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The Best Princess Movies

Updated November 23, 2020 51.9k votes 9.7k voters 918.9k views64 items

List RulesAny film that features a princess character

A list of the best princess movies, including live action and animated princess films, ranked by voters like you. It includes princess movies for audiences of all ages. What are the best princess movies?

These are the top princess films, including the esteemed Disney Princess movies, as well as both old and new good princess movies. Princess stories are the stuff of legend and make for both great cartoon movies as well as non-animated films. Whether it be the royalty, the glamor, the regal behavior, or the beautiful dresses, princess movies have something for everyone, from comedy to drama.

For decades, princess movies have enthralled audiences worldwide, with tales of beautiful ladies and the handsome princes who fall in love with them. And while some princesses are the stereotypical "damsels in distress," (check out this list of seven Disney princesses that make bad role models for examples), other, more modern on-screen royals prove to be tougher – they solve their own dilemmas, thank-you-very-much. One good example: One of the best Disney princesses in recent times, Princess Merida from Brave, was perfectly capable of handling everything on her own.

Not all of the greatest princess films are animated. Some, like Enchanted, Ella Enchanted, and Ever After, are set in modern times. And really, what list of the best princess movies would be complete without 1987's The Princess Bride, one of the most rewatchable movies of all time?

Okay, princess movie fanatics: Start voting, and let's decide, once and for all, which princess film is the greatest ever!

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Tangled
Mandy Moore, Ron Perlman
Released: 2010
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Beauty and the Beast
Angela Lansbury, Frank Welker
Released: 1991
Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
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The Little Mermaid
Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes
Released: 1989
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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The Princess Diaries
Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore
Released: 2001
Directed by: Garry Marshall
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Aladdin
Robin Williams, Gilbert Gottfried
Released: 1992
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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Cinderella
June Foray, Mike Douglas
Released: 1950
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
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Anastasia
Kirsten Dunst, Meg Ryan
Released: 1997
Directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Susan Beak, Geoff Beak
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The Princess and the Frog
Oprah Winfrey, John Goodman
Released: 2009
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
Released: 2004
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Brave
Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson
Released: 2012
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Enchanted
Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon
Released: 2007
Directed by: Kevin Lima
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Sleeping Beauty
Marvin Miller, Mary Costa
Released: 1959
Directed by: Clyde Geronimi
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Frozen
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel
Released: 2013
Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
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Ella Enchanted
Anne Hathaway, Heidi Klum
Released: 2004
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
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Pocahontas
Mel Gibson, Christian Bale
Released: 1995
Directed by: Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
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Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
Martin Short, Kathleen Barr
Released: 2004
Directed by: William Lau
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig
Released: 1937
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell
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A Cinderella Story
Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge
Released: 2004
Directed by: Mark Rosman
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Ever After
Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston
Released: 1998
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The Princess Bride
Billy Crystal, Robin Wright
Released: 1987
Directed by: Rob Reiner
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The Swan Princess
John Cleese, Jack Palance
Released: 1994
Directed by: Richard Rich
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Another Cinderella Story
Selena Gomez, Jane Lynch
Released: 2008
Directed by: Damon Santostefano
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Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings
Lucy Liu, Lucy Hale
Released: 2012
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Frozen 2
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel
Released: 2019
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Shrek
Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Released: 2001
Directed by: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
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