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Disney Animation Studios is widely regarded as the powerhouse of all animated studios, and the animated Disney movies ranked showcase how and why the studio is totally unrivaled in the world of animation. While the conglomerate also owns Pixar - yet another studio that's the gold standard of animation Disney has amassed dozens of classics over a century. Though other studios outside of ones owned by Disney have had their successes too, Disney has consistently stayed at the top of the game ever since the studio's first feature animated film release, Snow White, in 1937.

Although Disney has had some not-so-great releases (and some box office bombs), the House of Mouse has mostly nailed the art of creating box office smash hits - particularly in recent years. Disney also has a very strong company brand and has been a major part of people's childhoods for generations, with movies like Snow White...

Now, we've written before about how movie musicals these days often end up being partial or complete disappointments.  But the 40s and 50s were the golden age of American film musicals: big, set piece-heavy stories that were written specifically to be films.  In truth, they're a piece of our national heritage, and we always welcome the chance to see them on the big screen. Clearly, the Film Society of Lincoln Center agrees; they're going with a singing and dancing theme for their July and August Family Films screenings, which are packed with Hollywood musicals from the 40s and 50s, largely featuring screen legend Gene Kelly. First up on July 6 and 7 is Bob Cormack's "Make Music Mine," an early Disney film of unrelated segments set to music cobbled together when much of the studio's staff was drafted into the Army during World War II.  Later that month, Lincoln Center will...