2. Carmen and Juni Cortez, Spy Kids
Director Robert Rodriguez turns pre-teens Carmen (Alexa Vega) and her little brother Juni (Daryl Sabara) into the ultimate spy badasses. They can fight, they can fly, they cansave their parents. What kid wouldn't fantasize about having more control than their authority figures? Never condescending to the audience while always stimulating their fantasy imagination, Spy Kids is one of this generation's greatest kids' movie. KEEP READING: See No. 1 ...