Kids Movies??

kelbal

Hi,
I'm trying to build up a bit of a collection of kids movies for the next few years - for a boy and a girl from the ages of about 2 to 6 - I'm staying at home to mind kids for next few years and want something to fall back on on rainy days at home. I have most of the obvious disney/pixar ones (toy story's, monster inc, nemo, shrek) - but I'm looking for recommendations on other movies I can get. There's Barbie movies for girls isn't there? Any advice on girl/boy/neutral ones would be appreciated.

thanks

Kelbal

Brendog

Wall-E
All the Shreks
Toy Story1 +2
snow white
cinderella
the jungle book
pirates of the Caribbean1,2 and 3
Iron Man
Transformers
Hulk
Ace Ventura





and



the Godfather! Kids love organised crime:D

krudler

Iron Man
Transformers
Hulk
Ace Ventura

Wouldnt class any of those as kids movies tbh, not for a 2-6 year old anyway.

FortuneChip

Would Hook be a little much for 2-6? That was one of my favs growing up.
That and An American Tail.
Howls Moving Castle

And Pixar, some of the best movies I've ever seen, for adults and children alike

johnny_ultimate

Introduce your children to My Neighbour Totoro (along with Toy Story, the greatest family film ever made), and then move onto some of the other kids orientated Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away (a bit creepy for the very young, perhaps), Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service. They are all easily available on DVD, plus have good English voicetracks - I'm a subtitles fan, but I'm sure young children will appreciate English language :P

Your kids will thank you

Conor108

'An American Tail' was amazing as a kid
Pirates of the Caribeann
Wall-E
Lion King
UP
Rugrats movie
Inception:rolleyes:

hootietootie

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Introduce your children to My Neighbour Totoro (along with Toy Story, the greatest family film ever made), and then move onto some of the other kids orientated Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away (a bit creepy for the very young, perhaps), Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service. They are all easily available on DVD, plus have good English voicetracks - I'm a subtitles fan, but I'm sure young children will appreciate English language :P

Your kids will thank you

I agree, my daughter is 6 in 2 days(they grow up quickly) and she loves the studio ghibli stuff, will always pick it over the other films(and we watch a lot of films) Saying that, she also loves the transformers, Hulk, Ironman films as well

DazMarz

All the Star Wars films are really good for kids; I cherish the memory of watching those films as a kid.

Well... avoid the prequel trilogy like the plague... Stick to the Original Trilogy for true classics.

I've been introducing my youngest brother who is 3 this week to many of the films I grew up loving. Ghostbusters is a firm favourite of his and it's not uncommon for him to barge in int he mornings singing bits of the theme song and asking for it. Batman is another favourite of his.

More recent stuff that I've found very entertaining that kids will love too, include Shaun the Sheep from Ardman which like Wallace and Gromit is just a joy to watch. It's one of the best things on TV for kids or adults but don't be surprised if your kids suddenly expect sheep to walk on two legs and dogs to blow whistles.

Chowder is a great animated show which appeals to both adults and kids. It's not really taken off over here but if you can get your hands on it I highly recommend it.

phasers

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Introduce your children to My Neighbour Totoro (along with Toy Story, the greatest family film ever made), and then move onto some of the other kids orientated Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away (a bit creepy for the very young, perhaps), Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service. They are all easily available on DVD, plus have good English voicetracks - I'm a subtitles fan, but I'm sure young children will appreciate English language :P

Your kids will thank you

Just not Grave of the Fireflies, that might be a bit much for young kids

:eek::P

El Horseboxo

Here's a list of some of the lesser known films that i loved as a kid

The Sandlot kids
The Paper brigade
Mighty Ducks
Little Giants
The little rascals
The big green
Homeward bound
The Goonies
Flight of the navigator
Explorers
Heavyweights
Cool Runnings
Blank Check
Baby's day out
Camp no where
Man of the house
First kid
Rookie of the year


Surprised i was able to name that many. Must try dig out a few for nostalgia sake.

laurashambles

Aside from the obvious Disney/Ghibli/Pixar ones I'd go for:

The Secret of Kells (If you can find it on DVD, I haven't seen it anywhere.)
The Iron Giant
How To Train Your Dragon
The Road to El Dorado
The Princess Bride

Brendog wrote: »

and



the Godfather! Kids love organised crime:D

I know you're kidding but that's my 11 year old cousin's favourite movie. I'm so proud. (Not sure if her parents know she's seen it though )

SarahBM

some of these have been mentioned already but these are some of my favs when I was that age

ALL Disney movies

the prince of eygpt
annie
homeward bound
beethovan 1 and 2
matilda
the witches
anastasia
never ending story
all dogs go to heaven
babys day out
hocus pocus
Grease (films you can sing along to in general)
sound of music
Doctor Doolittle

kids love any films with animals in them.

oh and Look Who's Talking, Look Who's Talking 2 and Look Who's Talking Now are great too.

Richie Rich

Home Alone films

Santa Clause the Movie
The Santa Clause (the one with Tim Allen)
Miracle on 34th st
Indiana Jones

cant think of anymore right now.

Sanjuro

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Introduce your children to My Neighbour Totoro (along with Toy Story, the greatest family film ever made), and then move onto some of the other kids orientated Studio Ghibli films, like Spirited Away (a bit creepy for the very young, perhaps), Ponyo and Kiki's Delivery Service. They are all easily available on DVD, plus have good English voicetracks - I'm a subtitles fan, but I'm sure young children will appreciate English language :P

Your kids will thank you

These films certainly make me feel like a six year old! They're brilliant.

I'd also recommend The Dark Crystal. At least for the older of the age bracket you're going for. It's a pretty dark movie for a kids' movie. But you'd be surprised at how much darkness kids can actually stick. And it certainly had an impact on me, back in the 80's.

Hank_Jones

Big
The Neverending Story
The Lion King
ET
Mary Poppins
Oliver!
Flight of the Navigator
The Karate Kid
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

liah

Princess Bride
Black Beauty
An American Tail
Secret of Nymh
Bambi
Lion King
Jungle Book
Big
Turner and Hooch
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder one ONLY!)
Homeward Bound


Anything but E.T.. That film TERRIFIED me as a child.