Quick Start Film List: Ages 7-11

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Get started on your film club journey with this list of suggested titles for those students aged 7-11. These films provide enjoyable, accessible and diverse viewing experiences, with stories from cultures all around the world, and are the perfect place to start for the first-time film club.

Toy Story
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CertPG

Age group8–12

Duration79 mins

Toy Story(1995)

Old-fashioned cowboy toy Woody is threatened by the arrival of flashy, hi-tech Buzz Lightyear in this character-driven animation from Pixar.

‘Toy Story’ is not only an all-time classic of the genre, but was both the first feature from Pixar studios as well as being the first fully computer-generated animation feature film anywhere. Say hello to Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex and the rest of the gang in this story about friendship, and make some friends for life of your own along the way.

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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CertU

Age group5–15

Duration95 mins

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

Visually brilliant 1971 Roald Dahl adaptation about a little boy who wins a tour of the maddest sweet factory in the world!

Based on Roald Dahl’s much-loved book, this incredible story follows the life of a poor boy as a worldwide golden ticket contest occurs around him. Against all odds, Charlie manages to find one of the tickets and wins a tour of the greatest chocolate factory in the world, but it – and its bizarre creator – will be even more surprising than he could possibly imagine.

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The Sound of Music
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CertU

Age group8+

Duration174 mins

The Sound of Music(1965)

The stunning Austrian mountains provide the backdrop for this wartime musical extravaganza.

A much-loved classic which has it all: music, romance, war, family frolics and so much more. When a mischievous nun is sent to look after a house of unruly children, she decides to play them at their own game in order to win them over. But in the course of doing so, she accidentally falls for their father while bringing music back into the Von Trapp household.

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Early Man
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CertPG

Age group8–12

Duration90 mins

Early Man(2018)

Aardman animation adventure set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths ruled the earth.

Aardman have entertained children and adults alike throughout the years with their funny adventures and memorable characters, from Shaun the Sheep to Wallace and Gromit. In this prehistoric story, two civilisations – tribes from the Stone Age and Bronze Age – decide to settle their differences in perhaps the most British way possible: with a good old game of football.

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Missing Link
Available to stream on Into Film+

CertPG

Age group8–12

Duration95 mins

Missing Link(2019)

An ambitious explorer discovers a talkative, lonely creature, beginning an adventure that takes them to a mythical land.

As well as the likes of Pixar and Aardman, there’s also animation studio LAIKA who continue to do sterling work through releases such as ‘Coraline’ and ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’. ‘Missing Link’, their most recent film, isn’t as dark as some of their previous work but instead contains plenty of humour and adventure, and is full of fascinating characters.

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Tron

CertPG

Age group8–12

Duration92 mins

Tron(1982)

Visually peerless example of Hollywood coming to terms with computers, in which programmer Kevin Flynn get sucked into a game.

‘Tron’ is a fun and fast-paced adventure with standout visuals which should particularly appeal to children of this age group. Beyond this, it's also a fascinating look from back in the early 1980s at Hollywood’s ideas of what computers could look like and how they might function, using technology which was genuinely cutting edge at the time of the film’s release.

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