Last Sunday I had the immense pleasure of seeing To Kill a Mockingbird on the big screen, and it was amazing. It had been quite a few years since I'd seen this classic, and I've always loved the acting, especially of the children playing Jem and Scout. They're so natural. Their performance got me thinking of other child performances I like, so here's a list of my favorites! I recommend all these movies, if only for these performances!
Mary Badham and Phillip Alford as Scout and Jem Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
Anna Paquin as Flora McGrath in The Piano
Catinca Untaru as Alexandria in The Fall
Ana Torrent as Ana in The Spirit of the Beehive
River Phoenix as Chris Chambers in Stand By Me
Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family
Christian Bale as Jamie Graham in Empire of the Sun
Natalie Portman as Mathilda in Leon: The Professional
Robert J. Anderson as Little George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life
Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark in The Bad Seed
Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense
Kirsten Dunst as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit
Peter Billingsley as Ralphie in A Christmas Story
Natalie Wood as Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street
Jodie Foster as Iris in Taxi Driver
Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz
Alakina Mann and James Bentley as Anne and Nicholas Stewart in The Others
Mason Gamble as Dirk Calloway in Rushmore
Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows
Gaspard Manesse and Raphael Fejto as Julien Quentin and Jean Bonnet in Au Revoir Les Enfants
Ivana Baquero as Ofelia in Pan's Labyrinth
Quvenzhane Wallis as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild
Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
Judith Vittet as Miette in The City of Lost Children
Tatum O'Neal as Addie in Paper Moon
Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance in The Shining
Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. in My Girl
Julie Dawn Cole as Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore as Elliott and Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Who are your favorite child actors? What are your favorite performances?
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