Lists of Bests: The New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21105 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." Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:44:35 GMT en-us 0 50 101 50 0 Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65140 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65140"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783233582.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Barton</div> The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59956 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59956"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKEZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> The African Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/248531 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/248531"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AGGR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44526 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44526"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783219695.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Howard</div> Babe (Widescreen Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60589 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60589"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519B2BNSHZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Noonan</div> Back to the Future http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138917 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Bad News Bears http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47144 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47144"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JK9L.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Bear http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134855 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/134855"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IQBE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Jacques Annaud</div> Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40899 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40899"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX8Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Beetlejuice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23594 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23594"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790731479.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Burton</div> Big http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44826 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44826"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K3CR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penny Marshall</div> The Black Stallion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/274744 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/274744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792833759.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carroll Ballard</div> Bound for Glory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/109474 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/109474"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792843568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hal Ashby</div> Breaking Away http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62641 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62641"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX96.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/176009 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/176009"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006Z2KX4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> The Buddy Holly Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258937 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/258937"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K3TX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Rash</div> Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543211 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/543211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EXDS5M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Roy Hill</div> Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56244 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56244"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009W0WM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> Cat Ballou http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40026 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40026"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EE5j6B3kL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elliot Silverstein</div> Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41287 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006HBLUA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh Hudson</div> Chicken Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40965 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a 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href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36336"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005T7I1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y0X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Duck Soup http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35054 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35054"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305077525.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo McCarey</div> Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35968 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35968"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004U8P8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Burton</div> Emma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45125 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45125"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000G3AZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas McGrath</div> E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60468 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60468"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A2IPP0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Spielberg</div> Fiddler on the Roof (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66550 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66550"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N7YZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Jewison</div> Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22909 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22909"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/078322611X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Alden Robinson</div> Fly Away Home (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194398 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194398"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005LK94.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carroll Ballard</div> Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467012 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2467012"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KX0IOA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Attenborough</div> Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144896 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144896"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E33W1W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40299 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40299"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000096IBF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Great Escape (2-Disc Collector's Set) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201247 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/201247"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BD6XM3JAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Sturges</div> Great Expectations - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63825 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000F17E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> Groundhog Day (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41459 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41459"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005U8EM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A Hard Day's Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55092 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55092"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000542D2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Lester</div> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35894 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35894"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXI1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> High Noon (Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63963 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63963"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SG9WPE6NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Zinnemann</div> The Iron Giant (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56481 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56481"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009M9BK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Bird</div> It Happened One Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43337 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43337"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000022TSL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Capra</div> James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35144 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35144"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/630595027X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Selick</div> Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65269 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65269"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXAT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Spielberg</div> The King and I (50th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2152425 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2152425"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HT3PGA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Lang</div> King Kong (1933) (Single-Disc Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499355 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499355"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EHQTZO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35879 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXB2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A League of Their Own (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145068 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145068"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001GF2CE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penny Marshall</div> Lilo & Stitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43413 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43413"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JL96.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Sanders (III)</div>