The Disney Renaissance era isn’t a group of movies that one considers to be in it, but actually a part of the timeline in Animation History.
Actually many people consider the whole 1990s to be an Animation Renaissance. Which makes sense, with the rise of animated cartoon shows on television inculding from Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network, as well as the birth of Computer Animated Feature Films.
Animation and Film Historians consider the Disney Renaissance refers to
*The ten-year era between 1989 and 1999
*The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and Tarzan (1999).
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These aren’t the films I consider to be in it, these are the films that are officially classified as a part of the era, the list can be round on various websites, as well as of course, Wikipedia.
whoa! I’m actually quite surprised by this , I thought I was the only one who really enjoyed this film!
Anywho, in all honesty, these are all wonderful films, I pretty much listed them based on how many times I re-watch them xDD.
Lordy lord, the Disney Renaissance Era is my favorite period of time ever!!! All my favorite Disney films happened in this time. <3 Your list is almost perfect. The Little Mermaid is also the only DRE film I don’t like!! You and I should talk.
1.) Beauty and the Beast
2.)Tarzan
3.)The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4.)Mulan
5.)Hercules
6.)Aladdin
7.)The Lion King
8.) Pocohantas(I barely remember it, shame on me )
9.)Rescuers Down Under(barely remember)
10.)The Little Mermaid
I think what I like best about this era for Disney is what it felt like to be caught left-and-right with all this great media. Not only were they releasing these wonderful movies, they had Disney Channel and all those great cartoons, comics and magazines were being published, other people from outside the studio were coming along and producing movies here (like Henry Selick), and of course, home video was around so we could watch them all as much as we wanted. It was in general pretty much the best time for Disney, and such a swell era to grow up in.
Renaissance era: 1989-1994. They basically even classify it as such in the recent documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. I personally like Rescuers Down Under, though I know it’s often overlooked, so I wouldn’t exactly list it as a major contributor to Disney’s success during this time. They were just completely unstoppable and showed no weakness, and they were universally beloved by critics. Everything worked out perfectly: the animation, the music, the story, etc. My classification of Disney’s golden eras doesn’t usually match other people’s lists, though… But that doesn’t mean I don’t love movies that were released afterwards, such as Mulan.
No, that’s just how I classify it! Sorry for the confusion. I have trouble including films that didn’t have the same overwhelming response that the films received in 1989-1994 had (The Rescuers Down Under has sort of been forgotten, to the point where it’s not even included on Wikipedia’s list?). Films like Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules simply did not have the same amazing reviews. The domestic box office also has a bit of a drop-off after 1994, even if the films could still be classified as a commercial success. I don’t know, I just see a clear decline and then a little upwards trend with Mulan and Tarzan.
But! Here’s my rankings of the “official” list of movies: