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
District 9 should been on the list
Stand by me is the best must watch
I Would Take District 9 Over FootLoose and Star Trek Over Mulan.
Where Is Fantastic Beasts ,Harry Potter,The Martian,Spider-man
Yes, stand by me, yes
I like Cool Runnings and where the red fern grows
Cool Runnings is the best
The Truman Show
The Adjustment Bureau
Anne of Green Gables
harry potter duh
the karate kid.
The Goonies.
Only seen 29 of these. Kinda disappointed.
Best movie
Hi! I’ve got a ten year old son. We’ve seen some on this list already. You have compiled a fabulous group. Thanks for the great ideas.
Galaxy Quest
Star Wars. Duh.
I agree with secon hand lions
great moive and good time
very helpful =)
What about the great dictator, that was a excellent movie for the 1940s, it actually had a really positive message.
I agree with Second Hand Lions. Excellent film!
Galexy quest
what about the A Team
White Squall
DO THE CLASICS FIRST
I have watched all of them and i think they are all great in there own ways. I can think of some that need to be added and others that should be removed, as i am starting to share this list and the one for girls with my children. The hard part is finding some of the movies on dvd or blueray.
The Outsiders
Tombstone.
I do like that movie. My friends daughter is reading the book and going to see the movie in class.
Not a new movie, however Second Hand Lions definitely needs to be on this list!
We Are Marshall
Godzilla should be on here (1954 or 2014)
I love miracle
I love movies like miracle
29
princess bride best movie on here. title seems girly, but the movie its self is not girly
Stalag 17
72
I have seen 80!
79
Not sure where to find some of these titles?
I agree with most.
What about Rudy?
Rudy is on the list. It is between Rocky and Shane.
73 of them
they need to update this post.
Funny- I got 73 also…
the marx bros are up there
jurrasic world?
bam princess bride knew it fav movie
What about the Maze Runner? Agreed, “awesome”.
I dint like any of the films here, pearl from avatar and the Lord of the rings
I’ve seen thirty
Harry Potter
where’s the max brothers?
Sandlot????
hunger games?
where s the mazerunner