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Disney Renaissance

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1. The Little Mermaid (1989)
The film is given credit for breathing life back into the animated feature film genre after a string of critical and/or commercial failures that dated back to the early 1980s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance.
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2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
It is the only full-length animated feature film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (it lost to The Silence of the Lambs), many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery.
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3. Aladdin (1992)
It was released at the peak stretch of the era known as the Disney Renaissance beginning with The Little Mermaid. Aladdin was the most successful film of 1992.
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4. The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King still holds the record as the highest grossing traditionally animated film in history. The Lion King is regarded as a landmark in animation, and received positive reviews from critics, who praised the film for its music and story.

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5. Pocahontas (1995)
The film is the first Disney film to be based on a real historic character, based on the real historical story and also the folklore and legend that surround the Native American woman Pocahontas, and features an account of her encounter with Englishman John Smith and the English settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company.
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6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The plot centers on the Gypsy dancer, Esmeralda; Claude Frollo, a powerful and ruthless judge who lusts after her; Quasimodo, the protagonist, Notre Dame's kind-hearted but deformed bellringer, who adores her; and Phoebus, the chivalrous if irreverent military captain, who holds affections for her.
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7. Hercules (1997)
This movie was based on the legendary Greek mythology hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology. The storyline also draws inspiration from The Karate Kid, Rocky, Superman: The Movie, Superman II, and most notably, Hercules in New York.

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8. Mulan (1998)
The film is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, and was the first of three produced primarily at the animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
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9. Tarzan (1999)
Based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the only major motion picture version of the story Tarzan property to be animated. It was also the last "bona fide" hit. The renaissance swan song.
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The Disney Renaissance (1989 - 1999) was an era when the Walt Disney Animation began making successful animated films based on fairy tales just like it's early years. It spawned amazing revenue and aclaim for the studio and this period holds a modest amount of my own and others favourite films

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