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Monday, February 7, 2011

The Best Movies for Kids

Most of today's kids movies are those that are created in animation studios. The recent success of animated kids movies at the box office suggests that a new era of computer-animated films has begun. The names of films enlisted and described below includes few of the 100 best kids movies of all time.

Top Kids Movies of All Time

The list in this article presents different types of children films including the best animated kids movies of all time. The information about best animated movies can be found below.

The Wizard of Oz
This is a musical fantasy film released in the year 1939. A novel written by L. Frank Baum with the same name (1900s) is the basis of this film. Florence Ryerson, Noel Langley and Edgar Allan Woolf have written the script for this film while Victor Fleming directed it.

Superman
Released in the year 1978, Superman is based on a superhero character from DC Comics. Richard Donner directed the film while Christopher Reeve played the central character of superman. This movie presents sequences starting from the origin of superman to his fights with Lex Luthor, the villain.

The Lion King
This animated kids movie released in the year 1994 was one of the best kids movies of all time; it was also one of the best Disney movies and was one of the highest grossing films till the release of 'Finding Nemo'. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Lion King was inspired by stories from Bible and also the famous novel, 'Hamlet' written by William Shakespeare. A Golden Globe Award and two Academy Awards (for its music) along with a business of $783 million, indicates that the film was a successful one. This is definitely a movie that makes it to the list of Disney movies that kids and adults alike have enjoyed.

Ice Age
The Ice Age is a 2002 film produced by Blue Sky Studios; this computer-animated film, directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The story of this film revolves around three Paleolithical animals - a mammoth, a smilodon and a sloth who who face many difficulties in their successful attempt to return a lost human baby to its parents. The characters of all these animals are portrayed very nicely and therefore this film finds place in the list of one of the best kids movies of all time.

Harry Potter
A series of films based on the novels with same name written by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter movies have become very popular. The first three films in the series, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (2001), 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' (2002) and 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' (2004) are especially suitable for children. The last book, which will be made into two parts in the movie format, are slated for release later this year and early next year respectively.

Shrek
Shrek is again a series of animated kids films with an ogre as the central character. Created by Dream Works Animation Studios, there are four parts in the Shrek series. The four parts, namely Shrek, Shrek 2, 'Shrek the Third' and 'Shrek Forever After' were released in the years 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 respectively.

Finding Nemo
Created by Pixar Animation Studios, 'Finding Nemo' is a 2003 computer-animated film. Story of the film was written by Andrew Stanton. Mr. Stanton and Lee Unkrich jointly directed this movie. This film won the 'Academy Award for Best Animated Feature' and it also grossed $864 million at the box office. Story of this film revolves around a clownfish, Marlin searching for his son, Nemo.

The Incredibles
This is a computer-animated movie released in 2004 with superheroes as its central characters. Brad Bird, director of the 'The Simpsons' had written the story for 'The Incredibes' and also directed the film. This computer-animated movie was produced at Pixar Animation Studios.

List of Best Kids Movies of All Time


Horton Hears a Who (2008) How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Toy Story
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Swiss Family Robinson (1960) The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Mary Poppins (1964) Hook (1991)
The Shaggy Dog (1959) Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) The Storyteller (1988)
The Love Bug (1968) The Parent Trap (1961) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
The Muppet Movie (1979) Old Yeller (1957) Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Babe (1995) The Karate Kid (1984) Big (1988)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) The Bad News Bears (1976) Chicken Run (2000)
The Black Stallion (1979) The Santa Clause (1994) Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Tarzan Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) Ghostbusters (1984)

The best kids movies of all time i.e. those films from different time periods, are presented in this article. It is not possible to cover all the good movies for kids in this article, as this list is certainly inexhaustible. However, most of the good movies have been included.

-It's taken from internet article By Shashank Nakate

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