All Animated Feature Films (Dec 1937- Dec 2019)
All theatrically released animated Disney feature films (released under Pixar Animation Studios, DisneyToon Studios, ImageMovers Digital, Skellington Productions, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation), excluding films that included a lot of live action, straight to video films that had a limited theater or international premier only, shorts, Disney package films, and films not produced by Disney but distributed under the Disney label.
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | December 21, 1937 | Snow White |
| Pinocchio | February 7, 1940 | Pinocchio |
| Dumbo | October 23, 1941 | Dumbo |
| Bambi | August 13, 1942 | Bambi |
| Cinderella | February 15, 1950 | Cinderella |
| Alice in Wonderland | July 28, 1951 | Alice |
| Peter Pan | February 5, 1953 | Peter Pan |
| Lady and the Tramp | June 22, 1955 | Lady / Tramp |
| Sleeping Beauty | January 29, 1959 | Aurora |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | January 25, 1961 | Pongo |
| The Sword in the Stone | December 25, 1963 | Arthur |
| The Jungle Book | October 18, 1967 | Mowgli |
| The Aristocats | December 24, 1970 | Duchess / Thomas O'Malley |
| Robin Hood | November 8, 1973 | Robin Hood |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | March 11, 1977 | Winnie the Pooh |
| The Rescuers | June 22, 1977 | Bernard / Bianca |
| The Fox and the Hound | July 10, 1981 | Tod / Copper |
| The Black Cauldron | July 24, 1985 | Taran |
| The Great Mouse Detective | July 2, 1986 | Basil |
| Oliver & Company | November 18, 1988 | Oliver |
| The Little Mermaid | November 17, 1989 | Ariel |
| DuckTales the Movie | August 3, 1990 | Scrooge McDuck/Gene |
| The Rescuers Down Under | November 16, 1990 | Bernard / Bianca |
| Beauty and the Beast | November 22, 1991 | Belle |
| Aladdin | November 25, 1992 | Aladdin |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | October 29, 1993 | Jack Skeleton |
| The Lion King | June 24, 1994 | Simba |
| A Goofy Movie | April 7, 1995 | Goofy / Max |
| Pocahontas | June 23, 1995 | Pocahontas |
| Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | Woody |
| James and the Giant Peach | April 12, 1996 | James |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | June 21, 1996 | Quasimodo |
| Hercules | June 27, 1997 | Hercules |
| Mulan | June 19, 1998 | Mulan |
| A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | Flik |
| Doug's 1st Movie | March 26, 1999 | Doug |
| Tarzan | June 18, 1999 | Tarzan |
| Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | Woody |
| The Tigger Movie | February 11, 2000 | Tigger |
| Dinosaur | May 19, 2000 | Aladar |
| The Emperor's New Groove | December 15, 2000 | Pacha / Kuzco |
| Recess: School's Out | February 16, 2001 | T.J. |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | June 15, 2001 | Milo |
| Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | James Sullivan |
| Return to Never Land | February 15, 2002 | Jane |
| Lilo & Stitch | June 21, 2002 | Lilo / Stitch |
| Treasure Planet | November 27, 2002 | Jim Hawkins |
| The Jungle Book 2 | February 14, 2003 | Mowgli |
| Piglet's Big Movie | March 21, 2003 | Piglet |
| Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | Marlin |
| Brother Bear | November 1, 2003 | Kenai |
| Teacher's Pet | January 16, 2004 | Spot |
| Home on the Range | April 2, 2004 | Grace / Maggie / Mrs. Caloway |
| The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | Mr. Incredible |
| Pooh's Heffalump Movie | February 11, 2005 | Winnie the Pooh |
| Chicken Little | November 4, 2005 | Chicken Little |
| The Wild | April 14, 2006 | Samson |
| Cars | June 9, 2006 | Lightning McQueen |
| Meet the Robinsons | March 30, 2007 | Lewis |
| Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | Remy |
| WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | Wall-E |
| Bolt | November 28, 2008 | Bolt |
| Up | May 29, 2009 | Carl |
| A Christmas Carol | November 6, 2009 | Scrooge |
| The Princess and the Frog | December 11, 2009 | Tiana |
| Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | Woody |
| Tangled | November 24, 2010 | Rapunzel |
| Mars Needs Moms | March 11, 2011 | Milo |
| Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | Matar / Lightning McQueen |
| Winnie the Pooh | July 15, 2011 | Winnie the Pooh |
| Brave | June 22, 2012 | Merida |
| Frankenweenie | October 5, 2012 | Victor |
| Wreck-It Ralph | November 2, 2012 | Wreck-it Ralph |
| Monsters University | June 21, 2013 | Mike Wazowski |
| Planes | August 9, 2013 | Dusty |
| Frozen | November 27, 2013 | Anna |
| Planes: Fire & Rescue | July 18, 2014 | Dusty |
| Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Hiro |
| Inside Out | June 19, 2015 | Joy (Riley) |
| The Good Dinosaur | November 25, 2015 | Arlo |
| Zootopia | March 4, 2016 | Judy Hopps |
| Finding Dory | June 7, 2016 | Dory |
| Moana | November 23, 2016 | Moana |
| Cars 3 | May 23, 2017 | Lightning McQueen |
| Coco | October 20, 2017 | Miguel |
| Incredibles 2 | June 5, 2018 | Mr. Incredible/ Elastigirl |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | November 21, 2018 | Ralph / Vanellope |
| Toy Story 4 | June 11, 2019 | Woody |
| The Lion King | July 19, 2019 | Simba |
| Frozen 2 | November 7, 2019 | Anna / Elsa |
Male/Female Co-Protagonists:
7/89 animated films feature a male and female duo as co-protagonists. This means that 26/89 of the films have a female primary protagonist. That's 29.21% of all films.
Female Characters
19/89 movies have a sole female protagonist (no male co-protagonist). That's 21.34% of Disney animated feature films.
Of these 19 films, 13 (68.42% of those films) star a character who is a royal, whose love interest is royalty, or who is actively marketed as part of the Disney Princess line. All of these 13 films feature a woman in her mid teens to early twenties.
When including any Disney film with a female primary protagonists (including those who are co-protagonists to a male main character) 50% of all female protagonists are royalty or marketed as a Disney Princess.
That means that there are only 12 films with a female primary protagonist that isn't a princesses or marketed as part of the Disney Princess Line, and only 6 films without royals or a male co-protagonist.
It's also worth noting that when looking at all 12 films, the majority of those films star a female animal. There are 4 films staring a human, 5 if we include the human emotion of Inside Out. And only one of those 12 films stars an adult human woman.
Male Characters:
63/89 films star solely male primary protagonists. That is 70.78% of all animated Disney feature films. Including movies with a male and female co-protagonist 78.65% of Disney films star a male primary protagonist.
Out of these 63 films, 11 star a royal or a man whose love interest is royalty (Arthur, Robin Hood, Taran, Aladdin, Jack, Simba, Hercules, Flik, Kuzco, Milo, Simba). That is only 17.46% of all films staring only a male primary protagonist. When including all films with a male primary protagonist (including those with a female co-protagonist) only 15.71% of films feature a royal or a man whose love interest is royalty.
Wikipedia and The Animated Movie Guide by Jerry Beck were refrenced to compile this list. All images owned by Disney.
Final Note: What constitutes a primary protagonist or co-protagonist might be something people will debate. Many films contain strong secondary protagonists. Though Flynn Rider has his own story-arch, he is the supporting character to Rapunzel. I didn’t use the term co-protagonist lightly and looked to which character’s wants, needs, and story took priority.
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