What are the best kids movies? Whenever we talk about kids movies then people recommend a long list of Animated movies to watch. But many times people or say kids dont want animated movies to be suggested for their slumber party or for sleepover party. Some times they just want to have a decent list of non animated movies that are made for kids and on kids and that have a good adventure in them. Keeping this in mind we made here a list of 100 Most popular kids films that are not animated. These Non animated kids movies are good to watch with family or friends. These movies are not only loved by kids and children but also are praised by mature audience.
As Kids are said to have broader range of imagining things and are more attracted towards fantasy elements so most of the kids movies are made on fictional fantasy stories. Kids movies came in limelight in the 1930s when the Walt disney focused on animation genre and named it a genre specially for kids. After that many directors and producers produced kids only movies that were highly successful. While many chose the animation genre for that some also went for non animated movies. Both style of movies were loved by kids. The success of kids movies in Hollywood also inspired many other film industries around the globe for Kids films and now many kids movies are listed as blockbusters on box office.
Here is a list of 100 Most popular Kids films. This list is updated regularly so you will find old classic kids movies to latest most recent kids movies.
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100. How the Grinch Stole the Christmas
Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Christine Baranski, Jim Carrey, Molly Shannon, Bill Irwin, Jeffrey Tambor
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 51%
Release Date – 8 November 2000
Box Office – $345.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
99. Daddy Day Care
Director – Steve Carr
Cast – Steve Zahn, Eddie Murphy, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Garlin, Regina King
IMDB Rating – 5.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 27%
Release Date – 4 May 2003
Box Office – $164.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
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98. Free Willy
Director – Simon Wincer
Cast – Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen, Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, August Schellenberg
IMDB Rating – 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 16 July 1993
Box Office – $153.6 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
97. The Princess Diaries
Director – Garry Marshall
Cast – Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, Héctor Elizondo
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 47%
Release Date – 29 July 2001
Box Office – $165.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –
96. Mirror Mirror
Director – Tarsem Singh
Cast – Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Sean Bean, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Nathan Lane
IMDB Rating – 5.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 50%
Release Date – 20 April 2012
Box Office – $183 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
95. George of the Jungle
Director – Sam Weisman
Cast – Richard Roundtree, Holland Taylor, Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, John Cleese, Thomas Haden Church
IMDB Rating – 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 57%
Release Date – 16 July 1997
Box Office – $174.4 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
94. Inkheart
Director – Iain Softley
Cast – Eliza Bennett, Brendan Fraser, Helen Mirren, Paul Bettany, Andy Serkis, Jim Broadbent
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 38%
Release Date – 11 December 2008
Box Office – $62,450,361
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
93. The Pacifier
Director – Adam Shankman
Cast – Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Carol Kane, Brittany Snow, Brad Garrett, Brittany Snow
IMDB Rating – 5.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 20%
Release Date – 1 March 2005
Box Office – $198.6 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
92. The Three Musketeers (1993)
Director – Stephen Herek
Cast – Tim Curry, Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca De Mornay, Charlie Sheen, Oliver Platt
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 31%
Release Date – 12 November 1993
Box Office – $53.9 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
91. Dennis the Menace
Director – Nick Castle
Cast – Lea Thompson, Walter Matthau, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Plowright, Paul Winfield, Mason Gamble
IMDB Rating – 5.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 28%
Release Date – 25 June 1993
Box Office – $117.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
90. A Little Princess
Director – Alfonso Cuarón
Cast – Eleanor Bron, Liesel Matthews, Liam Cunningham
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 10 May 1995
Box Office – $10 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
89. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director – Steve Barron
Cast – Elias Koteas, Judith Hoag
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 40%
Release Date – 30 March 1990
Box Office – $202 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
88. Bedtime Stories
Director – Adam Shankman
Cast – Guy Pearce, Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Russell Brand, Jonathan Pryce, Teresa Palmer, Richard Griffiths
IMDB Rating – 6
Rotten Tomatoes – 26%
Release Date – 24 December 2008
Box Office – $212.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
87. Cheaper by the Dozen
Director – Shawn Levy
Cast – Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Ashton Kutcher, Piper Perabo, Forrest Landis
IMDB Rating – 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 24%
Release Date – 25 December 2003
Box Office – $190.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
86. Doctor Dolittle
Director – Betty Thomas
Cast – Ossie Davis, Eddie Murphy, Oliver Platt
IMDB Rating – 5.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 43%
Release Date – 25 June 1998
Box Office – $294.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
85. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Diane Salinger, Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Judd Omen, Mark Holton
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 26 July 1985
Box Office – $40.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
84. Mouse Hunt
Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Maury Chaykin, Christopher Walken, Lee Evans, Nathan Lane
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 19 December 1997
Box Office – $122.4 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
83. Short Circuit
Director – John Badham
Cast – Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Ally Sheedy, G. W. Bailey, Austin Pendleton
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 9 May 1986
Box Office – $40.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
82. Spy kids
Director – Robert Rodriguez
Cast – Alexa Vega, Alan Cumming, Daryl Sabara, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Teri Hatcher, Robert Patrick
IMDB Rating – 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 18 March 2001
Box Office – $147.9 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
81. Journey to the Center of Earth
