Disney Movies About Mice

From Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, starring Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm
Rated G

Ratatouille is a Pixar animated film set in Paris, France, directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava. The story follows an unassuming rat named Remy, who dreams of becoming a great chef like his idol, the late Auguste Gusteau. When Remy finds himself in the sewers beneath Paris, he meets a determined young garbage boy, Linguini, who provides him with the opportunity to realize his dream. While Remy and Linguini team up to create delicious dishes, they must also outwit Remy’s former rat family and a fierce food critic to make their restaurant a success. With the help of an old friend, Colette, Remy and Linguini must prove to the world that anyone can cook – even a rat.

From Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, starring Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Rated G

Fantasia is a 1940 animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney, and contains eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The segments are "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach, "The Nutcracker Suite" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas, "Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky, "The Pastoral Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven, "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli, "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky, and "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert. The film features the first use of stereophonic sound in an animated feature as well as innovative animation techniques, and it is widely considered one of the greatest animated films ever made.

From Don Bluth, starring Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise, Arthur Malet
Rated G

The Secret of NIMH is an animated adventure fantasy film directed by Don Bluth and released in 1982. It tells the story of Mrs. Brisby (voiced by Elizabeth Hartman), a timid field mouse living in a cinder block in a farm in rural America. When the farmer plows the field, Mrs. Brisby must find a way to protect her home and her ill son Timmy from the tractor. She seeks help from a mysterious group of rats she had encountered earlier, who live in a mysterious rat-run laboratory called NIMH. The rats have been enhanced by the laboratory's experiments and possess amazing intelligence and powers. With their help, Mrs. Brisby discovers the secret of NIMH and learns that the rats must escape before the government shuts it down. She helps them to escape and uses her newfound knowledge to protect her home. In the end, Mrs. Brisby and her family emerge triumphant, having managed to outwit the authorities and protect their home.

From Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte, starring Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher
Rated G

From Directors: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, John Musker, starring Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek
Rated G

From Directors: Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto, starring Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Rex Allen
Rated G

From Directors: David Bowers, Sam Fell, starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno
Rated PG

From Rob Minkoff, starring Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki
Rated PG