Rescued from http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/top50.html and compiled originally by the BFI.
In alphabetical order:
- A Day at the Races (Sam Wood, 1937, USA)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz/William Keighley, 1938, USA)
- Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle, 1987, France/W.Germany)
- Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA)
- Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise, 1991, USA)
- Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948, Italy)
- Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000, UK/France)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982, USA)
- Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990, USA)
- Etre et Avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002, France)
- Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton/Lee Unkrich, 2003, USA)
- It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946, USA)
- Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963, UK/USA)
- Kes (Ken Loach, 1969, UK)
- The Kid (Charles Chaplin, 1921, USA)
- King Kong (Merian C.Cooper/Ernest B.Schoedsack, 1933, USA)
- Kirikou et la sorcière (Michel Ocelot, 1998, France/Belgium/Luxembourg)
- La Belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau, 1946, France / Luxembourg)
- Le Voyage dans la lune (Georges Melies, 1902, France)
- Les Quatre cents coups (Francois Truffaut, 1959, France)
- Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953, France)
- My Life as a Dog (Lasse Halstrom, 1985, Sweden)
- My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988, Japan/USA)
- The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955, USA)
- Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948, UK)
- The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983, USA)
- Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955, India)
- Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967, France/Italy)
- The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987, USA)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce, 2002, Australia)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981, USA)
- The Railway Children (Lionel Jeffries, 1970, UK)
- The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956, France)
- Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrman, 1996, USA)
- The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993, UK/USA)
- Show Me Love (Lukas Moodysson, 1998, Sweden/Denmark)
- Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952, USA)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney, 1937, USA)
- Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959, USA)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973, Spain)
- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001, Japan)
- Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977, USA)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962, USA)
- Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995, USA)
- Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, 1971, UK)
- Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002, New Zealand)
- Where is the Friend's House? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987, Iran)
- Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961, UK)
- The White Balloon (Jafar Panahi, 1995, Iran)
- The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939, USA)