Walt Disney Animation Studios short films (1986–1999)

This is a list of short films created by Walt Disney Animation Studios between the years 1986 and 1999.

Theatrical shorts

1980s

Series	Title	Director	Release Date	DVD Release	Notes
—	Oilspot and Lipstick	Michael Cedeno	July 28, 1987	—	Computer animation Screened at SIGGRAPH
Roger Rabbit	Tummy Trouble	Rob Minkoff	June 23, 1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (VHS, LaserDisc) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)	In theaters with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. First Roger Rabbit cartoon.

1990s

Series	Title	Director	Release Date	DVD Release	Notes
Roger Rabbit	Roller Coaster Rabbit	Rob Minkoff	June 15, 1990	Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista series)	In theaters with Dick Tracy. Released under the Touchstone Pictures banner.
Mickey Mouse	The Prince and the Pauper	George Scribner	November 16, 1990	The Prince and the Pauper (VHS, LaserDisc) "Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two" "Timeless Tales, Volume One	In theaters with The Rescuers Down Under.
—	Off His Rockers	Barry Cook	July 17, 1992	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (LaserDisc)	In theaters with Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
Roger Rabbit	Trail Mix-Up	Barry Cook	March 12, 1993	Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista series)	In theaters with A Far Off Place. Final Roger Rabbit cartoon.
Mickey Mouse	Runaway Brain	Chris Bailey	August 11, 1995	"Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two"	In theaters with A Kid in King Arthur's Court and re-released with George of the Jungle.

Non-theatrical shorts

Non-theatrical shorts include direct-to-video shorts, which have been released as bonus content on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and HD Digital releases of Disney features, as well as Wartime & industrial shorts, educational shorts, and theme park attractions featuring well known characters. The list also includes TV specials, produced by Disney studio and screened by ABC, and shorts released on Disney+.

Educational shorts

Note: All Educational shorts were mostly produced by Walt Disney Educational productions and were distributed to schools unless otherwise is noted.

Series	Title	Director	Release Date	DVD Release	Notes
Educational	The Animated Atlas of the World		1986	—	Produced for Epcot Educational program.
Educational	Suited for the Sea		1986	—	Produced for Epcot Educational program.
Educational	Recycle Rex	Howard E. Baker	February 5, 1993	Dinosaur (2-Disc Special Edition, easter egg)	Co-produced with Klasky-Csupo, Inc..

TV specials

Series	Title	Director	Release date	Release format	Notes
Goofy	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Matthew O'Callaghan	May 27, 1987	NBC television special	Originally planned for theatrical release

Theme park shorts

Series	Title	Director	Release date	Release format	Notes
Peter Pan	Back to Never Land	Jerry Rees	May 1, 1989	Theme park attraction	Was shown at the Magic of Disney Animation in Disney MGM Studios. The attraction permanently closed on September 30, 2003
—	Cranium Command	Jerry Rees Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	October 19, 1989	Theme park attraction	Animation production
The Lion King	Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable		January 21, 1995	Theme park attraction	Was shown at The Land in Epcot. The attraction permanently closed on February 3, 2018

References

James, Caryn (August 11, 1995). "Big Macs in Camelot (but First, Mickey)". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
Shelby, Jim. "Movie Openings". paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
"Runaway Brain before George of the Jungle". groups.google.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
"The Circle of Life at Epcot to Close Permanently on February 3rd - Epcot - Ride Vine". ridevine.io. January 5, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Feature films

Released	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Bambi (1942) Saludos Amigos (1942) The Three Caballeros (1944) Make Mine Music (1946) Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Melody Time (1948) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Cinderella (1950) Alice in Wonderland (1951) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955) Sleeping Beauty (1959) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) The Sword in the Stone (1963) The Jungle Book (1967) The Aristocats (1970) Robin Hood (1973) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) The Rescuers (1977) The Fox and the Hound (1981) The Black Cauldron (1985) 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) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Dinosaur (2000) The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Lilo & Stitch (2002) Treasure Planet (2002) Brother Bear (2003) Home on the Range (2004) Chicken Little (2005) Meet the Robinsons (2007) Bolt (2008) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Tangled (2010) Winnie the Pooh (2011) Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Frozen (2013) Big Hero 6 (2014) Zootopia (2016) Moana (2016) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Frozen 2 (2019) Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Encanto (2021) Strange World (2022) Wish (2023) Moana 2 (2024)
Upcoming	Zootopia 2 (2025)
Cancelled	My Peoples
Associated productions	The Reluctant Dragon (1941) Victory Through Air Power (1943) Song of the South (1946) So Dear to My Heart (1948) Mary Poppins (1964) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Pete's Dragon (1977) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Television productions

TV specials	Prep & Landing (2009) Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)
TV series	Baymax! (2022) Zootopia+ (2022) Iwájú (2024)

People

Executives

Disney Legends
animators

Disney's Nine Old Men	Les Clark Marc Davis Ollie Johnston Milt Kahl Ward Kimball Eric Larson John Lounsbery Wolfgang Reitherman Frank Thomas

