Oliver & Company is not the best Disney movie. It isn't even the best Disney movie of 1988. But it might be the most underrated. It has a killer soundtrack, a phenomenal voice cast, a wonderfully weird urban aesthetic, and more heart than a dozen pristine princess castles.
Furthermore, the themes hit harder than ever. Sykes is a "corporate raider"—a villain who literally gobbles up smaller businesses. Fagin is a gig-economy victim 30 years early. And the central message—that family is not about blood or breed, but about who shows up for you when you're alone in a storm—is timeless. Oliver and Company