Today we live in a world in which the main role is played by the media which are omnipresent. We receive most of the information through a medium. In addition to transmitting information, the media are used for communication between people, starting from the original media - speech, and the Internet. However, their role is much higher, even though sometimes we are not aware of it. They entertain, inform and educate. Their content affects our attitudes, change our habits and behavior. The power of the media goes back to that extent that an individual allows, so it is necessary to develop a critical attitude towards the media and should be used with the measure. Each medium has its own language of communication, their distinctive means of expression. For example, the film is expressed in picture and sound, which means that a man while watching a movie is using sight and hearing, while doing so a man gets 90% of information from the environment. This paper is focused on the film, especially films that are intended for children. Croatian cinema is known to the world by children's film, but there is a common misconception in society that today there is no quality films for children. It caused my desire to investigate this area. The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality of Croatian films for children. Through this topic we will meet with the concept of the film and its development through the history of world cinema. We will present the film as part of the media and its role in daily life where he observed the need for adequate education of film art. The main part of the work is focused on children's film, its features and functions and presents the historical development of Croatian cinema film which is intended for children, in addition to the analysis of films old and new productions that are compared on the basis of these data and the conclusion on the quality of these films.