So how does one decide the 50 best kids' movies of all time? By selecting four dozen-plus films that are pretty much guaranteed to please any child—preteen or younger—shortly after the play button gets pressed. Click next to see which movies made our list.
Note: Some of these movies are more appropriate for middle schoolers than kindergartners. Check out Common Sense Media for more information on ratings.
2003: Why is this No. 1 instead of The Wizard of Oz? No reason, other than it feels like it's time for some new, clownfish blood at the top of a rundown like this one. In a way, Nemo is a companion piece to the Yellow Brick Road journey. It's filled with marvelous, eye-popping colors. It's about a child who goes on an enlightening adventure after being torn away from his dad and the world he knows. And it's about how wonderful it is when a child learns to appreciate the familiar while still dipping his toes into the waters of the unknown. It seems fair to assume that for years well into the future, we'll all still be saying: "Just keep swimming."
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1939: It's the Citizen Kane of kid movies, the one that usually tops lists like this because, by switching from black-and-white film to splashy Munchkinland Technicolor, it defines in cinematic terms what a child feels the first time she flips on her imagination. Decades after its debut, The Wizard of Oz still dares kids to dream by reassuring them that no matter how far those dreams may take them, they can always come home.
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1982: E.T. is a rite-of-passage movie, one that every kid is practically required to see before he or she reaches age 12. There's a reason for that. Not only is Steven Spielberg's suburban sci-fi masterpiece funny, semi-spooky and enormously moving, it's also about what happens when a child of divorce finally grows up and accepts that all meaningful love will eventually involve letting go.
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1937: Snow White created the template for nearly every family film that followed, turning a "children's movie" into a massive mainstream hit. Disney's first full-length animated film was a technical marvel—a mixture of "Mirror, mirror" monstrosity and rose-red beauty—and a masterful retelling of a fairy tale from the past. Your children will fall in love with the story immediately.
1956: With a running time of just over a half hour, this is not technically a full-length feature, nor is it brief enough to be considered a short by modern standards. But it's most definitely a sublime, simple and mesmerizing piece of work about a young boy who can't shake the presence of his new, helium-filled red friend.
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1995: Generally speaking, talking-animal movies should be avoided like the blackest of plagues. _Babe_—the story of an orphaned oinker who improbably triumphs as a sheep herder—is a very notable exception. And it's got the Academy Award nomination for Best Picture to prove it.
1994: It's rare to use the word Shakespearean to describe a Disney cartoon, but in this case, the literary adjective fits. Based loosely on Hamlet, The Lion King is epic in scope, heavy with themes of familial responsibility and made buoyant by the sound of "Hakuna Matata."
1983: When a parent watches the Star Wars saga for the first time with his child, it feels like a sacred act, as if we're the Obi-Wans finally sharing our knowledge with young Skywalkers. Obviously, Jedis-in-training should watch every film in the series. But with its landspeeder action and, yes, those cuddly-wuddly Ewoks, "Jedi" may be the kid-friendliest of the Han Solo lot.
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1964: Even if no one has ever taken Ms. Poppins's advice (a spoonful of sugar? Great idea, Mary. Now our kids are medicated and they have diabetes) she remains an icon of ideal nannying, largely because she has the irresistible voice of Julie Andrews and carries the whole world in her satchel. Besides, how many governesses do you know who can sing the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" that many times while dancing with a parasol?
1999: Clearly every entry in Pixar's signature franchise is a winner. So why does the Woody/Buzz Lightyear middle child make this list? Because it confirmed that Pixar could make a sequel equal to its predecessor. Because it's full of adventure that's all the more heart-stopping now that we're so invested in these characters. Because that Sarah McLachlan song just crushes us, every time. And because toy owner Andy still isn't old enough to break our hearts by heading to college ... yet.
1940: The movie that made every child fear the prospect of telling a nose-elongating fib also encouraged us to focus our dreams on the sky and wish upon stars. You know, because a cricket in a top hat told us to.
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1965: All that stuff about the Nazis will likely fly over little ones' heads, much as it sailed over your own back in the day. But children, for now and for always, will fall in love with the "Favorite Things," "So Long, Farewells" and "Do-Re-Mis."
2004: For kids who are still a little young for the intensity of, say, The Avengers or The Dark Knight, there's The Incredibles, a big action flick that also reminds us that sometimes the most admirable heroes actually aren't super at all.
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1992: Belle may look very much like her Disney princess counterparts, but the creative team behind this romance made sure to create a heroine who's strong-willed, independent and a total bookworm. That's just one of the reasons why this gorgeously animated "tale as old as time" seemed so welcome and fresh back in '92.
