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The Boy Who Could Fly
Why this pick
Like Where the Wild Things Are, it treats a child’s imaginative escape with unusual emotional seriousness, balancing wonder, loneliness, and the fragile hope of being understood.
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MOVIE2009 1h 41m DEU
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Bridge to Terabithia
Why this pick
Its private fantasy realm grows directly from childhood isolation and friendship, pairing tactile natural-world imagery with the same tender, melancholic emotional scale.
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My Neighbor Totoro
Why this pick
A child’s encounter with wild, comforting creatures becomes an intimate emotional refuge; its patient, sensory storytelling shares Jonze’s respect for childhood feelings.
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The Fall
Why this pick
It turns a child’s need for escape into a vividly handmade imagined world, combining extravagant fantasy imagery with a grounded, bittersweet bond between wounded people.
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A Monster Calls
Why this pick
Its enormous creature fantasy gives shape to a child’s anger, grief, and need to be heard, matching the emotional honesty beneath Wild Things’ playfulness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
James Gandolfini
Carol (voice)
Catherine O'Hara
Judith (voice)
Forest Whitaker
Ira (voice)
Mark Ruffalo
Connie's boyfriend
Madeleine Greaves
Claire's Friend
Steve Mouzakis
Teacher
Ryan Corr
Claire's Friend
John Leary
Douglas Suit Performer