarston1 5,964]

My favorite decade of disney animated movies would actually have to be the current 2010's.

I really enjoy the new direction that the films are taking and how each of them do something completely different from the others.

Such as how Big Hero 6 is a superhero film, Frozen and Tangled are more traditionally fairy tale Disney movies but have their own unique twists added to the formula, Wreck it Ralph focuses on the contemporary subject of video games, and Zootopia is a buddy cop movie.

Each of these movies take at least some sort of risk and bring something new to the table, and I don't always know what kind of movie is going to be like.

I highly enjoy the variety of films that we have gotten this decade and seeing Disney experiment and take risks that actually take off.

Edited March 25, 2016 by cmarston1

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

My favorite decade of disney animated movies would actually have to be the current 2010's.

I really enjoy the new direction that the films are taking and how each of them do something completely different from the others.

Such as how Big Hero 6 is a superhero film, Frozen and Tangled are more traditionally fairy tale Disney movies but have their own unique twists added to the formula, Wreck it Ralph focuses on the contemporary subject of video games, and Zootopia is a buddy cop movie.

Each of these movies take at least some sort of risk and bring something new to the table, and I don't always know what kind of movie is going to be like.

I highly enjoy the variety of films that we have gotten this decade and seeing Disney experiment and take risks that actually take off.

 

I know what you say and i can see that. These movies are great, no doubt about it.

 

But when i compare the movies of this decade, to the once of the 90s, i think there is that certain disney charm lacking that i got from the older movies. I can feel that charm with movies like Tangled or Frozen. But when i look at Big Hero 6 and Wreck it Ralph (which are BTW also good movies) something is lacking for me amd these movies can be from any other company.

 

Call it nostalgia, call it the magic of disney, or whatever you want. I can feel that charm in every movie of the 90s (except for Pocahontas and maybe the rescuers down under)

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

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[Mesme Rize 15,692]

2000s Dinosaur, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Meet the Robinsons, Treasure Planet, WALL-E

 

2010s Wreck-it Ralph, Mars Needs Moms, TRON: Legacy

 

I said explicitly, if you vote, don't consider Pixar, or live action movies. So movies like Wall-E or TRON: Legacy are out of the question.

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

2000s Dinosaur, Atlantis the Lost Empire, Meet the Robinsons, Treasure Planet, 

 

2010s Wreck-it Ralph, FrankenWeenie, Mars Needs Moms

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

Favorite is definitely the 90's. The Lion King made that decade for me, such a great movie and I still love it. Plenty of great movies in the other decades, but with movies like TLK, Tarzan, Mulan, and Hercules it is just hard to beat for me.

[Megas 28,139]

Even though Hunchback of Norte Dame is on the top of my favorite Disney movies, I'd have to give it to the modern movies. I've loved the recent string like Tangled, Wreck-It-Ralph, Frozen and Big Hero 6, and I'm really looking forward to Zootopia

[Will Guide 21,372]

The 90's were my childhood! From Beauty and the Beast, my first Disney movie to Tarzan, a fun, little version of a man-raised-by-apes story.

 

While I do enjoy some of the ill-fated DTV movies from 1990-2007 like Return of Jafar and Cinderella 3, I'm glad that you didn't include them in the poll.

 

FACTS THAT KEEP GETTING IGNORED: Those DTV movies were made in a different animation studio under The Disney Company called "Disney Toon Studios". Disney Toon Studios also made the animated television shows of the Disney Afternoon like DuckTales, Rescue Rangers, and Gargoyles.

 

Disney Afternoon > DTV sequels 1990-2007.

 

In 2007, John Lasseter reworked the DTS to stop making poor sequels to the great original films and instead make a few new spinoffs like the Tinker Belle films, the Prep and Landing Shorts and Specials, and the Planes spinoffs(Yes Planes was NOT an official Pixar film). The reception now has been somewhat better compared to that 10+ years of mediocrity.

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[Randimaxis 8,664]

I'm afraid I have to buck the standard here... I have GOT to go with the 1980's.

 

Five reasons:

 

The Black Cauldron (very good, and very under-appreciated)

Oliver and Company (Billy Joel singing in a Disney film)

The Great Mouse Detective (because Vincent Price)

The Little Mermaid (instant Disney Classic)

 

... and my favorite movie of ALL TIME: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 

The 80's may not have been the brightest bulb in Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade, but it shines for me to this very day.

[Mesme Rize 15,692]

I'm afraid I have to buck the standard here... I have GOT to go with the 1980's.

