I am going to be a father and am making a jellyfin setup for my child. I want to start early to make a good collection of movies and shows. So I am interested in knowing what other people experienced as positive influences in their lives.
Edit: English and Norwegian is fine, but I can always get dubbed versions of other languages. We will be speaking English and Norwegian with our child from birth. But want to introduce our child to many types of cultures, religions etc.
- The Lion King (original)
- Mulan (original)
- Jurassic Park
- Princess Mononoke
- Castle in the Sky
- Spirited Away
- Forrest Gump
- Aladdin (original)
- Men in Black
- Galaxy Quest
- Home Alone
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Matrix
- Toy Story
- Top Gun
- The Terminator
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- Cowboy Bebop
Princess Mononoke might be a little dark for an earlier age. There’s some really brutal scenes in it.
Of course that didn’t stop it from being my favorite from age 8 onward, but still.
Terminator, the matrix and cowboy beebop are to much as well
Yeah there’s literal dismemberment in the early scenes, plus thematically it’s pretty mature too
I’m picturing a toddler seeing a soldier get beheaded by an arrow from horseback, looks over at Dad for emotional support, and Dad looks on with an approving grin, comfortable that he’s made the right choice of early childhood films.
Also, The Matrix/Terminator as a suggestion for a small child is a big lol.
Funny that you point out the originals Disney movies, that made me think, did the remakes made any impact on the younger generation or is too soon to know that?
Man, I really hope those were just forgettable for them. The Lion King live action remake is so damn disappointing. All the emotion, all the storytelling, just gone. It’s a very poor imitation of the original.
Remakes can be good. The new Dune movies are worlds better than the 70s movie; that is a movie that needed a proper remake. The new ones actually do the books justice.
Hell yeah yu yu hakusho is so good!!! So much raw emotion with great story telling and cool fights. I know he’s the bad guy but when younger toguro turns down a ticket to heaven so he can suffer in purgatory cuz he thinks he doesn’t deserve it gets me so hard everytime.
it gets me so hard everytime.
Phrasing! Hahaha
Lots of episodes can get a little violent but the first episode is golden for teaching perspective and that the “bad guys/good guys” dichotomy isn’t what it seems, and to be kind to everyone, in a way that is a little easier to digest when they’re little.
Zorro (1957 but I was born later 😂) was certainly the most important show I seen in my youth. He made me choose fencing as sport for more than 10 years and he taught me to be honest and Fair when I was younger
I’d like to think Babe taught me a thing or two about kindness and cooperation
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Once Upon A Forest (1993) [idmb:tt0107745]
In the wake of an environmental disaster, the children have to work together to solve problems, and save their friend.
I’m a dad, so a lot of these arewhat I’ve found for mine, which was of course influenced by my childhood.
Get The Owl House now for when they’re a bit older, before Disney buries it in the ground.
Danger Mouse both old and new ones, the new ones are amazing.
Duck Tales both old and new, again the new ones are amazing.
Frozen and Moana are IMHO the best of Disney’s movies, all of Pixar’s catalogue.
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Angry Beavers
Hey Arnold
Rocko’s Modern Life
Rugrats
Gullah Gullah Island
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Basically mid 90s Nickelodeon defined my childhood, and the media’s only gotten worse from there on out! :p
Patch Adams
Same Robin Hood as in the thumbnail for sure.
Also not yet listed, heavily 80s titles:
The Princess Bride
The Neverending Story
Beetlejuice
Big
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Dark Crystal
The Rats of Nimh
The Last Unicorn
An American Tale
Batteries Not Included
Fiddler on the Roof
Ghostbusters
Anything with the Muppets up to Treasure Island.
Back to the Future (2015 no longer the future fantasy it one was)
The Muppets Christmas Carol is downright perfect. Merry Christmas!
Look up the original Tik-Tak from the BRTN. it’s non spoken animation with shapes, sounds and music. Great for toddlers. All the music is ingrained in me :D
Other good show from the BRTN was “Er was eens”. They are split up in 4 main "seasons: de mens, de aarde, de ruimte and het leven.
History, how earth was formed and evolved, space and human biology.
Dutch and French, I’m not sure if it was ever dubbed English, but my kids watched this on repeat.
David the Gnome and Flight of Dragons
As a relatively new father (my daughter is around 2.5 years old), you have plenty of time. They’ll be a loving little lump for a while.
What she has loved so far:
- Bluey (a beautiful show about parenting in disguise as a kids show)
- Mister Roger’s Neighborhood (all episodes available on archive.org, but they have to be reorganized/renamed at least for Kodi tagging)
- The Mhppets Show (and anything else muppets)
- (Modern) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (cg show, and Clubhouse+, the short renewal)
- Dragon Prince
- Sesame Street
- Moana (2 to a lesser extent)
- Finding Nemo/Dory
- Lion King
- Little Mermaid
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Mary Poppins
- Aladin
- Frozen (and all the spinoff stuff)
- Mickey Donald and Goofy: Three Musketeers (this is her current obsession, probably watched it 10 times in the last week)
I’ll come back and edit this with my own shows later.
Growing up I really loved the animated series Alfred Jonathan Quack or Alfred Kvakk in Norwegian. It’s about a duck, his farther (I think) is a mole and the antagonist is a nazi-styled crow called Dolf. My favourite episode was about this island they visited which turned out to be the shell of this gigantic turtle.
Another favourite was The World of David the Gnome. It’s about a gnome who lives in or under a tree and has all sorts of adventures with animals. The books it’s based on are also great, I still have them.
I don’t know if you can still find these series since they’re pretty old.
I am definitly not indian but I loved 3 idiots. The message it sends about you being you and how being smart works is amazing.
There is a really suprising suicide scene though but I didn’t mind as a child cause its real quick, so watch at your own discretion.
Full Metal Jacket.
