# When you were a kid, what was your favourite film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154 "2009-12-06T02:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/1 "2009-12-06T02:24:16Z")
As an adult I’m not sure what my fave film is. It might be Shawshank Redemption but as I say I am unsure. But when I was a kid there was little doubt. The film I loved the most was “Flight of the Navigator” I am 30, so I was a kid between the years 1979 and 1988. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/2 "2009-12-06T02:31:20Z")
Before age 10- I’d say my favorite flick was Sound of Music. Between 10-15, we began to discover the video store and I was in love with Raiders of The Lost Ark, Star Wars and All of Me (still awesome Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin flick). We also loved Uncle Buck, and all the John Hughes high school films. I’m 37, my favorite film now is Trainspotting, go figure. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/3 "2009-12-06T02:35:14Z")
_Around The World in 80 Days_, _20,000 Leagues Under The Sea_ and later, _The Pink Panther_. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/4 "2009-12-06T02:47:35Z")
Ghostbusters, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Explorers. ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/5 "2009-12-06T02:47:52Z")
My Dad once made an idle inquiry about how many times a video tape could be played before it would wear out. The tape in question was _Annie_, and I believe the format was Betamax. Hee. Haven’t seen that movie in years, but I bet I could still quote entire scenes. Born 1976, btw. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/6 "2009-12-06T02:50:38Z")
_Help!_ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/7 "2009-12-06T02:53:34Z")
_Star Wars_, no question about it. Born in '75. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/8 "2009-12-06T02:54:06Z")
_Escape to Witch Mountain_. A little weird, because it was made in 1975 but I grew up in the nineties. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/9 "2009-12-06T02:57:03Z")
I think it would have to be Star Wars, although Raiders of the Lost Ark would come in a very close second. I was 6 years old during most of 1974 and turned 13 in late 1980, for reference on my age. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/10 "2009-12-06T02:58:36Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _Star Wars_, no question about it. Born in '75. I was seven when _Star Wars_ came out. No question what my favourite movie was. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/11 "2009-12-06T02:59:24Z")
The Sound of Music and Moonwalker (Michael Jackson) ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/12 "2009-12-06T03:03:11Z")
_The Wizard of Oz_. It still is! ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/13 "2009-12-06T03:09:37Z")
[Hook.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/) I watched it about 40 times back then. I saw it again about two years ago and was amazed at how horrible it has become. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/14 "2009-12-06T03:13:05Z")
> [@Oregon\_sunshine](#): > > I think it would have to be Star Wars, although Raiders of the Lost Ark would come in a very close second. I was 6 years old during most of 1974 and turned 13 in late 1980, for reference on my age. We’re about the same age. I’d have to go with **Star Wars** , at least until it was supplanted by **Airplane!** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/15 "2009-12-06T03:38:46Z")
_King Kong_. The original. When I was a kid in the 50s, _Million Dollar Movie_ used to show the same movie every week night at seven PM for a week, and about four times each on Saturday and Sunday. Whenever _King Kong_ was the movie of the week, I would try to watch as many showings as possible. Man, I loved those dinosaur battles. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/16 "2009-12-06T03:43:14Z")
I watched _The Dark Crystal_ a billion times, even though it scared me. We rented it and I had my parents make me a copy, which was done with about a million miles of coaxial cable from their bedroom to the living room. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/17 "2009-12-06T03:45:37Z")
The Secret of Nihm The Last Unicorn Labyrinth Ferris Bueler’s Day Off Princess Bride I’m sure there are more I’ll think of later. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/18 "2009-12-06T03:45:58Z")
It was a long, long time ago, but one was _The World of Henry Orient:_ [The World of Henry Orient (1964) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058756/) As well as anything with Doris Day, such as _Pillow Talk, Send Me No Flower_s–stuff like that, especially when she starred with Rock Hudson. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/19 "2009-12-06T03:51:38Z")
_Jurassic Park_. I just really liked dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/20 "2009-12-06T03:58:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _King Kong_. The original. > > When I was a kid in the 50s, _Million Dollar Movie_ used to show the same movie every week night at seven PM for a week, and about four times each on Saturday and Sunday. Whenever _King Kong_ was the movie of the week, I would try to watch as many showings as possible. I was all set to whine that the OP could only be answered by kids who grew up with VCRs, but you reminded me of Gravesend Manor on WOI-TV (Ames, Iowa) on Saturday nights. We grew up watching the Universal classics – Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and all the Returns, Sons, Wives, and Daughters they spawned. Good times! My favorite was Frankenstein. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154.md?page=2)