Best movies for a tween - any recommendations welcome
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| literally just rewatched princess bride last weekend! DD also loves studio ghibli, knives out movies, enola gay. we're watching off campus together and just saw train to busan (we like korean dramas). |
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You are nuts. The Goonies is a classic. My kids loved it. |
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16 Candles is racist and does not age well. No thanks. |
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The line between appropriate/problematic is highly subjective and can vary according to a family’s preferences and the individual child, especially at that age. I highly recommend you consult Common Sense Media and/or IMDB parent’s guide for any specific concerns you might have.
Several of these movies have been remade. I generally prefer original films to their remakes, and may not have even seem the newer versions. Ever After Princess Bride Ella Enchanted ET Nim’s Island Galaxy Quest War Games Goonies Gremlins Short Circuit Annie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Spy Kids Charlotte’s Web Who Framed Roger Rabbit Hook (child dies at end) The Mask Liar Liar Karate Kid Beetlejuice Jumanji Sound of Music Wizard of Oz Willow Jurassic Park The Flintstones Movie Sister Act Akeelah and the Bee A League of Their Own Yours, Mine, and Ours Cheaper by the Dozen (Dad dies at end) The Truman Show White Nights Crocodile Dundee Kindergarten Cop Mr. Mom Good Morning Vietnam Men in Black Independence Day Three Men and a Baby Overboard 1776 (has some emotionally intense scenes, one part always makes me cry) Star Wars Star Trek James Bond Mel Brooks Back to the Future (does have the parking lot scene) Disney live action movies (Sky High, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Princess Diaries, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Ice Princess, etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Pictures_films animal movies (Lassie, Benjie, The Incredible Journey, Free Willy, etc.) Classic movies can be great, especially the comedies and musicals (Elvis, Annette’s beach movies, Abbott and Costello, Three Stooges, Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Shirley Temple, Katherine Hepburn, Doris Day, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, etc.) |
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| The Sandlot, Miss Congeniality, National Treasure |
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Enola Holmes
Little Women The Mitchells vs the Machines Project Hail Mary Sheep Detectives (still in theaters) I also second the Studio Ghibli movies rec |