List of Walt Disney Studios films (1980–1989)
This is a list of films produced and distributed by the U.S. film studio Walt Disney Studios, one of the Walt Disney Company's divisions and one of the "Big Five" major film studios. The list includes films produced or released by all existing and defunct labels or subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Studios; including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Disneynature, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures. The list does not include films produced by studios that are now owned by Disney (as part of acquisitions), but were historically not distributed by Disney during their original, initial time of release.
All films listed are theatrical releases by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution unless specified.
Release date | Title | Studio label | Co-production with |
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February 8, 1980 | Midnight Madness | Walt Disney Productions | |
April 17, 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | ||
June 25, 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas | ||
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | |||
December 12, 1980 | Popeye | Paramount Pictures, Robert Evans Productions and King Features Entertainment; International distribution. | |
March 6, 1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | ||
March 20, 1981 | Amy | ||
June 26, 1981 | Dragonslayer | Paramount Pictures; international distribution | |
July 10, 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | ||
August 7, 1981 | Condorman | ||
February 5, 1982 | Night Crossing | ||
July 9, 1982 | Tron | Lisberger-Kushner Productions | |
July 30, 1982 | Tex | ||
March 11, 1983 | Trenchcoat | ||
April 29, 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | The Bryna Company | |
October 7, 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Amarok Productions Ltd. | |
November 4, 1983 | Running Brave | Englander Productions | |
March 9, 1984 | Splash | Touchstone Films | |
September 28, 1984 | Country | Far West Productions and Pangaea Corporation | |
March 22, 1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Silver Screen Partners II | |
June 21, 1985 | Return to Oz | Walt Disney Pictures | |
July 26, 1985[1] | The Black Cauldron | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners II | |
August 9, 1985 | My Science Project | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
September 27, 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Walt Disney Pictures | |
November 22, 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Silver Screen Partners II and Telefilm Canada | |
January 31, 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Films | Silver Screen Partners II |
April 11, 1986 | Off Beat | ||
June 27, 1986 | Ruthless People | ||
July 2, 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners II |
July 30, 1986 | Flight of the Navigator | Producers Sales Organization[2] and New Star Entertainment | |
October 3, 1986 | Tough Guys | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners II and The Bryna Company |
October 8, 1986 | The Color of Money | Silver Screen Partners II | |
January 30, 1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Silver Screen Partners II and Interscope Communications | |
March 6, 1987 | Tin Men | ||
May 22, 1987 | Ernest Goes to Camp | Silver Screen Partners II and Emshell Producers | |
June 17, 1987 | Benji the Hunted | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
July 1, 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Touchstone Pictures | Rose Productions and Silver Screen Partners III |
August 5, 1987 | Stakeout | Silver Screen Partners II | |
August 14, 1987 | Can't Buy Me Love | Silver Screen Partners III, Apollo Pictures and The Mount Company | |
November 6, 1987 | Hello Again | Silver Screen Partners III | |
November 25, 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications | |
December 25, 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Silver Screen Partners III | |
February 12, 1988 | Shoot to Kill | Silver Screen Partners III and Century Park Pictures | |
March 18, 1988 | D.O.A. | Silver Screen Partners III | |
April 15, 1988 | Return to Snowy River | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III, Burrowes Film Group and The Hoyts Group |
June 10, 1988 | Big Business | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
June 22, 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Amblin Entertainment, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners | |
June 29, 1988 | Cocktail | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications | |
August 5, 1988 | The Rescue | Silver Screen Partners III | |
September 30, 1988 | Heartbreak Hotel | 1492 Pictures and Silver Screen Partners III | |
November 4, 1988 | The Good Mother | Silver Screen Partners III | |
November 11, 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Silver Screen Partners III and Emshell Producers Group | |
November 18, 1988 | Oliver & Company | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners III |
December 21, 1988 | Beaches | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and All Girl Productions |
January 27, 1989 | Three Fugitives | Silver Screen Partners IV | |
March 10, 1989 | New York Stories | Silver Screen Partners IV and American Zoetrope (Life Without Zoë) | |
April 14, 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Silver Screen Partners IV and Kouf/Bigelow Productions | |
June 9, 1989 | Dead Poets Society | Silver Screen Partners IV | |
June 23, 1989 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
June 28, 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and All Girl Productions |
August 18, 1989 | Cheetah | Walt Disney Pictures | Silver Screen Partners III |
October 6, 1989 | An Innocent Man | Touchstone Pictures | Interscope Communications |
October 20, 1989 | Gross Anatomy | Silver Screen Partners IV, Sandollar Productions and Hill/Roseman | |
November 17, 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation[3] and Silver Screen Partners IV |
December 13, 1989 | Blaze | Touchstone Pictures | Silver Screen Partners IV and A&M Films |
See also[]
- List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases
- List of Disney television films
- List of Disney+ original films
- List of Hollywood Pictures films
- List of films released by Lucasfilm
- List of Marvel Studios films
- List of Searchlight Pictures films
- List of 20th Century Studios films
- List of Touchstone Pictures films
- List of Walt Disney Pictures films
- Category:Lists of films by studio
References[]
- ^ "The Black Cauldron".
- ^ Dave Kehr (July 30, 1986). "'Flight Of Navigator' A New High For Disney". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ^ "The Little Mermaid (1989)". The Numbers. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
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External links[]
- Lists of films by studio
- The Walt Disney Studios
- Lists of films released by Disney
- Lists of 1980s films
- American films by studio