Walt Disney Pictures has been responsible for some of the greatest children’s movies ever, although the studio’s committed fan base is often divided. While some Disney films are undisputed classics beloved by all, there are some releases that audiences have taken issue with, whether due to problematic depictions, outdated stereotypes, or questionable creative decisions. When a studio has so many treasured properties in its catalog, it’s no surprise that fans disagree on many issues.
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Even the best Disney movies have divided fans as they debate the merits, themes, and meaning behind cherished animated and live-action releases. Disney’s recent output has led some viewers to wish for a return to the glory days of the Disney Renaissance, while others are more than pleased with the modern CGI-centric approach of the studio’s output in the 21st century. As a studio founded more than 100 years ago, it’s no surprise that plenty of Disney movies have divided fans.
10 Beauty And The Beast (1991)
Directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
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The musical fantasy Beauty and the Beast was truly one of Disney’s greatest accomplishments and was unquestionably a beautiful and creatively fulfilling film. With a story based on the 1756 fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast had a timeless appeal that could be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. Yet, the complex relationship at the heart of its story was not a simple tale of star-crossed lovers, as some fans have taken issue with the cruelty and controlling behavior of the Beast.
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While the message of Beauty and the Beast was about seeing the good inside a damaged soul, Belle’s eventual love for the Beast could be read as a classic case of Stockholm syndrome. As the curse-ridden Beast hides Belle away in his castle with plans to make her fall in love with him, it’s clear that Beauty and the Beast exhibit many faults regarding consent, coercion, and unwanted advances. While the ending of Beauty and the Beast is presented as a happy one, fans are divided about whether Belle found true love or was simply groomed by a monster.
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10/10 Beauty and the Beast AnimationFamilyFantasyMusical
A selfish prince is doomed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he manages to fall in love with a beautiful young woman.
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*Availability in US Release Date November 21, 1991 Runtime 84 Minutes Cast Paige O’Hara , Robby Benson , Angela Lansbury , Jerry Orbach , David Ogden Stiers , Bradley Pierce , Jesse Corti , Richard White Director Gary Trousdale , Kirk Wise
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9 Pocahontas (1995)
Directed by Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg
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As a historical kids’ film based on the life of a Native American woman and the arrival of English colonial settlers, it’s no surprise that Pocahontas was divisive among Disney fans. Loosely inspired by the real Powhatan tribe member Pocahontas, the film played with the true historical record, making it somewhat controversial. With no evidence that a relationship between Pocahontas and the English colonist John Smith ever took place, the way Pocahontas simplified and changed her story was controversial.
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However, Pocahontas was also one of Disney’s most beloved movies from the 1990s and featured extraordinary musical numbers like “Colors of the Wind.” With beautiful animation and a thoughtful story, Pocahontas could indeed have gone further in its exploration of colonialism, but this was a lot to ask from a movie aimed at children. The Native American activist Russell Means has even praised the film’s racial undertones (via LA Times) and said that “Pocahontas is the first time Eurocentric male society has admitted its historical deceit,” so there are opinions on all sides.
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In 1607, Pocahontas, a free-spirited young woman of the Powhatan Native American Tribe, meets arriving English settlers, including John Smith. As her feelings for John deepen, Pocahontas finds herself caught in the struggle between her family, and the settlers who seek violence with her people.
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*Availability in US Release Date June 16, 1995 Runtime 81 minutes Franchise(s) Disney Cast Irene Bedard , Mel Gibson , David Ogden Stiers , John Kassir , Russell Means , Christian Bale , Linda Hunt Director Mike Gabriel , Eric Goldberg Writers Carl Binder , Susannah Grant , Philip LaZebnik Budget $55 minutes Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Expand
8 Song Of The South (1946)
Directed by Harve Foster & Wilfred Jackson
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It’s hard to think of a more controversial Disney movie than Song of the South, a film whose problematic depiction of race means it’s never been released on home video and cannot be watched on Disney+. Set after the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, Song of the South follows seven-year-old Johnny befriending the elderly plantation worker Uncle Remus and being enthralled by his stories. With a mix of live-action and animated sequences, the legacy of Song of the South divides Disney fans, as some see it as a product of its time while others dismiss it entirely as racist
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The well-known song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and characters from the film, like Br’er Bear, have continued to appear in Disney media. Song of the South had many controversial aspects to it, yet erasing it from history is a divisive reaction, as it’s important to learn from the prejudices of the past in order to overcome them. While Disney seems to want viewers to forget Song of the South exists, its legacy cannot be ignored entirely.
