Looking for Good Animated Movies

Hi
It is not animated but it is long, which is excellant for me. My son loved Chitty Chitty bang Bang Bang from about 3-5 yrs old. It was evn part of potty traing.

J.

Any of the Land before time series, there are several. The first might be a bit scary for a two year old but the rest are much more kid friendly. Also Winnie the Poo was a favorite of my kids and the Tigger movie ect. Rescue Heros was one that my boys enjoyed as little boys. Scooby Doo is one they all liked and they have multiple episodes so you can do a 10 20 or 30 min. tv time. Some kids love Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank but they were too slow moving for my boys.
Hope I could help.
I just remember one more idea. Some Disaney are great but can be sort of sad or scary for little ones. Disany also has several Sing along song tapes they run about 30min and have footage from all the great movies and a vartiety of excellent songs. They are fast paced and have no plot jut the fun.

Learning Leap Frog-The Letter Factory! My 3 year old LOVES it and it has so helped her learned letter recognition and pronunciation! There are more DVD's from Leap Frog(some focus on story comprehension, etc) but I just recently got this one at Barnes and Nobles $10. It is really great and very educational!

Hi! I'm pretty conservative about the media my kids watch, as they are only 2 and 3 yrs old. So far, we've let them see "Cars," "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Aristocats." They also enjoy "Winnie the Pooh" and "Thomas the Train" episodes on video. My 2 yr old is very active and won't sit through a full-length movie, so these shorter episode-type videos are better for him. I'm looking forward to when they are older and we can show them "Finding Nemo," but that would really frighten my daughter right now.

Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine are good for that age. My son loved those when he was younger.

J. R.

My kids really like... toy story 1 and 2.. any of the Lion king movies.. finding Nemo... and we stumbled across on cables on demand section old tom and jerry cartoons.. and the kids loved them.
Lenc

My son tends to get scared in movies but he really loved Bob the Builder, Toy Story, Nemo and Cars.

We watched the Curious George movie a few weeks ago and my 2-year old loved it. She's still talking about it.

Tarzan is my daughter's absolute favorite! The boys seem to love it too =) How about Cars, Nemo, Toy Story, Monsters vs Aliens, Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas...

My son loves Madagascar and my nephew can't get enough of Cars. You can try those.

Elmo always is a hit with 2 years olds. These are a bit older but mine liked Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Over the Hedge and Open Season and The Barnyard. Basically anything with talking animals.

*Ice Age is one of our favorites
*Land Before Time movies, there is a whole series of them. When our son was younger her loved these. http://www.landbeforetime.com/
*An American tail - the plot is: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
*Many of the Disney ones are very good but some would be to much for a 2 year old. But movies like Cars would be good.
*Veggie Tales and 3,2,1 Penguins are both great shows and can be viewed on DVD.

If you go to your local library they should have dvd's you can check out. I know some library's like the Crystal Lake library have a who section devoted just to kids video's and DVD's. They also the library staff should be able to help guide you to the age appropriate movies.

Enjoy,
S.

My kids (4 and 2 1/2) love most disney movies. But the 2 yr olds favorites are mickey mouse clubhouse movies (from playhouse disney)or any mickey mouse movie and Wallace and Gromit movies.

Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh also had a series years ago...my son is 17 now. He watched those videos over and over and they were short. Toy Story 1 and 2.

My kids loved the Fox & the Hound, Robin Hood, and Iron Giant (this one's my husband's fav). These are older so you may have difficulty finding them, but the public library should have them (at least on video cassette).

Finding Nemo, Monsters INC. Cars, Toy story 1 and 2. Lion King 1 , 2 and 1 1/2. Incredibles, Kong Fu Panda, Lelo and stich, Emperor's New Groove. Majority of these movies are Disney movies. Maybe you can go on their website home.disney.go.com/movies and check out some of the movies they offer.

Also maybe baby Einstien movies they are animated and they teacher concepts.

My 2-year-old son LOVES the Incredibles. He asks for it a lot. His next favorite is Monsters Inc., then The Iron Giant. And Bolt he liked too, but we don't own it yet, so I can't say 100%. Also, these aren't animated or full-length movies, but on Amazon. com I bought some Sesame Street DVDs called "Silly Songs" and "Sing Yourself Silly" that he wants to watch over and over.

Hope I've helped!

Finding Nemo, Peter Pan

Cars, Finding Nemo, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Even though they're not animated but for a 2 yr old the Baby Einstein videos are still a big hit. Or you can move up to the Little Einsteins. The Leap Frog "Letter Factory" is also a good animated and stimlating video.

A few newer movies that are good are Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens.

I concur with Cars, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. I had never seen them until I had a child and I even liked them.

Our family's favorite all-ages movie is My Neighbor Totoro, which is magical - beautifully illustrated and no language or violence issues. (Same director as the recent movie Ponyo, which my kids also loved, but Ponyo might be too much for a 2yo.) My kids like Wallace and Gromit (shorts and movies), too.

My kids also liked the Land Before Time movies, if you're looking for something musical and short (they are only about an hour.) I think for direct-to-video (except the first one), they are good quality in the animation, stories, and music.

The Winnie the Pooh Anniversary Edition is great. Also agreeing with the Toy Story votes (although there are scary parts in both movies) and Nemo.

Mine love Cars, Nemo, Monsters,INC really any of the disney. If he likes Bolt try The 101 Dalmations one and two. Baby Einsteins are also good if he deoes not like those try the Little Einsteins.

Go get the japanese movie 'My Neighbor Toturo'!! It is my son and nieces and nephew's all-time favorite movie. The same director has also made 'Kiki's Delivery Service' which is great for younger kids, and 'Ponyo' a fantasy about a goldfish who turns into a little girl and has adventures with a little boy. All of these movies are so imaginative and beautiful- totally different and less violent from a lot of American kids movies. I would not recommend his other movies until your kids are older though- they are animated, but too intense/scary for little kids.

Also, my son LOVED/ was obsessed with, lol, Milo and Otis. It is a little live action film about a cat and a pug dog on a farm who become friends. It is sort of goofy, but children LOVE it and the cat and pug are really cute.

Have fun watching! All these are movies that won't make adults tear their hair out too!

We really like some - but not all - of the old Disney movies. In particular, Robin Hood, The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, and the 101 Dalmations are good. The old-school Whinnie the Pooh (based on the books) is also excellent. As are the Charlie Brown movies. I re-watched Snow White a couple months ago and WOW was that SLOOOOW - that one did not age well.