Aladdin
Aladdin, a young thief, dreams of falling in love and making a better life for himself. But when he finally does meet the girl of his dreams, he's faced with the difficult task of romancing a princess who's bound by law to marry a prince. Aladdin enlists the help of a genie to win her over.

Antz
Ant Z (Woody Allen) is plagued by feelings of insignificance and dissatisfaction with his job as a worker. All of that changes, however, when he meets Princess Bala, who is slumming it at the workers' bar, and falls in love with her. A series of misunderstandings and mishaps combine, and Z and Bala eventually end up outside the anthill, headed for the legendary land of milk and honey known as Insectopia.

Babe
Babe is a friendly piglet living on a farm who learns the art of herding sheep from his adoptive sheepdog mother, Fly. After Babe heroically breaks up a sheep rustling attempt, Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) decides to give the pig a chance to play the dog's role at the local herding trials.

Bambi
Bambi, a fawn, spends his time in the forest with Thumper, his bunny friend, and Flower, a skunk. But after Bambi's mother tells him to stay away from dangerous hunters, she's killed, leaving the young deer to fend for himself in the wild.

Beauty and the Beast
This animated adaptation of the French story follows a young woman named Belle who goes to rescue her father from the frightening Beast, a formerly handsome prince cursed by a witch. The Beast says he'll release her father if Belle agrees to live with him, which she does, initially with some reluctance. Slowly, though, she comes to appreciate the Beast's inner beauty.

The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion centers around a young boy named Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), who is marooned on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion. The two slowly develop a friendship that takes an unexpected turn once they are rescued and brought back to civilization.

A Bug's Life
An inventor ant named Flik accidentally ruins the food that his colony spent all year preparing to appease the gang of domineering grasshoppers who terrorize them. In an effort to thwart the hungry grasshoppers, Flik enlists the help of a group of bugs he thinks are warriors — it turns out they're actually simple circus performers. Working together with the circus bugs, Flik and his anthill do what they can to fend off the grasshoppers.

A Christmas Story
Little Ralphie wants nothing more for Christmas than a Red Ryder BB gun, but everyone keeps telling him that he'll shoot his eye out. Over the days and weeks leading up to the fabled day, Ralphie keeps hoping to convince his parents and the department store Santa, all the while evading school bullies and getting caught for saying "the queen mother of dirty words."

Dumbo
Dumbo is a baby circus elephant who is mocked and ridiculed because his ears are too big. However, with the help of his best friend Timothy the mouse and some very hip crows, Dumbo discovers that he can use his gigantic ears to fly, thus becoming the hit of the circus.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg's classic tale — re-released (with additional scenes added) to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary — is about a boy named Elliot (Henry Thomas) who befriends, and later attempts to protect, an alien stranded on Earth.

Elf
After crawling into Santa's bag of toys when he was a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) wound up at the North Pole and spent his entire life raised by elves. But Buddy grows three times bigger than all the others, and eventually he sets off for New York City in search of his biological father (James Caan). His father is a no-nonsense workaholic who doesn't buy Buddy's story. Even Buddy's 10-year-old half-brother doesn't believe in him or Santa. The poor misfit finds a whole city of jaded New Yorkers who have forgotten the meaning of Christmas, and is determined to make everyone believe in him and the spirit of the holiday.

Fiddler on the Roof
Set in pre-revolutionary Russia, Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who struggles to raise his daughters in a world that is quickly changing around his traditional Jewish community.

Finding Nemo
This film from Pixar (Monsters, Inc.) is the story of Nemo (Alexander Gould), a curious young clownfish who has been taken from his home in Australia's Great Barrier Reef and winds up in the office fish tank of a dentist in Sydney. It's up to his shy father, Marlin (Albert Brooks), and Marlin's friend Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to find him.

Fly Away Home
An inventor (Jeff Daniels) and his daughter (Anna Paquin) use an ultra-light aircraft to teach a flock of geese how to migrate.

Free Willy
In Free Willy, a rebellious street kid and a captive killer whale develop a friendship that culminates with the eventual release of the orca back into the wild.

