Unendliche Geschichte, Die (1984) 
Catchiest movie theme song ever
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Apparently, this movie is in German, dubbed over in English. Which maybe explains why the theme song is only the title repeated over and over again. Yet even now it sings through my head. When I watched the first hour of this with sixth graders the other day, I was surprised that I knew the song and that there was a giant dog dragon but had never seen the actual movie.
Even though the story itself seems rather played out (nerdy bookworm makes good through imagination), I thought they did a pretty nice job with the story. It moves along well with a nice blend of tension, tragedy, sighs of relief and guffaws. And considering it was 1984, the effects are pretty good. They seemed to have a lot of fun with size.
My favorite line, “Don’t worry, it’s a racing snail.”
