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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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.

Edit 2: Thanks so much for so many great responses. Some of you must have spent quite some time compiling the list. Truly appreciate that ♥️

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[-] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  • 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
[-] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

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.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

Yeah there's literal dismemberment in the early scenes, plus thematically it's pretty mature too

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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 as a suggestion for a small child is a big lol.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Terminator, the matrix and cowboy beebop are to much as well

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Aladdin (original)

The original you say.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

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.

[-] cyberwitch@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

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?

[-] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.

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