Movies like the Parent Trap

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Anonymous wrote:We just watched Back to the Future with our 7 yo and it's all he has talked about for weeks. Also love The Sandlot. The Little Rascals (90s version, I think) is one of my all-time favorites for kids.

Back to the Future was insanely popular among my peers when we were 7-8. I actually got so sick of it because it was shown at almost every party I went to.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean "real" as in non-animated? In which case, we just watched Elf with ours and it was a huge hit.

Other live action Christmas films that are good for these ages are a couple of relatively obscure ones from the ‘80s/‘90s: Prancer & Santa Claus: The Movie.
As I’ said, though, that are relatively obscure so idk where/if they are available today.

Also, though I obviously haven’t seen it & it would require shelling out the money for movie theater tickets, a live action version of the Nutcracker is coming out soon. That may be a bit much for the younger one,though; I’d check Common Sense Media &/or talk to some other parents who have seen it with their young kids before taking them.

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The Wizard of Oz

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Homeward Bound

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stand By Me

They are probably too young for this movie.

Yes, too young.

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Nim's Island.

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I am looking for movies like you. We watch Home Alone and they liked 1 & 2. Others:

Karate Kid
Freaky Friday
Parent Trap
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder one)
Wizard of Oz

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Anonymous wrote:Escape From Witch Mountain (‘70s version)
Yours,Mine, & Ours (original version with Lucille Ball)

SO good. My young kids loved The Water Horse.

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Anonymous wrote:I am looking for movies like you. We watch Home Alone and they liked 1 & 2. Others:

Karate Kid
Freaky Friday
Parent Trap
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder one)
Wizard of Oz

They are too young for Karate Kid.

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We love the Pippi Longstocking movies (we have the box with all four). My DD also loved Pollyanna, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Matilda, the older version of Annie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both versions), Sound of Music (although she found the Nazi bits scary), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (also with scary parts)

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Commonsensemedia.org is great for getting a sense of age-appropriateness of certain movies. The site also has lots of lists of recommended movies.