# Must Have Movies for My Daughter & Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113 "2003-02-28T13:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/21 "2003-02-28T20:44:53Z")
Oh, and I can’t believe I forgot _Rollie Polie Ollie_. If she likes computer animation I bet she’ll love those. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/22 "2003-02-28T21:31:30Z")
The Wizard of Oz Bugs Bunny Superstar Who Framed Roger Rabbit? And, sadly but inevitably… Barney ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/23 "2003-02-28T21:32:01Z")
My almost-3-year-old nephew is way into the old Fleischer Superman cartoons (DVD is available at Amazon). They look pretty sophisticated for young kids, but he really likes them. It might be a boy thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/24 "2003-02-28T21:41:24Z")
Charlotte’s Web All Dogs Go To Heaven (although it’s a real tear-jerker) Savannah Smiles Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/25 "2003-03-01T00:18:09Z")
_Meet the Feebles._ Puppets are cute! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/26 "2003-03-01T00:57:27Z")
Dumbo. My mom and I watched it together when I was over 20, we still held hands and cried when the mommy elephant was locked up! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/27 "2003-03-01T03:02:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\*I have to disagree with **Laughing Lagomorph** on _Lilo and Stitch_. My daughter is 25 months, and it was way too violent for her. She loves _Monster’s Inc_, so I don’t think it had anything to do with the way Stitch looks. There were lots of explosions and guns in the beginning, and she buried her face in my side and said, “It’s very bright, Mommy. I don’t like it.” > > … \*\* Well, YMMV. Thats why I advise renting it first. With the DVD you can skip right over the explosions at the beginning (which I think are no scarier than some scenes in _Monsters, Inc._ or _A Bug’s Life_, but what do I know, I’m a grownup). Oddly, my son is not especially intrepid in real life. Loud noises, strangers and barking dogs and such scare him, but he hasn’t exhibited real fear of anything he’s seen on TV. Completely non-scary, non-controversial, and fun for kids AND grownups is the _Wallace and Gromit_ adventures on DVD. All three shorts, plus a few extras. Funny, cute and intelligent. I swear there is something else you notice every time you see them. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113/28 "2003-03-04T20:42:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*Well, YMMV. Thats why I advise renting it first. With the DVD you can skip right over the explosions at the beginning (which I think are no scarier than some scenes in _Monsters, Inc._ or _A Bug’s Life_, but what do I know, I’m a grownup). > > Oddly, my son is not especially intrepid in real life. Loud noises, strangers and barking dogs and such scare him, but he hasn’t exhibited real fear of anything he’s seen on TV. > > Completely non-scary, non-controversial, and fun for kids AND grownups is the _Wallace and Gromit_ adventures on DVD. All three shorts, plus a few extras. Funny, cute and intelligent. I swear there is something else you notice every time you see them. \*\* 😃 Completely agree - with toddlers, YMMV is always the case! And oddly enough, my daughter is afraid of nothing - which is pretty scary for me - but gets freaked out by things on TV. And I’ll second the _Wallace and Gromit_ recommendation. Funny, sweet, and entertaining for adults as well as kids. My favorite in the series is “The Wrong Trousers.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-have-movies-for-my-daughter-me/158113.md?page=1)