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The New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

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. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
by Charles Barton
 
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
 
3. The African Queen
by John Huston
 
4. Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by Ron Howard
 
5. Babe (Widescreen Special Edition)
by Chris Noonan
 
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Back to the Future  
7. The Bad News Bears  
8. The Bear
by Jean-Jacques Annaud
 
9. Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition)  
10. Beetlejuice
by Tim Burton
 
11. Big
by Penny Marshall
 
12. The Black Stallion
by Carroll Ballard
 
13. Bound for Glory
by Hal Ashby
 
14. Breaking Away  
15. Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Howard Hawks
 
16. The Buddy Holly Story
by Steve Rash
 
17. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by George Roy Hill
 
18. Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
 
19. Cat Ballou
by Elliot Silverstein
 
20. Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Hugh Hudson
 
21. Chicken Run  
22. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)  
23. The Day the Earth Stood Still
by Robert Wise
 
24. Dick Tracy  
25. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
 
26. Duck Soup
by Leo McCarey
 
27. Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
by Tim Burton
 
28. Emma
by Douglas McGrath
 
29. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen)
by Steven Spielberg
 
30. Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition)
by Norman Jewison
 
31. Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by Phil Alden Robinson
 
32. Fly Away Home (Special Edition)
by Carroll Ballard
 
33. Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Richard Attenborough
 
34. Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)  
35. The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition)  
36. The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set)
by John Sturges
 
37. Great Expectations - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
 
38. Groundhog Day (Special Edition)  
39. A Hard Day's Night
by Richard Lester
 
40. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 1)  
41. High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
 
42. The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
by Brad Bird
 
43. It Happened One Night
by Frank Capra
 
44. James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition)
by Henry Selick
 
45. Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
 
46. The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Walter Lang
 
47. King Kong (1933) (Single-Disc Edition)  
48. Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition)  
49. A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
by Penny Marshall
 
50. Lilo & Stitch
by Chris Sanders (III)
 
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