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The 101 Greatest Films About Childhood According to Filmicability

"In determining this list, I had to juggle a few things. First, how did the idea of childhood (and often the transition into adulthood) most figure into the story? Sometimes, childhood (or, more often, the teen years) ventured too closely into maturity, & so I had to negate titles which are really films about newly minted adulthood. Sometimes I had to figure out whether a film was about a specific child performance vs. whether it had something to impart about childhood in general. I had to balance how some of these films had as much or more to say about adulthood as they did about being a kid. I wanted to balance out the number of female-oriented films with the male ones, and I had to think about those films that were more about the experience the child in question was feeling, rather than childhood itself. And, of course, I had to consider simply what were the best films of them all...so, with all this in mind, here are my choices" - filmicability.blogspot.com
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The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
3
Seven Up! (1964)
Seven Up! (1964)
4
Seven Plus Seven
Seven Plus Seven
5
A Little Romance (1979)
A Little Romance (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
6
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
11
Ponette (1996)
Ponette (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
12
The Tree of Life (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
13
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
14
Small Change (1976)
Small Change (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
15
Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
Hope and Glory (1987)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
17
Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
18
Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
20
American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
22
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
24
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
25
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
Over the Edge (1979)
Over the Edge (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
27
Los Olvidados (1950)
Los Olvidados (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
28
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
29
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
30
Kes (1969)
Kes (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Moonbird (1959)
Moonbird (1959)
32
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
33
Paper Moon (1973)
Paper Moon (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
Forbidden Games (1952)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Margaret (2011)
Margaret (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
36
Elephant (2003)
Elephant (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
37
Mouchette (1967)
Mouchette (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
38
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
39
The Long Day Closes (1992)
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
40
The Innocents (1961)
The Innocents (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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