1987: In the late '80s, you watched this 1,000 times at summer camp, then 1,000 more times at sleepovers. Each time, you were invariably charmed by its delightful catchphrases ("My name is Inigo Montoya ... "), its contagious silliness ("Anybody want a peanut?"), its fairy-tale heart ("As you wish") and the hotness of Cary Elwes as Wesley (seriously, "As you wish" was the dreamiest thing ever, right?). Your kids will feel the same way, too.
1947: The holidays provide the ideal excuse to introduce kids to classic black-and-white movies. This one—starring Edmund Gwenn as a department store Santa who says he's the real deal and Natalie Wood as the young skeptic reluctantly beginning to believe—is one of the best. Warning: Don't do something reckless, like screening the 1994 remake instead. There is no substitute.
1999: Overlooked at the box office when it was released in the summer of '99, Brad Bird's carefully crafted sci-fi throwback is now considered a modern animated classic, one with an intentionally retro look but messages about gun violence that resonate even more poignantly in 2013.
1979: More than three decades have passed since this simple and lovely take on Walter Farley's novel arrived in theaters. Even now, in the age of 3-D and high definition, the desert island images of a shipwrecked Kelly Reno slowly befriending a wild, ebony horse remain some of the most striking ever captured in a family film.
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1942: Before crossing the bridge into adulthood, every child must giggle at Thumper and feel a pang of sorrow when Bambi loses his mother. It's in the U.S. Constitution. Look it up.
1950: This story of an indentured stepdaughter waiting for her prince to come may lack the poisoned apples and industrious dwarves of a certain other Disney fairy tale, but it compensates with adorably helpful mice and a bit of "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."
1953: Of all the takes on J.M. Barrie's Neverland tale, the Disney version—with its slightly sunnier tone and melodic declaration that "You Can Fly!"—may have been most indelibly imprinted on the collective unconscious.
2002: It's difficult to decide which of Hayao Miyazaki's imaginative anime gems to share first with your children. This one is the most well-known, but once you've watched it, feel free to report to My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service or Howl's Moving Castle.
2004: Odds are your kids have seen or will see every motion picture about the Boy Who Lived. The third Harry Potter movie gets singled out on this list because it's the first that truly excites on a cinematic level. The themes are a bit darker than those in Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, but still pre-adolescent-oriented enough to make this Sirius Black tale appropriate for most older elementary schoolers.
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1971: Because all children deserve some Oompa-Loompa in their lives, this beloved, exceptionally weird Roald Dahl adaptation had to be on this list. How else will the next generation learn to live in a world of pure imagination, or realize how trippy it is to watch a little girl turn into a giant blueberry?
2001: You know how every animated movie these days tries to make grown-up jokes to keep mom and dad as entertained as their sons and daughters? Well, that all started because of Shrek, an ogre tale that walked the fine line between catering to kids and slyly winking at their parents better than most of the movies it would later inspire.
1988: When this Robert Zemeckis Toontown adventure was first released, its ambitious marriage of live action and animation seemed mind-blowing. It may still seem that way to kids first seeing it now, especially those just becoming acquainted with the pratfalls and one-liners of the Looney Tunes world that "Roger Rabbit" so cleverly celebrates.
1967: No matter one's age, there's pretty much no way to resist Baloo and his ridiculously catchy "Bare Necessities."
1997: It’s the Muppets, at their madcap, ‘70s-era best, accompanied by a slew of high-profile guest stars (Steve Martin! Richard Pryor! Dom DeLuise!) and musical numbers (“Movin’ Right Along,” “Can You Picture That?” and, of course, “Rainbow Connection”) destined to go into regular rotation on the family iPod.
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1985: Perhaps the most beloved kid movie of the 1980s The Goonies features a pre-Stand By Me Corey Feldman, the pursuit of pirate treasure; a bunch of kids making dumb decisions with zero adult supervision, Cyndi Lauper on the soundtrack and, of course, Chunk. Need we say more?
2001: At some point, every child will be convinced that a beast is lurking in the bowels of his closet or beneath the folds of her bedskirt. Pixar embraces that fact in most charming fashion here, cleverly convincing us that monsters are both real and nothing whatsoever to fear.
1961: Another classic of the role-swapping genre, this one stars Haley Mills in a dual role as estranged twin sisters who meet at summer camp, realize they are siblings and start scheming to get their divorced parents back together. The plot’s improbable, but that hasn’t stopped kids from watching and rewatching it (or the Lindsay Lohan remake) for decades.
1993: Halloween and Christmas don’t mix? Not so, proved Tim Burton, delivering a deliciously dark holiday-musical mash-up that created the macabre/delightful genre in which future kid movies—Coraline, Corpse Bride, _ParaNorman_—would happily find their own goth niche.
