50 films you should see by the age of 14

[Drewbacca]

It's not a bad list at all because its choices vary between imaginative to history. From romantic to adventurous. Some kids may have a problem with sitting through some of the choices, but that hardly makes it a bad list to experience.

I swear if some snot-nosed 14 year old came up to me and told me some French movie was better than the typical Hollywood dribble I watch, I'd punch that kid in the fucking face.

That kid has better taste than you.

[Grey's Anatomy]

I don't get how you can have A New Hope, but not Return of the Jedi.
I mean, can you say "directed at kids"?

[Cowutopia]

There are like, no Disney movies on that list. Awesome.

"To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Movie of the Pulitzer winning novel "

If that wasn't included I would have dismissed the whole lest. I rate this as better than Citizen Kane in American filmmaking. The colorization was a tragedy.

I dragged my family to NYC to see Mononoke to try to get them into Anime, since it was getting such great reviews. I think I fell asleep in the theater. Guess it's a good thing they all loved it. Trouble is they bought me the DVD...I can't sell it, that would be rude, but I don't want to open it either. I've hidden it in my closet.

Good thing Spirited Away came along and kicked the most ass an anime movie has ever kicked ever. Two of the best movies that year were foreign, animated films, the other being The Triplets of Belleville.

[Sqoon]

I don't get how you can have A New Hope, but not Return of the Jedi.
I mean, can you say "directed at kids"?

If you have a great movie that's also good for kids, and then an okay movie that's also good for kids, which would you go for?

[Drewbacca]

There are like, no Disney movies on that list. Awesome.

Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves are on the list.

[Cowutopia]

I don't count finding nemo.

I expected more.

[Regus]

I don't get how you can have A New Hope, but not Return of the Jedi.

Because Jedi sucks.

Back to the Future (1985) - Michael J Fox's time-travelling adventure

Ha ha ha, I was all like "this list is crap", then I saw this and nodded my head and complete agreement.

[Melf]

Romeo & Juliet (1996) - Baz Luhrmann's modern take on Shakespeare's tragedy

guaah? Shouldn't kids get the real thing first?

I used this version when I taught the play, and they really identified with it. The fact that they can name the actors and see that today's stars give Shakespeare some importance made them more open to reading.

[Giltch]

Predator doesn't seem to be on that list. I saw it when I was five - everyone should. There's nothing like being too scared to walk into a room without your mom going in first.

[NoboruWataya]

Bicycle Thieves

The name of the movie is "The Bicycle Thief".

If that wasn't included I would have dismissed the whole lest. I rate this as better than Citizen Kane in American filmmaking. The colorization was a tragedy.

Ted Turner is such an asshole. I heard somewhere that Orson Wells's last words (or some of them) were to "Keep his [Turner's] filthy hands off my movie". As for Mockingbird being better than Kane, that's an opinion I respect, but the visuals in Kane are much better. But then again, been a few years since Iv'e seen Mockingbird.

Some Like it Hot is the funniest movie ever made, and I really think Sanjuro (and maybe NxNW) should be on the list.