Greatest Kids Movies of the 1980s

The Top Ten
1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
2 The Little Mermaid

One of my favorites.

3 Back to the Future
4 An American Tail
5 The Goonies

My girls have watched it almost every year, at least once a year since it came out.

6 The Fox and the Hound
7 Flight of the Navigator

How was this for kids? There was profanity in it, and kids shouldn't get into profanity.
I understand why it was rated PG.

8 The Land Before Time
9 The Princess Bride
10 Gremlins
The Contenders
11 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Although, I must admit, the film offers a lot of things exclusively to a more grown up audience as well. As funny and cartoonish as it is, which is what kids will enjoy, it's also a really great and often atmospheric film noir. In fact, it's often as great as "Gilda" or "The Killers", just with it being set in a world where toons and humans coexist, and this is delivered so believably that you soon accept is as completely normal and natural.

12 The Karate Kid
13 Sixteen Candles

not a kids movies at all common sense media says 16 +

14 Stand by Me

Not a kids movie, but still a great movie

15 The Neverending Story
16 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
17 Labyrinth
18 The Outsiders
19 A Christmas Story
20 My Little Pony the Movie
21 All Dogs Go to Heaven
22 Sesame Street: Follow that Bird
23 Transformers the Movie (1987)
24 Oliver and Company
25 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
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