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1. Léon: The Professional (1994)

Natalie Portman as Mathilda

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6087

7.5

8.2

2. The Sixth Sense (1999)

Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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2120

7.5

7.7

3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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3155

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4. The Exorcist (1973)

Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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869

8.4

5. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Enzo Staiola as Bruno Ricci.

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873

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6. The 400 Blows (1959)

Jean-Pierre Leaud as Antoine Doinel

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4172

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7. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover.

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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5356

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8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Henry Thomas as Elliott

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2474

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9. Kick-Ass (2010)

Chloe Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready/Hit-Girl

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1029

7.5

10. The Piano (1993)

Anna Paquin as Flora McGrath

Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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3915

8.3

11. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Ivana Baquero as Ofelia

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5717

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12. Home Alone (1990)

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister

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3741

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13. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chro... (1994)

Kirsten Dunst as Claudia

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5053

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14. The Shining (1980)

Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance

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446

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15. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell

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1792

7.8

16. Let the Right One In (2008)

BOTH: Lina Leandersson as Eli and Kåre Hedebrant as Oskar

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1380

7.5

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17. Hugo (2011)

BOTH: Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret and Chloë Grace Moretz as Isabelle.

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1283

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18. The Tree of Life (2011)

Hunter McCracken as young Jack O'Brien.

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752

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19. Zathura (2005)

Josh Hutcherson as Walter

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4395

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20. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

ALL THREE: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger

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822

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21. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Justin Henry as Billy Kramer

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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3162

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22. Finding Neverland (2004)

Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies

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1767

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23. Matilda (1996)

Mara Wilson as Matilda

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2045

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24. Atonement (2007)

Saoirse Ronan as Briony Tallis (as a child)

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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1271

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25. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

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3645

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26. Taxi Driver (1976)

Jodie Foster as Iris

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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2095

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27. Stand by Me (1986)

ALL FOUR: River Phoenix as Chris Chambers, Will Wheaton as Gorden Lachance, Corey Feldman as Teddy Duchamp and Jerry O'Connell as Vern Tessio

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1116

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28. Empire of the Sun (1987)

Christian Bale as Jim 'Jamie' Graham

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1489

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29. Billy Elliot (2000)

Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot

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1311

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30. Super 8 (2011)

Joel Courtney as Joe Lamb

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1410

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31. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Max Records as Max

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1308

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32. The Road (2009)

Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy

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Comments

Zora

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Aug 28 8:37

An excellent list of young performances!
Little Miss Sunshine is a brilliant movie and Dano and Abigail made it even more enjoyable to watch. I also agree on Christian Bale, for example: the hollowness of his character at the end of the movie after the torment of the war ended was very believable.
As for The Interview with the Vampire, Kirsten most definitely made the film for me, her performance was great and she showed talent, shame she wastes it on bad movies (Mona Lisa Smile was excellent though)

231

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 9 4:57

Great List!

Nat

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 12 17:01

Good list.
I just loved 12 y/o Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun.
Boy can he act!
I blown away everytime I watch that movie.

Oday Nasser

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 12 11:52

i hated the girl in kick-ass, but good list overall

SJMJ91

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 12 11:58

Why? Because she said "c**t"?

Oday Nasser

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 17 10:19

nah not coz of that, i dont know, maybe the costume

rubert

Posted: 1 year, 3 months ago at Feb 16 1:53

A very good list! But I think darsheel safary's name must also be included for his special performance in taare zameen par.

Phil_Sump

Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jul 10 6:27

Nice work, got all the ones I was thinking of in there. Some bright young stars.

Martine

Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 14 17:07

I'm glad you put Max Records, Freddie Highmore and Thomas Horn on this :D Why haven't you added the actors in The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas? Also, you should add Dakota Fanning in I Am Sam (she was 7 at the time, and the youngest actor ever to be nominated for a SAG award)