Screenplay: William Cottrell

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by William Cottrell. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Peter Pan

1953 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson · Jack Kinney

Plot Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instils an element of child-like wonder. The 1953 version of James M Barrie's story is...

7.1

32K votes

7.1

32K votes

Alice in Wonderland

1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson

Plot On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry,...

7.1

33K votes

7.1

33K votes

Aquarela do Brasil (S)

1942 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot The title translates to "Watercolor of Brazil", and that's how it starts: with a paintbrush rendering the flora and fauna of Brazil (which oddly overlap) in water colors. A flower...

6.9

78 votes

6.9

78 votes

Pinocchio

1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Ben Sharpsteen · Hamilton Luske

Plot Jiminy Cricket tells a story that begins with a woodworker named Geppetto, who carves a wooden marionette. Geppetto names the puppet Pinocchio and wishes on a star that his creation...

6.8

43K votes

6.8

43K votes

Thru the Mirror (S)

1936 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction David Hand

Plot Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive. He eats a walnut, which...

6.5

595 votes

6.5

595 votes

The Little House (S)

1952 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot As progress brings the city directly around a little house, she grows more and more depressed.

6.5

146 votes

6.5

146 votes

The Three Caballeros

1944 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Norman Ferguson

Plot A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie...

6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

The Grasshopper and the Ants (S)

1934 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his...

6.0

646 votes

6.0

646 votes

Who Killed Cock Robin? (S)

1935 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction David Hand

Plot Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety...

5.9

348 votes

5.9

348 votes

The Reluctant Dragon

1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker · Hamilton Luske · Jack Cutting · Ub Iwerks

Cast Robert Benchley · Frances Gifford · Buddy Pepper · Nana Bryant

Plot Humorist Robert Benchley visits the Disney Studios to sell Walt on the idea of animating the story of The Reluctant Dragon. While evading an officious young studio guide, Benchley stumbles...

5.9

525 votes

5.9

525 votes

Little Toot (S)

1954 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Geronimi

Plot Little Toot is a baby tugboat who would rather play than help his father in New York harbor. When he does finally decide to help, he accidentally causes a major...

5.8

102 votes

5.8

102 votes

Saludos Amigos

1942 · Movie · 40 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson · Jack Kinney · Hamilton Luske · Bill Roberts

Plot Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles...

5.6

918 votes

5.6

918 votes

Victory Through Air Power

1943 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States

Direction Perce Pearce · James Algar · Clyde Geronimi · Jack Kinney

Cast Alexander de Seversky · Billy Mitchell · Art Baker

Plot An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.

5.5

69 votes

5.5

69 votes