100 Movies Every Kid Should Watch
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
Cool Runnings,Back to the Future,Jurassic Park,and The Bridge on the River Kwai. THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!
Back to the future is great. Iron man, Captain America, and all those action movies are great.
great list add more. Most are great
Follow Me Boys!!!! Great Classic
Harry Potter should be there.
It’s “Captains Courageous.” Also, I would recommend “Captain Horatio Hornblower” with Gregory Peck over “Master and Commander.”
The LEGO Movie!!!
I’ve seen 22 of them.
i have seen half of them
Thanks! Awesome list. These will be added to our Summer “bucket list.”
October Sky
Top Gun. Come on Goose, where are you?
“The Quiet Man” with John Wayne.