Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

[6] Walt Disney combines Charles Perrault's original 1697 fairy tale with the Brothers Grimm's 1812 'Briar Rose' to form the storyline for Sleeping Beauty. The story echoes Disney's Snow White and Cinderella, centering on the cursed princess Aurora, doomed by the scorned…
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…
Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

[3] I've never read Lewis Carroll's novel, but I loathe every film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland I've ever seen. Walt Disney's animated version is marginally better than the studio's hideously garish 2010 remake, but it's just as aimless, pointless, and tediously…
Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella (1950)

[4] Cinderella was the biggest hit Walt Disney had since 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt credited it for saving the company from bankruptcy. While I'm certainly thankful the film allowed Disney's legacy to continue, I can't say it's among…