Good/appropriate movies for 13 year olds

[Anonymous]

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
13 Going on 30
Bring it On (a little racy maybe? but probably not more so than Mean Girls)
Legally Blonde

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Short Circuit
Sky High
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Princess Bride
Beetlejuice
The Karate Kid
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Goonies
Hook
ET
Jumanji
The Mask
War Games
Cutting Edge
White Nights
Ice Princess
Ever After
Ella Enchanted
A League of their Own
Flintstones Movie
Back to the Future (does have the parking lot scene)
Good Morning Vietnam
Willow
Jurassic Park
Hitch
Sabrina (Julia Ormund)
The Truman Show
Sweet Home Alabama
Crocodile Dundee
Kindergarten Cop
Overboard (1987)
Inception

Disney live-action movies are great. Classic movies can be great, especially the comedies and musicals (Katherine Hepburn, Doris Day, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elvis, etc.)

OMG at some of these.

I agree with the other poster to let your teenager pick her own movies.

[Anonymous]

These are mostly going to be movies that I liked at that age (but I also have a 13yo son, so some are more his taste):

Love Simon
Dirty Dancing
Top Gun
The Princess Bride
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wonder Woman
Out of Sight
A League of their Own
Clueless
13 going on 30
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Harry Potter
A Time to Kill
Mississippi Burning
My Cousin Vinny
Circle of Friends
School Ties
Dead Poet’s Society
Wild Child
Easy A
The Help
John Tucker must Die

[Anonymous]

I like to check the reviews for movies or shows I’m not sure about on Common Sense Media. The reviews tend to be pretty reasonable and highlight things I care about. Most of the time, we’ll discuss a questionable reviews but will still let my 13 year old watch it.

Example, the Kissing Booth on Netflix. (I watched rather than read the review) The movie handles female sexuality and drinking horribly( in my opinion) but I let my 13 year watch it and we discussed. I try to say yes as much as I can but use questionable stuff as a discussion point. I know, I’m a micromanaging psycho Mom. I just think some of the messages in these movies need to be countered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:By 13 I did not censor media for my kids, although I did have several talks about why I didn't want them to watch porn.

Let her figure things out herself. The idea that parents micro-manage what their kids read, watch, etc., is ridiculous.

It’s called parenting.

No, it's called micro-managing. I parent my kids. I parent them by giving them the tools to make decisions and think for themselves. I give them the space to make mistakes and learn from them. So when my girls are 20 and home from college, THEY will be able to occupy their free time, and won't need me to crowdsource ideas for them. At 13 a kid should be capable of picking out movies for themselves. And books. And music.

I have to agree! These kids are 13. Not 6. They can pick their own movies. Why would a 13 yo watch Willy Wonka (unless it was a replay for comfort as a childhood favorite).

My 12 yo has his own opinions on what to watch. Short of ensuring it’s not inappropriate anything else is fair game. If the movie appears to have too much sex or violence he self regulates and turns it off.