The Walt Disney Company and Nine Entertainment Corp’s subscription video platform Stan have signed a content deal that will see classics like The Lion King and Toy Story added to the Australian Netflix-competitor on Friday.

Subscribers will have access to a bigger slate of film options to watch on the back of the deal, including Finding Nemo, Frozen, Cars and Cars 2, the three Toy Story films, Monsters Inc, Monsters University, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Up and Maleficent.

Australians will be able to watch The Lion King on Stan from Friday after Disney signed a deal with the subscription video platform.

The agreement is expected to add pressure to global giant Netflix, with major Hollywood studios turning sour on the leading subscription video platform as it begins creating more original and competing content.

Disney stripped its content from Netflix earlier this year, announcing intentions to go direct-to-consumer with the production company's own video platform Disney+ to be launched in late-2019.