All 56 Walt Disney Animated Classics: Ranked From Worst To Best

29. The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr Toad (1949)

It's no wonder that The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr Toad isn't ever classed amongst the best work Disney has put out: it's another project that was side-swiped by the second world war and by a general lack of confidence within the studio itself. Originally intended to be two separate features (The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and The Wind In The Willows), it actually ended up being the final package film when the war delayed the latter and the former was too short to release alone.

The release feels a little like a consolation plan: The Wind In The Willows segment is parred down and misses several key sequences from the source, simply because it wasn't really deemed up to snuff. It was basically just wrapped up as quickly as possible after the war and bolted on to Sleepy Hollow.

But despite all of that, it's still a great watch in places. Sure it's disjointed from the production process, but there is charm in abundance and the Sleepy Hollow adaptation remains one of the best ever committed to screen.

28. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

A year after their undersea experiment with Atlantis, Disney went bold again, marrying their classical cutesy character vision with a softer sci-fi edge to make an alien invasion movie with elements of ET and a lot of Elvis for some reason.

The result is far from one of Disney's most beloved films, but Lilo & Stitch has a charm that is irresistible. Despite the new world content, at the heart of it is a morality tale, a familial idyll and a journey of self discovery: in other words, all of the trademarks that made Disney so popular for decades before it.

It's a lot edgier than traditional Disney fare (and it would have been even more if test audiences hadn't naysayed the violence), feels more like it is aimed at a slightly older audience and successfully spawned a franchise of three sequels and two series. And yet it's still considered an acquired taste.