

Whether you love or loathe the Disney brand, there's no disputing that The Lion King's influence is as big as Mufasa's kingdom this movie is known pretty much anywhere the sun shines. nabbed a worldwide total of $987,483,777-and The Lion King remains the highest-grossing 2D animated feature in history. This is also the movie for you if you like watching stupendously successful films: Simba & Co. If you enjoy watching lions grapple with issues moral, political, and existential in nature (or just grapple with evil hyenas), then this is definitely the movie for you.

In addition to being set in Africa and gorgeously animated by a team of hyper-dedicated animators, The Lion King is a story of royal intrigue and power in the animal kingdom. Part of the Second Disney Renaissance of the 1990s, The Lion King is an undisputed classic, a favorite of '90s kids (and their parents and children) everywhere. Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, James Earl Jones, Jeremy IronsĪnd we're not talking about incidentals like "there was no Internet" or "Brad Pitt was dating Gwyneth Paltrow." We're referring to the fact that the average Joe, circa 1994, would have had zero idea what "Hakuna Matata" meant, would maybe have felt kindly toward hyenas, and probably had very little idea about the social structure of lion prides.īut all of that changed with the release of The Lion King.

Writer: Irene Mecchi, Joanathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton
