# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/61 "2009-12-09T21:31:00Z")
My favorite film then and now is **Picnic at Hanging Rock**. My father didn’t take us to very many kids movies. ---
**Author:** ![Robbin\_Hood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Robbin\_Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbin_Hood)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/62 "2009-12-12T02:13:56Z")
My favorite movie as a kid was The Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/63 "2009-12-12T05:47:42Z")
I’m amazed at how many people loved Disney’s Robin Hood. It was one of my favorites too. I had a crush on that foxy Robin! But my favorite movie, which I subjected my poor parents to over and over (and over), was Short Circuit. I loved when he attempted to make pancakes! I loved the Three Stooges scene! I loved, “No disassemble!” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/64 "2009-12-12T05:58:02Z")
Forbidden Planet The Day the Earth Stood Still The Thing From Another Planet Planet of the Apes West Side Story Couldn’t narrow down to just one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/65 "2009-12-12T06:06:45Z")
Major League I had some animated films that were favorites before I was like 8, but once I got into baseball, I probably watched that movie 100+ times over a 2-3 year period. Drove my parents bonkers hearing it. Now that I’m older, I realize I’m sure they were sick of that damn movie, but at least they knew I was entertained for the next 1 1/2 hours and not bugging them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/66 "2009-12-12T06:23:08Z")
Born in '62, and I was not a huge movie fan. When Star Wars hit in '77 I was bowled over. But it wasn’t until a year or two later that I saw my favorite movie, which is still my favorite movie, with 32 viewings: Casablanca. “Of all the gin joints in all the world, why did she have to walk into mine?” A perfect movie. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/67 "2009-12-12T06:30:18Z")
[The Goonies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies) I was born in 1981, probably first saw it 1986 or so. Dunno, as a kid I loved the idea of “scrappy band of (stereotypical) misfits has a grand adventure” The film doesn’t hold up for me. It’s just not that good. But I do remember fondly how much I loved it as a kid. Close mention - [Spaceballs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs). I probably saw this, as a kid, a dozen and a half times. For at least two years, a sleepover at a friends house meant that a watching of Spaceballs was expected. Again, it doesn’t hold up. We thought Spaceballs was comedy gold when we were 9; seeing it as an adult there’s a few smiles but the whole thing is just corny. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/68 "2009-12-12T06:54:08Z")
**Amadeus** I was a dour child. 🆒 ETA: Born in 79’ ---
**Author:** ![AqualungBats5th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AqualungBats5th](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AqualungBats5th)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/69 "2009-12-12T09:11:44Z")
Born in '81: Return of the Jedi, Gremlins, the Rankin & Bass animated version of The Hobbit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/70 "2009-12-12T09:58:34Z")
Star Wars. Easy. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/71 "2009-12-12T12:02:10Z")
_Jurassic Park_ and _Star Wars_, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/72 "2009-12-12T12:09:14Z")
**The Ten Commandments** I grew up at an Air Force base in Japan and, since there was no English language TV, the base theater show a different movie every night. The theater was huge! Like one of those old movie palaces you read about. Twice a year they’d show **Ten Commandments** for a week and the whole base would turn out. I’d sit in the first row and just be wowed by it. One of my favorite childhood memories. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/73 "2009-12-12T13:57:16Z")
_Police Academy._ Yep. ‘‘Oooh, not on broccoli. Ohhhh, not on cauliflower.’’ I also had an inexplicable crush on [Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/David_Graf_in_Stockholm.jpg/800px-David_Graf_in_Stockholm.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/74 "2009-12-12T16:27:49Z")
When I was real little, it was **Willie Wonka**. When I hit 10, it became **Grease**. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/75 "2009-12-12T16:31:09Z")
The Dark Crystal The Black Hole The Apple Dumpling Gang ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/76 "2009-12-12T20:29:57Z")
I grew up with the UFo and radioactive monster movies. I liked Them, It came from Outerspace, When Worlds Collide, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, War of the Worlds, Creature of the Black Lagoon and other movies like that. I still love them but I had no favorite. My son wore out “the Blues Brothers”. ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/77 "2009-12-12T23:10:47Z")
Born in '63. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/78 "2009-12-12T23:57:17Z")
I loved The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, too! When I was very young, I was enchanted, no, obsessed, by Sleeping Beauty, an often over looked Disney film. When I was a little older, we were big fans of the Creature Features that used to be on TV, and I developed a lifelong love for anything science-fiction, but I digress… I also loved Hayley Mills - The Parent Trap, Moonspinners, and The Trouble With Angels (which really should have been better, but is utterly charming and I still love to watch it to this day). And when I was 11, they dropped us off at the Kallet Genesee Theater on a hot summer day and what did I behold in front of me in all its awesomeness but Lawrence of Arabia! I sat there, spellbound, through the whole thing and demanded to be taken back. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/79 "2009-12-13T00:23:57Z")
**Flash Gordon** , **Real Genius** , and **Krull** HBO would play those movies over and over again, and I’d watch every showing. Is it any wonder I turned into a geek? Also loved **Clash of the Titans**. I’ll be first in line to see the remake. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-favourite-film/520154/80 "2009-12-13T18:57:25Z")
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