Disney's Animated Classics

Classic Animated Features 41-50

41. Lilo and Stitch
(June 21, 2002 - 85 min.) *****

Plot: A little Hawaiian girl's pet dog is really a genetically engineered creature from another planet, but that doesn't stop her from loving Stitch and teaching him about the Hawaiian concept of "ohana" or "family." [2002 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature]

42. Treasure Planet
(Nov. 27, 2002 - 95 min.) ****

Plot: This is a futuristic twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island, in which a young man finds himself in the company of a band of rowdy pirates on a search for lost treasure. [2002 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature]

43. Brother Bear
(Nov. 1, 2003 - 85 min.) ****

Plot: After killing a bear in anger, an Eskimo boy is himself turned into a bear by the animal spirits and sent on a wild adventure of self-discovery. [2003 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature]

44. Home on the Range
(Apr. 2, 2004 - 76 min.) ***

Plot: A trio of dairy cows turn into unlikely bounty hunters as they set out to capture a bandit to earn the reward money that they plan to use to save the farm they live on from foreclosure. [This was the last traditionally animated feature film planned by the Disney Company until 2009. Intermediate animated features were to be computer animated.]

45. The Princess and the Frog
(Dec. 11, 2009 - 95 min.) *****

Plot: A jazzy retelling of the classic fairy tale about the prince who is turned into a frog and needs the kiss of a princess to turn him back into a human. This retelling of the tale is set in New Orleans.