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22 March 2010

EXTRA SPECIAL
E.T was yesterday (Fri) named the greatest kids' movie of all time.
The 1982 classic, which started a young Drew Barrymore's Hollywood career, told the story of a friendly extra-terrestrial who gets stranded on Earth.
A group of young children look after E.T, famous for the phrase 'E.T, phone home' and battle to get him back to his home planet.
Despite being almost 30 years since the film was released, the classic beat competition from modern favourites including Shrek and Finding Nemo to take the title.
Second place went to Pixar's 1996 hit Toy Story, followed by Disney classic Mary Poppins.
The Lion King and the Wizard of Oz completed the top five.
A spokesman for www.onepoll.com, which carried out the research, said: ''The films featured in the poll span across decades and all have something special about them.
''E.T is a movie the whole family can gather round to watch and it never fails to bring a tear to someone's eye.
''The scenes where he is captured by scientists and flies in the bicycle basket in front of the moon have become iconic.
''No matter how old we are, we always seem to revert back to our childhood ways and enjoy the funny, sad and animated tales we watched when we were young.''
Sixth place in the poll of 3,000 Brits was Bambi, which is still keeping children entertained today, despite first being released in 1942.
Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox was voted in at number seven while Shrek, voiced by Mike Myers was at eight.
Ninth place went to Finding Nemo which follows the adventures of clownfish Nemo and his father Marlin after Nemo is snatched from his coral reef home by a diver to add to his fish tank in Sydney.
Fantasy film Labyrinth completed the top ten.
Other classic films to feature in the top 50 include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at 16, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at 21 and Black Beauty at 32.
But many modern films have made it into the poll, including Ice Age at 19, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at 21 and Madagascar at 25.
Top 50 kids' films of all time
1.    E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial
2.    Toy Story
3.    Mary Poppins
4.    Lion King
5.    Wizard of Oz
6.    Bambi
7.    Back to the Future
8.    Shrek
9.    Finding Nemo
10.    Labyrinth
11.    101 Dalmatians
12.    Aladdin
13.    Beauty and the Beast
14.    The Goonies
15.    The Jungle Book
16.    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
17.    Alice in Wonderland
18.    Home Alone
19.    Ice Age
20.    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
21.    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
22.    Annie
23.    Cinderella
24.    Monsters Inc
25.    Madagascar
26.    Sound of Music
27.    Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers
28.    Mrs Doubtfire
29.    Babe
30.    Beethoven
31.    Beetlejuice
32.    Black Beauty
33.    The Little Mermaid
34.    The Railway Children
35.    A Bug's Life
36.    Dumbo
37.    Wall-E
38.    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
39.    A Little Princess
40.    Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
41.    Jurassic park
42.    Kung-Fu Panda
43.    Who Framed Roger Rabbit
44.    Billy Elliot
45.    Lady and the Tramp
46.    Neverending Story
47.    Short Circuit
48.    Sleeping Beauty
49.    An American Tail
50.    Chicken Run
Research conducted by global market research company www.onepoll.com