Parenting isn’t always perfect and just when you think you’ve got things under control, you realise you have to find a way to entertain your kids whilst you catch up on housework or are trying to work from home.
So what does a mum do?
Simple! Why not find those really interesting kids’ films and have them in front of the screen for at least an hour. Now I wouldn’t recommend this to your bubs under two but for the bigger kids? Well, reality check: there’s laundry and dishes piling up so you will have to find some way to get them to sit still in one place while you try to peacefully do your chores.
Here are 100 Movies every child should watch…
And watch these films leave a mark in their life and be part of their colourful childhood…
100. Dennis the Menace (1993)
- IMDB Rating: 5.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 3.9 / 10
When his parents have to go out of town, Dennis stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who’s arrived in town.
99. The Little Rascals (1994)
- IMDB Rating: 6.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 3.8 / 10
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his “He-Man-Woman-Hating” friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
98. Home Alone (1990)
- IMDB Rating: 7.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.1 / 10
An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
97. Free Willy (1993)
- IMDB Rating: 5.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6 / 10
When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
96. Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 6.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7 /10
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship, The Dawn Treader. Along the way, they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
95. Space Chimps (2008)
- IMDB Rating: 4.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 4.6 / 10
Ham III, the grandson of the first chimp astronaut, is blasted off into space by an opportunity-seeking senator. Soon, the fun-loving chimp has to get serious about the mission at hand; ridding a far-away planet of their nefarious leader. Fortunately for Ham III, two of his simian peers are along for the ride.
94. E.T. (1982)
- IMDB Rating: 7.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2 / 10
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world.
93. Jumanji (1995)
- IMDB Rating: 6.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6 / 10
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
92. The Iron Giant (1999)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2 / 10
A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
91. The Rescuers (1977)
- IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6 / 10
Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.
90. Hercules (1997)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
The son of the Greek Gods Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
89. Gremlins (1984)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3 / 10
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
88. Back to the Future (1985)
- IMDB Rating: 8.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7 / 10
A young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.
87. Over the Hedge (2006)
- IMDB Rating: 6.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8 / 10
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating…and learns a lesson about family himself.
86. Herbie the Love Bug (1968)
- IMDB Rating: 6.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own.
85. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 / 10
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
84. The Little Mermaid (1989)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1 / 10
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.
83. The Lorax (2012)
- IMDB Rating: 6.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9 / 10
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it, he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
82. High School Musical (2006)
- IMDB Rating: 5.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5 / 10
Troy and Gabriella – two teens who are worlds apart – meet at a karaoke contest and discover their mutual love for music.
81. Brave (2012)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9 / 10
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
80. The Secret Garden (1993)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9 / 10
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle’s estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants’ brothers, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
79. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- IMDB Rating: 7.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3 / 10
A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive from the law.
78. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- IMDB Rating: 7.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4 / 10
A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit’s only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.
77. Rio (2011)
- IMDB Rating: 7.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4 / 10
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
76. The Lion King (1994)
- IMDB Rating: 8.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble.
75. The Croods (2013)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 / 10
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
74. The Incredibles (2004)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
73. Wizard of Oz (1939)
- IMDB Rating: 8.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 9.4 / 10
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado, and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
72. Bambi (1942)
- IMDB Rating: 7.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest after his mother is shot by hunters.
71. Ratatouille (2007)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4 / 10
A rat, who can cook, makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.
70. Big (1988)
- IMDB Rating: 7.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body.
69. Ice Age (2002)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8 / 10
Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a wooly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.
68. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9 / 10
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm-raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation.
67. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
- IMDB Rating: 7.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3 / 10
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
66. Spy Kids (2001)
- IMDB Rating: 5.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 / 10
The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger.
65. Aladdin (1992)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie’s magical power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.
64. The Parent Trap (1998)
- IMDB Rating: 6.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8 / 10
Identical twins, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
63. Puss In Boots (2011)
- IMDB Rating: 6.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8 / 10
The events leading up to the sword-fighting cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends.
62. Chicken Run (2000)
- IMDB Rating: 7.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1 / 10
When a bird “flies” into a chicken farm, the fellow chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.
61. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 6.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.
60. Madagascar (2005)
- IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 / 10
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs.
59. The Never Ending Story (1984)
- IMDB Rating: 7.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
58. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead, unaware her captor to be an enchanted prince.
57. Wreck It Ralph (2012)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
56. Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- IMDB Rating: 6.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.2 / 10
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighbourhood teens to the size of insects. Now, the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
55. Elf (2003)
- IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.
