The Top 10 Worst Disney Animated Films That Should Stay Dead (But We’re Digging Them Up for a Roasting Anyway)

The Top 10 Worst Disney Animated Films That Should Stay Dead (But We’re Digging Them Up for a Roasting Anyway)

Some Disney films deserve to be cherished forever. Others? Deserve to be locked in a vault, buried in an unmarked grave, and never spoken of again.

But because I have zero self-control and an unhealthy need to overanalyze cartoons, we’re exhuming these rotting cinematic corpses and roasting them until even Walt Disney’s frozen head starts sweating.

So grab a torch, a pitchfork, and your lowest expectations—we’re going grave-robbing.

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10. Chicken Little (2005) – AKA “What If Pixar Had a Stroke?”

Roast: Imagine if someone hit a Pixar movie with a baseball bat, then told a group of terrified animators to “make something funny out of the remains.” That’s Chicken Little.

This movie looks like it was animated on a TI-83 calculator. The textures are so bad, every character looks like they’re made of stale Play-Doh. The story? An absolute mess. First, it’s about a neurotic chicken having an anxiety attack. Then suddenly aliens show up like Disney forgot what movie they were making halfway through.

Also, WHY DOES EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN HATE CHICKEN LITTLE? He’s a literal child. The entire town gaslights him into oblivion for an hour, then acts like he’s a hero at the end because he was right one time.

Toast: That one scene where Chicken Little and his dad actually have a heartfelt moment? That was kinda nice. But it lasted about 0.2 seconds before the movie devolved into madness again.

Self-Deprecation: I saw this in theaters as a kid and thought it was the funniest thing ever. I have since watched it sober, and I owe my past self an apology.

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9. The Black Cauldron (1985) – AKA “What If a Movie Had NO Audience?”

Roast: This movie was supposed to be Disney’s dark, edgy fantasy masterpiece. Instead, it’s what happens when a Lord of the Rings fan reads one book and then immediately gets a concussion.

Nobody knows who this was made for. It’s too creepy for kids, but also too stupid for adults. The animation tried to be all dark and gritty, but instead, it just looks like someone smeared Vaseline over a medieval PowerPoint presentation.

Also, Taran is the most boring protagonist in Disney history. Dude has the personality of wet toast and spends most of the movie bumbling around like he lost a bet. Meanwhile, the villain, The Horned King? Looks terrifying but does absolutely nothing. He just stands around, scowls, and then dies like a chump.

Toast: The skeleton army scene? Lowkey awesome. Unfortunately, it lasts about two minutes before this movie remembers it has to be terrible again.

Self-Deprecation: I tried to watch this as an adult, and I zoned out so hard I almost slipped into another dimension.

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8. Home on the Range (2004) – AKA “The Movie That Killed Disney’s 2D Animation”

Roast: This movie was so bad it single-handedly ended Disney’s hand-drawn animation division. That’s an actual fact. That’s how much of a crime against art this was.

It’s about cows. Talking cows. On a farm. That’s it. That’s the entire movie. And somehow, it still manages to feel like too much plot.

Also, the villain? A yodeling cattle thief. This dude yodels so hard it hypnotizes cows. Disney had Walt’s entire animation empire at their fingertips, and THIS was the best they could come up with?

Toast: The animation itself was actually decent, but it was wasted on a movie that should’ve been left in the storyboard phase forever.

Self-Deprecation: I genuinely forgot this movie existed until I started writing this list. And now I wish I could forget again.

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7. Strange World (2022) – AKA “How to Lose $200 Million in 90 Minutes”

Roast: This movie lost so much money that Disney probably has it on their hit list.

It was supposed to be a grand sci-fi adventure, but instead, it was so generic it evaporated from pop culture the moment it hit theaters. Nobody saw this movie. You didn’t see it. I didn’t see it. I’m not even sure the animators saw it.

Toast: The animation was nice. But who cares if nobody watched it?

Self-Deprecation: I tried to watch it once. I lasted 20 minutes before I instinctively checked my email instead.

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6. The Good Dinosaur (2015) – AKA “Pixar’s First Flop (And Rightfully So)”

Roast: This movie is proof that Pixar was just flexing their rendering software and forgot to write a script.

The backgrounds? Photorealistic and stunning. The dinosaurs? Look like balloon animals. The plot? The Lion King, but worse. The main character, Arlo, is so annoying that I was actively rooting for the asteroid.

Toast: The water effects deserved better than this movie.

Self-Deprecation: I fell asleep watching this, and when I woke up, I was somehow still bored.

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5-1: Movies That Should Be Sent Back to the Shadow Realm

I could keep going, but honestly, my sanity is wearing thin. But before I pass out from exhaustion, let’s speed-run the top 5 worst Disney films of all time.

• 5. Mars Needs Moms (2011) – A movie so bad that it killed an entire animation studio. Also, the uncanny valley in this movie is strong enough to make your soul leave your body.

• 4. Planes (2013) – Disney tried to milk Pixar’s Cars franchise but ended up with a direct-to-DVD energy movie that somehow made it to theaters.

• 3. Cars 2 (2011) – The movie that took the most beloved Pixar franchise and made it about a spy car voiced by Larry the Cable Guy. I am personally offended.

• 2. Valiant (2005) – A forgotten CGI war pigeon movie that somehow exists. Even the pigeons want to forget.

• 1. The Wild (2006) – Disney’s bootleg Madagascar that nobody asked for and nobody watched. This movie looks like it was animated on a microwave.

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Final Thoughts: Burn Them. All of Them.

Yes, Disney has given us some of the greatest animated films of all time. But they have also given us these monstrosities. Some of these movies were so bad they killed careers, studios, and entire animation divisions.

Now it’s your turn—which Disney disaster did I forget? Fight me in the comments. Argue. Defend. Or agree that Chicken Little should be locked in a vault.

And if you love unhinged animation takes, check out my YouTube channel for cartoons, rants, and even worse decisions than Disney’s 2000s lineup.