Movies for Children to Watch to get Scared and Grow Up

A pictorial presentation can be found: Here

• Dumbo (dir. Ben Sharpsteen, 1941; USA)

• Night of the Hunter (dir. Charles Laughton, 1955; USA)*

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (dir. Don Siegel, 1956; USA)

• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (dir. Robert Stevenson, 1959; USA)

• The Birds (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1963; USA)

• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (dir. Mel Stuart, 1971; USA)

• House / Hausu (dir. Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, 1977; Japan)*

• The Secret of NIMH (dir. Don Bluth, 1982; USA)

• Gremlins (dir. Joe Dante, 1984; USA)*

• Return to Oz (dir. Walter Murch, 1985; UK/USA)

• The Peanut Butter Solution (dir. Michael Rubbo, 1985; Canada)

• Labyrinth (dir. Jim Henson, 1986; UK/USA)

• Beetlejuice (dir. Tim Burton; 1988; USA)*

• Lady in White (dir. Frank LaLoggia, 1988; USA)*

• The 'Burbs (dir. Joe Dante, 1989; USA)

• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (dir. Masami Hata & William T. Hurtz, 1989; Japan/USA)

• The Witches (dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1990; UK/USA)*

• Ernest Scared Stupid (dir. John R. Cherry III, 1991; USA)

• James and the Giant Peach (dir. Henry Selick, 1996; UK/USA)

• Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001; Japan)

*Parental Previewing is Recommended for Young Children*

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