Director – Eric Brevig
Cast – Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem, Josh Hutcherson
IMDB Rating – 5.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – 12 September 2008
Box Office – $242 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
80. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
Director – Stephen Herek
Cast – Joan Plowright, Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
IMDB Rating – 5.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 39%
Release Date – 27 November 1996
Box Office – $320.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
79. Eragon
Director – Stefen Fangmeier
Cast – Jeremy Irons, Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Weisz, Joss Stone
IMDB Rating – 5.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 16%
Release Date – 15 December 2006
Box Office – $249.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
78. The Game Plan
Director – Andy Fickman
Cast – Morris Chestnut, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 29%
Release Date – 23 September 2007
Box Office – $146.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –
77. The Mighty Ducks
Director – Stephen Herek
Cast – Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Josef Sommer, Lane Smith, Heidi Kling, Joshua Jackson, Brandon Adams
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 23%
Release Date – 2 October 1992
Box Office – $50.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
76. Ella Enchanted
Director – Tommy O’Haver
Cast – Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Anne Hathaway, Steve Coogan, Aidan McArdle, Minnie Driver, Vivica A. Fox
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 50%
Release Date – 9 April 2004
Box Office – $27.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
75. Casper
Director – Brad Silberling
Cast – Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 44%
Release Date – 26 May 1995
Box Office – $287.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
74. Evan Almighty
Director – Tom Shadyac
Cast – Lauren Graham, Morgan Freeman, Steve Carell, John Michael Higgins, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes
IMDB Rating – 5.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 23%
Release Date – 22 June 2007
Box Office – $173.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
73. Holes
Director – Andrew Davis
Cast – Tim Blake Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Sigourney Weaver, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 11 April 2003
Box Office – $71.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
72. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Director – Zach Helm
Cast – Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Zach Mills, Jason Bateman
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 38%
Release Date – 15 November 2007
Box Office – $69.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
Director – Randal Kleiser
Cast – Joey Cramer
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 30 July 1986
Box Office – $18,564,613
Genre – Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
70. City of Ember
Director – Gil Kenan
Cast – Saoirse Ronan, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones, Tim Robbins, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 10 October 2008
Box Office – $17.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
69. The Rocketeer
Director – Joe Johnston
Cast – Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 63%
Release Date – 21 June 1991
Box Office – $46.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
68. Beethoven
Director – Brian Levant
Cast – Bonnie Hunt, Charles Grodin, Dean Jones, Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt
IMDB Rating – 5.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 33%
Release Date – 3 April 1992
Box Office – $147.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
67. Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra
Director – Alain Chabat
Cast – Alain Chabat, Christian Clavier Gérard Depardieu, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci, Gérard Darmon
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 30 January 2002
Box Office – $111.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
66. Nanny McPhee
Director – Kirk Jones, Susanna White
Cast – Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 28 October 2005
Box Office – $122.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
65. The Water Horse
Director – Jay Russell
Cast – Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, Alex Etel, Brian Cox, David Morrissey
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 25 December 2007
Box Office – $103.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
64. Zathura: A Space Adventure
Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Kristen Stewart, Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 8 November 2005
Box Office – $64.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
63. Uncle Buck
Director – John Hughes
Cast – Amy Madigan, John Candy
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – 16 August 1989
Box Office – $79.2 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
62. Sky High
Director – Mike Mitchell
Cast – Danielle Panabaker, Kelly Preston, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Angarano
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 24 July 2005
Box Office – $86.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
61. The Last Starfighter
Director – Nick Castle
Cast – Catherine Mary Stewart, Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O’Herlihy
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 13 July 1984
Box Office – $28,733,290
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
60. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Director – Thor Freudenthal
Cast – Robert Capron, Zachary Gordon, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn
Robert Capron
Rachael Harris
Steve Zahn
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 52%
Release Date – 18 March 2010
Box Office – $75.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
59. Mr. Bean’s Holiday
Director – Steve Bendelack
Cast – Willem Dafoe, Rowan Atkinson, Max Baldry, Karel Roden, Emma de Caunes
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 52%
Release Date – 24 March 2007
Box Office – $229.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
58. Cats and Dogs (2001)
Director – Lawrence Guterman
Cast – Alexander Pollock, Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins
IMDB Rating – 5.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 4 July 2001
Box Office – $200.7 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
57. My Girl (1991)
Director – Howard Zieff
Cast – Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Macaulay Culkin, Griffin Dunne, Anna Chlumsky
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 56%
Release Date – 27 November 1991
Box Office – $59.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
56. RV (2006)
Director – Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast – Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hutcherson, Cheryl Hines
IMDB Rating – 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 23%
Release Date – 28 April 2006
Box Office – $87.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
55. The Parent Trap
Director – Nancy Meyers
Cast – Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 20 July 1998
