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Top Family Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 6
2 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 7
3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 13
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 21
5 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 44
6 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 60
7 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 62
8 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 83
9 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 87
10 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 150
11 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield 158
12 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 204
13 Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Alden Robinson 219
14 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 240
15 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 245
16 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 246
17 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 252
18 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 259
19 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 263
20 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 289
21 Bambi 1942 David Hand 311
22 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 325
23 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 329
24 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 335
25 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 342
26 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 408
27 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 415
28 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 421
29 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates 458
30 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 475
31 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 485
32 Dumbo 1941 Ben Sharpsteen 507
33 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 522
34 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 545
35 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 555
36 Oliver! 1968 Carol Reed 559
37 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 563
38 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 567
39 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Raoul Walsh 571
40 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Peter Docter 580
41 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 598
42 Harvey 1950 Henry Koster 602
43 Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 606
44 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 609
45 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark 625
46 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 627
47 The Freshman 1925 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 628
48 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 629
49 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1954 Richard Fleischer 654
50 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 657
51 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 665
52 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter 705
53 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 707
54 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 715
55 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 724
56 Whale Rider 2002 Niki Caro 737
57 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 779
58 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Norman Jewison 783
59 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 803
60 The Music Man 1962 Morton DaCosta 825
61 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 844
62 Little Women 1933 George Cukor 863
63 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 865
64 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 872
65 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 874
66 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 892
67 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 919
68 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 924
69 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 959
70 Around the World in Eighty Days 1956 Michael Anderson 985
71 The Wrong Trousers 1993 Nick Park 1011
72 Peter Pan 1953 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1031
73 The Railway Children 1970 Lionel Jeffries 1051
74 Our Hospitality 1923 John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton 1100
75 The Black Stallion 1979 Carroll Ballard 1111
76 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 Nathan Juran 1122
77 Old Yeller 1957 Robert Stevenson 1159
78 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus 1162
79 The Cameraman 1928 Edward Sedgwick 1166
80 The Karate Kid 1984 John G. Avildsen 1170
81 Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985 Tim Burton 1177
82 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 1187
83 A Little Princess 1995 Alfonso Cuarón 1229
84 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Ken Hughes 1262
85 Time Bandits 1981 Terry Gilliam 1306
86 Cool Runnings 1993 Jon Turteltaub 1315
87 The Rookie 2002 John Lee Hancock 1318
88 Tarzan 1999 Kevin Lima and Chris Buck 1373
89 Labyrinth 1986 Jim Henson 1386
90 Fly Away Home 1996 Carroll Ballard 1393
91 October Sky 1999 Joe Johnston 1396
92 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 1433
93 The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T 1953 Roy Rowland 1441
94 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Cecil B. DeMille 1459
95 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 1475
96 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 Chris Columbus 1512
97 Bye Bye Birdie 1963 George Sidney 1521
98 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 1541
99 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 1545
100 The Yearling 1946 Clarence Brown 1586
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