Favorite Walt Disney Animation Studios movie?

I personally love Hercules. I love the sassy black narrators. I love Danny DeVito as the grumpy trainer. I love the aesthetic of it all. This movie is fantastic.

This was actually a really tough question for me, and I'm not really sure I even gave an accurate answer. On the one hand, I've always really loved the classic Disney films that were done with traditional animation. Aladdin, The Lion King and Mulan were some of my favorite Disney films growing up. However, since around the turn of the century/millenium, few of the movies that Disney Animation Studios created actually piqued my interest. It was Tangled that showed me that they Disney could still create films that evoked that classic feel and emotion with modern 3D animation. I also really love Wreck-It Ralph, for it appeals to my love of both animation and video games, but Tangled managed to really evoke that feeling of youthful excitement that I felt when I watched Disney movies growing up, so that's what I chose.

I do feel kind of bad for picking a movie that came out three years ago considering the choices go back over three quarters of a century and the entirety of my life, but I could have spent a lot longer thinking about this question and not even come up with an answer, so I'll go with that.

Most definitely Aladdin. Although, Hercules was a very close second.

i like a lot of the later ones like aladdin, mulan etc but i really love the older ones from the 30s-50's mainly because the music is always incredible. so i voted for alice.

Fantasia. Even after 70+ years of when it was made, it still is pure gorgeous eye candy. Thats one thing about 3D animation that can't touch traditional 2D. 2D animation never ages. It always holds its spark lit. I re-watched Transformers: Beast Wars not long ago, and honestly, some parts were hard to even watch. It looks like shit, to be put bluntly. Catch my drift? Computer animation has a short lived spark.

I won't boast, but Fantasia's version (or rather, Leopold Stokowski's) of Toccata & Fugue in D minor is my favorite out of the variety.

The Emperor's New Groove

Fucking love that movie

@caustic_fox: that's a good choice. night on bald mountain really freaked me out as a kid.

Tangled, just because I'm so very glad to see Disney brave enough to go back to its roots and put out something close to the quality of their classics again (although I bet John Lasseter being involved in that movie is a pretty huge part of it turning out so good)

My 3 favorites are Aladdin, The Lion King, and Hercules in that order. This is most likely due to being a child of the 90s. I'm rather fond of most of these now that you mention it though.

@casper_: Night on Bald Mountain intrigued me instead. Its that fucking moving rock/stone thing from Toccata & Fugue that gave me nightmares.

Skip to 8:33 for that creepy rock bastard.

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

The Lion King. It's my second favorite movie ever, right behind Back to the Future.

I'm surprised how many people voted for Hunchback of Notre Dame (so did I). That and Princess and the Frog are my favorites, but I've mostly forgotten the other movies..

It's amazing how many I have never heard of. The hell is Fun and Fancy Free?

So I guess this is why parents can't pick a favorite kid. I chose Mulan, but I love most of these movies have a very, very special place in my heart.

I picked Fantasia because Fantasia is amazing.

But upon seeing the results - why has no one picked Bambi? Or Dumbo? Those are both amazing movies too.

Aladdin just fantastic. Next would have been Hercules, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

Beauty and the Beast, COME AT ME BRO! I'LL KNIFE YOU IF YOU GOTS A PROBLEM WITH MY CHOICE

Come on, who picked Tangled? That movie is have cake and eat it to the worst degree, despite being fantastic for most of it's run time.

I voted Wreck-It-Ralph, because whilst I know that shit ain't classic, it spoke to me on a level that I never expected it to. I wrote a long blog way back when explaining it, but short version: I hope that film isn't just seen as good, but influential.

I picked The Aristocats because I loved that movie when I was a kid. But now I really don't watch anything Disney, and I realized I never really liked them all that much. Looney Tunes has always appealed more to my brand of humor.

It's crazy to think how old some of these films are and how well they still hold up. I went for Aladdin, toss up between the Lion King and Aladdin and which I'd rather watch if it was on TV and I'd say Aladdin.

Now...where's Kingdom Hearts III?! Patricks rant about Square a few bombcast's ago was spot on, this and (FF VII HD/Remake) are obvious money makers, just do it already!

Beauty and the Beast.

The Great Mouse Detective is my favourite, followed closely by Aladdin. Apart from Chicken Little, I like a lot of those movies.

Fantasia for all the reasons @caustic_fox said. The marrying of music and superb animation is the best.

Lady and the Tramp

^^^ Knows what is up ^^^

Ooof, this is always a toughy for me. It's probably Aladdin due to how many times I've watched that movie, though I would say it's in a dead tie with Mulan and The Great Mouse Detective.

EDIT: Best music goes to Hunchback though. God I love that Hellfire theme.

I'm surprised to see so much love for Aladdin. Aside from two songs, I didn't care for a lot of it. Robin Williams was way too Robin Williams.

But god damn, were those two songs fantastic.

Alice in Wonderland is my favorite Walt Disney film! After that, it would be The Lion King. :3

I'm listening to A Whole New World right now. Is this song about boning?

"Unbelievable size. Indescribable feeling."

"Don't you dare close your eyes. Hold your breath. It's better."

It's definitely a tie between Robin Hood and Beauty & The Beast for me.
Love them both a great deal.

Sights. Not size, though that doesn't really much either.

Hm. I don't like a single one of those movies.

I've always been a big fan of Hercules. Never understood why it didn't seem to reach the same level of recognition as Aladdin or the Lion King. It's really easy to identify with, has a great theme and some of the best Disney songs ever.

Aladdin is my favourite of their old 2D films. It has great animation, songs and characters. As for their CGI stuff Tangled is great, but has some really poor songs.

During World War II Disney was tasked with making propaganda pieces to aid in the war effort. Thus they were unable to produce full length movies for the duration of the war. Instead they made a series of "package" films which are just compilations of short cartoons.

Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros were also propaganda films of sorts, which dealt with Disney's trip to South America to promote US interests in those countries.

Yea shocked at no Bambi or Dumbo. Both are incredible movies. Personally I picked The Lion King, but I am a huge fan of the first five Disney movies as well as their post war stuff too.

Take a guess. It's Alice in Wonderland.

Lion King for me just because I was a kid when it came out and it was one of my first Disney films.

The Lion King.

Beauty and The Beast is a close runner up.

Comes down to Aladdin and The Lion King. I was always the Aladdin one in our family.

Fox and the Hound was the one Disney movie we had that we avoided because it was so damn sad. Always liked Mulan, but we never got it on VHS.

I'm gonna give Dinosaur some love, I remember really liking that movie.

Sleeping Beauty, the last hand-drawn of the bunch if memory serves me right. Fuckin impressive shit that movie is. Also: Maleficent 4 life.

I lied. I put Alladin. The real answer is The Emperors New Groove. How did I forget...

My vote goes out to The Lion King.

Beauty and the Beast just hits the right spot for me in all the songs and characterisation. Very close between it and Lion King, but actually if BatB were removed from the running I would probably still vote for Alice in Wonderland above Lion King. Musically it was weak, but I loved the atmos.

Robin Hood, it just has a special place in my heart for some reason. I love it. Logically I know that something like Beauty and the Beast is technically better in almost every way (my second favorite) but I just can't do it. Robin Hood all the way!

Can't decide between Mulan or Aladdin. Love both of those movies. I picked Aladdin, as it's the one I've seen the most, but Mulan is very close behind it.

More nostalgia for Robin Hood but... The Lion King is probably better.

Aladdin and Lion King pretty much have the best songs.