trying to find some movies for my niece...thank you
2006-10-08 09:25:46 · 10 answers · asked by na nah 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
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2006-10-08 12:04:24 · answer #1 · answered by jfont 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sound of Music and Mary Poppins!
List of the top 100 movies for children
Jan. 19, 2004 12:00 AM
The top 100 movies for children, according to "The New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies" (Henry Holt and Company) for children age 8-12 are, in alphabetical order:
1. "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948)
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2. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938)
3. "The African Queen" (1951)
4. "Apollo 13" (1995)
5. "Babe" (1995)
6. "Back to the Future" (1985)
7. "The Bad News Bears" (1976)
8. "The Bear" (1988)
9. "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
10. "Beetlejuice" (1988)
11. "Big" (1988)
12. "The Black Stallion" (1979)
13. "Bound for Glory" (1976)
14. "Breaking Away" (1979)
15. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
16. "The Buddy Holly Story" (1978)
17. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969)
18. "Casablanca" (1942)
19. "Cat Ballou" (1965)
20. "Chariots of Fire" (1981)
21. "Chicken Run" (2000)
22. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)
23. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
24. "Dick Tracy" (1990)
25. "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)
26. "Duck Soup" (1933)
27. "Edward Scissorhands" (1990)
28. "Emma" (1996)
29. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)
30. "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971)
31. "Field of Dreams" (1989)
32. "Fly Away Home" (1996)
33. "Gandhi" (1982)
34. "Ghostbusters" (1984)
35. "The Gold Rush" (1925)
36. "The Great Escape" (1963)
37. "Great Expectations" (1946)
38. "Groundhog Day" (1993)
39. "A Hard Day's Night" (1964)
40. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001)
41. "High Noon" (1952)
42. "The Iron Giant" (1999)
43. "It Happened One Night" (1934)
44. "James and the Giant Peach" (1996)
45. "Jurassic Park" (1993)
46. "The King and I" (1956)
47. "King Kong" (1933)
48. "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
49. "A League of Their Own" (1992)
50. "Lilo & Stitch" (2002)
51. "The Lion King" (1994)
52. "Little Fugitive" (1953)
53. "Little Man Tate" (1991)
54. "The Little Mermaid" (1989)
55. "A Little Princess" (1995)
56. "Little Women" (1994)
57. "The Longest Day" (1962)
58. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001)
59. "Lost Horizon" (1937)
60. "The Magnificent Seven" (1960)
61. "Mary Poppins" (1964)
62. "Monsters, Inc." (2001)
63. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)
64. "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)
65. "The Music Man" (1962)
66. "My Fair Lady" (1964)
67. "National Velvet" (1944)
68. "Never Cry Wolf" (1983)
69. "North by Northwest" (1959)
70. "Peter Pan" (1953)
71. "Pinocchio" (1940)
72. "The Princess Bride" (1987)
73. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
74. "Rear Window" (1954)
75. "Rocky" (1976)
76. "The Rookie" (2002)
77. "The Secret Garden" (1993)
78. "The Secret of Roan Inish" (1994)
79. "Shane" (1953)
80. "Shrek" (2001)
81. "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
82. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
83. "Some Like It Hot" (1959)
84. "The Sound of Music" (1965)
85. "Spirited Away" (2001)
86. "Star Wars" (1977)
87. "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928)
88. "Sullivan's Travels" (1941)
89. "Superman" (1978)
90. "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960)
91. "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" (1974 and 1975)
92. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
93. "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" (1995 and 1999)
94. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954)
95. "Walkabout" (1971)
96. "West Side Story" (1961)
97. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)
98. "The Winslow Boy" (1999)
99. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
100. "Yellow Submarine" (1968)
2006-10-08 16:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The Original Dr. Doolittle
Annie
The Wizard of Oz
Oliver!
2006-10-08 16:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by exnavykds 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Wizard of OZ absolutely the greatest
2006-10-08 16:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by rehad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Annie
2006-10-08 17:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by La La Funny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to beat Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Mary Popkins.
2006-10-08 20:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wizard of oz, mary poppins, the sound of music
2006-10-08 16:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by yowww kelly clarkson 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe the little mermaid..not really a musical but lil girls tend to like that...your high school musical
2006-10-08 16:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary Poppins!!!!!!!! not sure if that counts as a musical, does it? it's got dancing penguins!!!!
2006-10-08 16:27:59 · answer #9 · answered by lil_sazi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
annie! that was my favourite...mary poppins freked me out...
wizard of oz was also really good
2006-10-08 16:31:16 · answer #10 · answered by carcaterra 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