The first films of the "Disney Renaissance" (except The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, and The Rescuers Down Under). Theatrical posters by John Alvin.
The Disney Renaissance refers to an era beginning in 1986 and ending in 1999 during which Walt Disney Animation Studios returned to making more musical animated films that were mostly based on well-known stories, and it allowed Disney's animated films to become powerhouse successes at the domestic and foreign box office; making far more profit than most of the other Disney films from previous eras.
The animated films released during this period include:
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Oliver & Company (1988)
- 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)
- Tarzan (1999)
Notes[]
- All of the films releases in the Disney Renaissance era prior to release of The Lion King in 1994 uses their variant of 1990 version of Walt Disney Pictures logo (with exception of The Little Mermaid which uses 1985 logo instead).
- Beginning in release of The Lion King in 1994, new films which release afterwards (Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan) used the 1994 variant of 1990 version of this logo and all films released in Disney Renaissance era prior to The Lion King (with exception of The Rescuers Down Under) was re-released again which featured 1994 variation of the logo.
- It should noted that 1994 version of this logo is videotaped and remade with digital ink-and-paint, presumably with the CAPS software.
- The Rescuers Down Under is the only film in the Disney Renaissance to be sequel to another animated Disney movie.
- It is also the only Disney Renaissance movie to not get a direct-to-video follow up.
- The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Hercules, and Tarzan are the only films from the Disney Renaissance to have spin-off shows. Those shows include: The Little Mermaid, Ariel, Sing Me a Story with Belle, Aladdin, Timon and Pumbaa, The Lion Guard, Hercules, and The Legend of Tarzan.
- The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are the only two films from the Disney Renaissance to have two spin-off shows.
- The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan are so far the only films in the Disney Renaissance to get live-action remakes.
- There were several times where two franchises from the Disney Renaissance crossover with each other, those being The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) where it was hosted by Iago from Aladdin and Zazu from The Lion King, and Hercules and the Arabian Night, which was a crossover between Hercules and Aladdin.
- There where all the Disney Renaissance crossovers with each other, those being House of Mouse, and Once Upon a Studio.