Disney movies seem to all have the kid's parent(s) killed at the
start (to make you have empathy for the child), and then the only
hope for most girl characters is to wait for some handsome guy to
save her. Here are some examples; which ones did I miss?
* Cinderella, girl becomes servant to stepmother and step-sisters,
awaits prince to save her.
* Snow White, girl's father dies, then her evil stepmother tries to
kill her for being too pretty, then puts her to sleep, where she
waits for prince handsome to kiss and save her.
* Sleeping Beauty, girl waits for prince charming to save
her.
* Bambi, the deer's mother is killed in first scene.
* The Little Mermaid, sexy bikini girl has no mom, falls in love
with human and sells her voice to get legs so she can abandon her
family and try to win him over.
* The Jungle Book, orphan boy raised in the jungle by some dancing
animals, with lots of cool music. 
* Lion King, boy lion watches his father get killed, then has to
fight his uncle who wants to kill him.
* Beauty and the Beast, girl has no mom, beast imprisons her dad
and mistreats her so she tries to be nicer to him to change him and
win him over (message: if your boyfriend beats you, it is your
fault, just stay with him and try to be prettier and nicer).
* Hunchback of Notre Dame, boy's mother is killed at start of
movie, he becomes hunchback, lives with evil preist, falls for
gypsy girl, but she falls for handsome soldier instead. Includes
scene where preist is fantasizing about strangling the sexy gypsy
girl.
* Finding Nemo, nemo's mother gets killed in first scene, then he
gets captured by a dentist scuba diver and his father has to find
him. Actually I loved this movie; Ellen DeGeneres was
hilarious.
I did like Mulan a lot; a girl pretends to be a boy so she can take
her aging father's place in the army, to help the Chinese defeat
invading warriors. Although even in this movie there is a
traditional "girl falls for (more) powerful man" story with her
handsome commanding officer.
