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Best Live-Action Children's Movies

Filmaffinity's Ranking of the Best Children's Movies (Excluding Animation) in the history of film with +400 votes

- 1
- Mary Poppins
  
  1964
  
  Robert Stevenson
  
  Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Ed Wynn ...
- 7.1
  
  91,880
- 2
- The NeverEnding Story
  
  1984
  
  Wolfgang Petersen
  
  Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Moses Gunn, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes ...
- 6.9
  
  98,655
- 3
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  
  1971
  
  Mel Stuart
  
  Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Michael Bollner ...
- 6.9
  
  7,292
- 4
- Paddington 2
  
  2017
  
  Paul King
  
  Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent ...
- 6.8
  
  3,423
- 5
- A Little Princess
  
  1995
  
  Alfonso Cuarón
  
  Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer, Arthur Malet ...
- 6.8
  
  4,969
The Taste of Things
- 6
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  
  2001
  
  Chris Columbus
  
  Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris ...
- 6.8
  
  85,780
- 7
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  
  2005
  
  Tim Burton
  
  Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Deep Roy, Helena Bonham Carter ...
- 6.6
  
  96,167
- 8
- The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
  
  1953
  
  Roy Rowland
  
  Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig, John Heasley ...
- 6.4
  
  539
- 9
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  
  1968
  
  Ken Hughes
  
  Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Anna Quayle, Lionel Jeffries ...
- 6.3
  
  5,674
- 10
- Hook
  
  1991
  
  Steven Spielberg
  
  Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Caroline Goodall ...
- 6.3
  
  50,446
- 11
- The Gnome-Mobile
  
  1967
  
  Robert Stevenson
  
  Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Richard Deacon, Tom Lowell ...
- 6.3
  
  1,025
- 12
- Pippi on the Run
  
  1970
  
  Olle Hellbom
  
  Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Hans Alfredson, Benno Sterzenbach, Walter Richter
- 6.2
  
  430
- 13
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
  
  1992
  
  Brian Henson
  
  The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine, Steven Mackintosh, Meredith Braun ...
- 6.2
  
  4,223
- 14
- The Black Stallion
  
  1979
  
  Carroll Ballard
  
  Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton ...
- 6.2
  
  1,284
- 15
- Peter Pan
  
  2003
  
  P.J. Hogan
  
  Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Olivia Williams, Richard Briers ...
- 6.2
  
  9,616
- 16
- Petit Nicolas
  
  2009
  
  Laurent Tirard
  
  Maxime Godart, Valerie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Duchaussoy ...
- 6.1
  
  2,859
- 17
- Paddington
  
  2014
  
  Paul King
  
  Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin ...
- 6.1
  
  6,237
- 18
- Pete's Dragon
  
  1977
  
  Don Chaffey
  
  Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Sean Marshall, Red Buttons, Jim Dale ...
- 6.0
  
  4,277
- 19
- Christmas Story
  
  2007
  
  Juha Wuolijoki
  
  Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Kari Väänänen, Minna Haapkylä, Mikko Leppilampi ...
- 6.0
  
  817
- 20
- Matilda
  
  1996
  
  Danny DeVito
  
  Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris ...
- 6.0
  
  31,164
Poor Things
- 21
- Roald Dahl's Matilda: the Musical
  
  2022
  
  Matthew Warchus
  
  Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Lashana Lynch ...
- 5.9
  
  1,675
- 22
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
  
  2008
  
  Mark Waters
  
  Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, David Strathairn ...
- 5.9
  
  8,391
- 23
- The Little Princess
  
  1939
  
  Walter Lang
  
  Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero ...
- 5.9
  
  578
- 24
- Pete's Dragon
  
  2016
  
  David Lowery
  
  Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley ...
- 5.9
  
  5,574
- 25
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
  
  1984
  
  Frank Oz
  
  The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman ...
- 5.8
  
  1,185
- 26
- Tom Sawyer
  
  1973
  
  Don Taylor
  
  Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, Jodie Foster ...
- 5.8
  
  530
- 27
- Duma
  
  2005
  
  Carroll Ballard
  
  Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Eamonn Walker, Nadia Kretschmer ...
- 5.8
  
  762
- 28
- Hocus Pocus
  
  1993
  
  Kenny Ortega
  
  Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch ...
- 5.8
  
  12,714
- 29
- The Muppet Movie
  
  1979
  
  James Frawley
  
  The Muppets, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise ...
- 5.7
  
  1,106
- 30
- A Boy Called Christmas
  
  2021
  
  Gil Kenan
  
  Michiel Huisman, Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith, Sally Hawkins, Toby Jones ...
- 5.7
  
  1,649

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