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Chris Sanders has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 4 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Beauty and the Beast.
An Extremely Goofy Movie
2000
Animation · Family
The Lion King
1994 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Disney+ · Included
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Disney+ · Included
The Wild Robot
2024 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%Peacock · Included
The Call of the Wild
2020 · Movie · Director
Top 4%Disney+ · Included
Mulan
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 6%Disney+ · Included
Aladdin
1992 · Movie · Writer
Top 15%Disney+ · Included
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
Dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff · With Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Jeremy Irons
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Dir. Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders · With Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
Dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise · With Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Dir. Chris Sanders · With Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.
Dir. Chris Sanders · With Harrison Ford, Dan Stevens, Colin Woodell
When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing ruthless invaders, brutal training, and the risk of execution if discovered, she must decide who she truly is— and what she’s willing to fight for.
Dir. Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook · With Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.
Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements · With Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Dir. Dean Fleischer Camp · With Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Chris Sanders
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.
Dir. Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders · With Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.
Dir. Joel Crawford · With Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds
From the creators of "How to Train Your Dragon" comes a new series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure.
Dir. Chris Sanders · With Andree Vermeulen
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo, but Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong – and it's finally time to say "aloha".
Dir. Bobs Gannaway, Tony Craig · With Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere
The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.
Dir. Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders · With Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds
This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's beloved Experiment 626, who is now living happily as Lilo's alien buddy Stitch. Jumba’s remaining experiments have landed all over Hawaii in the form of dehydrated pods. Lilo and Stitch’s mission is to catch Stitch’s "cousins" before they fall into the clutches of the evil Dr. Jacques von Hamsterviel!
Dir. Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois · With Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, David Ogden Stiers
as Stitch (voice) · Voice
Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon emerges, which reinstates his destructive programming and threatens to both ruin his friendship with Lilo and to short him out for good!
Dir. Michael LaBash, Tony Leondis · With Chris Sanders, Dakota Fanning, Tia Carrere
Two very different families join forces to create a new community, an us-against-the-world, cave person co-op on the most amazing farm in the history of prehistory!
Dir. Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, John Cleese · With Kiff VandenHeuvel, Ally Dixon, Darin Brooks
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most-wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now, but what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought his other alien "experiments" to Hawaiʻi as well.
Dir. Bobs Gannaway, Tony Craig · With Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere
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