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

  2. 3.
    The African Queen
    by John Huston

  3. 4.
    Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Ron Howard

  4. 5.
    Babe (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Chris Noonan

  5. 6.
    Back to the Future

  6. 7.
    The Bad News Bears
    by Michael Ritchie

  7. 8.
    The Bear
    by Jean-Jacques Annaud

  8. 9.
    Beauty and the Beast (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
    by Gary Trousdale

  9. 10.
    Beetlejuice

  10. 11.
    Big

  11. 12.
    The Black Stallion
    by Carroll Ballard

  12. 13.
    Bound for Glory
    by Hal Ashby

  13. 14.
    Breaking Away
    by Peter Yates

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

  15. 16.
    The Buddy Holly Story
    by Steve Rash

  16. 17.

  17. 18.
    Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

  18. 19.
    Cat Ballou (Special Edition)

  19. 20.
    Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Hugh Hudson

  20. 21.
    Chicken Run
    by Nick Park

  21. 23.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

  22. 24.
    Dick Tracy
    by Warren Beatty

  23. 26.
    Duck Soup

  24. 28.
    Emma
    by Douglas McGrath

  25. 29.
    E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  26. 30.
    Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition)
    by Norman Jewison

  27. 31.
    Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Phil Alden Robinson

  28. 32.
    Fly Away Home (Special Edition)
    by Carroll Ballard

  29. 33.
    Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Attenborough

  30. 34.
    Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ivan Reitman

  31. 36.
    The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)
    by John Sturges

  32. 37.
    Great Expectations (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Lean

  33. 38.
    Groundhog Day (Special Edition)
    by Harold Ramis

  34. 39.
    A Hard Day's Night
    by Richard Lester

  35. 41.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)

  36. 42.
    The Iron Giant (Special Edition)

  37. 43.
    It Happened One Night
    by Frank Capra

  38. 46.
    The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Walter Lang

  39. 47.
    King Kong
    by Merian C. Cooper

  40. 48.
    Lawrence of Arabia
    by David Lean

  41. 49.
    A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
    by Penny Marshall

  42. 50.
    Lilo & Stitch
    by Chris Sanders

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Comments

Untitled — 5 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!




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