aladdin is a 1992 american-arabic animated musical fantasy comedy movie. it was produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures. "aladdin" is the 31st animated movie in the walt disney animated classics series. it was part of the disney movie era known as the disney renaissance. the movie was directed by john musker and ron clements. it is based on the arab folktale of aladdin and the magic lamp from "one thousand and one nights". the voice cast features scott weinger, jonathan freeman, robin williams, linda larkin, frank welker, gilbert gottfried, and douglas seale.