The 50 films you should see by the age of 14 is a list created by the British Film Institute in 2005 to inspire parents and educators to take movies as seriously as books and other kinds of art.

I have seen the ones in bold.

Top Ten

• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Kes (1969)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• The 400 Blows (1959)
• Show Me Love (1998)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Where is My Friend’s House? (1987)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The following 40 in alphabetical order

* A Day at the Races (1937)
* The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
* Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
* Back to the Future (1985)
* Beauty and the Beast (1946)
* Beauty and the Beast (1991)
* Billy Elliot (2000)
* Edward Scissorhands (1990)
* To Be and to Have (2002)
* Finding Nemo (2003)
* It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
* Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
* The Kid (1921)
* King Kong (1933)
* Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
* Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
* My Life as a Dog (1985)
* My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
* Oliver Twist (1948)
* The Outsiders (1983)
* Pather Panchali (1955)
* Play Time (1967)
* The Princess Bride (1987)
* Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* The Railway Children (1970)
* The Red Balloon (1956)
* Romeo + Juliet (1996)
* The Secret Garden (1993)
* Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Some Like It Hot (1959)
* The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
* Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
* To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
* A Trip to the Moon (1902)
* Walkabout (1971)
* Whale Rider (2002)
* Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
* The White Balloon (1995)