Peter Pan (1953)

Peter Pan (1953)

[6] Walt Disney adapts J.M. Barrie's story about three children from London -- Wendy, Michael, and John Darling -- who take a magical trip to Neverland with a hero only children can see: Peter Pan. Pan, an eternal boy who'll never grow…
The King and I (1956)

The King and I (1956)

[5] Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner star in this opulent period musical from Broadway legends Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein. Kerr plays Anna, a widowed British school teacher who travels with her young son to Siam (modern-day Thailand) where she's agreed to…
Xanadu (1980)

Xanadu (1980)

[6] Singing sensation Olivia Newton-John (Grease) headlines this surreal musical as a supernatural muse who brings a young painter (Michael Beck) and a retired musician (Gene Kelly) together so they can build an extravagant dance club called -- you guessed it --…
Michael (2026)

Michael (2026)

[8] The undisputed 'King of Pop' gets a music-heavy biopic from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) that covers his life from the early days of the Jackson 5 in Gary, Indiana, up to the 'Bad' tour in 1988, with the promise that…
The Wiz (1978)

The Wiz (1978)

[5] Based on the hit Broadway musical, The Wiz puts an urban spin on The Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast and a post-apocalyptic New York City backdrop. Music sensation Diana Ross stars as Dorothy, a Harlem school teacher who's so…
Melody Time (1948)

Melody Time (1948)

[6] For eight years in the 1940s, between Bambi (1942) and Cinderella (1950), Walt Disney Animation stopped making feature-length stories and focused on more budget-conscious 'anthology features' like Saludos Amigos and Fun and Fancy Free. Since anthologies are only as good as…
Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

[3] When the army took over Disney Animation during WWII to make training and propaganda films, old Walt was forced to make a series of 'package films' to keep the studio afloat until he could afford to make another stand-alone feature story.…
Song of the South (1946)

Song of the South (1946)

[4] For its racist stereotypes and sugar-coated depiction of plantation life in the post-Civil War South, Disney has locked away Song of the South from the public since its last re-release in 1986. I don't think the film is any more offensive…
The Three Caballeros (1944)

The Three Caballeros (1944)

[3] In an abstract void of color gradation, it's Donald Duck's birthday. He magically receives three strange presents that transform into song-and-dance lessons about Mexico and South America, featuring two other cartoon birds named José Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a rooster).…
Fantasia (1940)

Fantasia (1940)

[7] Walt Disney was somewhat ahead of his time experimenting with music and animation in Fantasia, an experimental achievement of artistry, craftsmanship, and innovation in animation. It's essentially a series of MTV-style music videos -- some narrative, some more abstract -- set…