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Uncle Remus, known for being a great storyteller, tells a young boy, upset by the separation of his parents and the difficulties of his work in the fields, the story of three animals.
Release Date November 20, 1946 Runtime 94 minutes Cast Ruth Warrick , Bobby Driscoll , James Baskett , Luana Patten , Lucile Watson , Hattie McDaniel Director Harve Foster , Wilfred Jackson
7 The Princess And The Frog (2009)
Directed by John Musker & Ron Clements
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The success of Toy Story in 1995 kickstarted the age of CGI animation in kids’ entertainment, and with each passing year, traditional 2D animated films became less common. This led to viewers feeling nostalgic for Disney’s glory days and wishing for a return to traditionally animated feature films. Disney heard these concerns and released The Princess and the Frog in 2009, although its underperformance at the box office meant that almost every animated project Disney has released since has been primarily CGI-based.
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This divisive decision to cast traditional animation aside in favor of the less expensive and time-consuming use of computer imagery meant the nostalgic style of The Princess and the Frog became a thing of the past. This has left Disney fans divided, as many would love to see the studio focus on 2D animation and CGI releases and allow viewers to experience the best of both. Despite being a fantastic throwback to an early time of Disney’s history, The Princess and the Frog instead represents the end of an era and a last hurrah for Disney’s 2D releases.
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Based on the classic fairytale, The Princess and the Frog follow Tiana, a hardworking New Orleans waitress in the 1920s who has big dreams of opening her own restaurant. When she becomes involved in a curse set upon a foreign prince by a witch doctor, however, Tiana must figure out a way to help the prince break the curse before time runs out. The film features the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Jim Cummings, Jennifer Cody, and John Goodman.
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*Availability in US Release Date December 10, 2009 Runtime 97minutes Franchise(s) Disney Cast Anika Noni Rose , John Musker , Keith David Director John Musker Writers John Musker Budget $105 million Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Expand
6 Frozen II (2019)
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
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After the astounding success of Frozen in 2013, whose hit songs like “Let It Go” turned the film into a global phenomenon, a sequel was an inevitability. However, it took six years for Disney to finally follow up on the stories of Elsa, Anna, and Olaf, and sadly, the results were disappointingly underwhelming. Although Frozen II took in an extraordinary $1.4 billion at the box office, it divided fans, and many thought it was inferior compared to the power of the original.
Frozen II saw Elsa and Anna traveling to an enchanted forest to unravel the origin of Elsa’s powers, but it felt unfocused and did not have nearly the same cultural impact as the first one. This is often the case with a sequel to a hit film, as audiences’ expectations for Frozen II had built up so much during the in-between years that it was difficult to deliver on all fronts. Hopefully, with Frozen 3 set for release in 2027 (via Deadline), it can recapture the magic, or else it may be time to let this franchise go.
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The sequel to Disney’s smash hit musical animated film, Frozen II sees the return of Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf as they embark on a new journey to save the kingdom of Arendelle. When Elsa and Anna learn about a betrayal that occurred between their nation and a local tribe in the Enchanted Forest, they discover they must seek the truth about their parents and the origin of Elsa’s powers to stop the rampaging spirits and the takeover of their home.
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*Availability in US Release Date November 22, 2019 Runtime 103 minutes Franchise(s) Disney Cast Sterling K. Brown , Kristen Bell , Santino Fontana , Evan Rachel Wood , Jonathan Groff , Josh Gad , Idina Menzel Director Jennifer Lee , Chris Buck Writers Allison Schroeder prequel(s) Frozen , Frozen Fever Budget 150 million Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Expand
5 The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea (2000)
Directed by Jim Kammerud
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While sequels to hit animated films are now usually considered equally as deserving of a theatrical release as the original, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Disney released a slew of direct-to-video sequels to their most successful movies. While some of these received acclaim, such as the well-received The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, others divided fans, as they questioned the quality of these sequels, like The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. This follow-up story focused on Ariel and Eric’s daughter, Melody, and her desire to swim in the ocean.
