As a Disney adult who has been on more than a few trips around the sun, I can actually remember when Disney-MGM Studios Park opened for the first time. I’ve been known to unironically call is Disney-MGM to this day, because old habits die hard. While visual reminders of the opening day park remain, the last of the original attractions, The Great Movie Ride, was decommissioned in 2017 to make way for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. I have no complaints about the replacement, I still miss The Great Movie Ride every time I step into Hollywood Studios. The ride is no more, but the films it featured are always ready for a rewatch. I can’t think of a better tribute, so get your popcorn ready!
Here is how you can watch every movie featured on The Great Movie Ride
Footlight Parade
To catch James Cagney in this Busby Berkeley musical, you’ll have to hand over a few bucks. It’s currently only available to rent, with an average price of $2.99.
Singin’ in the Rain
Watch the iconic Gene Kelly dancing with a light pole on HBOMax.
Mary Poppins
You can catch everyone’s favorite nanny streaming on Disney+.
The Public Enemy
Get more James Cagney, this time as a gangster, on HBOMax.
Man with No Name
The Clint Eastwood section gets a bit tricky, as I don’t know if the ride ever made it clear which film from the trilogy was being featured. It’s probably just easiest to watch them all. A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More are streaming for free on a variety of platforms including YouTube. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, however, is going to require Starz.
The Searchers
This John Wayne classic is another film that requires a rental, with an average price of $3.99.
Alien
The terrifying (to itty bitty me the first time I saw it) Sigourney Weaver classic is available on Starz, along with the full quadrilogy, if you’re so inclined.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Catch my beloved Harrison Ford on Showtime.
Tarzan
You can enjoy Johnny Weissmuller’s classic character in Tarzan the Ape Man and Tarzan and his Mate on Hulu, but only with the Live TV upgrade.
Casablanca
Get your Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman fix on HBOMax.
Fantasia
Where else would you find this Disney classic than on Disney+?
The Wizard of Oz
There’s no place like HBOMax to watch this Judy Garland classic.
Films in The Great Movie Ride finale
Feeling like an over-achiever? Here’s the full list of films featured in the finale of The Great Movie Ride. Just don’t make any plans for the foreseeable future if you’re making plans to watch them all!
- 10
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 42nd Street
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Airplane!
- Aladdin
- Alien
- All About Eve
- Amadeus
- An American in Paris
- Anchors Aweigh
- Armageddon
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Arthur
- Babes in Arms
- The Band Wagon
- Behind the Screen
- Ben-Hur
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Big
- The Birth of a Nation
- The Black Pirate
- Blazing Saddles
- Braveheart
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Bright Eyes
- Broadcast News
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Cabaret
- Cabin in the Sky
- Camille
- Casablanca
- Chariots of Fire
- Chicago
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Citizen Kane
- Cocktail
- Cocoon
- Cops
- Crocodile Dundee
- The Cure
- David Copperfield
- The Defiant Ones
- The Dentist
- Dirty Dancing
- Doctor Zhivago
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Fantasia
- Fatal Attraction
- Finding Nemo
- Follow the Fleet
- Footlight Parade
- Forbidden Paradise
- Forrest Gump
- The French Connection
- From Here to Eternity
- Frozen
- Funny Girl
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Giant
- Gilda
- The Godfather
- The Godfather Part II
- The Gold Rush
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- The Great Train Robbery
- Grease
- The Great Escape
- Gone with the Wind
- Grand Hotel
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- High Noon
- High Society
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Hud
- The Incredibles
- Independence Day
- It Happened One Night
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Jailhouse Rock
- The Jazz Singer
- The Karate Kid
- King Kong
- The Kiss
- Klute
- Lady and the Tramp
- Lassie Come Home
- The Last Emperor
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Lethal Weapon
- The Lion King
- The Live Ghost
- Malcolm X
- Marathon Man
- Mary Poppins
- The Matrix
- Million Dollar Mermaid
- Mission: Impossible
- Never Say Never Again
- A Night at the Opera
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- North by Northwest
- Notorious
- Our Dancing Daughters
- Pal Joey
- Patton
- Pearl Harbor
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- A Place in the Sun
- Platoon
- A Plumbing We Will Go
- Poltergeist
- Pretty Woman
- The Public Enemy
- Queen Christina
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
- Return of the Jedi
- The Rink
- Risky Business
- Roman Holiday
- Royal Wedding
- San Francisco
- Saturday Night Fever
- The Searchers
- The Seven Year Itch
- Shampoo
- Shanghai Knights
- The Sheik
- Show Boat
- Silkwood
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sister Act
- Shakespeare in Love
- Some Like It Hot
- The Sound of Music
- Stagecoach
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Wars
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Steamboat Willie
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Sunset Boulevard
- Superman
- Swing Time
- Take the Money and Run
- Tangled
- Taxi Driver
- The Ten Commandments
- The Ten Commandments
- The Terminator
- Terms of Endearment
- Thelma & Louise
- Three Men and a Baby
- The Three Musketeers
- Top Gun
- Tootsie
- Toy Story
- Trading Places
- True Grit
- Unforgiven
- The Way We Were
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Wings
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wuthering Heights
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Young Frankenstein