The New York Times Essential Library: Children’s Movies

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The New York Times Essential Library selected their 100 best children's movies in this 2003 publication, authored by Peter Nichols.

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  1. 35 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 87 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 26 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 47 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 43 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 59 new

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 82 new

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 2 new

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 15 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 63 new

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 101 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  12. 71 new

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 88 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 18 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 67 new

    National Velvet

    1944, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 37 new

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 1 new

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 3 new

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 23 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 41 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 81 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 52 new

    Little Fugitive

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 70 new

    Peter Pan

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 79 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 96 new

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  26. 74 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 46 new

    The King and I

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 69 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 83 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 60 new

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 90 new

    Swiss Family Robinson

    1960, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 98 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 48 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  34. 57 new

    The Longest Day

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 65 new

    The Music Man

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 93 new

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 36 new

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 25 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 39 new

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 61 new

    Mary Poppins

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 66 new

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 19 new

    Cat Ballou

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 84 new

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 102 new

    Yellow Submarine

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 17 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 30 new

    Fiddler on the Roof

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 97 new

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 91 new

    The Three Musketeers

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 92 new

    The Four Musketeers

    1974 — a.k.a. The Revenge of Milady, in 1 top list Check
  50. 7 new

    The Bad News Bears

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
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