This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced or released by The Walt Disney Studios, the film division of

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.This list does not include films or specials streamed on

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as Disney+ Originals.Before arriving at its current name,

has operated under such titles as 'Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio', 'The Walt Disney Studio' (not to be confused with

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), and 'Walt Disney Productions'. The Walt Disney Studios releases films from Disney-owned and non-Disney owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from

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, which began as the feature-animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film ''

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'' in 1937; , it has produced a total of 60 feature films.Animated films that are listed as produced by Walt Disney were either entirely produced prior to 1986 as part of the animation department of

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or by the restructured studio unit Walt Disney Feature Animation, known after 2006 as

. Some films may have been animated at various satellite animation studios as well. Beginning with ''

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'' in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios has also released animated films by

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, which Disney would eventually acquire in 2006. In 2019, as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios acquired

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(now closed down in 2021), as well as

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(now simply 20th Century Animation) which operates as a label within

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(now 20th Century Studios). Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely,

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's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit (later renamed Disneytoon Studios) and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the

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Miramax Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California. It was initially a lea ...

and

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film labels.

Films

US releases

; Films distributed by Miramax The following is a list of films that were released by

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when the studio was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release.

International releases

Upcoming

Highest-grossing films

Notes

General notes Release notes Studio/production notes Studio Ghibli films original release dates

References

External links

Walt Disney Animation Studios History
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