The Goonies
The Walsh brothers, Mikey and Brand, and their parents must move out of their house to make way for a new development … unless enough money can be raised to stop it. That looks impossible, until Mikey stumbles upon a map that might lead to the lost fortune of a man named One-Eyed Willy. The two siblings band together with some other neighborhood kids and set out to find the loot.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The second film in the Potter series begins with Harry being locked up in his room by his uncle Vernon, who is dead-set against his return to Hogwarts. Dobby the house elf appears in Harry's room, telling him that terrible danger awaits him at Hogwarts. Despite the warning, Harry escapes his uncle's house when Ron picks him up in the Weasley's flying car, and the duo heads for the school of wizardry. Once there, Harry begins to hear a mysterious voice, and it turns out that the sinister Chamber of Secrets has been reopened, and the creature set free has begun to attack students. One look from the beast can kill, but so far, a few unlucky students have merely been petrified. Who opened the Chamber? Unless the culprit can be found, the wizardry school is doomed. After Hagrid is accused and Dumbledore is dismissed by the school board, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hatch a plot to find out what's behind it all.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
This third installment of the Potter series has Harry beginning his third year at Hogwarts. Sirius Black — an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban — is on the loose, and there's only one thing he wants: Harry. But why?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
This is one of the most buzzed-about, sure-to-be-blockbuster movies on the 2001 release schedule — even without Steven Spielberg at the helm. Based on J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of children's books, this fantasy follows the adventures of young Master Harry Potter, who escapes his unhappy orphan's life when he discovers Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Here, Harry learns to fly, cast spells, and perform other feats of sorcery in a world where anything's possible — with the help of some 21st-century special effects.

Home Alone
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) accidentally gets left home by himself when his family leaves town for Christmas. When two bumbling burglars try to break into his house, he proves that he can take care of himself just fine.

Ice Age
With the Ice Age fast approaching, a woolly mammoth, sabre-tooth tiger, and a very nervous sloth are forced to migrate to a warmer locale. But of course, the journey isn't so simple, not with this crew.

The Iron Giant
A big metal guy (Vin Diesel) falls out of the sky and lands in the sea off the coast of Rockwell, Maine. Befriended by 9-year-old Hogarth (Eli Marienthal), the likable rustbucket hides in the barn behind the house Hogarth shares with his mother (Jennifer Aniston).

It's a Wonderful Life
A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasn't his fault. In Christmas Carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence, and it isn't a pretty place. Moral courage, small-town American life, civic cooperation, and family love are glorified; corporate greed and self-involvement are vilified; at the climax, a blanket of snow like spun sugar makes everything pure and clean like redemption itself.

James and the Giant Peach
This adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book tells the story of orphan James (Paul Terry), who lives with his two mean aunts. After a mysterious rescue, James travels across the Atlantic Ocean in a giant peach, kept company by an ensemble of animated insect friends.

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book, adapted from the Rudyard Kipling stories, is about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, who must make a perilous journey through the jungle to safely reach a human village.

Lady and the Tramp
Tramp, a rakish dog who's been living on the street, meets Lady, a posh pooch from a good home. Despite their differences, a romance begins.

The Lion King
A young lion cub, Simba, is destined to follow in his father's footsteps and become king of the jungle. But another lion, Scar, Simba's evil uncle, concocts a scheme to kill both Simba and his father.

The Little Mermaid
A mermaid who's dissatisfied with life at sea strikes a bargain with Ursula the Sea Witch to meet a suitor on land.

The Little Princess
Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's popular children's book and stage play, THE LITTLE PRINCESS features one of Shirley Temple's most memorable performances and her first Technicolor appearance. Temple stars as Sara Crewe, a little rich girl who is enrolled in a prestigious boarding school while her father goes off to fight in the Boer War in Africa. When Sara receives news of her father's death, the school's ruthless headmistress makes the newly penniless girl a galley slave and forces her to live in a cold, dark garret. Sara, who refuses to accept that her father has died, escapes from the school to search for him, believing that if she can find him, her tragic days of abuse and poverty may be over. The production values in this enthralling riches-to-rags-to-riches Victorian drama are lavish, and the plot and performances are deftly handled by director Walter Lang, but it is of course the irresistibly charming Temple who ensures THE LITTLE PRINCESS a lasting place in the hearts of her fans, film lovers, and children of all ages.

Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a London nanny who drops out of the sky and into the home of a man and his two mischievous children. Once she's set up house, Mary (Julie Andrews) magically turns every chore into a game and every day into a whimsical adventure.

Monsters, Inc.
In the realm of things that go bump in the night … another animated flick from Pixar (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life), this comedy-adventure tells the story of a large, furry, spotted, and horned James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) and his best friend and roommate, a green, opinionated, feisty little one-eyed monster (Billy Crystal), who audition for spots under children's beds. They then must capture the children's screams, that provide the energy on which the monsters live. When the two accidently transport a little girl (Mary Gibbs) back to their realm — an absolute no-no — they are exiled from their land by the factory's mean crablike CEO (James Coburn) and are forced to live in the human world.

The Muppet Movie
The Muppets head for Hollywood in the hopes of making it big. Along the way, they have to duck Doc Hopper (Charles Durning), who wants Kermit to do ads for frog legs, and deal with the consequences of the romance between Miss Piggy and her Kermie.

