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re: Favorite child actors in movies?

Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:28 am to
Posted by skullhawk
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:28 am to
Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun
Posted by LSUDonMCO
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:30 am to
Jodie Foster and I are the same age and I had a huge crush on her growing up. Too bad she plays for the other team now.
Posted by Hester Carries
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:33 am to
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I generally hate child actors. Not sure why. Dakota Fanning In Man on Fire, I thought did a good job.

A good job????

It’s the single greatest child performance of all time
Posted by wesfau
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:39 am to


This kid wasn't a particularly great actor, but he's in a couple of my favorite films of all time.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 12:05 pm to
Little Mako in Pacific Rim, but she didn’t act so much as just scream a lot & look terrified.

Pretty convincing though.
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 2:44 pm to
I always rather liked Edith Fellows.
Posted by Shorty_price
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 3:24 pm to
Lucas Black in Sling Blade
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 5:39 pm to
I didn't even like child actors when I was a child
Posted by MasonTiger
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 5:57 pm to
Posted by ChiTownBammer
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 7:05 pm to
Surprised nobody here said Traci Lords.
Posted by BigAppleTiger
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 7:07 pm to
Toto.



Cinema Paradiso. Amazing film. Still as beautiful as ever.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:54 am to
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Dakota Fanning In Man on Fire, I thought did a good job.


Agreed.

Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon stands out (she was 9 during filming IIRC)

Technically a teen, but Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun was 13.

Abigail Breslin was 10 for Little Miss Sunshine

Haley Joel Osment in Sixth Sense

I'm not sure those are my Top 5 (with Fanning), but that's close. I think Kirsten Dunst was about 12 for Interview with the Vampire - my overall low opinion of the film probably holds her back, but I thought she did the best acting in it - maybe her and Banderas.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 3:55 am
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 3:59 am to
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Dean Stockwell


Film career spanned 8 decades, 70 years on the nose.

IMDB has 205 listings (film and television) for him as "actor" and I scanned and didn't see any as "himself".

#Holyshit

RIP
Posted by AkronTiger
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 5:14 am to
Drew in E.T. the GOAT
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 4:03 pm to
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Sadie Sink She's certainly proven to have the chops; still going strong at 24;


Holy crap. Did not realize she was that old. Thought she was like 17 I retract my earlier statement.
Posted by gumbo2176
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 4:14 pm to
Kirsten Dunst---"Interview with the Vampire".
Posted by skrayper
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 7:33 pm to
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Holy crap. Did not realize she was that old. Thought she was like 17 I retract my earlier statement.


Huge gaps in time between filming for Stranger Things... understandable for the confusion.
Posted by Chardee MacDennis
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Posted on 4/25/26 at 5:57 am to
Posted by cypresstiger
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Posted on 4/25/26 at 2:30 pm to
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Posted by biglego
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Posted on 4/25/26 at 3:08 pm to
Nobody has said Brooke Shields in Blue Lagoon. I’m proud of y’all.
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