This is the young-girl watcher's movie and rating list, edition number ten. The list keeps growing and growing, and I look out for new titles to add on every time!
The movies listed here cater to the interests of young-girl watchers. Most include non-extra appearances by various girls aged 3 to 15. I have tried not to include movies which have overly incidental and/or too brief glimpses of yg's in them.
My inspiration for this list was sparked when I saw the "Boy Watcher's Guide to the Movies" by Cub Cuddler. Seeing that there were no other lists aimed for young-girl watchers, I was compelled to gather some movie names that I had jotted down in the past. Then came several new titles from private replies from email and continued exposure to cable television.
The list has ballooned since the premier edition of April 7, 1994. It is now nearly twice the size! I am satisfied that this list encompasses a large realm of movie making history, as well as the new favorites of today...
Nonetheless, these stand out as relevant from the myriad of cinema, television, home video, and cable movies I have seen - any additions or recommendations will be greatly appreciated, and I look forward to discussing these movies in public or private!
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----Ratings Key:-----
**** = Grips the heart of the YGW through exceptionally arousing and memorable scenes ; a jewel of YG display through film subject, young actress costuming, young girl beauty, or its stimulating cinematography
*** = tittilating and delightful views of leading, supporting, and/or cameo roles by young girls ; a charmful movie for its adorable, sensual young actress(es)
** = promising in appearance but somewhat flat in YG content; yet still worth watching for its imaginative value and feeling of potential scenes for the die-hard YGW; overall promising but slightly disappointing
* = has a few adorable and attractive cameos; nearly devoid of young girls, but worthy of mention
(+) = a hard to get movie, usually appearing on cable only
(st) = Shirley Temple starring (%) = new titles, added since the last edition, or new rating all movies featuring partial or complete nudity, or otherwise nice sneak peeks, are in bold textWhen I have time I look through two respectable movie guides, one by Leonard Maltin and the other by Steven Scheuer. I skim through the movie reviews for keywords indicating the presence, in whole or in part, of young girls within that movie. I also make cross-references from one book to the other.
Also, I scan through the local weekly TV guide movie listings for more titles. And of course, I consider the recommendations provided by your kind private replies. :)
I make a steady effort to scan movies on cable every week. When I find any surprises, I happily jot down their names, and when/if I see an "Incomplete Movie" myself, I can append this list, too...
Lastly, I hope to phase in a new format where I can include the year, color / b&w, actress names, and ages involved as well. This may take a while, but I have received quite a number of requests to partially extend the list past a simple title and rating.
Why don't I include a capsule review with the titles now? Well:
But we'll see. :)
In a nutshell: you may use this guide to track down the movies airing on cable and network television at any particular time. This is why I include the movies from "1/2" to "**1/2", alongside the better (and preferred) "***" to "****". Enjoy! :)
---The Movie List ---
Absolute Strangers - **1/2
Addam's Family Values - ***
The Adventures of Baron Von Muchhausen - ***
An Affair to Remember - **1/2
(+)Against Their Will: Women In Prison - **
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - *1/2
Alice in the Cities - ***1/2
Alice in Wonderland (1986) - **1/2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - *
Aliens - **1/2
Aliens 3 - **
Andre - ****
Anna to the Infinite Power - ***
Annie - ***1/2
The Annunciation - ***1/2
Another Woman's Child - **1/2<
Arachnophobia - **1/2
Armed and Innocent - *1/2
%At Play In the Fields of the Lord - ***
Audrey Rose - ****
Author, Author - ***
Avalon - **1/2
Babes in Toyland - *1/2
Baby Doll - *1/2
Baby Snatcher - **
(st)Baby, Take a Bow - ****
(st)The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer - ***
(+)Banjo - ****
Beaches - ***1/2
Beau Pere - ***
Beethoven Part One - **1/2
Beethoven's 2nd - **
The Beguiled - ****
Benji - ***1/2
The Best Years of our Lives - *1/2
Big - **
Bilitis - ***1/2
Billy Jack - **1/2
%Birch Interval - **1/2
The Birds Part One - **1/2
Blown Away - ***
(st)The Blue Bird - ****
Blue Chips - **1/2
Blue Sky - **
Bohemian Girl - **1/2
Bolero - **
%Boy Who Could Fly - **
(+)Brides Of Christ - ***
