9.Mulan
花木兰 is a lot of people's favorites. It's claim to fame is it's the first truly kick ass, heroic-equivalent-of-a-prince female character. But other than that, 花木兰 isn't anything special. It has the first chinese princess, but 花木兰 wasn't the first minority princess. It didn't help 迪士尼 in anyway, it's 动画片 wasn't spectacular, and it only has four songs.

"No significant milestone was hit with this film." (princesslullaby)


8.Aladdin
Not much 更多 impressive than Mulan. It's part of Disney's "fearsome foursome", it made a lot of money, and it helped continue the Renaissance. The Genie is often considered Robin William's best role. It also has the first princess to have a different 唱歌 and voice actress. It's also the only 迪士尼 princess movie where the princess isn't the main character. Other than that, no real significant things were sparked 由 Aladdin.

"Aladdin started the theme of having 更多 well known actors in the films, which continues to today." (hrrypttrfn328)

"I don't see how this movie is important. Sure, it made a lot of money, but other then that nothing pops into mind." (VGFan30)




7.Sleeping Beauty
Disney's 3rd 迪士尼 Princess classic, this film was considered a breakthrough in 动画片 for disney. The film holds a notable position in 迪士尼 动画片 as the last 迪士尼 feature to use hand-inked cels. It's got different sound system for the times, as well as the wide-screen breakthrough. It has 动画片 drawn like a painting, instead of the usual cartoony style, something new for Disney. But the film itself was only received 由 critics with mixed reviews, which only allowed it to go so far in the countdown.

"Sleeping beauty was the first princess movie to figure out how to properly animate a prince" (mermaid-tail)


"Sleeping Beauty was the first one shot in widescreen and the first one using classic ballet 音乐 and it is known as Disney's greatest artistic achievment" (dweeb)


6.Pocahontas
This film marked a point for 迪士尼 as it was the first film to be based off of history, although obviously with this film we have to take that term lightly. And since then, 迪士尼 hasn't made any classicly animated films based off actual history, making it the only film 迪士尼 has made based off "fact". It was also the first 迪士尼 Princess film not to have a happy ending, another first for 迪士尼 trying to reach towards a 更多 adult crowd, as seen in the film after Pocahontas, "Hunchback of Notre Dame", which was 更多 successful in that respect. Other than that, the film was only considered mediocre and not all-too-special for Disney.

"[Pocahontas was] the first native American main character in a 迪士尼 film. She also challenged racial prejudices, something which had not been done previously in Disney." (straggy)

"This one isn't really a milestone that much... yes, it's the first historical film, but the others have greater/more important milestones." (AllegroGiocoso)


5.The Princess and the Frog
This film marks the return for classic 2D for 迪士尼 after a long time. It also has the first African American princess, although personally I don't see why that's such a big deal, seeing as that 茉莉, 茉莉花 was the first Middle Eastern, Pocahontas the first Native American, and 花木兰 the first Chinese, and not a whole huge deal was made over them. But a bigger deal is that the financial and critical success of The Princess and the Frog has persuaded 迪士尼 to greenlight at least one new hand-drawn animated feature to be released every two years, which certainly will make us all happy!

"PATF is very important, being the first with an African American princess as well as ushering back 2D 动画片 to the studios." (kenzieiscool)

"Tiana is the fisrt black princess is not important to me at all I think people make a lot of fuss about that, yeah she is black so what, 茉莉, 茉莉花 and pocahontas weren't white, 花木兰 is asian, so yeah I son't see whats so great about her being black" (luinwen)



4.Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast gave lots of success for Disney. First, it's the only classicly animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. It is also often considered Disney's 马格南, 大酒瓶, 万能 Opus. It is the first film to give a 更多 meaningful relationship between the prince and the princess, instead of the traditional 爱情 at first sight. The ballroom scene was another breakthrough in 迪士尼 Animation, being completely CGI. However, compared to the following three, Beauty and the Beast loses out.

"As much as I 爱情 Beauty and the Beast, it is the least important out of these." (fhghu)

"It was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Film, and it won multiple awards." (firegirl1515)


3.The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a very important film to the 迪士尼 Renaissance era. 迪士尼 went back to broadway style 音乐 in Oliver & Co, to test it out. They finally used it full-throttle in the Little Mermaid. The film was a huge success and kicked off what is known as Disney's "Renaissance Era." Without the Little Mermaid, we wouldn't have 更多 than half of the other 迪士尼 Films. Also without the Little Mermaid, the company would have continued it's slump and likely gone bankrupt. Entertainment Magazine even called it an incredibly important film in animation.
"The Little Mermaid kicked off the 迪士尼 Renaissance" (DreamyGal)

"TLM saved 迪士尼 from not being able to make animated movies. If it weren't for TLM, there would be no BaTB, Aladdin, Mulan, and so much 更多 iconic movies!" (madisonavanna)


2.Cinderella
This one won 由 a smidge over the Little Mermaid. 灰姑娘 came out after a line of unsuccesful 迪士尼 films, and helped saved 迪士尼 from bankruptcy. Had 灰姑娘 not been successful, it would have probably caused 迪士尼 to fail completely as a company, 或者 at least caused them to have a much smaller budget for their 下一个 films. A lot was riding on Cinderella. It's also Walt Disney's 最喜爱的 迪士尼 movie.

"If 灰姑娘 had not been a success, the whole 迪士尼 Company might have been out of cash, and thus, The Little Mermaid might have not even existed as a 迪士尼 film since the company would have been gone. " (AllegroGiocoso)

" If 灰姑娘 failed, then it's likely that the other 电影院 would not be here " (Mongoose09)


1.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
It feels almost alien to have Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs win first place, doesn't it? If it hadn't won for this, I think I would personally use my resuscitating powers (I didn't sell my soul for nothing) to bring Walt 迪士尼 back to life and have him personally knock the living shit out of 你 guys. (....Just kidding! The powers I got from selling my soul don't include resuscitation. I suppose I should have thought that through). Anyway, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is THE FILM THAT STARTED IT ALL! Not only was it the first 迪士尼 movie, it was the first full length animated film ever. Without it, we likely wouldn't have ANY animated films, 或者 at least not until much later, and we certainly wouldn't have any 迪士尼 films! SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS DESERVES THIS SPOT AT NUMBER ONE!

"Anyway, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was not only the first full length 迪士尼 cartoon, but it was also the first full length cartoon in general, it started EVERYTHING!" (madisonavanna)

"Snow White was groundbreaking at the time it came out...plus it started it all!" (DreamyGal)