Best Disney live action adaptations

This beautiful love story about women vindication finds a new body for one of the most ambitious in visually mesmerizing Disney live-action movies.

A beautiful adaptation of a Disney classic with an impressive voice cast. The special effects make of the jungle and the characters that inhabit it an absorbing experience.

Disney takes the classic story “Sleeping Beauty” and reinterprets it through the eyes of the villain, Maleficent, personified by the incredible Angelina Jolie with a script much more interesting than that of the original version.

Tim Burton covers the adorable elephant Dumbo with his gothic veil and grants us joy in a deeper and darker version of the story. One of the best live-action adaptations Disney has achieved so far.

As one of the first Disney live-action adaptations, this movie immortalized the funny but also scary character of Cruella de Vil.

Tim Burton takes one of the classic animation movies and fills its world with weirdness and paints it a medieval color, two elements that are a perfect fit for Alice and her friends. One of the most unexpected victories in the director’s career.

Though the script is not as good as the original one, the special effects of this new edition of "The Lion King" represent a huge progress in the field of computer generated animation.

Even though the story suffered several changes compared to the original version, Helena Bonham Carter’s hilarious interpretation of the fairy godmother is definitely the cherry on the cake.

Will Smith’s charismatic portrayal of the Genie of the Lamp gives this movie a new twist and fills its story with a unique freshness. Unquestionably, his charm was the element that made this movie feel like a brand new tale.

With mild alterations of the original story, it is almost impossible to distinguish the special effects applied on the cute little dogs that star in the movie.