Bridge to Silence - ***
(st)Bright Eyes - ***1/2
Brotherhood of Satan - ***1/2
Bunny Lake Is Missing - **
Bustin' Loose - *1/2
Candleshoe - ***
The Canterville Ghost - ***
Cape Fear (old) - ***1/2
Cape Fear (new) - ***
The Car - **1/2
The Child Bride of Short Creek - ***
Child in the House - ***
(+)Child of Rage - ****
(+)Children of the Dark - ***
Chips the War Dog - **
Clambake - ***
Cloak and Dagger - **
Coal Miner's Daughter - ***
Coca Cola Kid - ***1/2
Cold Sweat - ***
Collector's Item - ***
Conviction - ****
The Conviction of Kitty Dodds - **
Corrina, Corrina - ****
Cousins - **1/2
Critters 2: The Main Course - ***
The Crow - **1/2
The Crush - **
Curly Sue - ****
(st)Curly Top - ****
Dad - *1/2
(+)Darkness Before Dawn - ***
D.C. Cab - **1/2
%(+)Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare - ***
A Deadly Silence - **1/2
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story - **
%Deep End - ***
%Dennis the Menace - **
Desert Bloom - ***
The Diary of Anne Frank - **
(st)Dimples - ***
Double Double, Toil and Trouble - ***
Do You Know the Muffin Man - **1/2
(+)The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story - ***
Duel - **
(+)Eat, Drink, Man, Woman - *1/2
El Dorado- **
%Escape to Witch Mountain (original) - ***
%Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) - ***
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial - **1/2
Everything But the Truth - 1/2
Eyes of a Stranger - **
Eyes of the Amaryllis - **1/2
Fallen Angel - ****
Falling Down - ***
The Family Jewels - **1/2
%Family Sins - *
%Far From Home - ***
(+)Fatal Vision - ***
Father Goose - ****
Field of Dreams - ***
(+)Final Appeal - ***
Firestarter - ***1/2
Fire With Fire - *1/2
The First Time - **
The Five Pennies - ***1/2
Flesh and Blood - ****
The Flinstones - **1/2
Flirting - ***
%Flesh and Blood - ***
Follow That Bird - **1/2
%Forrest Gump - *
Fortress - **
Forty Pounds of Trouble - ****
Frankenstein - **
%Friends - ***
Fulfillment - **
Gamera vs. Zigra - ****
Gidget Gets Married - *1/2
(+)The Golf Specialist - **1/2
The Good Mother - ****
Grave Silence: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive - ***
Great Balls of Fire - **
The Great Man Votes - ***
Gremlins Part One - **
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones - *1/2
Gypsy - **
Hambone and Hillie - ***
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - ***1/2
(+)Hans Christian Anderson - ***
(st)Heidi - **1/2
(+)Homewrecker - **
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - **
The House Where Evil Dwells - **1/2
How the West was Fun - ***
I Like It Like That - **
I'll Do Anything - ***1/2
Imaginary Crimes - ***
Imitation of Life - ***1/2
In A Stranger's Hand - *1/2
%Interview with the Vampire - ***1/2
(+)In the Best Interest of the Children - ***1/2
(+)In the Line of Duty: Ambush At Waco - ***
Irreconcilable Differences - ***
(+)Is There Life Out There? - *1/2
It Happened At The World's Fair - ***1/2
Jack the Bear - **1/2
Jaws Part One and Two - **1/2
Jurassic Park - ***
(st)Just Around The Corner - ***1/2
Just For You - *1/2
Kansas - **
Kate's Secret - *1/2
Kindergarten Cop Part One - ***1/2
King of the Gypsies - *1/2
%Kinjinte: Forbidden Subjects - ***
Killing In A Small Town - **1/2
%Kipperbang - ***
%Kiss of Death - **1/2
Konrad - ***
Lady Bugs - ***1/2
La Furia De Un Gallero - *1/2
La Guererra Trevadora II - ****
The Last of Sheila - *
Laura - ****
La Vida de Nuestro Senor Jesuchristo - ***
(st)The Little Princess - ***1/2
Legend - ***
The Legend of Billie Jean - **
Lena: My 100 Children - ***
Life With Mikey - ***
Like Mom, Like Me - *1/2
Lionheart - **1/2
Little Darlings - ****
Little Girl Lost - ***1/2
The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane - **
Little House on the Prairie (movie series) - ***
(st)Little Miss Broadway - ***1/2
(st)Little Miss Marker - ***
Little Miss Millions - ***1/2
(st)The Littlest Colonel - ***
Little Rascals - ****
(st)The Littlest Rebel - ***
(+)Locked Up: A Mother's Rage - ***
Lola - **1/2
The Lookalike - ***
Look Who's Talking Too - **
Lost - ***
The Lover - **
M - *
%MacCauley's Daughter - ***
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - **1/2
%Major Dundee - *1/2
Man In the Moon - ***1/2
Man On A Tightrope - **
Man, Woman, and Child - **1/2
Mara of the Wilderness - **
Mario and the Mob - *
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night - ***
Memories Never Die - *
The Mighty Ducks - **1/2
Mighty Joe Young - **1/2
Milk Money - ***
(+)Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many - ***
%Mom for Christmas - **1/2
Mommie Dearest - ***
Monkey Trouble - ****
Mr. Mom - ***
Mr. Nanny - ***
Mrs. Doubtfire - ***1/2
Murphy's War - *
My Father, the Hero - ***
My Girl Part One - ****
