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. 1 new

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    Apollo 13

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 7 new

    The Bad News Bears

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 8 new

    L'ours

    1988 — a.k.a. The Bear, in 1 top list Check
  9. 9 new

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 10 new

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 12 new

    The Black Stallion

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 13 new

    Bound for Glory

    1976, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 14 new

    Breaking Away

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 15 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 16 new

    The Buddy Holly Story

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 18 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  19. 19 new

    Cat Ballou

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 20 new

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 21 new

    Chicken Run

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 22 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 23 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 24 new

    Dick Tracy

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 27 new

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    Emma

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 29 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  30. 30 new

    Fiddler on the Roof

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 31 new

    Field of Dreams

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 32 new

    Fly Away Home

    1996 — a.k.a. Father Goose, in 1 top list Check
  33. 33 new

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 34 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 35 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 36 new

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 37 new

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 38 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 39 new

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 40 new

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 41 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 42 new

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 43 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 44 new

    James and the Giant Peach

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  45. 45 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 46 new

    The King and I

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 47 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 48 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  49. 49 new

    A League of Their Own

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 50 new

    Lilo & Stitch

    2002, in 6 top lists Check
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