Movies you loved as a kid

[Source Kaorin]

What movies did you used to love as kid? The ones you would watch over and over again...


Let's see, I grew up on some odd movies as a kid:

The Legend Of Hell House. The original, with Roddy McDowall, rather than that high-budget, B-movie knockoff. One of the best of the supernatural horror films of the '70s. Yes, I was pretty young when I saw it, too.

The Omen. Creepy as hell, I thought, in good measure because of the background score.

Patton. This is one of those movies that no matter how many times I've seen it, and no matter how tired I am nor what time it is at night, I'll still watch it to the end if I happen to channel surf into it. George C. Scott is amazing.

Midway. Again, if I hit it while channel surfing, I'm doomed to spend the next three hours of my life watching TV.

Oh, the heck with it... might as well just lump 'em all together: The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Kelly's Heroes, Tora Tora Tora, Das Boot, Destination: Tokyo... all the great war epics. I still get the theme to Red Ball Express stuck in my head every so often.

Some other titles at random: The Night Stalker, Dirty Harry, Death Wish, Our Man Flint, It's A Wonderful Life, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Westworld, The Andromeda Strain.

Young Frankenstein. Probably the best of the best. If I was on a deserted island and could have only one Mel Brooks film to get me by, this'd be the one.

Cat Ballou. You have to pity Jane Fonda for having to play the straight man on this one, but dear gods - Lee Marvin is hilarious. As is his horse. This one's a must-see for Nat King Cole fans, because it's his last film. I think this film was my introduction to metafiction.

To Sir With Love. This was my first Sidney Poitier film, and it certainly wasn't my last. Wow. It's a shame we don't have as many actors of that calliber nowadays. The man practically defines "screen presence".

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Again, the Gene Wilder version, not the sad Tim Burton clone. The scenes: a) in the chocolate gondola, and b) of Charlie being confronted by Wonka in his office after the tour... those are the sorts of things more kids should see.

The Poseidon Adventure. One of the best disaster movies of the 70's, I think, and certainly my favorite. This was the first Gene Hackman role I remember.

...and finally, the sort of movie I think the OP was looking for:

Krull. Yes, I know it's a bad film. Yes, I know Ynyr's name is unpronounceable, I know that Corwin smiles too much, and I know that Liam Neeson probably doesn't acknowledge making this film. But I really like this film. Always have. No reason. It's a terrible piece of cheezeball shlock that I really did enjoy enough to buy the DVD. Besides, when Ergo finally gets it right, you just can't help cheer.

[Toku King]

I loved the Godzilla and Gamera movies as a kid.
Also, I was in love with "Transformers: The Movie" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

[Tien Long]

For me, it was all about the early 90s films. Would always watch TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze, Three Ninjas, Three Ninjas Kick Back, The Sandlot, and Alladin: The Return of Jafar almost religiously after school or on the weekends.

Other than that, I was a HUGE martial arts freak. Constantly watched Bloodsport or Enter the Dragon.

[Thorlief]

A lot of em are still my favourites nowadays, so I will put the ones I adored but cannot stand anymore

Ghostbusters, I used to watch it at least three times a week

Jaws, loved it from 7 to 15, watched it almost every day

Total Recall. Wow, everything in it looked so badass when I was young

[The Xenos]

The first Ninja Tutrles movie is a movie I loved as a kid and when I go back to see it, it's still a good movie.

[nervmeister]

Surf Ninjas. A crapfest nowadays, but nicotine to my childhood self.

[Infra-Man]

Gosh... Guess they'd be:

The Great Muppet Caper
Ernest Goes to Camp
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Infra-Man
Summer School
The Goonies
Transformers: The Movie
The Wizard

[rick]

The Legend Of Hell House. The original, with Roddy McDowall, rather than that high-budget, B-movie knockoff. One of the best of the supernatural horror films of the '70s. Yes, I was pretty young when I saw it, too.

Such a disturbing and creepy film, with amazing performances from everyone involved, even Michael Gough.

Is it any wonder that I consider Richard Matheson a national treasure.

[Scorpion13]

Harryhausen/Obrien movies: All of them.
Godzilla/Gamera movies: All of them.
80s Sword and Sorcery Movies: All of them.
Superman Movies
Robocop: The first 2 anyway
Ghostbusters: Of course

[rick]

The movies from when I loved as a kid and watched every chance, I could, which, I should add, in those pre-cable, pre-video days wasn't often enough.

Here's a few of them...

Doc Savage
The Time Machine
The Abominable Doctor Phibes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
The Three & Four Musketeers (Even though they are split as two movies, I really do think of them as more or less the same film)
King Kong vs Godzilla
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Maltese Bippy
At the Earths Core
When Worlds Collide
Batman (1966)
Jason & the Argonauts
Logan's Run
War of the Worlds

And dozens and dozens of others that I can’t think of right now.

[Johnny_Luck]

Were is Stuff like Never Ending Story 1 and 2, the princess Bride and Labyrinth?

[rick]

Were is Stuff like Never Ending Story 1 and 2, the princess Bride and Labyrinth?

I was almost 30 when the Princess Bride came out.

Sorry.

[Ryan K]

Oh anything with a group of misfit kids having an adventure. The Monster Squad, Goonies, Lost Boys, etc.

[Johnny_Luck]

I was almost 30 when the Princess Bride came out.

Sorry.

I grew up watching re-runs every day of the Batman Show with West and Bard as a Kid if that counts for anything.

Luie the Lilac, King Tut, Vicent price as Egghead, Bookworm, Mad Hatter, and of course all the major cool ones like Riddler, Joker and Catwoman and penguin too.

How they were all cool two part cliff hangers til batgirl came around and they were rushed one epsidoes.

[Sanagi]

The main one that comes to mind is The Secret of NIMH.