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 ♥️

  • RamRabbit@lemmy.world
    42·
    4 months ago
    • The Lion King (original)
    • Mulan (original)
    • Jurassic Park
    • Princess Mononoke
    • Castle in the Sky
    • Spirited Away
    • Forrest Gump
    • Aladdin (original)
    • Men in Black
    • Galaxy Quest
    • Home Alone
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
    • The Matrix
    • Toy Story
    • Top Gun
    • The Terminator
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas
    • Yu Yu Hakusho
    • Cowboy Bebop
    • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
      14·
      4 months ago

      Princess Mononoke might be a little dark for an earlier age. There’s some really brutal scenes in it.

      Of course that didn’t stop it from being my favorite from age 8 onward, but still.

      • overload@sopuli.xyz
        6·
        4 months ago

        I’m picturing a toddler seeing a soldier get beheaded by an arrow from horseback, looks over at Dad for emotional support, and Dad looks on with an approving grin, comfortable that he’s made the right choice of early childhood films.

        Also, The Matrix/Terminator as a suggestion for a small child is a big lol.

    • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      Hell yeah yu yu hakusho is so good!!! So much raw emotion with great story telling and cool fights. I know he’s the bad guy but when younger toguro turns down a ticket to heaven so he can suffer in purgatory cuz he thinks he doesn’t deserve it gets me so hard everytime.

      • cyberwitch@reddthat.com
        2·
        4 months ago

        it gets me so hard everytime.

        Phrasing! Hahaha

        Lots of episodes can get a little violent but the first episode is golden for teaching perspective and that the “bad guys/good guys” dichotomy isn’t what it seems, and to be kind to everyone, in a way that is a little easier to digest when they’re little.

    • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Funny that you point out the originals Disney movies, that made me think, did the remakes made any impact on the younger generation or is too soon to know that?

      • RamRabbit@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 months ago

        Man, I really hope those were just forgettable for them. The Lion King live action remake is so damn disappointing. All the emotion, all the storytelling, just gone. It’s a very poor imitation of the original.

        Remakes can be good. The new Dune movies are worlds better than the 70s movie; that is a movie that needed a proper remake. The new ones actually do the books justice.

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
    22·
    4 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)

  • Gerudo@lemmy.zip
    20·
    4 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.

    • SevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Good picks. Loved a lot of those as a kid.

      EDIT: Magic School Bus and Bill Nye also reminded me of some other fun educational shows I loved as a kid: Zoboomafoo and Reading Rainbow. I know Zoboomafoo has a modern equivalent called Wild Kratts that I haven’t watched. Not sure if Reading Rainbow does.

  • calidris [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    4 months ago

    Cosmos with Carl Sagan

    His voice, the vocabulary he used along with the wonder he radiated as he described the amazing things that exist out there. All of it captured my young mind like a fantasy.

    I’m getting all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

  • pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    4 months ago

    Sesame Street is great for exposure to a variety of types of people and some cultures. PBS in general is pretty good for that.

    Bluey is fun for parents and kids, though it can give kids some high expectations from their parents.

    Numberblocks is a good math concepts/counting show.

    Storybots is a good learning about the world kind of show.

    Paw Patrol has some life lesson kinds of things, but has more action/adventure stuff.

  • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 months ago

    Surprised PBS shows aren’t mentioned more here, especially not Mr. Rogers Neighborhood being mentioned.

    So in no particular order:

    • Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood: great show for teaching kids to how to navigate emotions and complex situations like death and discrimination but in ways they can understand

    • Sesame Street: similar to Mr. Rogers but more for younger children

    • Bill Nye the Science Guy: Made science accessible and fun for children. Good way to build a sense of curiosity and desire for experimentation

    • Zoom: similar to Bill Nye in that it made me what to try all the activities they shared. Lots of fun games, recipes, brain teasers etc to keep kids busy. The fact that it had an all kid cast made it more accessible as a kid. Highly recommended since it seems less remembered than other PBS shows

    Non-Educational:

    • The Simpsons: this may be divisive but I grew up when they were super popular and I believe it helped develop my sense of humor. The earlier episodes were also pretty wholesome

    • The Avatar (Last Airbender and Korra): well written show that is based on many East Asian cultures and touches on themes of depression, genocide, war, and hope (among many others). One of my favorite shows to this day

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    4 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.

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    4 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.

  • Nangijala@feddit.dk
    8·
    4 months ago

    The Animals of Farthing Wood was a banger show. It’s because of that show that I began drawing as a kid. I love how epic it is and how it comments on deeper themes that are still important today. Among other things, it’s all about how the animals are forced to immigrate to another park after their forest is turned into a highway for humans. That even after the arrive after a horrible migration, their presence isn’t welcome because they disturb the old ways in the new park. How wars break out, friendships and alliances are formed and how everyone has to find a way to coexist and also keep the ever looming presence of humans at bay. It is truly a brilliant show that teaches you so much about life, death, nature and tolerance. And you know, you can also just watch the show as an entertaining epic for kids about animals without looking into all the political stuff, because it never really tries to cram all it’s themes down your throat in the annoying way that a lot of media does nowadays.

    Maybe hold off on showing the little one this show until they are at least kindergarten age. It’s a bit rough sometimes, but it is not damaging.

    Also, congratulations on becoming a dad! Glædelig jul ❤️

    EDIT: FRIENDS! I LITERALLY JUST FOUND A REMASTERED VERSION OF THE WHOLE SERIES ON YOUTUBE!

    GO WATCH IT HERE❤️

    • kossa@feddit.org
      5·
      4 months ago

      Whoaaaaaaa…this show…best environmental education a child can get from TV.

      But seriously heartbreaking, I remember crying A LOT as child (maybe still would TBH).

      • Nangijala@feddit.dk
        2·
        4 months ago

        Yeah I agree. It’s really brutal. As a kid I was especially heartbroken over Fox’s son’s storyline. The one with the wounded leg who goes to the city for awhile. His story was so friggin tragic, omg.

    • Kamsaa@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      I was exactly looking for the name of that show in English as it is the one that instantly came to my mind when I saw the post. It’s in no small part thanks to this one, and a couple of others (the magic school bus and once upon a time… life) I decided to do a PhD in animal behaviour.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    8·
    4 months ago

    Sesame Street, Muppets, The Electric Company.

    Completely dated, but these older shows introduced a white kid in whitesville to a completely different world. Plus fun, educational in a way that kids don’t mind.

  • Good_Slate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    Bluey. It’s a really positive modern show , so not really from my childhood but it beats everything else from my childhood.