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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. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
directed by Wes Anderson
featuring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand
Director/co-writer Wes Anderson teams with screenwriter Roman Coppola for this period comedy-drama set in the 1960s, in which a pair of young lovers ... More
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9. 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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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. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. Rigoletto (1993)
Giuseppe Verdi's beloved opera arrives on the small screen for the whole family to enjoy in this film designed to spark conversation among family ... More
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15. A Little Princess (1995)
directed by Alfonso Cuarón
featuring Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, Rusty Schwimmer, Arthur Malet
A privileged, free-spirited young girl tries to adapt to life in a strict boarding school in this charming, critically acclaimed children's fantasy. ... More
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16. My Dog Skip (2000)
directed by Jay Russell
featuring Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Caitlin Wachs
The popular memoir by Pulitzer prize-winning author Willie Morris became this family comedy-drama about a boy and his dog. Young Willie Morris ... More
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17. Billy Elliot (2000)
directed by Stephen Daldry
featuring Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Jean Heywood
Brassed Off meets My Name Is Joe in this gritty coming-of-age drama about a young son of a poor English coal miner who dreams of being a ballet ... More
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18. 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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19. The Sixth Sense (1999)
directed by M. Night Shyamalan
featuring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg
In this tense tale of psychological terror, Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist whose new patient has a problem far outside his ... More
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20. 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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21. Toby Tyler (1959)
directed by Charles Barton
featuring Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob Sweeney, Richard Eastham
Child star Kevin "Moochie" Cocoran shares his top billing with a chimp, Mr. Stubbs, in this story about a forlorn lad who runs away from his foster ... More
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22. 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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23. 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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24. Mommie Dearest (1981)
directed by Frank Perry
featuring Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda
When her adoptive mother Joan Crawford died in 1977, erstwhile actress/author Christina Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan ... More
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25. 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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