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With our older son making his way through age 7 and no sign of stopping, we decided to try to find out what would make for good movies for him to watch. He’s old enough to actually enjoy a lot more of them.

Are we missing anything? This is our list to use to make random selections. Not to check off each one like we’re expecting he’ll see everything. 🙂

1. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Annie
5. Babe
6. Back to the Future
7. Bad News Bears
8. Bambi
9. The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
10. Batteries Not Included
11. Beauty and the Beast
12. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
13. Bee Movie
14. Beetlejuice
15. Big
16. Bolt
17. A Bug’s Life
18. Bugsy Malone
19. Cars
20. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
21. Chicken Run
22. Children of Heaven
23. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
24. Chronicles of Narnia
25. Cinderella
26. Cloak and Dagger
27. Coraline
28. The Dark Crystal
29. Eric the Viking
30. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
31. Fantastic Four
32. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
33. Finding Nemo
34. Flight of the Navigator
35. Ghostbusters
36. Groundhog Day
37. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
38. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
40. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
41. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
42. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
43. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
44. Hook
45. Horton Hears a Who
46. Howls Moving Castle
47. Ice Age
48. The Incredibles
49. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
50. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
51. The Iron Giant
52. James and the Giant Peach
53. The Jungle Book
54. Karate Kid
55. Kikis Delivery Service
56. Lady and the Tramp
57. The Last Unicorn
58. A League of Their Own
59. Lilo + Stitch
60. The Lion King
61. Little Fugitive
62. Little Mermaid
63. Madagascar
64. Madagascar 2
65. Mary Poppins
66. Meatballs
67. Monsters, Inc.
68. Monsters vs Aliens
69. Mrs. Doubtfire
70. The Muppet Movie
71. My Life as a Dog
72. My Neighbor Totoro
73. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
74. The Neverending Story
75. Night at the Museum
76. Peter Pan
77. Pinocchio
78. Princess Bride
79. Princess Mononoke
80. Raiders of the Lost Ark
81. Ratatouille
82. The Red Balloon
83. Secret of Roan Inish
84. Shrek
85. Sleeping Beauty
86. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
87. Sound of Music
88. Spiderman
89. Spiderman 2
90. Spiderman 3
91. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
92. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
93. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
94. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
95. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
96. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
97. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
98. Superman
99. Superman II
100. Superman III
101. Time Bandits
102. To Kill a Mockingbird
103. Toy Story
104. Toy Story 2
105. Transformers
106. Wall-E
107. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
108. War Games
109. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
110. Willow
111. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
112. The Wizard of Oz

I’m not going try to link all of those over to the IMDB. Heh.

A few days ago our two year-old son was convinced a number of times that he had to use the toilet. Gestures varied but the intent was clear. Each time, nothing happened. Again.

When he believed he was finished, he stood up and pulled up his pants. He looked at me questioningly with his hand reaching back towards the toilet.

“You don’t have to flush it, sweetheart. You didn’t actually go!”

His usual response was a contemplative, “Oh!” Then a nod of agreement as he exited the bathroom.

This last time, Slow-Brain Dad stayed behind for a moment to consider what had been happening. Every one of his little sit–push–nothing–getup actions was followed by a keen interest in flushing the toilet.

Tick … tick … tick …

D’oh! He’s more interested in the fun of flushing the toilet then actually using it!

Deduction is clearly my true skill.

I wonder now if our seven year-old used the same trick. I must have blocked it from my memory.