Groove is one of the funniest cartoon movies I’ve ever seen. I don’t care for anime, but even I like Kiki’s.
Despicable Me hasn’t been mentioned yet, that’s a good one about how family is in some respects something you build yourself. Also Over The Hedge I quite liked for the same reason, although I know it’s not that popular.
Megamind is a bit less for kids, I found some of the romance/rejection themes more adult, but my 8yo daughter likes it all the same.
Babe. We loved that movie. (We went to see the sequel and left within half an hour.)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey is excellent, hilarious, heartbreaking, and wonderful to look at. The outdoor photography is so sharp and clear! (though the storyline, three animals walking a long distance to get home, isn’t something that can be assumed to be a good thing.)
Princess Bride has been my kids’ go-to movie for a while (8 and 10 yo now).
Some others not mentioned yet, although maybe not suitable for the real young-uns:
Hook
Mrs. Doubtfire
What’s Up, Doc?
After Princess Bride, this is the most requested, although hearing them quote lines from it isn’t always desirable ( “Scab eater!”,“Butt sniffer!”, “Pus licker!”). More offensive language in that flick too, but when they’re ready, its humor holds up through repeated viewings.
I’m not sure that would be a “Greatest ever”: I know more than one adult still traumatized by the Child Catcher showing up.
In addition to some of the others folks have named, I’m quite fond of Secondhand Lions.
Could be worse, could be Old Yeller. Fuck the fuck out of that movie.
I’d say My Neighbor Totoro if I can’t say Wizard of Oz.
I really think kids would love the old silent comedies if they saw them - Sherlock, Jr., for instance.
I agree 100% on Old Yeller. I tried to get my grandson and his friends to watch some old silent movies, but the fact they have no sound or color was too big a deal, and they felt cheated or something, and left as soon as they could.
E.T. would probably still hold up - although the technology might look a bit weird to kids today and they would wonder why E.T. didn’t use a smart phone or iPad or whatever.
Meet Me In St. Louis is a family film that probably would bore the hell out of kids today.
I have heard Wizard Of OZ still does hold up with kids - at least according to my co-workers with kids.
Many Disney animations films would fit - Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Shrek and even Fantasia. Was Ratatouille a Disney film?
I think it’s like Disney does Warner Brothers. So much fun.
Ratatouille was made by Pixar, distributed by Disney, so it’s got Cinderella’s Castle at the opening, etc. Shrek, however, isn’t by Disney, that’s Dreamworks.
It’s our family movie too. On long car trips, I would just throw out a line from it and then the kids would take it from there.
I also want to give an honorable mention to It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. When something wonderful happens, one of my kids is liable to sing out, “Doubleyou!”
Irrelevant!
BlinkingDuck, if you want to discuss this further, please take it to another thread. Thank you.
CatBus!! And Spirited Away for a Double Feature.
Naw, E.T. still works. Probably a little too well…
Nosferatu is on there, at number 80 (I know this because I just went through the list to see what my numbers are like - I’ve seen 47 of the 100.)
I’ve never seen a Top 100 list that wasn’t like that at some point. I checked the magazine briefly for their modus operandi/criteria but didn’t see any.