100 Movies Every Kid Should Watch

• SEE ALSO: 100 books that every kid should read

The first movie appeared just a few years before the first issue of Boys’ Life. Since then, there have been a lot of great ones. Here are 100 movies that every kid should see. (Some suggestions will require parental guidance.)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Apollo 13

Avatar

Babe

Back to the Future

Bambi

The Bear

Bend It Like Beckham

Ben-Hur

Big

Black Panther

The Black Stallion

Brian’s Song (1971)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Cars

Chariots of Fire

Chicken Run

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Contact

Cool Runnings

Dances with Wolves

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Dead Poets Society

Duck Soup

Dumbo

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Edward Scissorhands

The Elephant Man (1980)

Empire of the Sun

Fantasia

Field of Dreams

Finding Nemo

Footloose

Forrest Gump

Frozen

Gettysburg

Ghostbusters

Glory

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Escape

Groundhog Day

Hamlet (1990)

Harry Potter (series)

Hidden Figures

Holes

Home Alone

Hoosiers

Hope and Glory

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

How to Train Your Dragon

The Hunger Games (series)

Ice Age

The Incredibles

Inside Out

The Iron Giant

It’s a Wonderful Life

James and the Giant Peach

Jurassic Park

The Karate Kid (1984)

King Kong (1933)

The Lion King

The Lord of the Rings

March of the Penguins

Master and Commander

The Mighty Ducks

Miracle (2004)

Moana

Moby Dick (1956)

Monsters, Inc.

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Mr. Mom

Mulan

Napoleon and Samantha

Never Cry Wolf

The Neverending Story

October Sky

Old Yeller

Peter Pan (1953)

Pinocchio (1940)

The Princess Bride

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Remember the Titans

The Rocketeer

Rocky

Rudy

Shane

Shrek

The Sound of Music

Stand By Me

Star Wars (series)

Swiss Family Robinson

The Ten Commandments

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Time Bandits

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Toy Story

Where the Red Fern Grows

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The Wizard of Oz