Related topics

History	Disney animators' strike 1982 animators' strike Disney Renaissance
Methods and technologies	Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life Twelve basic principles of animation Computer Animation Production System
Documentaries	Frank and Ollie (1995) The Sweatbox (2002) Dream On Silly Dreamer (2005) Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) Walt & El Grupo (2009)
Miscellaneous	Alice Comedies Laugh-O-Gram Studio List of Walt Disney Animation Studios short films Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Mickey Mouse Silly Symphonies Donald Duck Pluto Goofy Academy Award Review Disneytoon Studios List of Disney theatrical animated features unproduced live-action adaptations List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales

Disney theatrical animated features

Walt Disney
Animation Studios

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pinocchio (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Dumbo (1941)
Bambi (1942)
Saludos Amigos (1942)
The Three Caballeros (1944)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Melody Time (1948)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Cinderella (1950)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Peter Pan (1953)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Aristocats (1970)
Robin Hood (1973)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
The Rescuers (1977)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
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)
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Dinosaur (2000)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Brother Bear (2003)
Home on the Range (2004)
Chicken Little (2005)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Bolt (2008)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Tangled (2010)
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Frozen (2013)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Zootopia (2016)
Moana (2016)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Frozen 2 (2019)
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Encanto (2021)
Strange World (2022)
Wish (2023)
Moana 2 (2024)

Upcoming	Zootopia 2 (2025)

Pixar Animation Studios

Toy Story (1995)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Incredibles (2004)
Cars (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
WALL-E (2008)
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Cars 2 (2011)
Brave (2012)
Monsters University (2013)
Inside Out (2015)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Finding Dory (2016)
Cars 3 (2017)
Coco (2017)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Onward (2020)
Soul (2020)
Luca (2021)
Turning Red (2022)
Lightyear (2022)
Elemental (2023)
Inside Out 2 (2024)

Upcoming	Elio (2025) Hoppers (2026) Toy Story 5 (2026) Incredibles 3 (TBA)

Disneytoon Studios‡

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Return to Never Land (2002)
The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Bambi II (2006)
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
Secret of the Wings (2012)
Planes (2013)
The Pirate Fairy (2014)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015)

Disney Television Animation

Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
The Tigger Movie (2000)
Recess: School's Out (2001)
Teacher's Pet (2004)
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

20th Century Animation

Spies in Disguise (2019)
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

Upcoming	Ice Age 6 (2026)

Other Disney units

Live-action films with
non-CGI animation

Related lists

‡ Includes coproductions with Disney Television Animation
Limited release
International release

Walt Disney Animation Studios short films

Lists by year

Mickey Mouse
and friends

Short series	Mickey Mouse film series (1928–2013) Donald Duck film series (1937–2024) Pluto film series (1937–51) Donald & Goofy film series (1938–47) Goofy film series (1939–2007) Chip 'n' Dale film series (1951–54) Humphrey the Bear film series (1956) How to Stay at Home (2021)
Stand-alone shorts	Donald's Decision (1942) All Together (1942) Out of the Frying Pan into the Firing Line (1942) Morris the Midget Moose (1950) Donald and the Wheel (1961) Aquamania (1961) Donald's Fire Survival Plan (1966)

Additional
short series

Laugh-O-Grams (1921–1923)
Alice Comedies (1923–27)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–28)
Silly Symphony (1929–39)
Winnie the Pooh (1966–1983)
Roger Rabbit (1989–93)
Prep & Landing (2009–11)
Short Circuit (2020–22)
At Home with Olaf (2020)
Olaf Presents (2021)

Stand-alone
short films

Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
The Thrifty Pig (1941)
Food Will Win the War (1941)
Stop That Tank! (1942)
Chicken Little (1943)
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943)
Education for Death (1943)
Reason and Emotion (1943)
The Pelican and the Snipe (1944)
The Brave Engineer (1950)
Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)
Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952)
The Little House (1952)
Ben and Me (1953)
Melody (1953)
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
Football Now and Then (1953)
Social Lion (1954)
Pigs Is Pigs (1954)
A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)
Jack and Old Mac (1956)
The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (1957)
Paul Bunyan (1958)
Noah's Ark (1959)
Goliath II (1960)
The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961)
It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969)
The Small One (1978)
Vincent (1982)
Fun with Mr. Future (1982)
Oilspot and Lipstick (1987)
Off His Rockers (1992)
John Henry (2000)
Destino (2003)
Lorenzo (2004)
One by One (2004)
The Little Matchgirl (2006)
Glago's Guest (2008)
Tick Tock Tale (2010)
The Ballad of Nessie (2011)
Paperman (2012)
Feast (2014)
Inner Workings (2016)
Us Again (2021)
Far from the Tree (2021)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)

Based on
feature films

7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)
Casey Bats Again (1954)
A Dairy Tale (2004, direct-to-video)
Super Rhino (2009, direct-to-video)
Tangled Ever After (2012)
Frozen Fever (2015)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
Once Upon a Snowman (2020)

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