List of Disney theatrical animated feature films

This article is about all animated features produced by or released through The Walt Disney Company and its predecessors. For a list of features produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and its predecessors, see List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company, see List of Pixar films, List of Blue Sky Studios films, and Disneytoon Studios § Filmography.
This **list of theatrical animated feature films** consists of animated films produced or released by The Walt Disney Studios, The Walt Disney Company's film division.

The Walt Disney Studios releases films from Disney-owned and non-Disney owned animation studios. Most movies listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which began as the feature animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, in 1937. As of 2020, they made a total of 58 feature films. Beginning with *Toy Story* in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios also released animated films by Pixar Animation Studios, which Disney acquired in 2006. On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Studios acquired Blue Sky Studios after acquiring 21st Century Fox and 20th Century Fox Animation, which operates as a label within 20th Century Fox.

Other studio units have also released films theatrically. Namely, Walt Disney Television Animation's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit (now Disneytoon Studios) and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, 20th Century Studios or previously owned Miramax film labels.

## Films

#### Films distributed by Miramax

**Notes:**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Released by Miramax Films which was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Released by Disney in North America
3. ↑ Released by Disney in Japan
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Released by Disney in Australia and United Kingdom

### Upcoming

See also: Upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios films, List of Pixar films in production, and Upcoming Blue Sky Studios films

S Live-action/animation hybrid
R Not produced, but released by Disney under its label.

## See also

* List of Walt Disney Pictures films
* List of Disney live-action remakes of animated films
* List of Walt Disney Animation Studios short films
* List of Pixar films
* List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films
* List of Blue Sky Studios films

### Distribution brands

* List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases
* Disney Vault
* Walt Disney Classics

## Notes

### Release Notes

1. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by the Walt Disney Company. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company. Films released before 1954 were released by RKO Radio Pictures (with the exception of *Victory Through Air Power*, refused by RKO and then released by United Artists), films released after 1955 were released by Disney-owned Buena Vista Distribution and through its current name Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (since 2007), and films released after 1985 are co-credited with Walt Disney Pictures.
2. ↑ Originally distributed by Walt Disney Productions. Original RKO date of release was January 29, 1941
3. ↑ Released by Walt Disney Pictures in North America
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Not released theatrically in the United States
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Released by Disney outside North America
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Limited release in the United States.

### Studio/Production Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Animated films listed as produced by **Walt Disney** were either entirely produced prior to 1986 as part of the animation department of Walt Disney Productions or by the restructured studio unit **Walt Disney Feature Animation**, known after 2006 as **Walt Disney Animation Studios**. Some films may have been animated at various satellite animation studios as well.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Released by Walt Disney Pictures.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Co-production with The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The film studio **ImageMovers Digital**, run by Robert Zemeckis, was owned by Disney from 2007 to 2010. These films were performance captured animated films.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Released under the Touchstone Pictures label.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Released by 20th Century Fox/20th Century Studios

### Studio Ghibli films original release dates

1. ↑ Original date of release was 02001-07-20-0000July 20, 2001
2. ↑ Original date of release was 02004-11-20-0000November 20, 2004
3. ↑ Original date of release was 02008-07-19-0000July 19, 2008
4. ↑ Original date of release was 02006-07-29-0000July 29, 2006
5. ↑ Original date of release was 02010-07-17-0000July 17, 2010
6. ↑ Original date of release was 02013-07-20-0000July 20, 2013
7. ↑ Original date of release was 01992-10-01-0000October 1, 1992
8. ↑ Original date of release was 01992-05-15-0000May 15, 1992
9. ↑ Original date of release was 01997-07-12-0000July 12, 1997
10. ↑ Original date of release was 02001-07-07-0000July 7, 2001
11. ↑ Original date of release was 02002-07-13-0000July 13, 2002

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