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Disney Movies and the Stories That Inspired Them

From as far back as the Laugh-O-Gram films that Walt Disney made in Kansas City, Disney has long looked to children's stories and fairy tales for inspiration to entertain its audiences. Sometimes these stories stay true to their original telling and other times Disney reinvents characters and plotlines to create new twists. Disney storytellers have added new heroes, alternate endings, and they have even made the villain a good guy, as is the case of Frozen's Elsa in Disney's take on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. Anything is up for changing and everything can be rewritten.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
1
98%7.6
Snow White
Snow White
2
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
3
100%7.4
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
4
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
5
95%7.7
The Sorceror's Apprentice
The Sorceror's Apprentice
6
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
7
98%7.2
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
Dumbo, the Flying Elephant
8
Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942)
9
91%7.3
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
10
Make Mine Music (1946)
Make Mine Music (1946)
11
64%6.2
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf
12
Fun & Fancy Free (1947)
Fun & Fancy Free (1947)
13
67%6.5
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
14
Melody Time (1948)
Melody Time (1948)
15
73%6.3
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
16
Little Toot
Little Toot
17
Trees
Trees
18
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
19
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
20
94%7.0
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
21
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
22
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella (1950)
23
97%7.3
Cinderella
Cinderella
24
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
25
81%7.4
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
26
Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass
27
Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan (1953)
28
79%7.3
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
29
Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
30
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
31
93%7.3
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp
32
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
33
89%7.2
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
34
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
35
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
36
98%7.3
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
37
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
38
66%7.2
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
39
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
40
88%7.6
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