Disney has fully committed to remaking its animated classics as live-action films, even though they're almost always mediocre ...

: This story was originally published March 20, 2025; it was updated on May 27, 2025 with the addition of Lilo & Stich.

Let’s take a look at all of the live-action remakes of Disney’s animated classics, going all the way back to the 1990s, to explore which films improved on the original and which ones came up ...

Disney has fully committed to remaking its animated classics as live-action films, even though they're almost always mediocre.

Four of the remakes—The Lion King ... releases in cinemas this weekend, we’ve ranked every Disney live-action remake to see which one’s got the most pixie dust. Directed by Jon Favreau ...

As the movies have progressed, Disney has stretched the definition of “live action” to encompass photorealistic ... fit for the current era of Disney remakes, as he proves in this unsettling ...

Disney made cinematic history when they began releasing feature-length animated films with quality that was just as good as live-action motion pictures. Walt Disney elevated simple cartoons to an ...

with a live-action “Moana” remake — a remake of a film released in 2016(?!) — coming in July 2026. There have been exceptions to the “Disney remakes are bad” rule: Kenneth Branagh’s ...

Romantic, beautiful and — from a story perspective, at least — an undeniable improvement on the original, “Cinderella” is the crown jewel of Disney’s live-action remakes. For now. The post All 23 of ...