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
NO THOR!
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ive seen 89
I have seen 43 of them
48 movies.
34, but many other great movies not listed here (The Avengers movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, etc.)
Is Hamlet good?
Inception and the terminator should be on there
77, some multiple times.
i’ve seen 22 by the way,anyone who hasn’t seen them should see rocky and The Neverending Story,they ROCK! [the affects ARE cheesy though,in the neverending story,but it WAS made in the 1980’s]
I’ve seen 30 of these.
They are making another star wars movie.And just so you know,Disney is making it.
Boy, THAT’S bad news!
Props to Boys Life for including Mulan on this list – one of the best Disney films, and cenrtainly the best of the “princess” movies – Mulan is a fantastic role model for girls and boys – all kids should watch it.
Another great film missing from this list – the original Bad News Bears, which a lot of people dismiss because of the mid-1970’s un-pc behavior of the characters, but is still probably the best sports film ever made.
Yep
Mulan is also mentioned as one of the most successful princesses monogrammed on a blanket along with the rest of the Disney Princesses (Cinderella, Jasmine, Tiana, etc)
I want to see Star Wars but my mom won’t let me watch it. I’m not sure but i think there making another Star Wars and I’m determined to see it.
5 is the best!!!
I LOVE toy story
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Really no men in black
Yeah Jurassic Park rocks
yeah jurassic park does rock!! 😀 especially the 3rd one!!!
they should add the batman trilogy + the avengers and the hunger games
mulan is for boys it is a very cool movie
What about BATAMAN or AVENGERS!!!!!
Pretty much all of the Marvel Superhero movies should be on there. Where’s the Hobbit?
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hey,wheres batman and avengers they deserve a spot on here
Yeah, the Avengers deserve to be on there.
yeah they are for sure my favourite is iron man and hulk whats yours?
How does “Iron Will” not make it?
I have only seen 36 but I’m glad they have stand by me, rocky, and forrest gump n here
Remeber the titans is awesome
some of these are not for boys
i can agree
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Why don’t they have Captain America??!!! It’s like it’s only the best movie ever made!!! (Besides the Avengers) I also think Silverado is a really good one; glad they have that one here- and The Great Escape…. I’ve seen 26
no batman?
yeah they should have super man to
they should put in the avengers, the amazing spiderman, batman begins, the dark knight, and the dark knight rises. p.s the lord of the rings rock!
no superman dude
what about stand by me spiderman thor or the dark knight
What about Tron and napoleon dynamite?
they should add red dawn
THE OLD IS BETTER BUT THEY ARE AWESOME
They should add the Avengers.
I’ve seen 13 of them
The Iron Giant!
43!
I have seen 79 of them…but I’m a girl 🙂
HAHAHAHA
34, And have seen parts of star wars
71. I agree about Tron (it was the reason I got hooked on computers…). The Hunt for Red October would have been good too.
I agree with diamond chopper
I’ve seen 61. Although I haven’t seen about half of those in the past 20 years.
I’ve seen 38 of these.
I wonder how this list was comprised. I would disagree with some of the choices. I would question why Tron, The Last Starfighter and Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan did not make the list.
well, i don’t usually watch movies but i’ve seen at least 15
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