My son just turned 3 in January and we would like to occassionally have a family movie night. I would like to purchase a few Disney animated movies. There are so many and I don't know which would be age appropriate for my son. What were your kids favorite Disney movies at 3 to 4 years old?
Cartoons are so digitally enhanced today that kids are used to that and might be bored with the classic Disney movies like Bambi or Sleeping Beauty because they look "old". I suggest Finding Nemo, A Bugs Life, Up, the Ice Age movies, Madagascar, etc. And the great thing about these movies is that they are fun for adults to watch too!
Wall-E is one of our family favorites.
My sound loved the Fox and The Hound 2 at that age.
My son loves Bambi (he's never been bothered by the Mama's off-screen death), The Sword and the Stone, The Rescuers, and Tarzan (be aware that Tarzan's family is killed in the beginning and he does kill a leopard during the movie, but again, my son has asked very few questions about it). He also LOVES Toy Story--which is Disney/Pixar.
My son is 2 and he LOVES the Cars movie - turned out his first word was Lightening! We would watch this almost every night for a month. I recently watched with him the Ice Age movies which he really enjoyed - especially the squirrel. It all depends on what your son likes. Clinton is really big with cars and trains and we found out he likes dinosaurs when we watched the newest Ice Age movie. You may want to rent some movies before you buy them to see which movies he likes so that you dont waste your money on a movie he may not watch again...just a suggestion.
Hello Christy,
My son loves Whorton Hears a Who, Toy Story, Cars, Robots, and amazingly Under Dog. Hope this helps.
Have a good day!
Katrina
Finding nemo, bugs life, cars, wall-e, Toy story, Peter pan, Fox and the hound, The jungle book, The lion king, Pinochio, 101 Dalmations, Mary poppins (if he like music) Mickey mouse clubhouse, Up, All dogs go to heaven, Bolt, Horton hears a who, And Tarzan. I love watching the Heffalump movie, the tiger movie and piglets big movie with my daughter. If you like winnie the pooh they are cute movies too. She also like the bee movie, madagascar, Surfs up, and happy feet, Over the hedge, Open season, And if you get a chance to take him to the theatre and see the new chipmunks movie. I was really cute and the whole family enjoyed it even our 6 month old sat through and was amazed with it. Good luck.
Almost all the Disney movies are appropriate for a 3 year old. Some of my daughter's favorites are "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" "Madagascar" and "Madagascar 2" "Cars" "Cinderella" "Tinkerbell" "Mary Poppins" and about a million others. HA! Since she's quit taking a nap, she has quiet time in the afternoon. I usually let her pick a movie to watch since that's the only way she'll be still for longer than 5 mins. Some of the newer Disney movies have some adult geared humor in them, but it's not appropriate, the kids just don't "get" it. My daughter LOVES the older cartoons and the newer ones. I would be careful with the older ones though, they seem to have a lot of violence and death in them. IMO, the newer ones are much lighter and definitely funnier :)
I'm going to be a little different, and recommend My Neighbor, Totoro. It's actually a Studio Ghibli film, but Disney bought the rights to it in the U.S., and so it is sold in English in the U.S.
I love My Neighbor, Totoro for my family for a couple of reasons. First, there is no bad guy. No scary confrontation, no evil characters. I think it is a fun, cute movie, and I prefer the story-telling style and the lighter tone compared to some the (in my opinion) more adult and sometimes scarier home-grown Disney movies. Good luck!
An all time favorite is Fantasia. It has a lot of color, movement and music that keeps the kids interested.
101 Dalmations, the original.
Christy,
They're not Disney, but they're great! I vote for any Wallace & Gromit movie. My kids love them. A Close Shave, The Wrong Trousers and our favorite, The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit.
Jenny
My daughter was hooked on "Toy Story" at that age...and we enjoyed watching it too~
My kids love Bambi, Peter Pan, & Toy Story. My boys are 2 & 4. I just started introducing the movies to them this year, and they have watched all three of them over and over. So far, their favorite is Bambi. They don't seem to mind that it looks "old" and isn't digitally enhanced. In my opinion, the older Disney movies would be better for younger children because of the language and violence in the newer movies. The bad language and violence seem to get more acceptable by society each year, so we are seeing it more and more in children's movies. Just my opinion, though.
When my son was that age (now 9) if I had to watch TOY STORY (which he called Woody Buzz)and ICE AGE and Monsters Inc anymore I think I'd scream! LOL!
I read through comments and the common denomiator here was Toy Story. Great movie and he'll totally love it!
Enjoy!
I admit I'm a huge Disney fan so we've got the entire collection on DVD and out of those my son (3) LOVES Cars, Finding Nemo and Toy Story. He likes pretty much all of them but really enjoys those three.
My son is 3 1/2 and he loves all the pixar moivies. I however have gotten tired of them, so I have been mixing it up with some of the classics - Sword in the Stone, Tarzan, Robin Hood, Mulan, etc. He has enjoyed all of them. I think it all depends on what you want him to see.
My 3 yo loves up, cars, Finding Nemo, Handy Manny, and Jungle Book, and Happy feet.
My kids 4 & 2 love the pixar movies. Finding Nemo and Cars are my son's favorite. Also you might want to try The Land Before Time. It is not Disney but it is a great movie about dinosaurs and boys usually love dinosaurs.