54. The Princess Bride (1987)
- IMDB Rating: 8.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.
53. Inside Out (2015)
- IMDB Rating: 8.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 9 / 10
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
52. Rango (2011)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6 / 10
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
51. Kung-Fu Panda (2008)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 / 10
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
50. Antz (1998)
- IMDB Rating: 6.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7 / 10
A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
49. Matilda (1996)
- IMDB Rating: 6.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5 / 10
Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable.
48. The Sound of Music (1965)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9 / 10
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
47. Holes (2003)
- IMDB Rating: 7.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.
46. Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
- IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.8 / 10
After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
45. Wall-E (2008)
- IMDB Rating: 8.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5 / 10
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
44. Babe (1995)
- IMDB Rating: 6.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
43. The Karate Kid (1984)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9 / 10
A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.
42. The Goonies (1985)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 / 10
In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate’s ancient treasure.
41. Cars (2006)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9 / 10
A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.
40. Hugo (2011)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 /10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
39. Freaky Friday (2003)
- IMDB Rating: 6.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other’s life for one freaky Friday.
38. Tangled (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5 / 10
The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
37. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- IMDB Rating: 6.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 / 10
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world’s most unusual candy maker.
36. Shrek (2001)
- IMDB Rating: 7.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8 / 10
After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, an ogre agrees to rescue a princess for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.
35. Mary Poppins (1964)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker’s unhappy family.
34. Coraline (2009)
- IMDB Rating: 7.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8 / 10
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealised version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
33. Despicable Me (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 7.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8 / 10
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
32. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Series (1987)
- IMDB Rating: 8.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
The adventures of a quartet of humanoid warrior turtles and their friends.
31. Cinderella (2015)
- IMDB Rating: 7.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2 / 10
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
30. Monsters Inc (2001)
- IMDB Rating: 8.1 /10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8 / 10
In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realise things may not be what they think.
29. Star Wars (1977)
- IMDB Rating: 8.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5 / 10
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire’s world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
28. Annie (1982)
- IMDB Rating: 6.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5 / 10
A young orphan girl’s adventures in finding a family that will take her.
27. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 8.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9 / 10
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
26. Up (2009)
- IMDB Rating: 8.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7 / 10
Seventy-eight-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
25. Rise of the Guardians (2012)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 / 10
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
24. Toy Story (1995)
- IMDB Rating: 8.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 9 / 10
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s room.
23. Harry Potter (2001)
- IMDB Rating: 7.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1 / 10
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
22. Frozen (2013)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7 / 10
When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.
21. Finding Nemo (2003)
- IMDB Rating: 8.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7 / 10
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
20. The Lego Movie (2014)
- IMDB Rating: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1 / 10
An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied ‘Special’, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.
19. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
- IMDB Rating: 7.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune’s stolen crown.
18. The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1 / 10
Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.
17. The Road to El Dorado (2000)
- IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5 / 10
Two swindlers get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
16. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- IMDB Rating: 8.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3 / 10
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
15. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- IMDB Rating: 5.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.3 / 10
A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion.
14. Spirited Away (2001)
- IMDB Rating: 8.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6 / 10
During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
13. My Girl (1991)
- IMDB Rating: 6.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5 / 10
A young girl, on the threshold of her teen years, finds her life turning upside down, when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.
12. Stuart Little (1999)
- IMDB Rating: 5.9 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3 / 10
The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants to get rid of him.
11. The Land Before Time (1988)
- IMDB Rating: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5 / 10
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
10. Shark Tale (2004)
- IMDB Rating: 6.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.2 / 10
When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidently killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
9. Charlotte’s Web (2006)
- IMDB Rating: 6.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7 / 10
Wilbur, the pig, is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
8. Curious George (2006)
- IMDB Rating: 6.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.1 / 10
Will Ferrell stars as The Man in the Yellow Hat, a gentleman who looks after his pet monkey – an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.
7. Fern Gully (1992)
- IMDB Rating: 6.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: NA
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
6. Anastasia (1997)
- IMDB Rating: 7.1 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1 / 10
The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.
5. Mulan (1998)
- IMDB Rating: 7.5 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5 / 10
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process.
4. Brother Bear (2003)
- IMDB Rating: 6.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5 / 10
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
3. Jungle Book (1976)
- IMDB Rating: 7.6 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3 / 10
Bagheera, the Panther, and Baloo, the Bear, have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilisation.
2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
- IMDB Rating: 7.0 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6 / 10
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
1. Tarzan (1999)
- IMDB Rating: 7.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6 / 10
A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.