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The Little Mermaid II has supporters among Disney fans, yet it was ranked the 27th worst children’s film ever made by Total Film. With a lackluster story, the problem with releases like The Little Mermaid II was just how low effort they felt. The storyline wasn’t engaging, the characters were generic, and at the end of the day, most Disney fans would prefer to just go back and rewatch the original rather than endure a project that Disney was not willing to put their full support behind with a theatrical release.
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10/10 The Little Mermaid 2: Return To The Sea GAnimationAdventureFamilyComedy
Ariel’s daughter, Melody, lives on land but is fascinated by the sea despite her mother’s efforts to shield her from her origins. On her 12th birthday, Melody defies her mother and ventures into the ocean, where she encounters Morgana, sister to Ursula, and strikes a deal with her to see the surface. However, when the deal goes sour, Ariel must return to the ocean to save her daughter and her former kingdom from ruin.
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*Availability in US Release Date September 19, 2000 Runtime 75 minutes Main Genre Adventure Franchise(s) The Little Mermaid Cast Jodi Benson , Samuel E. Wright , Tara Strong , Pat Carroll , Buddy Hackett Director Jim Kammerud Writers Elizabeth Anderson , Temple Mathews Sequel(s) The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning Studio(s) Disney Television Animation , DisneyToon Studios Distributor(s) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Expand
4 The Black Cauldron (1985)
Directed by Ted Berman & Richard Rich
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As the then most expensive animated film of all time, the box office bomb The Black Cauldron has remained a divisive film among Disney fans. Using groundbreaking CGI and with a budget that ballooned to $44 million, $19 million more than they had budgeted for (via Jim Hill Media), the failure of this movie put the company’s animation department in jeopardy and was labeled “the film that almost killed Disney.” As a dark fantasy adventure based on The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, what should have been a powerful exploration of Welsh mythology was a total flop.
While The Black Cauldron has its supporters and has built up a reputation as a cult classic over the decades, it still represents a low point for Disney as one of the studio’s biggest failures. The 1980s were a shaky time for Disney, and it was only in the following decade, with the success of Disney Renaissance releases like The Lion King and The Little Mermaid, that they finally overcame the consequences of missteps like The Black Cauldron. Looking back, The Black Cauldron was visually stunning, but it lacked the compelling characters of Disney’s best movies.
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10/10 The Black Cauldron PGAnimationAdventureFantasy
The Black Cauldron is an animated fantasy film from Walt Disney Studios, directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich. Released in 1985, it follows the young hero Taran and his quest to prevent the evil Horned King from obtaining a powerful magical relic known as the Black Cauldron. Featuring the voices of Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, and John Hurt, the film combines elements of adventure, mystery, and dark fantasy.
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*Availability in US Release Date July 24, 1985 Runtime 80 Minutes Main Genre Animation Cast Grant Bardsley , Susan Sheridan , Freddie Jones , Nigel Hawthorne , Arthur Malet , John Byner Director Ted Berman , Richard Rich Writers Lloyd Alexander , David Jonas , Vance Gerry , Ted Berman , Richard Rich , Al Wilson Expand
3 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996)
Directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
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Disney has regularly adapted literary classics for kids, such as Hans Christian Andersen’s work serving as the basis for The Little Mermaid and Frozen. However, some fans argue that Disney took things too far with their 1996 version of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, a notably adult story about the lowly deformed church bell ringer Quasimodo and his yearning to explore the world and be accepted by society. While Hugo’s story deals with timeless themes that can be understood by viewers of all ages, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an intensely dark tale for an audience of children.
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Whether or not the story of marginalization, abuse, and isolation at the heart of The Hunchback of Notre Dame was appropriate for kids comes down to parental preferences. While some Disney fans will want children to wait until they are old enough to understand the true horrors of this story, others will say that it’s good to teach children about the prejudices and injustices of the world early. Either way, The Hunchback of Notre Dame was a truly compelling story and one of the most poignantly mature pieces of work Disney ever produced.
