All 52 Walt Disney Animated Classics: Ranked From Worst To Best

4. The Little Mermaid (1989)

Little Mermaid

What Snow White was to the first Disney films of history, The Little Mermaid was to the revitalisation of the Disney brand in the late 1980s. We all know and love Peter Pan, Cinderella, and 101 Dalmatians, but without the wonderful musical of the mermaid who wanted to break the suffering chains of her father's concerned limits, we would not have some of the greatest films of all time: it saved Disney.

Ariel's tale resonates with so many people then and now that it is a cinematic reference point. The soundtrack rivalled the animation in a way that also shows how big the characters and villain would mark their place in Disney film history. With the success of the The Little Mermaid, we discovered that Disney has so much more to offer us.

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