Box Office – $92.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
54. Hocus Pocus (1993)
Director – Kenny Ortega
Cast – Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Thora Birch
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 33%
Release Date – 16 July 1993
Box Office – $39.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
53. Peter Pan (2003)
Director – P. J. Hogan
Cast – Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ludivine Sagnier, Lynn Redgrave, Olivia Williams
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 23 April 2004
Box Office – $122 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
52. Cool Runnings
Director – Jon Turteltaub
Cast – Malik Yoba, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, John Candy
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 1 October 1993
Box Office – $154.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
51. The Spiderwick Chronicles
Director – Mark Waters
Cast – Mary-Louise Parker, Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen, Joan Plowright, Martin Short
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 18 April 2008
Box Office – $162.8 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
50. Freaky Friday
Director – Mark Waters
Cast – Jamie Lee Curtis, Harold Gould, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Vidal, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chad Michael Murray
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 6 August 2003
Box Office – $160.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
49. Last Action Hero
Director – John McTiernan
Cast – Charles Dance, F. Murray Abraham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Carney, Tom Noonan, Frank McRae, Anthony Quinn
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 36%
Release Date – 13 June 1993
Box Office – $137.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
48. Hook
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Maggie Smith, Dustin Hoffman, Charlie Korsmo, Bob Hoskins
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 26%
Release Date – 8 December 1991
Box Office – $300.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
47. The Golden Compass
Director – Chris Weitz
Cast – Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Ian McKellen, Dakota Blue Richards, Eva Green, Ian McShane
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 4 January 2008
Box Office – $372 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
46. Marley & Me
Director – David Frankel
Cast – Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 25 December 2008
Box Office – $247.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
45. Whale Rider
Director – Niki Caro
Cast – Rawiri Paratene, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Cliff Curtis, Vicky Haughton
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 30 January 2003
Box Office – $41.4 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
44. Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Director – Joe Johnston
Cast – Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 23 June 1989
Box Office – $222.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
43. Elf
Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Will Ferrell, James Caan, Daniel Tay, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 7 November 2003
Box Office – $220.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
42. Jumanji
Director – Joe Johnston
Cast – Kirsten Dunst, Robin Williams, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Hyde, Bonnie Hunt, Bebe Neuwirth
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – 15 December 1995
Box Office – $262.8 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
41. Secondhand Lions
Director – Tim McCanlies
Cast – Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Haley Joel Osment
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 19 September 2003
Box Office – $77 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
40. The Secret Garden
Director – Agnieszka Holland
Cast – Maggie Smith, Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – 13 August 1993
Box Office – $31.2 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
39. Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events
Director – Brad Silberling
Cast – Emily Browning, Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Catherine O’Hara, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall
IMDB Rating – 8 September 1963
Rotten Tomatoes – 6.8
Release Date – 72%
Box Office – $209.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
38. Baby’s Day Out
Director – Patrick Read Johnson
Cast – Joe Pantoliano, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Mantegna
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 20%
Release Date – 1 July 1994
Box Office – $16.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –
37. Son of Rambow
Director – Garth Jennings
Cast – Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Bill Milner, Neil Dudgeon, Jules Sitruk, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing, Eric Sykes
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 4 April 2008
Box Office – $10.1 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –
36. Field of Dreams
Director – Phil Alden Robinson
Cast – Amy Madigan, Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 21 April 1989
Box Office – $84.4 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
35. Oz The Great and the Powerful
Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Michelle Williams, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Bill Cobbs, Zach Braff, Tony CoxJames Franco
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 59%
Release Date – 8 March 2013
Box Office – $493.3 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
34. Night at the Museum
Director – Shawn Levy
Cast – Robin Williams, Dick van Dyke, Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – December 22, 2006
Box Office – $574.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
33. Eight Below
Director – Frank Marshall
Cast – Moon Bloodgood, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Walker, Jason Biggs
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 17 February 2006
Box Office – $120.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
32. Miracle (2004)
Director – Gavin O’Connor
Cast – Kurt Russell, Noah Emmerich, Patricia Clarkson
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 6 February 2004
Box Office – $64.5 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –
31. Time Bandits (1981)
Director – Terry Gilliam
Cast – Katherine Helmond, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Michael Palin, Ian Holm
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 2 July 1981
Box Office – $42.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
30. The Rookie
Director – John Lee Hancock
Cast – Jay Hernandez, Dennis Quaid, Brian Cox, Rachel Griffiths
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 29 March 2002
Box Office – $80.7 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Sport
Awards – None
Plot –
29. The Sandlot (1993)
Director – David Mickey Evans
Cast – Patrick Renna, Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Adams, Shane Obedzinski
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 1 April 1993
Box Office – $33.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
28. Enchanted
Director – Kevin Lima
Cast – Patrick Dempsey, Amy Adams, James Marsden, Idina Menzel, Susan Sarandon, Timothy Spall
