[Monterrosa-24]

Those of us who has noticed the propaganda in today's kiddie shows (children constantly teaching adults is one theme) may want to load up on some of the best alternatives.

[Carry_Okie]

300 Spartans has been out of print for years. There is no video. If anybody knows a source, I want one.

[Argus]

You could put on your list virtually any Hollywood western, swashbuckler, action adventure or comedy made before the 1960's. They're all fine for kids - this is the stuff most of us grew up with in reruns on TV.

[Kornev]

Add Star Wars to the list. The new DVD set rules.

[Hildy]

I don't think little girls would enjoy 80% of these movies.

[Carry_Okie]

Old TV can also be an excellent source for kids. My faves are Have Gun, Will Travel, The Prisoner, and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

[old3030]

Several of my all-time favorites are there.

THE SEARCHERS is just one of the best movies ever made, period.

ZULU is a great war movie, and, I've been told, a fairly realistic (for the time) depiction of the battle.

[The Great Yazoo]

Great list.

My only concern of the ones I've seen is the bare-breasted maidens on Zulu (which appears in the first few minutes of the film).

Add North by Northwest 1959, Charade 1950s, The 39 Steps 1930s, The Man Who Knew Too Much 1930s Black and White version, The Secret Agent 1930s (all but Charade are Alfred Hitchcock movies). The plots concern ordinary men placed in extraordinary circumstances.

Exodus 1960s is a story of Israeli Independence.

My kids positively howled at It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, World 1960s.

[Alex Murphy]

The Alan Ladd western Shane. Watch it with your husband. You'll believe a man can cry.

[Chemist_Geek]

What do you think of Apollo 13?

[MoralSense]

John Wayne, The Cowboys. Great flick! Stars boys on a trail drive.

[Varda]

Don't forget -
Captains Courageous
October Sky
The Black Stallion &
National Velvet

[ishabibble]

Old Yeller is one of the best movies for kids because it teaches the core American values that have been shunted aside by Hollywood. Doesn't seem like the term, "glitz" mattered too much back then!

[sierrahome]

Has anyone added Anne of Green Gables to the list?

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Quo Vidas (sp?)

[Alberta's Child]

I think seventh or eighth grade would be an appropriate age group for Breaker Morant -- one of the very best movies ever made, in my opinion.

It would be particularly good in the context of learning history.

I would add Chariots of Fire, too -- probably for the same age group.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

Thanks for listing them. I would like to recommend.

Anne of Avenlea
Anne of Green Gables

[FierceKulak]

The Seven Samurai is a real masterpiece if you ask me.

[uncitizen]

My daughter loves "The Coal Miner's Daughter".

[Euro-American Scum]

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, 1975 Give this '75 version a chance.

It was one of the best versions ever produced.

THE SEARCHERS, 1956. . . Girls will love the young, determined, and headstrong heroine playing opposite John Wayne.

Not just girls either. In an interview shortly before his death, Wayne indicated that, of all his pictures, this film was his personal favorite. It was also one of his best.

[Mike Fieschko]

Joan of Arc (1948) starring Ingrid Bergman
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The Bells of St Mary's (1945)
Boys Town (1938)
Come to the Stable (1949)
Going My Way (1944)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Angels in the Outfield (1951) (1951)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Christmas Carol (the 1951 version with Alastair Sim)