CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Let's drum up more nostalgia as we remember the movies we enjoyed as a child. Would you show these to your children or has the filter worn off?
Here's some I'd definitely show to children:
The Princess Bride
Never-Ending Story (just the first one though. The rest sucked big time)
ET
Return to Oz (oh, come on, kids love being scared)
Ghostbusters (both)
Short Circuit (both)
Back to the Future (all 3 would definitely be shown)
original Star Wars (I was an adult by the time the prequels came out, which is the only reason they don't qualify)
original Indiana Jones
any Christmas movie I saw as a kid (well, except for A Christmas Story. Didn't enjoy that one too much)
The Karate Kid (except for the one with the girl instead of Ralph Macchio. It's not as good)
The Goonies (I have shown this to my second cousins. They loved it, especially the scene where Corey Feldman's character speaks Spanish)
Pollyanna
any Herbie movie (just mindless fun)
The Parent Trap (original)

The Three Stooges.

The Never-Ending Story

......Um, yeah. That's pretty much it. I didn't watch that many live-actions when I was a kid.

A Little Princess
Back to the Future (all 3)
Star Wars (the old ones)
Any and all things Star Trek (except the Wrath of Khan freaked me out immensely with the ear-burrowing slug things)

I swear I watched more movies than that but I can't remember any of them.

Forbidden Planet
The Time Machine
Jason and the Argonauts

There must have been more, but these are all that come to mind.

Rock, I'd second almost all of your choices. Here are few more:
Hook
Home Alone
The Barefoot Executive
The Three Amigos

Wow, this could be a long list, because I've loved and watched movies of all kinds my whole life... (I'm defining "childhood" as "before 13".) I would show all of these to my kids, definitely. There's probably more I'm forgetting, but....

Star Wars (entire series, though I suppose I was a teenager by the time Episode III came out)

Air Bud (first one about basketball only)

The Princess Bride (I was a twisted child and loved the torture scene)

Gettysburg (yes, I saw this the first time when I was in like...second grade, and I've loved it ever since)

Mary Poppins (I think everyone has tried at one point to snap their fingers to clean up their toys)

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (Trulyyyyy Scrumptious...)

Shaggy Dog (the old black-and-white one, obviously)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (yes, I saw my first PG-13 movie when I was ten )

The Mark of Zorro (1940, with Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone, much better than any other Zorro movie I've ever seen)

The New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy (Most. Hilarious. Movie. EVER!)

...and this one might not count, but I was obsessed with Feet of Flames, a video of the Hyde Park performance of Michael Flatley's dance troupe. Amazing talent and beautiful music; it captured my imagination and I watched it every time I could get away with it.

Oh, I remember! I loved Abbott and Costello movies. I saw almost all of them, and loved them immensely. I also loved (to my eternal shame, but hey, I was just a kid. Sorry, Nostalgia Critic) Godzilla, Batman and Robin, and Independence Day.

Star Wars
The Karate Kid
Three Ninjas
LOTR
Home Alone (number 1 only, the others were nowhere near as good)
Harry Potter

You kids are making me feel old. What with your Lord of the Rings and Harry Potters...

Dude, I feel so old right now. XD LOTR as a childhood movie? Man. XD

Anyways, a few from the top of my head:

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Star Wars (OT)
Jurassic Park
Homeward Bound (first movie only)
Milo & Otis
Babe
Benji: The Hunted (okay, so clearly, I used to love animal movies as a child. XD)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Princess Bride (I didn't see it until I was 11 or so, but I guess that still counts XD)
Cool Runnings

That's all I can think of from the top of my head for now. XD I feel like I might be forgetting a few. XD

EDIT: Aaaannd reading through the thread reminded me of Mary Poppins. XD How did I forget that?
EDIT II: Also, a movie called Cheetah. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than that. Also, 101 Dalmatians, both the animated film and the live action one, specifically for this thread. XD
EDIT III: THE WIZARD OF OZ. Forgetting that one is just unacceptable. XD
EDIT IV: The Borrowers. I used to love that movie. I later discovered that both Jim Broadbent and Tom Felton (aka Draco Malfoy) star. XD And then I LOL'd. XD

The Love Bug
All of the Muppet movies.
Marry Poppins
Short Circuit
Polly
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Absent Minded Professor
Tron
The Rocketeer
Jurassic Park
TMNT

That's pretty much all that I remember really liking while still qualifying as a kid. XD

OH YEAH WIZARD OF OZ How could I forget that one?! I used to love "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and tried to plink it out on the piano. A couple of years ago I rediscovered my love for that song when I heard Celtic Woman's a capella rendition, which is absolutely gorgeous.

And Flubber! I liked The Absent-Minded Professor, but I only saw that once so that doesn't really count as a favorite. But I watched Flubber a gazillion times, and Robin Williams just never gets old.

Radical Dreamer (post: 1438739) wrote:Dude, I feel so old right now. XD LOTR as a childhood movie? Man. XD

Anyways, a few from the top of my head:

The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Star Wars (OT)
Jurassic Park
Homeward Bound (first movie only)
Milo & Otis
Babe
Benji: The Hunted (okay, so clearly, I used to love animal movies as a child. XD)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Princess Bride (I didn't see it until I was 11 or so, but I guess that still counts XD)
Cool Runnings

That's all I can think of from the top of my head for now. XD I feel like I might be forgetting a few. XD

EDIT: Aaaannd reading through the thread reminded me of Mary Poppins. XD How did I forget that?
EDIT II: Also, a movie called Cheetah. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than that. Also, 101 Dalmatians, both the animated film and the live action one, specifically for this thread. XD
EDIT III: THE WIZARD OF OZ. Forgetting that one is just unacceptable. XD
EDIT IV: The Borrowers. I used to love that movie. I later discovered that both Jim Broadbent and Tom Felton (aka Draco Malfoy) star. XD And then I LOL'd. XD

Think you feel old? I remember when the only LOTR movies were the Rankin Bass and Ralph Bakshi movies.