Editing The Lion King (section)

====Other honors====
In 2008, ''The Lion King'' was ranked as the 319th greatest film ever made by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine,<ref name="Empire5">{{cite news |last=Braund |first=Simon |author2=Glen Ferris |author3=Ian Freer |author4=Nev Pierce |author5=Chris Hewitt |author6=Dan Jolin |author7=Ian Nathan |author8=Kim Newman |author9=Helen O'Hara |author10=Olly Richards |author11=Owen Willams |work=Empire |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/34.asp |access-date=March 11, 2010 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104093241/http://www.empireonline.com/500/34.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> and in June 2011, [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'']] named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".<ref>{{cite news|title=The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films&nbsp;– The Lion King|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/slide/the-lion-king-1994/|magazine=Time|access-date=August 19, 2011|author=Richard Corliss|date=June 23, 2011|archive-date=October 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022161020/http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/slide/the-lion-king-1994/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2008, the [[American Film Institute]] listed ''The Lion King'' as the fourth best film in the animation genre in its [[AFI's 10 Top 10]] list,<ref>{{cite news | publisher =[[American Film Institute]] | title =AFI's 10 Top 10 | date =June 17, 2008 | url =http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html | access-date =June 18, 2008 | archive-date =June 19, 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080619174154/http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html | url-status =live }}</ref> having previously put "Hakuna Matata" as 99th on its [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]] ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/songs100.pdf?docID=244|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919175606/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/songs100.pdf?docID=244|archive-date=September 19, 2009|title=The Top Movie Songs of All Time|access-date=May 22, 2008|author=American Film Institute|year=2004|format=PDF}}</ref> The film was ranked 66th in a ''Hollywood Reporter'' ranking of "Hollywood's Top 100 Movies of All Time" and the film ranked 86th in a BBC ranking of the "100 greatest American films."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. H. R. |date=2014-06-25 |title=Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/100-best-films-ever-hollywood-favorites-818512/the-lion-king/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-20 |title=The 100 greatest American films |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite press release|title=With "20,000 Leagues," the National Film Registry Reaches 700|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-209/with-20000-leagues-the-national-film-registry-reaches-700/2016-12-14/|date=December 23, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2020|agency=National Film Registry|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126213919/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-209/with-20000-leagues-the-national-film-registry-reaches-700/2016-12-14/|url-status=live}}</ref>