# What movies did you like as a child that you want your kids to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072 "2002-08-29T13:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/21 "2002-08-31T00:46:37Z")
_Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/22 "2002-08-31T02:02:42Z")
My Mom and I have bonded over discussion of > [@](#): > > Jesus Christ, Superstar but, the local Blockbuster does not carry it on DVD, so I’ve never seen it. But it’s on this TV this weekend, so her and I are gonna watch it Sunday morning. ;j I expect goodness. Recently I saw Taxi Driver, and that movie was just the greatest. But my mom doesn’t want me to see it, so I don’t know if that counts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/23 "2002-08-31T10:27:37Z")
My son and I are forever bonded through **Star Wars**. He was 3 (and I was 20) when it came out and I was a FANATIC…one of those weirdos who saw it over 100 times. Because paying a babysitter was more expensive than just taking him, he was with me for most of those viewings. He had to either love it or hate it and me for forcing it on him. Luckily, he loved, and still loves it. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/24 "2002-08-31T11:50:03Z")
_Song of the South_ – I finally managed to see a version of this (Japanese import) for the first time in like 20 years, and it was as if I’d gone through regression hypnosis or something. I suddenly remembered every single bit of it; I must’ve seen it hundreds of times when I was little. Other great choices have already been mentioned: _Peter Pan_ _Robin Hood_ _The Secret of NIMH_ _Star Wars_ _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ If I’m allowed to break from the OP and mention movies that I first saw as an adult but would want my kids to see: _The Iron Giant_ _The Witches_ _Fantasia_ _My Neighbor Totoro_ _Lilo and Stitch_ And finally, not because it’s all that good, but because it’s the first movie I ever saw: _Candleshoe_ ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/25 "2002-08-31T13:22:02Z")
People have already mentioned _Willow_, _The Princess Bride_, _Star Wars_, and _The Wizard of Oz_. I would also throw in Shirley Temple’s _The Little Princess_ and _Heidi_. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/26 "2002-08-31T14:31:11Z")
I thought of another swell movie I saw in the mid-60’s as a child: _A High Wind in Jamaica_ A decidedly unsentimental story of children who, by a quirk of fate, end up on a pirate’s ship. Anthony Quinn was splendid, as was the girl who played the ringleader of the children. Unfortunately, this movie never seems to be on TV anymore, and I can’t find it in the video stores. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072/27 "2002-08-31T19:03:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by h.sapiens \* > \*\*Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Sweet _and_ subversive. \*\* I’ll don’t have and never will have kids, but this would be my choice. Second choice would probably be Apollo 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-did-you-like-as-a-child-that-you-want-your-kids-to-see/126072.md?page=1)