Best Disney live-action remakes

3 ELO points separate Aladdin from Beauty and the Beast at the top of the Disney remake ranking, after 3240 duels.

The podium sees Aladdin edge out Beauty and the Beast by 3 points, while a 21-point gap separates Beauty and the Beast from Cruella in third place. Both Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast share identical 59% win rates over 182 and 162 duels respectively, yet Aladdin holds the lead by a narrow margin. Maleficent follows at rank 4 with 1258 ELO points, and Dumbo rounds out the top 5 with 1256 points. At the other end, Mulan sits last with 1097 ELO points and a 43% win rate, just behind The Jungle Book at 1105 points. The bottom positions suggest the community draws a clear line between the reimaginings that work and those that miss the mark.

The ranking draws on 3240 duels contributed by 77 players across 15 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. These head-to-head choices reveal which Disney remakes resonate most with audiences: live-action spectacles compete directly against darker reinterpretations of classic villains, and the tightest race unfolds at the very top. Cast your vote in new duels to shift the standings or cement the current leaders in their positions.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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