1942: Dumbo is a great introduction to the Disney-animation canon. It’s short, sweet and about a tiny guy just beginning to understand his abilities, much like the little ones watching. Just be prepared to explain why that trippy “Pink Elephant Parade” is “Nothing to be afraid of, mommy swears!”
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1988: Every kid thinks life would be so much better if he could suddenly be an adult. This funny and wistful Tom Hanks hit allows its audience to live out that fantasy while teaching some poignant lessons about what we give up when we let go of childhood too soon.
2003: Before her life turned into an unfortunate series of court appearances, Lindsay Lohan was swapping identities with onscreen mom Jamie Lee Curtis in this entertaining comedy, which, come to think of it, would complement Big nicely in a “Don’t Grow up Too Fast” double feature.
1972: This sweet, tear-jerker of a Peanuts movie may cause excessive verklemptness. But at least it curbs the sadness with a happy ending and the catchy, earworm of a musical number “Fundamental-Friend-Dependability.”
2008: The first of several Pixar movies on this list, WALL-E demonstrates the power of animated cinematic language, telling its story less with dialogue and more with movement, subtle expression and the tender music of Cole Porter.
1997: Anchored by very believable performances from its child actors, this Iranian film—about a young boy who loses his sister's shoes and goes to great lengths to compensate for his mistake—is a beautiful film that paints a vivid picture of life in '90s-era Tehran. It also will remind kids not to take even the simplest gifts for granted, including the soles beneath our feet.
1983: Ralphie's eagerness to own a gun, even if it's just of the BB variety, is a bit troubling. But this Jean Shepherd adaptation is so winningly retro and wry that most parents have learned to compartmentalize their Red Ryder issues and share this story with the kiddos each Christmas, sometimes multiple times thanks to that annual 24-hour marathon on TBS.
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1989: The musical fairy tale that reinvigorated Disney animation sets the Hans Christian Andersen story to a winning, "Under the Sea" beat.
2005: For children with an interest in animals and nature, this Academy Award-winning account of the annual, arduous trek of Antarctica's emperor penguins is fascinating and educational. Oh, and also: so darn cute.
1957: The quintessential boy-and-his-dog story that, yes, may induce sobs and whimpers. Hey, your kid is eventually going to watch a movie that breaks his or her heart. It may as well be one of the most well-known weepers in history.
2011: Martin Scorsese's treatment of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, about an orphan living in a Paris train station while attempting to decipher a message from his late father, is grand, emotional and visually sumptuous. It's also one of the rare family films that demands to be seen in 3-D.
2003: The ultimate rock-hard, feel-good comedy, this amped-up blast of Jack Black-ness was made for all budding preteen Dave Grohls yearning to beat their drums and make their electric guitars wail.
1960: Living on an island, in a tree house, while being pursued by pirates? It's the stuff of which backyard fantasy-play is made and the stuff that's brought to vivid life in this Disney favorite.
2003: This is a terrific choice for parents who want to either introduce their kids to the documentary genre, spark a conversation about the intensity of competition or subliminally improve a child's spelling capabilities. Bonus? It's a suspenseful delight to watch.
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1994: Honestly, you can't go wrong by screening any adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic coming-of-age novel. But this finely acted and, obviously, occasionally sad 1994 version may be more digestible for contemporary kids, especially once they recognize the much-younger faces of current stars like Christian Bale and Claire Danes.
2005: The toothy inventor and his canine sidekick finally get their own, full-length Claymation feature: an Academy Award-winner filled with all the Brit-silliness previously featured in Wallace and Gromit shorts.
2011: Winnie the Pooh movies are like cinematic training wheels, rarely containing anything frightening or objectionable enough to knock a toddler off-balance. This most recent addition to the Piglet-Tigger canon is gentle, funny and a refreshing change of pace from the usual 3-D, CGI effects and snarky humor found in many modern kid flicks.
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2009: Until our sons and daughters get old enough to appreciate the more mature works of Wes Anderson, we have this stop-motion charmer to introduce them to the meticulous filmmaker’s tropes, not to mention an extremely important sport called Whack-Bat.
2013: "Frozen" not only launched a pop-culture phenomenon that had nearly every child (and her parents) singing its signature tune, "Let It Go," but the Walt Disney film also showed some serious girl power. Whether it was Princess Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) embarking on a dangerous, blizzard-filled journey to find her sister, or Princess Elsa (Idina Menzel) showing off her icy magic, these young women showed girls the benefits of speaking up and having their voices be heard. —LC
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