 

Five reasons:

 

The Black Cauldron (very good, and very under-appreciated)

Oliver and Company (Billy Joel singing in a Disney film)

The Great Mouse Detective (because Vincent Price)

The Little Mermaid (instant Disney Classic)

 

... and my favorite movie of ALL TIME: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 

The 80's may not have been the brightest bulb in Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade, but it shines for me to this very day.

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Is not an official movie, from the disney animated canon.

 

Other then that, you're okay.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,202]

Definitely the 1990's. There is some bias there because I grew up in that time frame but there were just so many excellent films. The Lion King was purely epic, Mulan was another fantastic film, as well as Tarzan and even Hunchback of Notre-dame, which was a film that I wasn't overly fond of when I was younger, but that's because of its well done dark tones that I now appreciate. Disney was a huge part of my childhood. <3 

 

I think the 2010's are in a close second though, with absolutely wonderful movies like Wreck-It-Ralph and Zootopia. I was pleasantly surprised how good Zootopia was. It is like Disney's in house studio and Pixar are in an animation war with each other. XD 

[Vulcan 3,256]

This thread calls to me o_o

 

OT:

 

1990's without a doubt, 

 

each of those movies played a big influence in who I am today ^ ^ , also I really love disney music o_o

 

the 1990's also had, in my opinion, the best musical sound tracks.

 

 

[BlackWater627 700]

I was stuck between 90s and 00s. I love some of the movies from both as well as the animation style and story presentation. I went with 00s though because Atlantis and Lilo and Stitch are too great. I'll admit that Mulan gave them a tough fight for top spots. 

[CaptainDoubloon 857]

I voted 90's because Lion King is my favorite Disney movie. Aladdin was also a very good movie although I roll my eyes at Robin Williams now instead of laugh.

[Radiance64 7,059]

I grew up on the 90's Disney movies so Ai gotta go with those.

[ChB 18,574]

This thread calls to me o_o

 

OT:

 

1990's without a doubt, 

 

each of those movies played a big influence in who I am today ^ ^ , also I really love disney music o_o

 

the 1990's also had, in my opinion, the best musical sound tracks.

 

 

My favorite Disney songs in the 90s are "Be Prepared" and "Can you Feel the Love Tonight"

 

 

[Ra1nbowCrasH 272]

I'm fairly partial to the 90's because those are what I grew up with, also: you forgot about Anastasia.

[Dark Qiviut 22,606]

Blatant bias from me, but definitely the 1990s. Several of my favorite Disney films (Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Hercules, Mulan and Hunchback [my all-time favorite]) were from this decade.

 

 

 

also: you forgot about Anastasia.

Anastasia's produced by 20th Century Fox.

[weesh 690]

Wow, this is not a fair fight.

the 90's are completely stacked with all the ringers.  

I was hoping it was going to be harder.  

 

even its lasting influence is the strongest, as it has two broadway musicals made out of it's movies.  

 

I'm fairly partial to the 90's because those are what I grew up with, also: you forgot about Anastasia.

 

Anastasia is frequently mistaken as a disney movie, but it was 20th century Fox.  

It's noticeably darker than the other 90's disney movies.  

 

edit: ninja'd!

Edited March 30, 2016 by weesh

[Ra1nbowCrasH 272]

Blatant bias from me, but definitely the 1990s. Several of my favorite Disney films (Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Hercules, Mulan and Hunchback [my all-time favorite]) were from this decade.

 

 

 

Anastasia's produced by 20th Century Fox.

 

Wow, this is not a fair fight.

the 90's are completely stacked with all the ringers.  

I was hoping it was going to be harder.  

 

even its lasting influence is the strongest, as it has two broadway musicals made out of it's movies.  

 

 

Anastasia is frequently mistaken as a disney movie, but it was 20th century Fox.  

It's noticeably darker than the other 90's disney movies.  

 

edit: ninja'd!

 

My bad. Just revisited the Wikipedia page, it was directed by 2 former Disney animation directors. That would explain why it felt like a Disney movie so much.

[Fluttershutter 2,960]

The nineties were great but the current decade is really good too.

Wow, one thing in entertainment that's not getting worse. 

[ChB 18,574]

Wow, this is not a fair fight.

the 90's are completely stacked with all the ringers.  

I was hoping it was going to be harder.  

I heard that most Bronies are between age 18-30, so then most of us grew up in the 90s.  

Edited April 1, 2016 by ChB