Movie Ideas?

A Question. 

I haven't posted regularly, so I'm not sure anyone will answer, because I'm not sure anyone reads this sight anymore except my mom.  Even then, I had to lure her in with new pictures of her grandchildren. 

We don't have a T.V.  But we do have a laptop computer that can play movies, so on dollar movie day I always go to the movie store and rent a T.V. series to watch when I iron, and a movie to watch on movie night with the kids (this is usually the last night that Eric is away on business).  I've struck out recently.  We watched Secret Agent Cody Banks and Cheaper by the Dozen.  The kids didn't get the humor and for the most part, neither did I.  And I was also asked uncomfortable questions about them by my five year old.  We've had much better luck with Disney Classics like Robinson Crusoe and Mary Poppins.  As you can see, I'm easily amused. 

Now, since I'm watching the movie with the kids, I'm more lenient that I might be to a show that I let them watch on their own.  For instance, we watched Home Alone, and Caleb was extremely impressed with how self sufficient Culkin's character was.  The next day, Caleb made breakfast for both he and Elise and cleared the dishes from the table. 

So my question is what movies have you watched that met the following criteria

• Not recent (we are only going for dollar movies)
• Enjoyable for moms (extra points for movies that can entertain dads as well) and kids
• Have something instructive that we might be able to talk about.

I'd appreciate anyone's input.

Comments

[Shelley]

We just got The Sound of Music. Seth loves it. I'm going to get the other Rogers and Hammerstein movies next.

[Toni]

I rented Madeline "The Wizard of Oz" a few days ago in preparation for seeing "Wicked," the musical. She LOVES the movie. (And really liked the musical too.) She's watched it three times. And Connor hung in there for the first two viewings, so it interested my six and four-year-olds. I hadn't seen it a very, very long time. So it held my interest a bit.

[tammara]

Homeward Bound (based on the Incredible Journey - this one is great), Babe (the pig movie - we all loved this as well), The Prince of Egypt, and any Disney animated film such as Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast, or even old stuff like Robin Hood or Lady and the Tramp. Winnie the Pooh classics (the 30-minute originals)were also a huge hit with my youngest.

[Aunt Bren]

Leslie: Stick w/ Disney, ..we wore them out in the old VHS days. How about Where the Red Fern Grows; also lots of the old Westerns were pretty good; Father Goose with Cary Grant; actually we enjoyed a lot of John Wayne and Cary Grant...w/ the boys