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My kids and I love Kiki almost as much as Totoro. A great list, and I'm enjoying reading the new suggestions.
A few more ideas:
The Blues Brothers. Great music from an era before "urban" always meant rap, and before "musical" connoted "High School Musical";
One, Two, Three. The rapid-fire early Sixties comedy starring Cagney as a Coca-Cola executive in a recovering Berlin, and a fine way to introduce your offspring to Billy Wilder's films.