I am going to be a father and am making a jellyfin setup for my child. I want to start early to make a good collection of movies and shows. So I am interested in knowing what other people experienced as positive influences in their lives.

Edit: English and Norwegian is fine, but I can always get dubbed versions of other languages. We will be speaking English and Norwegian with our child from birth. But want to introduce our child to many types of cultures, religions etc.

Edit 2: Thanks so much for so many great responses. Some of you must have spent quite some time compiling the list. Truly appreciate that ♥️

  • Gerudo ( Gerudo@lemmy.zip ) 
    13·
    11 months ago

    From a purely positive influence? Anything on PBS (wasn’t allowed to have cable growing up)

    • Sesame Street
    • Mr Roger’s
    • Any documentary with David Attenborough
    • same with Jane Goodall
    • Nova

    Bill Nye would be the one non-PBS show I remember having an impact

    Modernish stuff? Bluey, Miss Rachel, Pixar especially Wall-E, Brave, Coco, Soul, Encanto, Toy Story, Inside Out (when a little older). I like Coco, but Book of Life is an underrated alternative too.

  • hansolo ( hansolo@lemmy.today ) 
    12·
    11 months ago

    Same Robin Hood as in the thumbnail for sure.

    Also not yet listed, heavily 80s titles:

    The Princess Bride

    The Neverending Story

    Beetlejuice

    Big

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

    The Dark Crystal

    The Rats of Nimh

    The Last Unicorn

    An American Tale

    Batteries Not Included

    Fiddler on the Roof

    Ghostbusters

    Anything with the Muppets up to Treasure Island.

    Back to the Future (2015 no longer the future fantasy it one was)

  • its_kim_love ( its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
    11·
    11 months ago

    Everything by Don Bluth. Literally everything his name on is childhood gold. Sometimes a little scary, but in a modern fairy tale sort of way.

    An American Tale

    All dogs go to Heaven

    The Secret of NIMH

    The Fox and the Hound

    The Land Before Time

    His movies never treated children like fools, a sentiment that’s only recently becoming the standard for children’s entertainment and he was doing it in the 80s.

  • Stowaway ( Stowaway@midwest.social ) 
    10·
    10 months ago

    Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli For Younger Kids:

    • My Neighbor Totoro
    • Ponyo
    • Spirited Away
    • The Secret World of Arietty
    • Kiki’s Delivery Service
    • Pom Poko

    For maybe when they’re getting older?

    • Howl’s Moving Castle
    • The Wind Risees
    • Castle In The Sky
    • Princess Mononoke
    • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    Some other decent ones for kids of various ages:

    Animated/Claymation

    Series:

    • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Alvin & The Chipmunks
    • Captain Planet and the Planeteers
    • Ducktales
    • Gumby
    • Inspector Gadget
    • Rugrats
    • Rescue Rangers
    • Scooby Doo
    • Yogi Bear

    Movies:

    • Alice in Wonderland
    • All Dogs go to Heaven
    • An American Tail
    • An American Tail: Fivel Goes West
    • The Black Cauldron
    • Charlotte’s Web
    • FernGully
    • James and the Giant Peach
    • The Land Before Time
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
    • Peter Pan
    • Pinochio
    • RobinHood
    • The Rescuers
    • The Rescuers Down Under
    • The Secret of NIMH
    • The Sword in the Stone
    • Thumbelina
    • Wallace and Gromit (All of them are great)

    Live Action Series:

    • Bill Nye The Science Guy
    • Beakmans World

    Movies:

    • Beetlejuice
    • Casper
    • Ernest Goes to School (and all the other ones really)
    • Honey I Shrunk The Kids
    • Hook
    • Jumanji
    • E.T.
    • Edward Scissor Hands
    • Flubber
    • Ghost Busters
    • The Goonies
    • Labyrinth (Creepier vibe than I remember)
    • The Little Rascals
    • Mary Poppins
    • Mr. Mom
    • Mrs. Doubtfire
    • The Never Ending Story
    • Operation Dumbo Drop
    • Patch Adams
    • Sandlot
    • Short Circuit
    • Space Jam
    • Toys
    • Tron
    • We’re back a dinosaur story
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Animated and Live Action)

    Edit: awful formatting… And typos

      • skavj ( skavj@lemmy.zip ) 
        1·
        10 months ago

        I’ve tried finding good episodes to show now and it’s been pretty hard. There are a few smatterings on youtube. The video quality is very low. Niche enough that there aren’t many sources.

        I was also amused to learn that when I was a kid I thought they were just talking like crazy freaks with a weird funny way of talking. As an adult, they’re just new yorkers.

  • AceFuzzLord ( AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip ) 
    7·
    10 months ago

    Franklin ( the one about the turtle ). For the most part, I feel like almost all the content is good enough to show a young child considering it’s one of those preschool age shows. May look a little old considering it’s 90s animation and also doesn’t have any traditional box sets ( it seems to be nothing but sets based around themes ), but I’m pretty sure every episode is on a Canadian company’s yt channel ( region locked AFAIK, so having a VPN is advised ). Treehouse Direct, IIRC.

