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
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i love this place
Spongebob movie
They should add: Arthur and the Invisibles, Frozen, Flight of the Navigator, Captain America, and the Shorts!
they should add Ubroken
i have seen 25! They really should have added Jaws!
First appeared in the 100th anniversary edition
I have seen 25 including rocky the coolest boxing movie ever! you should really add Jaws!
No Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
NO Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure
The Power of One
Great Movies
I love the movie Miracle
i have seen 99
I love movies
You should have included Transformers, They are the best movies ever.
i have seen 24
You should have included Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
it’s the greatest science fiction movie and the greatest movie ever made.
Mulan??? PC
Where’s Indiana Jones? At the beginning of The Last Crusade, young Indy is wearing the original BSA uniform with Life Scout rank.
It’s on there.
Mr. Holland’s Opus is an amazing movie that I had forgotten about. I think I am going to rent it today!
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.
You’re killing me Smalls!
Lol sandlot should be on this list
Monty Python Holy Grail
Seabiscuit, War Horse, Real Steel, Pacific Rim, Singing in the Rain, Secret life of Walter Mitty, Sandlot, The Rookie (Disney), Swiss Family Robinson, Castaway, Joe vs. Volcano, Right Stuff, Road to Bali, the Mummy, Avengers, Transformers, Rango
Right on Scott! We had some of these on our list too.
what age are these movies for
What about “All the Right Stuff” or any of the Star Wars Movies. Not to mention the new “Lego Movie”
R u all mental or something forest Gump , big , stand by me are the best films in the world !!!!
I got to say stand by me and big are the best
“RUDY” is a really good one…
I have officially watched all 100
Have seen 80
How is The Sandlot not on here?????
All these movies rock! Watch them all!
seen 58
Try the Lone Ranger and the Percy Jackson movies
I love the Percy Jackson books but the movies is terrible.
What about Aladdin? Jasmine may be a princess, but Aladdin is actually geared more at boys.
How about “My Side of the Mountain?
I’ve seen 52
good movie
why don’t they have Jaws
I’ve seen exactly 50.
I’ve seen 27
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