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Film Classics for the Whole Family

Significant Films from the Golden Age of Hollywood

Note on age recommendations: remember, it always depends on the kid!
4 and Up
	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) Singin� in the Rain (1952) Stagecoach (1939) The Gold Rush (1925) Safety Last! (1923) Sherlock Jr. (1924) The Court Jester (1956) Duck Soup (1933) National Velvet (1944) The Ten Commandments (1956) Funny Face (1957) A Hard Day�s Night (1964) Top Hat (1935) Heidi (1937) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

8 and Up

The African Queen (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
North by Northwest (1959)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Metropolis (1927)
His Girl Friday (1940)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Lady Eve (1941)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Adam�s Rib (1949)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Stage Door (1937)
It�s a Gift (1934)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Little Women (1933)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Roman Holiday (1953)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Thin Man (1934)
Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

13 and Up
	Psycho (1960) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Casablanca (1942) Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) On the Waterfront (1954) Nosferatu (1922) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) King Kong (1933)

More Movie Suggestions
	The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty Burr	Introduce your child to film classics beyond animation while educating them about various periods of American history. For more information about these and other films, see your local librarian. Keep in mind that there are a lot more where these came from!