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
33, I have heard of most of these movies, all of which are great. But only 33 all the way through…. something else to do in the summer 😛
Seen 28 of them
My Dad said the Mighty Ducks is a great movie.
I also like star wars. It is really good.
I like the wizard of oz. I think you should see it.
Seen 44 of them, know (and seen bits of) most of the others. I own a surprising amount too!
Whoops I mean 45.
And I forgot to say it’s very appropriate that they have Follow Me Boys on the list. 😛
Hey Jonbuddy! 😀 Anyway, I agree! 😛
Why is Avatar on this list?
Good question.
Are you kidding? Avatar is an amazing movie that sends an amazing message to its viewers.
It’s okay but it shouldn’t be on the list.
Because it’s good.
Lord of the rings is awesome.
I agree completely!!!!!!!
I agree Its probably one of the best, but the books are better.
That\’s not even 10 mniuets well spent!
I’ve actually seen 77 of these films…and a Majority of those are in my personal collection as well! All of these have really great stories and messages behind them and when the time comes, I look forward to sharing them with my children as well!!
Up should be on the list.
Up is good, and I would put it before some of the movies here, but I would put other movies (not on the list) before it.
I agree.