Earlier this month we asked you your opinions of your top Disney/Pixar movies, and the results are in. In our single elimination bracket, style tournament the Patrons picked some very interesting choices. I am proud to give you your top four, as well as the top picks from the library staff. Be sure to check these excellent choices out today!

Disney Pixar’s Media Library: A-sides

#1: Treasure Planet (2002) DVD 3736

Based off the 1982 film and novel “Treasure Planet”. This was Disney’s 43rd animated feature film. Ron Clements and John Musker, who had been responsible for “The Little Mermaid”, directed this animated science-fiction action adventure. Treasure Planet follows young Jim Hawkins who comes into possession of a mysterious sphere that outlines the map to the location of Treasure Planet, after a spaceship crashes into his mother’s inn. Jim joins a ship called the RLS Legacy, on a mission to locate Treasure Planet, commanded by the feline Captain Amelia and a half-robot cook John Silver.

#2: Aladdin (1992) DVD 3402

Another work of John Musker and Ron Clements, Aladdin was Disney’s 31s animated feature film, in the middle of the “Disney Renaissance” Aladdin was a critical success of Musker and Clements career. Based on Arab-style folktale of the same name from “One Thousand and One Nights” and starring big names of the time such as the late Robin Williams. Aladdin takes place in the city of Agrabah, as Jafar, the Grand Vizier seeks out the magical lamp deep within the Cave of Wonders.

#3 Mulan (1998) DVD 3825

Based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Mulan released in 1998 to critical acclaim as Disney’s 36th animated feature film. Directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook the film follows Fa Mulan as she enlists in the Chinese army to defeat the Huns with the help of dragon Mushu. During her adventure disguised as a man, she learns to be swift as the coursing river under the direction of Captain Li Shang. Mulan unleashes the force of a great typhoon against the ruthless Hun leader Shan Yu, and uses the strength of a raging fire to protect her emperor and her home. Jerry Goldsmith and Matthew Wilder directed the music with contributions by Danny Osmond.

#4: Tarzan (1999) DVD 7462

Last but not least, is the 1999 animated comedy-drama adventure film Tarzan. Tarzan was Disney’s 37th animated feature film, and ended the Disney Renaissance. Based on “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs this adaptation is based in the mid-1860s as an English couple and their infant end up in an uncharted rainforest following a shipwreck, but are killed by Sabor, a leopardess. Leaving the infant in the care of the local gorilla population.  The story follows his reintroduction to the human world as a team of explorers arrives in the jungle. Headed by Professor Porter, his daughter Jane, and their hunter-enthusiast Clayton.

Disney Pixar’s Media Library: B-sides (Staff Picks)

Alice in Wonderland (1951) DVD 5399

Suggested by: Erin Miller, Media Library Head

Coco (2017) DVD 17937

Suggested by: John Pankonien, Student Assistant Supervisor

                        Estela Molina Pena, Student Assistant Supervisor

                        Joshua Dorsey, Student Assistant Supervisor

Mulan (1998) DVD 3825

Suggested by: Kelsey Scott, Cataloging Student Assistant

                        Jeremy Kincaid, Programming and Outreach Assistant

Ratatouille (2007) DVD 8044

Suggested by: Eric Nguyen, Gamer Tech

Tangled (2010) DVD 14687

Suggested by: Benjamin Lyda, Student Assistant

                        Bennet Whalen, Student Assistant

The Fox and the Hound (1981) DVD 3919

Suggested by: Maya Charles, Student Assistant Supervisor

The Great Mouse Detective (1986) DVD 3898

Suggested by: Steven Guererro, Media Circulation Manager

The Incredibles (2004) DVD 4516

Suggested by: Caleb Underwood, Student Assistant

The Little Mermaid (1989) DVD 6091

Suggested by: Laura Treat, Moving Imagine Preservation Librarian

Zootopia (2016) DVD 17109

Suggested by: Sarah Bryant, Assistant Media Circulation Manager

Post by Student Supervisor Caleb Underwood