My Girl Part Two - ***1/2
My Life as a Dog - ***1/2
My Six Loves - ***1/2
Nadia - ****
The Nanny - **
National Lampoon's European Vacation - **1/2
National Velvet - ***
The Never Ending Story - **
The Never Ending Story III - ***
(+)Never Forget - **1/2
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking - **1/2
Nicholas Nickleby - **
Night of the Lepus - **1/2
%1900 - *1/2
No Deposit, No Return - **1/2
North - *1/2
Not Without My Daughter - **1/2
Obliging Young Lady - ****
Ode to Billy Joe - **
The Official Story - **
Oh God! You Devil - ***
Old Enough - ****
(+)Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All - ***
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress - *
Omen IV: The Awakening - ***
The Opposite Sex - ***
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - **1/2
Our Little Girl - ****
Our Very Own - **
Papa's Delicate Condition - ****
Paperhouse - ****
Paper Moon - ****
Parenthood - **1/2
The Parent Trap Part One - **1/2
The Parent Trap Part Two - ***
A Part of the Family - *
Penny Serenade - ****
Peppermint Soda - **
Pelle the Conqueror - *1/2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter - **
The Piano - **1/2
The Pied Piper of Hamelin - **
Pippi In The South Seas - ***
Piranha - ***1/2
Poison Ivy - ***
Poltergeist Part I - **
Poltergeist Part III - **1/2
Poor Little Rich Girl ****
Pretty Baby - ****
The Prince Of Tides - ****
Princess Diana: An Intimate Portrait - **
Problem Child 2 - *1/2
%The Professional - ***1/2
Rambling Rose - *1/2
(st)Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - ***1/2
The Red Balloon - ***
Regarding Henry - ***
Return to the Blue Lagoon - ****
(+)River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene - **
Road Games - *
The Rocking Horse Winner - *1/2
Rolling Thunder - *1/2
Romeo and Juliet - ***
Roustabout - ***
Runaway Father - ***
The Sandlot - **
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - **
Savannah Smiles - ***
Scandal In A Small Town - *1/2
Scent of a Woman - ***
The Searching Wind - *
Secret Garden (1975) - ****
Secret Garden (ca. 1992) - ***1/2
Secuestro Salvaje - **
Sergeant Rutledge - **
Shipwrecked - ***
Show Boat - **
%The Shuttered Room - **
The Silver Chair - *
The Sitter - ***
Small Sacrifices - ***
Some Kind of Wonderful - **
Something About Amelia - ***1/2
Sound of Music - ** 1/2
Spaced Invaders - ***
Splash - *1/2
Stand By Your Man - ***1/2
Starlight Hotel - **1/2
Stay the Night - *
(st)Stand Up and Cheer - ***
(st)Stowaway - ***
A Stranger is Watching - ***
(+)The Substitute Wife - ***
Summer Girl - ***1/2
A Summer in St. Tropez - ****
Summer Rental - ***
Sweet Dreams - 1/2
Sweet Revenge - *1/2
%Switched at Birth - ***
Sybil - **
Taken Away - ***
Taxi Driver - ***
Tendres Cousines - ****
That Night - ****
The Three Fugitives - ***
%Thunder in Paradise (pilot for TV series) - ***
This Property is Condemned - ***
Time of the Apes - ***
(+)A Time to Heal - ***
To Kill A Mockingbird - ***1/2
Tom et Lola - ****
Toxic Avenger - **
Trading Hearts - ****
%Trading Mom - ***1/2
Three Men and a Little Lady - ***
Tormented - ****
Troll - **1/2
Troop Beverly Hills - ***1/2
True Lies - *1/2
Uncle Buck - ***
(+)Unspeakable Acts - ***1/2
(+)Untamed Love - ***
A Very Brady Christmas - **1/2
The Virginian - ***
V.I. Warshawski - ***
Wagons East! - *1/2
Waiting for the Light - **
Walkabout - ****
The War - ***1/2
(st)Wee Willie Winkie - ***
(+)Wheels of Terror - ***1/2
When A Man Loves A Woman - **1/2
When Michael Calls - *1/2
When She Was Bad - ***
When the Bough Breaks - **
(+)The Whereabouts of Jenny - ***
(+)Where Are My Children - ***
%Wicker Man - ***
Wildcats - **1/2
The Wild and the Free - *1/2
Wildflower - ***
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - ***
The Wind and the Lion - **
Without Her Consent - **
The Wizard - ***
(st)Young People - **1/2
I am sure there are many I have missed, either because I have not been introduced to a particular film, or that I saw it a long time back when I didn't keep a formal list such as this handy for instant updating...
Are there any others that you really think should go on this list that is worthy of recognition? Esoteric favorites which you've enjoyed and would like to share the name of?...Please let me know and I will happily look into putting your favorites onto this YGW list...
Thanks for everybody's support for this list. It represents an invaluable guide for the YGW to enjoy or look out for. As these movies circulate on cable and broadcast schedules every day of the year, try and catch a few of the best ones and see if you agree!
Until next time - kind regards,
ACE
P.S. I wonder if the producers for the best movies in this list know that they are providing a kind service to millions YGWs everywhere! 8-)