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
Robert Stevenson- Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson ...
Wolfgang Petersen- Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Moses Gunn ...
- Mel Stuart
- Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum ...
Paul King- Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins ...
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham ...
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The Taste of Things - Chris Columbus
- Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson ...
- Tim Burton
- Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly ...
- Roy Rowland
- Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried ...
- Ken Hughes
- Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall ...
- Steven Spielberg
- Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts ...
- Robert Stevenson
- Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice ...
Olle Hellbom- Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg ...
- Brian Henson
- The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine ...
- Carroll Ballard
- Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr ...
- P.J. Hogan
- Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Rachel Hurd-Wood ...
Laurent Tirard- Maxime Godart, Valerie Lemercier, Kad Merad ...
- Paul King
- Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman ...
- Don Chaffey
- Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Sean Marshall ...
Juha Wuolijoki- Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Kari Väänänen ...
- Danny DeVito
- Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman ...
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The Book of Clarence - Matthew Warchus
- Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham ...
- Mark Waters
- Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker ...
- Walter Lang
- Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise ...
- David Lowery
- Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford ...
- Frank Oz
- The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Art Carney ...
- Don Taylor
- Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates ...
- Carroll Ballard
- Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis ...
- Kenny Ortega
- Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy ...
- James Frawley
- The Muppets, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton ...
- Gil Kenan
- Michiel Huisman, Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith ...
Mary Poppins (1964)
1
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
2
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
3
Paddington 2 (2017)
4
A Little Princess (1995)
5
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
7
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
8
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
9
Hook (1991)
10
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
11
Pippi on the Run (1970)
12
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
13
The Black Stallion (1979)
14
Peter Pan (2003)
15
Le petit Nicolas (2009)
16
Paddington (2014)
17
Pete's Dragon (1977)
18
Christmas Story (2007)
19
Matilda (1996)
20
Roald Dahl's Matilda: the Musical (2022)
21
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
22
The Little Princess (1939)
23
Pete's Dragon (2016)
24
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
25
Tom Sawyer (1973)
26
Duma (2005)
27
Hocus Pocus (1993)
28
The Muppet Movie (1979)
29
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
30