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8/10 The Hunchback of Notre Dame gMusicalFamily
Disney’s take on the original novel written in 1831, The Huntchback of Notre Dame is an animated musical drama that sees a kind-hearted, deformed young man named Quasimodo who yearns to see the outside world is forced to live alone in the Notre Dame Cathedral as a bell ringer. When a group of traveling performers arrives in town, Quasimodo takes his chance to head out to see them, and his life is changed forever by a chance encounter with the equally kind-hearted Esmerelda. However, his caretaker, the cruel and iron-fisted Frollo, intends to hunt the Romani people down, jeopardizing the travelers’ lives.
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*Availability in US Release Date June 21, 1996 Runtime 91minutes Franchise(s) Disney Cast Tony Jay , Tom Hulce , Jason Alexander Director Gary Trousdale Writers Tab Murphy Budget $70 million Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Expand
2 Lightyear (2022)
Directed by Angus MacLane
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The animation studio Pixar has always been on the cutting edge of computer-animated feature films and, since 2006, has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. With an acclaimed back catalog of beloved classics, the crown jewel in Pixar’s filmography was their debut release, Toy Story. With several successful sequels, Pixar has always been careful not to tarnish the legacy of its most famous franchise, and each subsequent Toy Story film felt like a natural progression in the narrative that was made with love and appreciation for its characters.
However, Disney and Pixar’s spin-off film Lightyear felt like a project that fell off course from the rest of the franchise as it tried to tell a story of a fictional universe set in a fictional universe by presenting it as the film Andy saw before he got his Buzz Lightyear toy on his birthday. This convoluted premise divided Disney fans, as it felt like it messed with the continuity of the series and led to more questions than answers. Lightyear received decent reviews, but audiences were perplexed as it felt like a movie nobody asked for.
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6.1/10 Lightyear PGAnimationActionAdventure
Disney Pixar branches the Toy Story franchise off with Lightyear, a story that centers around a human version of the Buzz Lightyear toy and his missions with Star command. Set during an exploration mission, Lightyear and his crew are attacked during a scouting mission by alien lifeforms and find themselves stranded on an unknown planet. To help get everyone home, Lightyear volunteers on a dangerous mission to test pilot their means home. However, each test light passes time and the characters age in his absence.
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*Availability in US Release Date June 8, 2022 Runtime 105 Minutes Franchise(s) Toy Story Cast Chris Evans , Keke Palmer , Peter Sohn , Taika Waititi , Dale Soules , James Brolin , Uzo Aduba Director Angus MacLane Writers Jason Headley , Angus MacLane Studio(s) Walt Disney Pictures , Pixar Animation Studios Distributor(s) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Expand
1 The Lion King (2019)
Directed by Jon Favreau
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In recent years, Disney has started to plunder its back catalog of beloved animated releases and remake them as live-action feature films. This has had a mixed response from Disney fans, as the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book was mostly well-received, yet many felt they pushed things too far with Jon Favreau’s 2019 version of The Lion King. Despite boasting a star-studded cast and high production values, this new version of The Lion King felt more like a cash grab than a genuine desire for artistic expression, and viewers were worried it would hurt the legacy of the original.
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The 1994 animated version of The Lion King holds up incredibly well, and the expression and cartoonish nature of its characters are part of its appeal. Disney’s live-action remakes make a lot more sense when there’s a human at the heart of its story, but since every character in The Lion King is an animal, this photorealistically animated remake was not even technically a live-action film. While this new version of The Lion King was a hit at the box office, it rubbed many fans the wrong way and signaled Disney had run out of new ideas.
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2.3/10 The Lion King PGAdventureDramaFamily
Jon Favreau directs this 2019 live-action adaptation of Walt Disney’s popular film, The Lion King. Starring Donald Glover, Alfre Woodard, Seth Rogen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, this release follows young Simba as he grows up to become a mighty lion and take vengeance on his dastardly uncle, Scar.
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*Availability in US Release Date July 19, 2019 Runtime 118 minutes Franchise(s) The Lion King Cast James Earl Jones , John Kani , Shahadi Wright Joseph , Eric Andre , Donald Glover , JD McCrary , Alfre Woodard , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Beyoncé , Florence Kasumba , john oliver , Seth Rogen , Keegan-Michael Key , Billy Eichner Director Jon Favreau Writers Jeff Nathanson Budget 260 million Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Expand
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