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View Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs film page
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Spoiler-free premise

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen.

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Princess Snow White flees after her jealous stepmother, the Queen, orders her death. In the forest she finds the cottage of seven dwarfs, whose protection cannot prevent the Queen from using magic and disguise to continue the pursuit.

Why it belongs

Disney's first animated feature fuses storybook design, character movement, song, and terror in a durable new form of screen storytelling.

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Multiplane depth, individualized dwarf animation, expressive animals, synchronized music, and dramatic shifts from domestic comedy to Gothic threat demonstrate how drawn performance can hold feature-length emotion rather than merely novelty.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Academy Awards1 win1939 · official ceremony record ↗

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Institutional reference ranks

Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 10034
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness9.4
Engagement8.7
Ease8.6

English · Not Rated
Animated Feature
Mood: Imaginative & Accessible