# List of Walt Disney Studios films (1980–1989)

This is a list of films produced and distributed by the American film studio Walt Disney Studios, one of the Walt Disney Company's divisions and one of the "Big Five" major film studios. The list includes films produced or released by all existing and defunct labels or subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Studios; including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, Disneynature, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures. The list does include films produced by studios that are now owned by Disney (as part of acquisitions), but were historically distributed by Disney during their original, initial time of release.
All films listed are theatrical releases by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution unless specified.
| Release date | Title | Studio release label | Co-production with |
| February 8, 1980 | Midnight Madness | Walt Disney Productions | |
| April 17, 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | Walt Disney Productions | |
| June 25, 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas | Walt Disney Productions | |
| June 25, 1980 | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Walt Disney Productions | |
| March 6, 1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | Walt Disney Productions | |
| March 20, 1981 | Amy | Walt Disney Productions | |
| July 10, 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Walt Disney Productions | |
| August 7, 1981 | Condorman | Walt Disney Productions | |
| February 5, 1982 | Night Crossing | Walt Disney Productions | |
| July 9, 1982 | Tron | Walt Disney Productions | Lisberger-Kushner Productions |
| July 30, 1982 | Tex | Walt Disney Productions | |
| March 11, 1983 | Trenchcoat | Walt Disney Productions | |
| April 29, 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Walt Disney Productions | The Bryna Company |
| October 7, 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Walt Disney Productions | Amarok Productions Ltd. |
| November 4, 1983 | Running Brave | Walt Disney Productions | distribution only; produced by Englander Productions |
| March 9, 1984 | Splash | Touchstone Films | |
| September 28, 1984 | Country | Touchstone Films | Far West Productions and Pangaea Corporation |
| March 22, 1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
| June 21, 1985 | Return to Oz | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II |
| July 26, 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners II |
| August 9, 1985 | My Science Project | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
| September 27, 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II |
| November 22, 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and Telefilm Canada |
| January 31, 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
| April 11, 1986 | Off Beat | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
| June 27, 1986 | Ruthless People | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
| July 2, 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners II |
| July 30, 1986 | Flight of the Navigator | Walt Disney Pictures | Producers Sales Organization and New Star Entertainment |
| October 3, 1986 | Tough Guys | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and The Bryna Company |
| October 8, 1986 | The Color of Money | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II |
| January 30, 1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and Interscope Communications |
| March 6, 1987 | Tin Men | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and Interscope Communications |
| May 22, 1987 | Ernest Goes to Camp | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and Emshell Producers |
| June 17, 1987 | Benji the Hunted | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| July 1, 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Touchstone Pictures | Rose Productions and Silver Screen Partners III |
| August 5, 1987 | Stakeout | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II |
| August 14, 1987 | Can't Buy Me Love | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III, Apollo Pictures and The Mount Company |
| November 6, 1987 | Hello Again | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| November 25, 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications |
| December 25, 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| February 12, 1988 | Shoot to Kill | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III and Century Park Pictures |
| March 18, 1988 | D.O.A. | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| April 15, 1988 | Return to Snowy River | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III, Burrowes Film Group and The Hoyts Group |
| June 10, 1988 | Big Business | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| June 22, 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures | Amblin Entertainment and Silver Screen Partners |
| June 29, 1988 | Cocktail | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications |
| August 5, 1988 | The Rescue | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| September 30, 1988 | Heartbreak Hotel | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| November 4, 1988 | The Good Mother | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| November 11, 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III and Emshell Producers Group |
| November 18, 1988 | Oliver & Company | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners III |
| December 21, 1988 | Beaches | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and All Girl Productions |
| January 27, 1989 | Three Fugitives | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV |
| March 10, 1989 | New York Stories | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and American Zoetrope (Life Without Zoë) |
| April 14, 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and Kouf/Bigelow Productions |
| June 9, 1989 | Dead Poets Society | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV |
| June 23, 1989 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| June 28, 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and All Girl Productions |
| August 18, 1989 | Cheetah | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
| October 6, 1989 | An Innocent Man | Touchstone Pictures | Interscope Communications |
| October 20, 1989 | Gross Anatomy | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV, Sandollar Productions and Hill/Roseman |
| November 17, 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners IV |
| December 13, 1989 | Blaze | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and A&M Films |