    Also, for a friendly enough way of teaching religious lessons in a non-preachy way that is actually not eye bleach or racist ( looking at you, FInding Jesus ) or low quality slop maid solely to profit off of religious parents, VeggieTales. There’s a reason why it was popular with Christians and non-Christians alike, besides the silly songs.

    They can be fun to watch ( not including the 4th VHS episode where 3 characters get thrown into a furnace and magically survive thanks to a “glowing man” ( probably Jesus ) ) and can be good for opening a conversation on things like being nice to others despite differences or being thankful for what you have or a number of other topics they covered from the Bible. Honestly, one of the greatest Christian animated cartoons ever considering how it is probably the only Christian cartoon parents who are and aren’t Christian could probably both agree on letting their kids watch.

    Cannot speak for modern VeggieTales, though, so take my words with a shaker of salt just in case modern VeggieTales isn’t as lesson oriented or anywhere near as good as the originals from the 90s and early 2000s.

  • Thymos ( thymos@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
    6·
    10 months ago

    Growing up I really loved the animated series Alfred Jonathan Quack or Alfred Kvakk in Norwegian. It’s about a duck, his farther (I think) is a mole and the antagonist is a nazi-styled crow called Dolf. My favourite episode was about this island they visited which turned out to be the shell of this gigantic turtle.

    Another favourite was The World of David the Gnome. It’s about a gnome who lives in or under a tree and has all sorts of adventures with animals. The books it’s based on are also great, I still have them.

    I don’t know if you can still find these series since they’re pretty old.

            • SpongyAneurysm ( SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org ) 
              1·
              10 months ago

              Looking through the titles in different languages, it seems wild to me how different they sometimes are. Polish and Serbian also use some variant of Jonatan. Makes me wonder why, they felt the need to change that.

              I don’t know, but wouldn’t have guessed that Jodocus was a common name in Dutch either, that needs translation to be more common sounding in another language.
              To me it sounds like a made up name, that vibes with the character being a duck.

              • Thymos ( thymos@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
                2·
                10 months ago

                I always thought it was a made up name too, but apparently it’s an archaic Dutch name. German version is Jost, which I imagine sounds like the Dutch version Joost, which is fairly common (I now one).

                The English version is Joyce, which became a female name, which could explain why they didn’t want to use that and chose Jonathan instead. Maybe other languages just followed that choice? I don’t know. I much prefer Jodocus though.

  • HiddenLayer555 ( HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ) English
    6·
    11 months ago

    Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (the first English cartoon I remember watching), Rolie Polie Olie, Martha Speaks, Franklin, Little Bear, Total Drama Island/Action, and 6Teen taught me English when I came to Canada.

    Star Trek got me started on my path to tankiehood and sci-fi writing. Futurama also significantly contributed to the latter.

    Pokemon, Wonderpets and Redwall (and many of the cartoons from the learning English category) got me interested in writing animal characters. Zootopia pissed me off so much with its inconsistent world building that it sealed the deal and made me obsessed with perfecting my own fictional animal world.

    Family Guy taught me how not to write characters and their interactions.

    How It’s Made is just awesome and satisfying, no further comments.

  • SippyCup ( SippyCup@lemmy.ml ) 
    5·
    10 months ago

    I am going to be a father and am making a jellyfin setup for my child. I want to start early to make a good collection of movies and shows.

    Me too!

    I have Bluey and The Magic Schoolbus.

  • wizardbeard ( wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
    5·
    11 months ago

    As a relatively new father (my daughter is around 2.5 years old), you have plenty of time. They’ll be a loving little lump for a while.

    What she has loved so far:

    • Bluey (a beautiful show about parenting in disguise as a kids show)
    • Mister Roger’s Neighborhood (all episodes available on archive.org, but they have to be reorganized/renamed at least for Kodi tagging)
    • The Mhppets Show (and anything else muppets)
    • (Modern) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (cg show, and Clubhouse+, the short renewal)
    • Dragon Prince
    • Sesame Street
    • Moana (2 to a lesser extent)
    • Finding Nemo/Dory
    • Lion King
    • Little Mermaid
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    • Mary Poppins
    • Aladin
    • Frozen (and all the spinoff stuff)
    • Mickey Donald and Goofy: Three Musketeers (this is her current obsession, probably watched it 10 times in the last week)

    I’ll come back and edit this with my own shows later.

  • cyberwitch ( cyberwitch@reddthat.com ) 
    5·
    10 months ago

    Do not underestimate silent film! My kiddo loved them as a toddler. Here are some great starters:

    • The Cook (Roscoe Arbuckle)
    • Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton)
    • Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin)
    • A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès)

    Very engaging with way more visual gags than we usually see nowadays, few title cards, and a chance to talk with your kid about what is happening on screen (Ooh no, Charlie is stuck in the lions cage! How is Buster going to get on that runaway train?)

    And eventually when they’re a little older, getting your kid to sit down with you to watch Scorsese’s Hugo (2011). It is an absolutely magical loveletter to early film, particularly Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon.