Disney Animated Movies, Ranked by Fans
All 33 films here, ranked by 434 players. The Lion King leads: it wins 74.6% of its matchups (n = 1,055) and was champion in 76 of 434 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame1996
Hercules1997
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Disney Animated Classics: the community’s best
Win rate across 11,118 head-to-head picks from 434 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Disney movie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lion King1994 | 787–268 | 74.6% | 76 | 1,055 | |
| 2 | Mulan1998 | 569–335 | 62.9% | 36 | 904 | |
| 3 | Aladdin1992 | 545–329 | 62.4% | 32 | 874 | |
| 4 | Tangled2010 | 549–333 | 62.2% | 23 | 882 | |
| 5 | Beauty and the Beast1991 | 489–350 | 58.3% | 17 | 839 | |
| 6 | Hercules1997 | 481–350 | 57.9% | 20 | 831 | |
| 7 | Zootopia2016 | 448–330 | 57.6% | 18 | 778 | |
| 8 | Lilo & Stitch2002 | 433–323 | 57.3% | 14 | 756 |
Disney Animated Classics: the community tier list
From 11,118 head-to-head picks in 434 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- The Lion King
- Mulan
- Aladdin
- Tangled
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Beauty and the Beast
- Hercules
- Zootopia
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Big Hero 6
- Moana
- Tarzan
- + 4 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- The Little Mermaid
- Zootopia 2
- 101 Dalmatians
- Encanto
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Peter Pan
- Alice in Wonderland
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Treasure Planet
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Bambi
- Lady and the Tramp
- Cinderella
- Pocahontas
- Robin Hood
- Dumbo
- + 2 more
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
Closest rivalries
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs v Fantasia63%–37% · n = 35
- The Lion King v Tarzan65%–35% · n = 31
- Mulan v 101 Dalmatians68%–32% · n = 34
Pairs the crowd can barely split. n is how many times they met in finished brackets.
How the Disney Animated Classics bracket works
This Disney movie ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — The Lion King or Aladdin? Frozen or The Little Mermaid? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. By the end you have ranked the 16 in today's draw without ever looking at more than two at a time; play All 33 for the whole field.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 33 films. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 32 or 33 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 33 entrants
All 33 entrants are listed below, including The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen and The Little Mermaid. Updated
- The Lion King1994
- Aladdin1992
- Frozen2013
- The Little Mermaid1989
- Beauty and the Beast1991
- Moana2016
- Mulan1998
- Tangled2010
- The Jungle Book1967
- Cinderella1950
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937
- Sleeping Beauty1959
- Pocahontas1995
- Hercules1997
- Tarzan1999
- Lilo & Stitch2002
- The Emperor's New Groove2000
- 101 Dalmatians1961
- Peter Pan1953
- Bambi1942
- Wreck-It Ralph2012
- Big Hero 62014
- Zootopia2016
- Encanto2021
- The Princess and the Frog2009
- Alice in Wonderland1951
- Dumbo1941
- Robin Hood1973
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame1996
- Lady and the Tramp1955
- Treasure Planet2002
- Fantasia1940
- Zootopia 22025
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- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 33 so more of the 33 films make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
What is the best Disney movie?
According to 434 BracketRanker players, The Lion King (1994). It wins 74.6% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 1,055) and was champion in 76 of 434 brackets (17.5%).
How many films are in the Disney Animated Classics bracket?
The pool holds 33 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32, 33 slots.
Which films are included?
The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Mulan, Tangled, The Jungle Book, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty, plus 21 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Disney Animated Classics bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 33 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Disney Animated Classics community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 33 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a film I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 33 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.