LOL! Alamothe +1. And I suppose Dr. Strangelove and Brazil are up there too?

And I never viewed Big as a kid film, but as a family film. Sorry for the typo.

@Draugnar: "I had forgotten about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Maybe because it gave me nightmares when I was a kid."

I...smell...children!

For those who loved "Star Wars" as a kid and now are dealing with children, the following is pretty funny:

http://laughingsquid.com/talking-to-your-kids-about-star-wars/

It gets extra points for the painfully earnest Public Service Announcement music and the over-the-top visual wipes.

That is awesome

ratatouille, Alice in wonderland (1951, not the Burton garbage)

Goonies and Wall-E

Mommy! FatherSnitch is pretending to be the child catcher and he is scaring me! Make him stop!

I think good children's movies also appeal to adults. For children also want proper characters and a story with depth. Don't think one ought to underestimate the lil' ones.

I love the Astrid Lindgren films.

Yet modern movies such as Ratatouille also hit it out of the part for me.

Generations of Germans also grew up with the Karl May novels and films. Winnetou etc.

Ges +1 for that video. lol

"Alice in wonderland (1951, not the Burton garbage)"

Seriously, right? I really like most of Burton's work, but the new Alice was a big let down. A very contrived story. It would have been so much better if he just remade the original story, or didn't do it at all.

The Disney 1951 movie is great though.
Burton eliminated every element of meaningful surrealism and turned into mindless crap.
I liked his graphics though.

I haven't seen Burton's Alice so correct me if I'm wrong but he ruined the whole point. Alice is supposed to be a child and Wonderland is supposed to be a dream. The last verse in the poem that closes Alice is "Life, what is it but a dream?"
He just plain ruined the whole point and made an Holywood movie instead. Amirite?

"I liked his graphics though."

Yeah, which is why I think a remake could have been cool. Great story and great visuals.

But, seriously, Avenor, I don't even know. It was awful. No deeper message; it just existed for the sake of making money.

Wall-E was a great movie, and me and my siblings watched all the Disney main releases constantly through the early-mid 1990s as a kid, but I think Hercules and robin hood were our favorites (not sure I'd still appreciate them except for nostalgia, though)

I think Burton was trying to make Alice set in the universe of 'American McGee's Alice', a rather more macbre video game set after Alice becomes an orphan and is institutionalized.

Hmmm... I have a list.
Toy Story, Up, Finding Nemo
Chicken Run (I watched it again last night on TV. So funny.)
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Princess Bride
Pirates of the Caribbean (the first one)
Really anything from the 90's Disney Renaissance Era: The Little Mermaid (actually '89, but my point stands), Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, up to about The Lion King.
Oh and anything by the Muppets but I think The Muppet's Treasure Island is the best of them.

Here's a question though. A lot of these movies are designed to appeal to both kid and adult audiences and are totally watchable by adults. In fact many of them have only come out since I turned 20, and I enjoyed them immensely but still consider them kids movies. Does this make them not kids movies? Discuss. (or not.)

SpongBob has a cult-like adult following and tons of inside jokes for adults, does that make it any lerss a kids cartoon? And teenagers are still kids, especially younger teens (13 or 14), yet they get a lot of adult stuff and the stuff they find fun and funny, most adults do as well. So just because the whole family can enjoy it doesn't mean it isn't still a kids film. Now, some on your list are family films, not kids' films. For instance, Pricess Bride and Pirates of the Caribbean. Arguably Chicken Run wiht all it's references to classic movies, especially the Great Escape, could be called a family film instead of a kids' film.

Oh, and I'm a 44 (almost 45) year old man without kids, yet I have seen every Pixar film as well as all of the Dreamworks Animations and am a huge Lilo and Stich fan. Generally speaking, I think they all are great. Well, Cars was only good, not great, but exceptions and rules...

*Stitch - small typo there.

I think that's a good point, the distinction between family film and kid's movie. That said, I think it's easier to find great family films than great kids films. I do stand by all my choices as great movies though.

Absolutely. The only one I haven't seen on your list is "Up" and I've got it in my Netflix queue. I just need to get "V for Vendetta" watched (gotta stop playing WebDip and WoW for a couple of nights).

"I think Burton was trying to make Alice set in the universe of 'American McGee's Alice', a rather more macbre video game set after Alice becomes an orphan and is institutionalized."

I'm not sure why you'd say this. I don't think there was much relation at all between these two renditions. If that's what he was going for, he failed miserably.

I admit I was running from description sand commercials. I haven't seen the actual film, so if I'm off... Mea Culpa.

@Draugnar: "V for Vendetta" is a great film. In some ways it is tighter than the graphic novel. If you make the time, you won't be disappointed.

Agreed. "V for Vendetta" is great. I read the graphic novel and saw the movie and was not disappointed. Natalie Portman, 'nuff said.

I suppose it depends on whether or not you're a hardcore anarchist or just more generally into that whole "not liking fascism" thing. Hardcore anarchists were disappointed by V for Vendetta, but I quite enjoyed it.

How about cloudy with a chance of meatballs. I love Earl & Steve.