Give them all the awards!
1.
Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild
2.
Danny Lloyd as Danny in The Shining
3.
Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo in Jojo Rabbit
4.
Brooklynn Prince as Moonee in The Florida Project
5.
Anna Chlumsky as Vada in My Girl
6.
Tom Holland as Lucas in The Impossible
7.
Rosario Dawson as Ruby in Kids
8.
Sean Astin as Mikey in The Goonies
9.
Jerry O’Connell as Vern in Stand By Me
10.
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie in True Grit
11.
Mara Wilson as Natalie in Mrs. Doubtfire
12.
Lina Leandersson as Eli in Let the Right One In
13.
Jared Gilman as Sam in Moonrise Kingdom…
14.
…and Kara Hayward as Suzy in Moonrise Kingdom
15.
Peter Ostrum as Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
16.
Harvey Spencer Stephens as Damien in The Omen
17.
Chosen Jacobs as Mike in It: Chapter 1
18.
Heather O’Rourke as Carol Anne in Poltergeist
19.
And finally, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Young Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire
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