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The Best Disney Movies Starring Cats
Walt Disney Studios has put out some great Disney movies with cats. This list will determine the best Disney movie starring furry felines. There are classics like The Aristocats and newer films that put cats in the spotlight such as Bolt. Alice in Wonderland and The Jungle Book wouldn't be the same without their cats in the films. There are also films on this list that have even spawned remakes such as That Darn Cat!
These movies also span across all genres, fans of science fiction movies should be sure to check out The Cat From Outerspace. If you like cartoons there are certainly quite a bit of animated cat movies on this list. Want a little more live-action and adventure? Look for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. In short, there is a movie here for everyone.
Which of these Disney cat films do you love? Tell the world by voting them up on the list.
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Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
When a retired opera singer leaves her inheritance to her cat, Duchess (Eva Gabor), and three kittens, the woman's butler drugs the cats and abandons them in the countryside in order to inherit the ...more - 2Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), ...more - 3Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn
- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Lewis Carroll's beloved fantasy tale is brought to life in this Disney animated classic. When Alice (Kathryn Beaumont), a restless young British girl, falls down a rabbit hole, she enters a magical ...more - 4Joey Lawrence, Bette Midler, Billy Joel
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: George Scribner
In this animated update of the classic "Oliver Twist" tale, Oliver (Joey Lawrence) is an orphaned kitten taken in by a gang of thieving dogs, led by cavalier canine Dodger (Billy Joel) and owned by ...more - 5Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere ...more - 6Don Ameche, Michael J. Fox, Sally Field
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance (Michael J. Fox), an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow (Don Ameche), a wise golden retriever;Â ...more - 7Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Byron Howard, Rich Moore
From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) becomes the first rabbit to join ...more - 8Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
With a wicked stepmother (Eleanor Audley) and two jealous stepsisters (Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss) who keep her enslaved and in rags, Cinderella (Ilene Woods) stands no chance of attending the ...more - 9Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro
- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio (Dickie Jones), could become a real boy. In the night, the Blue Fairy (Evelyn ...more - 10Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Andy Dick
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Darrell Rooney
Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala, loves the son of exiled lioness Zira, who is out for revenge. - 11Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
Raised by a family of wolves since birth, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must leave the only home he's ever known when the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) unleashes his mighty roar. Guided by a ...more - African Cats is a 2011 nature documentary film directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill about a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs trying to survive on the African savannah. The film ...more
- 13Robert Hays, Kim Greist, Veronica Lauren
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: David R. Ellis
The Seaver family arrives at San Francisco International Airport to catch a flight to Canada. They check in their pets: Chance (Michael J. Fox), an American bulldog; Shadow (Ralph Waite), a golden ...more - 14Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Sisters (Hayley Mills, Dorothy Provine) need an FBI agent (Dean Jones) after their siamese brings home the only clue to a bank robbery. - 15John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Chris Williams, Byron Howard
The days of canine superstar Bolt (John Travolta) are filled with danger and intrigue ... until the cameras stop rolling. But Bolt doesn't know that he's on a TV show; he thinks his amazing powers ...more - 16Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Jun Falkenstein
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit ...more - 17Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, McLean Stevenson
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Norman Tokar
A UFO captained by a cat-like extraterrestrial (Ronnie Schell) is intercepted by the U.S. Military. The spacecraft's feline pilot, who goes by the human name Jake, reveals to his captors that he must ...more - 18John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Steve Trenbirth
Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like lovable bear Baloo (John Goodman). ...more - 19Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Don Chaffey
Young Mary McDhui (Karen Dotrice) lives in a small village in Scotland with her veterinarian father, Andrew (Patrick McGoohan), and her cherished cat, Thomasina. When Thomasina is injured, Andrew has ...more - 20Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Dean Jones
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Bob Spiers
Bored with her quiet suburban Massachusetts town, bratty Patti Randall (Christina Ricci) is excited when her beloved cat, D.C., comes back to the house with a watch around his neck. After seeing that ...more - 21Ron Brown, Brian Russell, Linda Wallace
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Winston Hibler
A Pacific Northwest forester (Ron Brown) adopts an orphan cougar and raises him in a lumber camp. - 22Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, Jim Belushi
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Steve "Spaz" Williams
An adolescent lion (Kiefer Sutherland) who was raised in captivity finds himself accidentally plucked from the New York Zoo and deposited in Africa. Meanwhile, the friends he left behind at the zoo ...more