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 17 November 2007
Box Office – $340.5 million
Genre – Animation, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
27. The Never Ending Story
Director – Wolfgang Petersen
Cast – Tami Stronach, Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn, Patricia Hayes
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 6 April 1984
Box Office – $100 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
26. Miracle on the 34th Street
Director – George Seaton
Cast – Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O’Hara
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 2 May 1947
Box Office – $2.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –
25. Labyrinth
Director – Jim Henson
Cast – Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – 27 June 1986
Box Office – $12.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
24. Stardust
Director – Matthew Vaughn
Cast – Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Mark Strong, Jason Flemyng, Ricky Gervais
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 29 July 2007
Box Office – $137 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
23. Alice in Wonderland
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Mia Wasikowska, Alan Rickman, Matt Lucas
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 51%
Release Date – 25 February 2010
Box Office – $1.025 billion
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
22. Hugo
Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Ray Winstone, Chloë Grace Moretz Jude Law, Emily Mortimer
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 May 2012
Box Office – $185.8 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –
21. Marry Poppins
Director – Robert Stevenson
Cast – Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns, Julie Andrews, David Tomlinson, Hermione Baddeley, Matthew Garber
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 26 August 1964
Box Office – $102.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
Plot –
20. Finding Neverland
Director – Marc Forster
Cast – Radha Mitchell, Julie Christie, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 28 January 2005
Box Office – $116.8 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
19. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Director – Mel Stuart
Cast – Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Denise Nickerson
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 30 June 1971
Box Office – $4.5 million
Genre – Family, Fantasy, Musical
Awards – None
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18. We Bought a Zoo
Director – Cameron Crowe
Cast – Thomas Haden Church, Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Elle Fanning
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 23 March 2012
Box Office – $120.1 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
17. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Director – Lasse Hallström
Cast – Joan Allen, Erick Avari, Jason Alexander, Richard Gere
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 8 July 2009
Box Office – $46.7 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
16. Bridge to Terabithia
Director – Gábor Csupó
Cast – Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Bailee Madison, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 16 February 2007
Box Office – $138 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
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15. The Karate Kid (1984)
Director – John G. Avildsen
Cast – Elisabeth Shue, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, Ralph Macchio
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 22 June 1984
Box Office – $91 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
14. The Sound of Music
Director – Robert Wise
Cast – Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 2 March 1965
Box Office – $286.2 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Family
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Noah Taylor, Freddie Highmore, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Missi Pyle, Deep Roy, David Kelly
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 10 July 2005
Box Office – $475 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
12. The Kid (1921)
Director – Charlie Chaplin
Cast – Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 21 January 1921
Box Office – $5,450,000
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
11. The Chronicles of Narnia
Director – Andrew Adamson
Cast – Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Liam Neeson, Georgie Henley
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 9 December 2005
Box Office – $745 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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10. The Muppets
Director – James Bobin
Cast – Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Jason Segel, Amy Adams
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 23 November 2011
Box Office – $165.2 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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9. The Gold Rush (1925)
Director – Charlie Chaplin
Cast – Mack Swain, Georgia Hale, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Murray, Malcolm Waite
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 26 June 1925
Box Office – $4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –
8. A Christmas Story
Director – Bob Clark
Cast – Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 11 December 1987
Box Office – $20.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
7. The Princess Bride
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Wallace Shawn
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 25 September 1987
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
6. It’s a Wonderful Life
Director – Frank Capra
Cast – Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 20 December 1946
Box Office – $3.3 million
Genre – Drama, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
5. The Goonies
Director – Richard Donner
Cast – Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, Kerri Green
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – 7 June 1985
Box Office – $61.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
4. The Wizard of Oz
Director – Victor Fleming
Cast – Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke, Jack Haley
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 6 January 1952
Box Office – $25.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –
3. E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 10 June 1982
Box Office – $792.9 million
Genre – Family, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
Plot –
2. Home Alone
Director – Chris Columbus
Cast – Joe Pesci Macaulay Culkin, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 18 October 1991
Box Office – $476.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
1. Harry Potter Series
Director – Chris Columbus
Cast – Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, John Cleese, Richard Harris, Richard Harris, Ian Hart
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 12 April 2002
Box Office – $975.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –
So this was our list of 100 Greatest Kids films ever made. Do you think we over rated or under rated any film? Do you think we missed any good kids film? If yes then do let us know in comments.
