Beginning in the 1950s, The Walt Disney Company began producing made-for-television films in their long-running anthology series Disneyland (later to be popularly known as The Wonderful World of Color and The Wonderful World of Disney). Many of Disney's TV movies were miniseries that aired in installments over several weeks, and a few (such as Davy Crockett and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh) were later re-edited and released theatrically. During the 1980s, in addition to films made for their weekly TV series, Disney began making original films for their television network, The Disney Channel. After the acquisition of ABC in the 1990s, Disney began co-producing uncharacteristic films (Stephen King's Storm of the Century, Home Alone 4) as well as TV reunion movies (The Facts of Life Reunion, The Growing Pains Movie) and a few in conjunction with Hallmark Entertainment (Dinotopia, Mr. St. Nick, Snow White: The Fairest of Them All).
1950s
Date | Movie | Notes |
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Jan. 26, 1955 | Davy Crockett | Miniseries |
May. 29, 1957 | Johnny Tremain | |
Nov. 14, 1958 | Texas John Slaughter | Miniseries |
Oct. 2, 1959 | Moochie of the Little League | |
Nov. 20, 1959 | Elfego Baca |
1960s
1970s
1980s
Date | Movie | Notes |
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Mar. 9, 1980 | The Kids Who Knew Too Much | |
Apr. 20, 1980 | Sultan and the Rock Star AKA The Hunter and the Rock Star | Episode of Walt Disney anthology series |
Apr. 27, 1980 | The Secret of Lost Valley | |
Dec. 21, 1980 | The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | |
Jan. 16, 1982 | Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang | |
Feb. 20, 1982 | Beyond Witch Mountain | 1st episode of the 1st season of "Walt Disney" |
Apr. 10, 1982 | The Adventures of Pollyanna | |
Oct. 9, 1983 | Tiger Town | First made-for-Disney Channel movie[1] |
May. 6, 1984 | Gone Are the Dayes | |
Oct. 7, 1984 | Love Leads the Way: A True Story | |
Jan. 6, 1985 | Black Arrow | |
Feb. 3, 1985 | Lots of Luck | |
May. 5, 1985 | The Undergrads | |
Aug. 2, 1985 | The Caldercott Story | |
Nov. 17, 1985 | The Blue Yonder | |
Feb. 2, 1986 | Help Wanted: Kids | The Disney Sunday Movie[2] |
Feb. 23, 1986 | The Girl Who Spelled Freedom | The Disney Sunday Movie[3] |
Mar. 9, 1986 | The Richest Cat in the World | The Disney Sunday Movie[2] |
Apr. 5, 1986 | Return to Treasure Island | Miniseries |
Apr. 6, 1986 | I-Man | |
Apr. 13, 1986 | A Fighting Choice | The Disney Sunday Movie[4] |
Apr. 20, 1986 | Mr. Boogedy | The Disney Sunday Movie |
May. 11, 1986 | Young Again | The Disney Sunday Movie[2] |
May. 18, 1986 | The Deacon Street Deer | The Disney Sunday Movie[2] |
May. 19, 1986 | Fuzzbucket | |
May. 25, 1986 | My Town | The Disney Sunday Movie[2] |
Jul. 26, 1986 | The Parent Trap II | |
Sept. 28, 1986 | Hero in the Family | |
Oct. 5, 1986 | Little Spies | |
Oct. 18, 1986 | Spot Marks the X | The Disney Sunday Movie |
Oct. 26, 1986 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | |
Nov. 2, 1986 | Ask Max | |
Nov. 15, 1986 | Down the Long Hills | |
Nov. 16, 1986 | The Leftovers | |
Nov. 23, 1986 | The Thanksgiving Promise AKA A Promise Made | |
Nov. 27, 1986 | Fluppy Dogs | |
Nov. 30, 1986 | Sunday Drive | The Disney Sunday Movie |
Dec. 14, 1986 | The Christmas Star | |
Jan. 25, 1987 | Double Switch | |
Feb. 1, 1987 | You Ruined My Life | |
Feb. 8, 1987 | The Liberators | |
Feb. 28, 1987 | Strange Companions | |
Mar. 8, 1987 | Bigfoot | |
Mar. 15, 1987 | Young Harry Houdini | |
Mar. 27, 1987 | U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart AKA Line of Duty | |
Mar. 29, 1987 | Double Agent | |
Apr. 12, 1987 | Bride of Boogedy | |
May. 19, 1987 | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | |
Jun. 19, 1987 | Not Quite Human | |
Nov. 1, 1987 | The Return of the Shaggy Dog | |
Nov. 29, 1987 | Student Exchange | |
Dec. 5, 1987 | The Christmas Visitor | |
Jan. 17, 1988 | Earth*Star Voyager | |
Feb. 7, 1988 | Rock 'n' Roll Mom | |
Feb. 25, 1988 | Totally Minnie | |
Mar. 6, 1988 | 14 Going on 30 | |
Mar. 19, 1988 | Save the Dog! | |
May. 1, 1988 | Splash, Too | |
May. 15, 1988 | Justin Case | |
May. 22, 1988 | Meet the Munceys | |
Jun. 5, 1988 | The Night Train to Kathmandu | |
Aug. 6, 1988 | Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss | |
Aug. 27, 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | |
Nov. 11, 1988 | Good Old Boy | |
Nov. 20, 1988 | Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder | |
Nov. 27, 1988 | The Absent-Minded Professor | |
Dec. 3, 1988 | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | |
Dec. 18, 1988 | Davy Crockett: A Natural Man | |
Jan. 13, 1989 | Davy Crockett: Guardian Spirit | |
Jan. 15, 1989 | Wild Jack | |
Feb. 26, 1989 | The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places | |
Mar. 26, 1989 | Super DuckTales | Episode |
Apr. 9, 1989 | Parent Trap III | |
Apr. 29, 1989 | Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World | |
Apr. 30, 1989 | The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening | |
Jun. 11, 1989 | Davy Crockett: A Letter To Polly | |
Jun. 18, 1989 | Davy Crockett: Warrior's Farewell | |
Jul. 24, 1989 | Great Expectations | Miniseries |
Sept. 18, 1989 | Brand New Life: The Honeymooners | Episode |
Sept. 23,1989 | Not Quite Human II | |
Sept. 30, 1989 | Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue | |
Nov. 12, 1989 | Polly | |
Nov. 19, 1989 | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon | |
Dec. 2, 1989 | Spooner | |
Dec. 3, 1989 | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | |
Dec. 15, 1989 | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
2020
Zombies 2 (February 14, 2020)
Upside-Down Magic (July 31, 2020)
Spin (February 12, 2021)
See also
- List of Disney theatrical animated features
- List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases
- List of television films produced for Disney Channel
- List of Disney film soundtracks
- List of Disney television series
- Lists of Walt Disney Studios films
- Timeline of The Walt Disney Company
- Disney Channel Original Series
References
- ^ "A Salute to Disney Channel: Disney Channel time line". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications Ltd. April 1, 1998. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Gendel, Morgan (January 9, 1986). "Disney Betting On New Series". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Disney's back with full line-up of movies". Santa Fe New Mexican. Gannett News Service. January 30, 1986. p. 25. Retrieved April 7, 2017 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ Buck, Jerry (January 30, 1986). "Disney Programming Returns to network TV". Santa Fe New Mexican. AP. p. 25. Retrieved April 7, 2017 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ a b c d Grant, Stacey (March 13, 2017). "14 Movies You Forgot Came From The Wonderful World Of Disney". MTV News. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
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