The New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

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January 2004:

"In "The New York Times Essential Library: Children’s Movies" (Henry Holt and Company), film critic Peter M. Nichols looked beyond Disney and traditional forms of children’s entertainment to assemble a collection of films that are stimulating for the whole family, including adults."

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  1. 1.
    Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
    by Charles Barton

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    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  3. 3.
    The African Queen
    by John Huston

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    Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Ron Howard

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  5. 5.
    Babe (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Chris Noonan

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  6. 6.
    Back to the Future

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  7. 7.
    The Bad News Bears

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  8. 8.
    The Bear
    by Jean-Jacques Annaud

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  9. 10.
    Beetlejuice
    by Tim Burton

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  10. 11.
    Big
    by Penny Marshall

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    The Black Stallion
    by Carroll Ballard

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  12. 13.
    Bound for Glory
    by Hal Ashby

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  13. 14.
    Breaking Away

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  14. 15.
    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

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  15. 16.
    The Buddy Holly Story
    by Steve Rash

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    Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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    Cat Ballou
    by Elliot Silverstein

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    Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Hugh Hudson

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    Chicken Run

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    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

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  22. 24.
    Dick Tracy

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    Duck Soup
    by Leo McCarey

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  24. 27.
    Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
    by Tim Burton

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  25. 28.
    Emma
    by Douglas McGrath

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  26. 29.
    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen)
    by Steven Spielberg

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    Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition)
    by Norman Jewison

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    Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Phil Alden Robinson

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  29. 32.
    Fly Away Home (Special Edition)
    by Carroll Ballard

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  30. 33.
    Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Richard Attenborough

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  31. 34.
    Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)

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    The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)
    by John Sturges

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  34. 37.
    Great Expectations - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  35. 38.
    Groundhog Day (Special Edition)

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  36. 39.
    A Hard Day's Night
    by Richard Lester

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  37. 41.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  38. 42.
    The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
    by Brad Bird

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  39. 43.
    It Happened One Night
    by Frank Capra

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  40. 44.
    James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition)
    by Henry Selick

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  41. 45.
    Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  42. 46.
    The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Walter Lang

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    A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
    by Penny Marshall

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    Lilo & Stitch
    by Chris Sanders (III)

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Comments

Untitled — 2 years ago

Some surprising choices, what with nudity in Walkabout, and nuclear armageddon in Dr Strangelove- the list is certainly not all for younger kids!