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1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
directed by Robert Mulligan
featuring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Robert Duvall, Frank Overton, Brock Peters
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert ... More
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2. Simon Birch (1998)
directed by Mark Steven Johnson
featuring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn
This comedy-drama features a narration by Jim Carrey, looking back to childhood in a manner similar to the narration on TV's The Wonder Years. The ... More
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3. Empire of the Sun (1987)
directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano
Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family ... More
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4. Anne of Green Gables (1985)
directed by Kevin Sullivan
featuring Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant
Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, previously filmed in 1934, was afforded a TV-movie treatment in 1985. Megan Follows stars as 13 ... More
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5. My Girl (1991)
directed by Howard Zieff
featuring Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne
Howard Zieff directed this comedy-drama about the emotional awakening of a young girl in a small Pennsylvania town during the summer of 1972. Anna ... More
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6. Hesher (2011)
directed by Spencer Susser
featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Devin Brochu, Piper Laurie
A bullied little boy grieving the death of his mother strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Metallica-loving anarchist in this tender yet ... More
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7. Secondhand Lions (2003)
directed by Tim McCanlies
featuring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt
In this family-friendly comedy drama, Walter (Haley Joel Osment) is a shy and bookish boy just short of his teens whose mother impulsively decides to ... More
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8. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
directed by Mark Herman
featuring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, and Asa Butterfield star in Little Voice writer/director Mark Herman's adaptation of John Boyne's novel concerning the ... More
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9. Savannah Smiles (1982)
directed by Pierre de Moro
featuring Mark Miller, Donovan Scott, Bridgette Andersen, Peter Graves, Chris Robinson
Savannah Smiles is a sweet little film that proved a surprising hit on the Saturday matinee circuit. Mark Miller and Donovan Scott play a pair of ... More
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10. Pollyanna (1960)
directed by David Swift
featuring Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou
Eleanor H. Porter's story of Pollyanna, "The Glad Girl," was first filmed in 1920 by Mary Pickford. While entertaining, the Pickford version tended ... More
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11. August Rush (2007)
directed by Kirsten Sheridan
featuring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams
Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious ... More
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12. Under the Same Moon (2008)
directed by Patricia Riggen
featuring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas
The debut feature from director Patricia Riggen, this drama centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his ... More
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13. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
directed by Victor Erice
featuring Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of Spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set in a remote village in the 1940s. The life in the village is calm ... More
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14. Whale Rider (2003)
directed by Niki Caro
featuring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa
Based on the novel of the same name by Maori writer Witi Ihimaera, Whale Rider is a unique family drama directed Niki Caro. On the eastern coast of ... More
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15. Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
directed by Norman Tokar
featuring Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charlie Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell
Follow Me, Boys!, Disney's paean to the Boys Scouts of America, leaves no cliché unturned: we're even offered the old reliable "kid hanging over ... More
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16. King of the Wind (1990)
directed by Peter Duffell
This family adventure movie, based on the novel by Marguerite Henry, is about a mute Arab boy and his constant companion, a beautiful stallion, who ... More
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17. David Copperfield (1999)
directed by Simon Curtis
featuring Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Ian McKellen, Ciarán McMenamin
A distinguished cast highlights this made-for-TV adaptation of one of Charles Dickens' best-loved novels. Young David Copperfield (Daniel Radcliffe) ... More
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18. Little Buddha (1994)
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
featuring Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, Alex Wiesendanger, Ying Ruocheng
Bernardo Bertolucci attempts to mix Buddhist spirituality with childhood fantasy in Little Buddha. When Dean Conrad (Chris Isaak), a Seattle ... More
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19. My Life as a Dog (1987)
directed by Lasse Hallström
featuring Anton Glanzelius, Anki Liden, Manfred Serner, Melinda Kinnaman, Tomas von Bromssen
In 1959 Sweden, young Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) lives with his dying mother and his nasty older brother. He survives all of life's knocks by ... More
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20. National Velvet (1944)
directed by Clarence Brown
featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury
Although National Velvet was the first starring role for 11-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, the early part of the film belongs to Mickey Rooney in the ... More
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21. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
directed by John Ford
featuring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, Barry Fitzgerald, Anna Lee
Spanning 50 years, director John Ford's How Green Was My Valley revolves around the life of the Morgans, a Welsh mining family, as told through the ... More
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22. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
directed by Wayne Wang
featuring AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint, Dave Matthews
It's not finishing school or a traditional upbringing that causes ten-year-old Opal to learn about the world outside of her own backyard, but rather ... More
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23. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
directed by Spike Jonze
featuring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry Jr., Chris Cooper, Lauren Ambrose
Visionary director Spike Jonze brings Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book to the big screen with the help of hipster icon Dave Eggers, who ... More
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24. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
directed by Doug Atchison
featuring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong, Tzi Ma
A young girl learns to believe in herself and value her intelligence in this critically-acclaimed, family-friendly drama. Akeelah Anderson (Keke ... More
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25. Oliver! (1968)
directed by Carol Reed
featuring Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Hugh Griffith, Mark Lester, Jack Wild
Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic ... More
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