My Fair Lady
Linguistics professor Henry Higgins takes a bet from Colonel Pickering challenging him to transform an unrefined Cockney girl named Eliza (Audrey Hepburn) into a well-spoken lady. Over the course of teaching her manners and eliminating her accent, he becomes accustomed to her charms, but when he takes sole credit for her transformation, Eliza abruptly runs off with a young gentleman.

Peter Pan
Join mischievous Peter Pan, the young boy who refuses to grow up, his hot-tempered pixie pal, Tinker Bell and the Darling children as they soar away to the mysterious Never-Never land where childhood lasts forever in this magical, musical adventure. Based on J.M. Barrie's 1904 book.

Pinocchio
An adaptation of an ancient Italian fairytale, this animated classic follows a lonely man named Gepetto who builds a puppet to keep him company. Thanks to a little fairy dust, Gepetto is granted his wish, and his puppet, Pinocchio, comes to life. Unfortunately, Pinocchio is always getting into trouble — despite the efforts of Jiminy Cricket, who follows him around and acts as his conscience.

The Princess Bride
Buttercup (Robin Wright) is kidnapped at the order of the despicable Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) by three men, ringleader Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), a giant (André the Giant), and Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin). Though she's really in love with her stable boy, Westley (Cary Elwes), Buttercup is forced into an engagement with the vile prince.

The School of Rock
Dewey Finn (Jack Black) just got fired from his own rock band. To make matters worse, his roommate (Mike White) is being hounded by his girlfriend (Sarah Silverman) to get Dewey to cough up the rent money he owes. What's a guy to do? In this case, Dewey pretends to be his roommate to make some extra bucks substitute-teaching. Over the course of several weeks, he takes a class of private-school students and molds them into a rockin' band.

The Secret of Roan Inish
Fiona is sent to live with her grandmother on the west coast of Ireland after her mother dies. Once there, she learns that her family has for generations kept close friendships with selkies, mythical seal creatures that can transform into humans.

Shrek
Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is a hideous green ogre, so ugly that his own parents can't stand the sight of him. That doesn't bother Shrek, whose self-esteem is not the least bit affected by his frightful appearance. Our hulking, smelly hero is content with his lot in life until a witch foretells romantic bliss with the Ugly Princess (voiced by Cameron Diaz), resulting in a wacky quest. This warped fairy tale is based on the popular children's book of the same title by William Steig.

Shrek 2
Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) return from their honeymoon to find a dinner invite from Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Far, Far Away. They heard their daughter had wed, but they assumed she married Prince Charming and are shocked at the arrival of two green ogres and a donkey (Eddie Murphy). Wanting to break up the couple, the King enlists the help of Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas).

Sleeping Beauty
This Disney cartoon — with a budget of $6 million, the most expensive 'toon ever made at the time — tells the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. Aurora, a young princess, is cursed by an evil witch and falls into a deep sleep when she turns 16, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from Prince Phillip.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs tells the story of the fairest princess in the land who, after being banished to the forest by a hunter sent by the evil Queen, meets seven small men living in the woods.

The Sound of Music
A trouble-making nun named Maria is sent to be the governess of Captain Von Trapp's seven children. While there, she brings life, music, happiness, and, yes, love to the household.

Spy Kids
Two children go undercover to rescue their secret agent parents (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino), who are in imminent danger.

Toy Story
In Toy Story, two dozen toys, led a pull-string cowboy named Woody (Tom Hanks), come alive whenever their human owner Andy goes away. When a new toy named Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) arrives on Andy's birthday, Buzz and Woody jostle for leadership. Soon, both toys become lost in the outside world and must join forces to find their way back before Andy and his family move to a new house.

Toy Story 2
When Andy heads off to summer camp, the toys have the run of the house, or at least Andy's bedroom. But the good times are put on hold when an obsessive toy collector (Wayne Knight) snatches Woody (Tom Hanks) who, it so happens, is a highly valued collectible — turns out the original Woody was the star of a 1950s TV show. Now it's up to Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) to rally the rest of the toys and lead a rescue mission before Andy returns home to find Woody missing.

Watership Down
A group of rabbits leave their home in search of a safer place, but each step of their journey seems to grow more dangerous.

Whale Rider
Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro (Rawiri Paratene) is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai sets out to prove herself worthy of the post.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Based on the book by Roald Dahl, this movie follows a poor boy named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who is one of five winners to receive a personalized tour of the chocolate factory belonging to eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder).

The Wizard of Oz
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) is a Kansas girl swept away in a tornado. She lands in Oz, where she meets a scarecrow (Ray Bolger), a lion (Bert Lahr), and a tin man (Jack Haley). Together they set off for the city in hopes of finding a wizard who can help Dorothy get back home.