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The Best Disney Movies That Are Not On Disney+

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Since its launch in 2019, has established itself as a leading streaming service, offering a vast collection of movies and shows that span the company’s century-long history. This platform allows generations to enjoy the content they grew up with while also providing opportunities for all demographics to explore new and original programming. However, , either from the beginning or due to their more recent removal.

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From live-action comedies to animated adventures, Disney+ has excluded some films that have ties to the Disney brand. Some of these titles are co-produced by other studios, which prevents them from being added to the Disney+ catalog. Additionally, there are full Disney movies that seem like they should be included, but are not available on the platform.

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Ernest Goes to Camp

May 22, 1987

92 minutes

John Cherry

Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody, Lyle Alzado

Despite being made by Touchstone Pictures, none of the Ernest P. Whorrell films are on Disney+. The Ernest films began with and have slowly developed a fan base over the years. This is mainly due to the series' central star, Jim Varney, who remained dedicated to the over-the-top antics and slapstick humor throughout every film, just like he did in the commercials where Ernest got his start.

Ernest Goes To Camp features Ernest trying his best to run a summer camp so that it doesn’t get shut down by a mining company. It’s cute and fun entertainment for kids and adults alike that teaches the importance of accepting oneself. However, it and the many sequels were mainly produced by Universal in partnership with Disney. Even Universal’s Peacock doesn’t feature the Ernest films.

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Mickey's House of Villains

November 15, 2001

70 minutes

Burt Gillett, Jack Hannah, Jack King, Jamie Mitchell, Rick Schneider, Bobs Gannaway, Tony Craig

Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Susanne Blakeslee, Corey Burton, Pat Carroll, Jim Cummings, Bill Farmer, John Fiedler, Jonathan Freeman, Matt Frewer, Gilbert Gottfried, Tress MacNeille, Russi Taylor, Scott Weinger, April Winchell, James Woods, Lois Nettleton, Bobcat Goldthwait, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, John Cleese, Susan Boyd, Amick Byram, Randy Crenshaw

Mickey’s House of Mouse was an animated series that featured famous Disney characters operating a nightclub while showcasing classic Disney shorts from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The movie tie-in, , keeps that concept but features a team-up of many iconic Disney villains, such as Jafar and Cruella de Vil, who take over the house.

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Disney fans have been disappointed that Mickey’s House of Mouse has never been on Disney+, and the same can be said about Mickey’s House of Villains. Other shows and their respective movies have made it onto the service, so fans find the exclusion odd, as it was a favorite for many kids in the late 90s and early 2000s.

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Bicentennial Man

December 17, 1999

132 Minutes

Chris Columbus

Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt, Kiersten Warren, Wendy Crewson, Hallie Eisenberg, Lindze Letherman

is one of many movies showing how diverse Robin Williams' filmography and characters are. It blends sci-fi, drama, and comedy to create an ambitious odyssey about an android who progressively transforms physically and emotionally to be more human over two hundred years of his artificial life.

When Bicentennial Man was released in 1999, not only were critics harsh on it, but it was also released in competition with box office juggernauts like The Green Mile and Stuart Little, while Bicentennial Man barely recouped its budget. Over the years, however, many have come to love the film for Robin Williams' nuanced performance combined with its impressive production design.

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Real Steel

October 7, 2011

127 minutes

John Gatins

Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, karl yune

Before they made Deadpool & Wolverine together, director Shawn Levy teamed up with Hugh Jackman to create the closest thing to a Rock ’em, Sock ’em Robots movie with . It depicts a future where all boxing is replaced with robot battles, and an ex-boxing champion allies with his son and an unlikely bot to rise in the ranks of the robot-fighting world.

It borrows many elements from other sports films about an underdog facing the odds, but Real Steel manages to execute familiar elements effectively. It also helps that the robots are brought to life with CGI that is still effective after so many years. However, despite being distributed by Disney’s own Touchstone Pictures, it has yet to appear on Disney+.

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Maleficent

May 30, 2014

1h 37m

Robert Stromberg

Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Angelina Jolie, Imelda Staunton

In a strange case, was once on Disney+, but is one of the few Disney films to be removed. Currently, it is not available on any subscription-based streaming service. Meanwhile, fans can enjoy its sequel, Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil on Disney+, a result of Starz once acquiring the rights to the first film, but that is no longer the case.

Of all the live-action Disney remakes, Maleficent proved to be one of the better examples because it didn’t try to recreate the original Sleeping Beauty, but created an origin story for one of Disney's more beloved villains. It also shows the events of Sleeping Beauty from Maleficent’s perspective, with Angelina Jolie praised for being an uncannily perfect casting choice for the character.

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Dick Tracy

June 15, 1990

105 minutes

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, Mandy Patinkin, Seymour Cassel, James Keane, Charles Durning, William Forsythe, Dustin Hoffman, James Tolkan, Ed O'Ross, Dick Van Dyke, R.G. Armstrong, Michael J. Pollard, Paul Sorvino, James Caan, Henry Silva, Tom Signorelli, Stig Eldred, Jim Wilkey, Neil Summers, Chuck Hicks, Lawrence Steven Meyers

Starring, written, and directed by Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, is a bizarre movie, but it is praised for looking exactly like the pulp detective comics it is based on. From the shots resembling comic book panels to the bizarre caricature villains straight out of the source material, Dick Tracy is arguably one of the most comically-accurate comic book films ever made.

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Like the comics, it focuses on a lone private investigator fighting crime and going after gangsters, with Warren Beatty showing his love for the comics from beginning to end. Dick Tracy is another Touchstone movie that is strangely absent from Disney+, despite there being many other films from the studio on the service, such as Sister Act, Signs, and Splash.

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Dragonslayer

June 26, 1981

109 Minutes

Matthew Robbins

Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Sydney Bromley

In partnership with Paramount Pictures, Disney made one of their darkest fantasy films, , which utilized revolutionary go-motion animation to bring the dragon to life. Even four decades later, the dragon Vermithrax remains a source of fear and a paragon of special effects. The go-motion effects would even go on to be the initial method for bringing dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park before the series shifted to CGI.

While many fantasy stories portray dragons as majestic beings, Dragonslayer represents Vermithrax as a dark and brutal creature. This portrayal is somewhat similar to the dragons found in certain video games, particularly in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, where they are renowned for their stunning designs and terrifying nature.

Not since the official launch of Disney+ has The Brave Little Toaster graced its servers, but fans have access to both sequels on the service. The original movie was ahead of its time, showcasing inanimate objects that can move and talk when their owner is not around, which is essentially the plot of Pixar's Toy Story, but with household appliances.

Many fans of The Brave Little Toaster have requested that the movie be added to Disney+, as it was another film developed by Disney. However, its distribution by Hyperion Pictures has led to conflicts over ownership rights, while The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars and The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue were made and distributed exclusively by Disney.

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