100 Films to Watch Before You Grow Up

An essential guide to the enchanting world of film for aspiring young film buffs (and nostalgic adults). From Le Voyage Dans la Lune to Hugo, via Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Ghostbusters, this offers a journey through film guaranteed to entertain and delight.>

Auteur
Ben Howarth is a former teacher, who also spent six years as a Compliance Officer at the British Board of Film Classification, where his job was to watch films and decide what age rating they should be. He has previously worked for Into Film, an organisation that works with primary and secondary schools to help encourage young people to discover the wonders of cinema. Ben continues to work in media classification, and enjoys watching movies with his sons Luke and Joel.

Résumé
Ever felt stumped for a film to watch with your family? Would you like to discover films from countries you've never visited, set in fantastical worlds or in a local neighbourhood that looks very different to your own, or silent films, or films from Hollywood's heyday? 100 Films to Watch Before You Grow Up is an essential and accessible guide to one hundred films from over a century of cinema and from around the world, from the United States and countries across Europe as well as Japan, Iran, Australia and New Zealand, India, Senegal and Saudi Arabia.

Contenu
Acknowledgments Introduction The 100 Films: 1. Le voyage dans la Lune/ A Trip to the Moon Georges Méliès, 1902 2. Safety Last! Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, 1923 3. Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed/The Adventures of Prince Achmed Lotte Reiniger, 1926 4. Steamboat Bill Jr. Charles Reisner, 1928 5 City Lights Charles Chaplin, 1931 6 Emil und die Detektive/Emil and the Detectives Gerhard Lamprecht, 1931 7 The Chimp James Parrott, 1932 8 King Kong Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933 9 Duck Soup Leo McCarey, 1933 10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney (producer), 1937 11 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 USA Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, 1938 12 The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming, 1939 13 Jungle Book Zoltan Korda, 1942 14 La belle et la bête/Beauty and the Beast Jean Cocteau, 1946 15 Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, 1952 16 Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot/Mr Hulot's Holiday Jacques Tati, 1953 17. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. Roy Rowland, 1953 18. Little Fugitive Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, 1953 19 Gojira/Godzilla Ishirô Honda, 1954 20 Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray, 1955 21 Cesta do praveku/Journey to the Beginning of Time Karel Zeman, 1955 22 Le ballon rouge/The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse, 1956 23 Das singende, klingende Bäumchen/The Singing Ringing Tree Francesco Stefani, 1957 24 Ohayô/Good Morning Yasujiro Ozu, 1959 25 Whistle Down the Wind Bryan Forbes, 1961 26 Jason and the Argonauts Don Chaffey, 1963 27 Mary Poppins Robert Stevenson, 1964 28 The Sound of Music 1965 USA Robert Wise, 1965 29 Paddle to the Sea 1966 Canada Bill Mason, 1966 30 Oliver! 1968 UK Carol Reed, 1968 31 Yellow Submarine 1968 UK/USA George Dunning, 1968 32 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 UK Ken Hughes, 1968 33 The Railway Children 1970 UK Lionel Jeffries, 1970 34 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1971 USA Mel Stuart, 1971 35 Tales of Beatrix Potter 1971 UK Reginald Mills, 1971 36 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Lionel Jefferies, 1972 37 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Hall Bartlett, 1973 38 The Little Prince Stanley Donen, 1974 39 Bugsy Malone Alan Parker, 1976 40 Storm Boy Henri Safran, 1976 41 Star Wars George Lucas, 1977 42 The Black Stallion Carroll Ballard, 1979 43 Time Bandits Terry Gilliam, 1981 44 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg, 1982 45 The NeverEnding Story Wolfgang Petersen, 1984 46 Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis, 1985 47 Pee-wee's Big Adventure Tim Burton, 1985 48 Labyrinth Jim Henson, 1986 49 Flight of the Navigator Randal Kleiser, 1986 50 The Princess Bride Rob Reiner, 1987 51 The Brave Little Toaster Jerry Rees, 1987 52 Khane-ye doust kodjast?/Where is the Friend's House? Abbas Kiarostami, 1987 53 Tonari no Totoro/My Neighbour Totoro Hayao Miyazaki, 1988 54 L'ours/The Bear Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1988 55 Neco z Alenky/Alice Jan Svankmajer, 1988 56 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Joe Johnston, 1989 57 The Witches Nicholas Roeg, 1990 58 Into the West Mike Newell, 1992 59 Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers Nick Park, 1993 60 The Secret Garden Agnieszka Holland, 1993 61 Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg, 1993 62 Cool Runnings John Turteltaub, 1993 63 The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen, 1994 64 The Lion King Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994 65 The Secret of Roan Inish John Sayles, 1994 66 Babe Chris Noonan, 1995 67 Toy Story John Lasseter, 1995 68 Matilda Danny DeVito, 1996 69 La vita è bella/Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni, 1997 70 Kirikou et la sorcière/Kirikou and the Sorceress Michel Ocelot, 1998 71 Stuart Little Rob Minkoff, 1999 72 The Iron Giant Brad Bird, 1999 73 Hjælp! Jeg er en fisk/Help! I'm a Fish Stefan Fjeldmark, Michael Hegner, Greg Manwaring, 2000 74 Metoroporisu/Metropolis Rintaro, 2001 75 Shrek Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, 2001 76 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi/Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki, 2001 77 Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich, 2001 78 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson, 2001 79 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus, 2001 80 Ice Age Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha, 2002 81 Rabbit-Proof Fence Phillip Noyce, 2002 82 Whale Rider Niki Caro, 2002 83 Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel/The Story of the Weeping Camel Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni, 2003 84 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Brad Silberling, 2004 85 Taare Zameen Par/Like Stars on Earth Aamir Khan, 2007 86 Bee Movie Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith, 2007 87 WALL. E Andrew Stanton, 2008 88 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson, 2009 89 Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze, 2009 90 The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, 2009 91 Panique au village/A Town Called Panic Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, 2009 92 Coraline Henry Selick, 2009 93 Bébé(s)/Babies Thomas Balmès, 2010 94 Tomboy Céline Sciamma, 2011 95 Hugo Martin Scorsese, 2011 96 Wadjda Haifaa Al Mansour, 2012 97 Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, 2013 98 The Lego Movie Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, 2014 99 Paddington Paul King, 2014 100 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, 2018 More to discover Index