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All 22 Disney Live-Action Remakes Ranked

The Lion King celebrates its 5th anniversary! 

Ever since Disney’s $200 million psychedelic experiment Alice in Wonderland yielded a $1 billion return, the studio has been on the live-action remake train, adapting their classic cartoons for new generations to come.

We’ve seen critical hits (Cinderella), box office bonanzas (The Jungle Book), and even a dud or two according to the Tomatometer (Dumbo). For the completionist’s sake, we’re also including sequels like 102 Dalmatians in this list, and well as movies whose stories haven’t necessarily been told before, but which re-purpose old animated characters, like Christopher Robin.

We’re also including a few remakes from the 1990s which predate the current pile-on. In 2019 alone, there were five releases: Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Lady and the Tramp.

Cruella did well enough as the first major release to have a premiere during the pandemic era (and you’ve got to roll out the red carpet for the Dalmatians villain), though additional entries to this series (2022’s Pinocchio and 2023’s Peter Pan and Wendy) have found varying degrees of success, including The Little Mermaid.

With Mufasa: The Lion King now out, here’s what’s coming up: Snow White on March 21, 2025, and then July 10, 2026 for Moana.

#1

The Jungle Book (2016)
Tomatometer icon 94% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#1
Adjusted Score: 109906%
Synopsis: Raised by a family of wolves since birth, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must leave the only home he's ever known when... [More]
Directed By: Jon Favreau

#2

Pete's Dragon (2016)
Tomatometer icon 88% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#2
Adjusted Score: 99590%
Synopsis: Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford), a woodcarver, delights local children with stories of a mysterious dragon that lives deep in the... [More]
Directed By: David Lowery

#3

Cinderella (2015)
Tomatometer icon 84% Popcornmeter icon 78%

#3
Adjusted Score: 96520%
Synopsis: After her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella (Lily James) finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett)... [More]
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

#4
Adjusted Score: 82736%
Synopsis: When his father is killed by a jungle tiger, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) is orphaned and grows up in the... [More]
Directed By: Stephen Sommers

#5

Cruella (2021)
Tomatometer icon 75% Popcornmeter icon 97%

#5
Adjusted Score: 96543%
Synopsis: Academy Award (R) winner Emma Stone ("La La Land") stars in Disney's "Cruella," an all-new live-action feature film about the... [More]
Directed By: Craig Gillespie

#6

Mulan (2020)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 46%

#6
Adjusted Score: 90278%
Synopsis: To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man... [More]
Directed By: Niki Caro

#7

Christopher Robin (2018)
Tomatometer icon 73% Popcornmeter icon 83%

#7
Adjusted Score: 88062%
Synopsis: Christopher Robin -- now a family man living in London -- receives a surprise visit from his old childhood pal,... [More]
Directed By: Marc Forster

#8

Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#8
Adjusted Score: 92446%
Synopsis: Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its... [More]
Directed By: Bill Condon

#9

The Little Mermaid (2023)
Tomatometer icon 66% Popcornmeter icon 94%

#9
Adjusted Score: 85770%
Synopsis: The youngest of King Triton's daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond... [More]
Directed By: Rob Marshall

#10

Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 50%

#10
Adjusted Score: 70026%
Synopsis: In this heartwarming romantic adventure, a timeless re-telling of the 1955 animated classic, Lady, an overachieving, pampered American Cocker Spaniel... [More]
Directed By: Charlie Bean

#11

Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
Tomatometer icon 65% Popcornmeter icon 11%

#11
Adjusted Score: 72882%
Synopsis: Based on J. M. Barrie's novel "Peter and Wendy" and inspired by the 1953 animated classic, "Peter Pan & Wendy"... [More]
Directed By: David Lowery

#12

Aladdin (2019)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 94%

#12
Adjusted Score: 77700%
Synopsis: Aladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting... [More]
Directed By: Guy Ritchie

#13

Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#13
Adjusted Score: 69594%
Synopsis: "Mufasa: The Lion King" enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba... [More]
Directed By: Barry Jenkins

#14

Maleficent (2014)
Tomatometer icon 54% Popcornmeter icon 70%

#14
Adjusted Score: 67211%
Synopsis: As a beautiful young woman of pure heart, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has an idyllic life in a forest kingdom. When... [More]
Directed By: Robert Stromberg

#15

The Lion King (2019)
Tomatometer icon 51% Popcornmeter icon 88%

#15
Adjusted Score: 74323%
Synopsis: Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny on the plains of Africa. But... [More]
Directed By: Jon Favreau

#16

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Tomatometer icon 50% Popcornmeter icon 55%

#16
Adjusted Score: 61479%
Synopsis: A young girl when she first visited magical Underland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a teenager with no memory... [More]
Directed By: Tim Burton

#17

Dumbo (2019)
Tomatometer icon 46% Popcornmeter icon 47%

#17
Adjusted Score: 65856%
Synopsis: Struggling circus owner Max Medici enlists a former star and his two children to care for Dumbo, a baby elephant... [More]
Directed By: Tim Burton

#18
#18
Adjusted Score: 53482%
Synopsis: Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets... [More]
Directed By: Joachim Rønning

#19

101 Dalmatians (1996)
Tomatometer icon 39% Popcornmeter icon 40%

#19
Adjusted Score: 40856%
Synopsis: Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet, fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo.... [More]
Directed By: Stephen Herek

#20

102 Dalmatians (2000)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 32%

#20
Adjusted Score: 33141%
Synopsis: In this all-new tale, Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) is released from prison on good behavior vowing that she will... [More]
Directed By: Kevin Lima

#21
#21
Adjusted Score: 41361%
Synopsis: After slipping through a mirror, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself back in Underland with the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), the... [More]
Directed By: James Bobin

#22

Pinocchio (2022)
Tomatometer icon 27% Popcornmeter icon 27%

#22
Adjusted Score: 36525%
Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action and CGI retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet... [More]
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis