The 10 Best Movies On Disney+, Ranked According To Rotten Tomatoes
In this current era of technology and this new generation of film and television, streaming has become the new norm, with binging TV shows and having a cinema in the palm of your hand only a few clicks away. Many companies have attempted to put a horse in the streaming race with Netflix, and one of the most recent big hitters is Disney+.
With an illustrious cinematic catalog on the service, there is no shortage of brilliant options for viewing. Disney is a company that has created classics for nearly a century, with no shortage of qualitative excellence, as Rotten Tomatoes can attest.
10 Snow White & The Seven Dwarves (1937) - 98%
1937 saw a piece of cinematic history occur with Snow White And The Seven Dwarves, a milestone in animated filmmaking and the first animated feature film from Walt Disney.
It is a movie that has gotten consumed by numerous generations and remains a beloved Disney classic. It is perhaps not the greatest animated movie ever, but it indeed has remained beloved. It does not have many reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but being the age that it is, opinions on the film are pretty set as being a majority would at least say it is decent.
9 Hamilton (2020) - 98%
The most recent Disney+ movie to make it on the list is also the only Disney+ original, that being the massively enjoyable and beloved film/musical rendition of the theatre musical, Hamilton.
The movie is infectious and is such an easy, pleasurable watch for a musical, especially with a runtime that long. The score may go down as time goes on, but as of now, Rotten Tomatoes has it as one of the very best the streaming service has to offer.
8 Zootopia (2016) - 98%
Cinema is arguably at its best when there are relevant and important messages within it, and managing to do that inside an animated film that is easy to love by both children and adults is a recipe for success.
That is what Zootopia does, and is just about everything you could want from an animated family film that could get stuck on for adults alone. It has heart, laughs, emotion, and great visuals, and deserves the acclaim.
7 Toy Story 3 (2010) - 98%
Speaking of acclaim, that is something the Toy Story franchise is familiar with, with the first three movies themselves, one of cinema's greatest trilogies, and the fourth doing nothing to harm that legacy.
The debate will likely rage on forever over which of the first three is the finest, with many on the side of the third entry, one that gives a satisfying and tear-inducing end to the trilogy, while also retaining the charm, heart, and universal brilliance of the first two.
6 Inside Out (2015) - 98%
Sticking with phenomenal animated films from Disney from the past ten years, Inside Out made itself an instant Pixar classic when released in 2015, and remains one of the best-animated watches on Disney+.
The movie is gorgeous but does not substitute substance for style as the movie is incredibly moving, with some of Pixar's most emotional moments coming in this film, and the powerful plot peak Pixar.
5 Finding Nemo (2003) - 99%
Going back to the earlier films of Pixar, Finding Nemo is a film beloved by almost everyone, and with its 99% on the Tomatometer, Rotten Tomatoes deems it one of Pixar's and Disney's very best.
The film has such a simple premise at its core, but the idea is built upon so brilliantly, and the film itself has just about everything one can ask for from an animated movie set primarily in the ocean.
4 Mary Poppins (1964) - 100%
One of only two live-action films deemed by Rotten Tomatoes to be the very best on Disney+ is the original Mary Poppins, a film that, like Snow White, does not have many reviews relatively, but is a classic that few will talk about in an overly-negative manner.
Julie Andrews is iconic in the titular role, with many of the songs sung by her, Van Dyke, and the rest of the cast becoming likewise. It is a classic tale that may not have the staying power as some classic animation but remains beloved by many.
3 Pinocchio (1940) - 100%
Jumping back further still to 1940 and the early days of Disney's animated features, Pinocchio is a classic tale that has gotten retold on numerous occasions. Still, none seem to have reached the popularity and quality of this version.
There is a definite argument to be had that the movie is outdated, but with the ambition, nostalgia, and story crafted with the movie, it has gotten passed down for many generations and likely will keep doing so for years to come.
2 Toy Story (1995) - 100%
Moving back for the last time from Disney Animation Studios to Pixar, the original Pixar movies remains an all-time classic and one of the greatest animated films ever.
Toy Story is an innovative piece of animation, similar to just about every piece of Pixar that came after it. The cast and characters are excellent, the story is brilliant, and it a family film that all of the family will find fantastic.
1 Toy Story 2 (1999) - 100%
However, like the original Star Wars trilogy, The Godfather, the Dark Knight trilogy, and The Lord Of The Rings, the sequel at the very least lives up to the original, and, to many, surpasses it.
Getting first place above its predecessor due to the number of reviews, Toy Story 2 builds upon everything established in the first movie, introduced more iconic characters, and presented an arguably better story and experience.