I cannot for the life of me understand the love for this movie. But the love for it spans generations so assume I'm the one in the wrong, but I just don't see it.
Alright, that may be fair. I didn't see it till I was in my mid 30s. And I will fight to the death with sticks, anybody who doesn't like hook. So, I get it, but I don't get it.
I like Hook too. I think I was 8 or 9 when it came out and it was amazing to me. My friend who is just a couple of years older didn't like it because his younger siblings fucked that up for him by playing it on repeat.
Watched that for the first time while really high in college, and the horse sinking in the swamp really fucked me up lol. I've had no desire to revisit it, personally :/
All the films in the following list are PG-13, PG, or older and unrated, and I went light on sexual themes in the PG-13 part (except for Austin Powers, because... it's Austin Powers). This is just me quickly going through my own movie collection.
PG-13:
Arachnophobia (1990)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Cabin Boy (1994)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Director's Cut, if you can
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Pirates of the Carribean (2006)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Sneakers (1992)
UHF (1989)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
PG:
*batteries not included (1987)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dreams by Akira Kurosawa (1990)
Flow (2024)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Porco Rosso (1992)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Producers (1967)
Indiana Jones original trilogy (1981-1989)
Real Genius (1985)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Spaceballs (1987)
Strange Brew (1983)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Time Bandits (1981)
Twins (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
War Games (1983)
The Wizard (1989)
Wizards (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Unrated:
The Great Escape (1963)
Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Nova Seed (2016)
Rashomon (1950)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Stalker (1979)
Also, special mention to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) which would be otherwise PG except for the scene where Steve Martin says "fuck" 18 times, which alone earned it it's R rating.
Really? I always heard/read that it was as a response to Alien getting an R rating.
And actually, Alien is not a bad answer to this question. It was my 9yo and 7yo's first R rated movie and they absolutely loved it. Plus, it sets them up for more good sci-fi down the road. My kids just watched Interstellar at 11 and 9 and really enjoyed themselves
Showed my 10 and 9 year old boys Alien a few months back. Followed by Aliens (and then AVP). 9 year old was way more scared by Aliens and AVP than the first Alien. But I tested the water on them with Prey, which they really dug.
I thought Prey would be great for pre-teens, but my wife hasn't seen it and was super skeptical (and she didn't want to watch it, which was probably more of the issue), so... shrug. Next time she's having a night out, we'll probably do it.
Tangentially related (since this is our go to when the wife is out of town), all 3 of my kids have loved kaiju movies since the oldest was in diapers, so if you haven't watched Pacific Rim and the modern "kaiju-verse" (or whatever it's called), I highly recommend it, ideally from a pillow fort on the couch so you can play act being kaiju and knocking over your own city if it gets slow.
Some men are Baptists. Others, Catholic. But me? I’m a Godzilla fan. (Also, Episcopalian, but you get what I mean).
For real tho, I’ve been into kaiju films since I was about six and have introduced them to my kids. My 4 y/o daughter is probably the most obsessed of them. She really digs Godzilla: King of the Monsters. And we all had a blast with Pacific Rim. I even took my eldest to see Godzilla -0.1 in theaters.
Prey is great. It really mixes up the Predator franchise and feels super fresh. It’s pretty violent but, to me, just a smidge above typical PG-13 violence—there is animal violence, so keep that in mind if that’s a problem (you see a few animals get skinned and a wolf gets disemboweled, but it’s shown from a distance and is quick; there’s a pretty intense scene with a bear that gets kinda bloody, but honestly the animal scenes are kinda obviously CGI so it doesn’t look overly realistic). There’s also a bit in the middle that’s in untranslated French, but that’s a cinematic choice. My kids were kinda distracted because they thought the subtitles were broken lol.
FYI PG-13 seems to only be a rating in a handful of countries, such as america, Iraq, Lebanon, Singapore and Qatar (I hadn't heard of it so did a quick search).
In Canada and Australia for example, Gremlins is rated PG
Kung Fu Hustle is rated R, which was outside of the general range of ratings I went for. It's been a while since I watched it and I couldn't remember specifically what got it that rating.
Description from Common Sense Media:
Parents need to know that Kung Fu Hustle is a Hong Kong martial arts comedy starring Stephen Chow. It has lots of stylized and cartoonish violence and blood. Scenes show the aftermath of people dead from ax wounds (axes sticking out from bodies), gunned down by gunfire, and beaten up; bullying (kids beat up a boy and urinate on him); and people dying from fighting. A person is decapitated, and a cat is cut in half, but these are only shown in shadow. People are "comically" stabbed by knives, beaten up, threatened, and chased. One effeminate man is often called a "fairy" and made fun of. The movie also has fat jokes. A married man often flirts with other women, but this is part of an act. Characters range from naive romantics to hard-core hired killers, and the tone is wildly comic, often paying homage to previous martial arts films. The main character shows some positive values in his redemption story, eventually becoming compassionate and showing integrity. Adults drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and cigars, and one man smokes opium out of a pipe. Strong language includes "f--k," "bulls--t," "a--hole," "ass," "bitch," "fairy," "damn," "hell," and "piss."
Seems definitely a bit more mature than Shaolin Soccer was, at least in my opinion.
Proceed with caution with the Dark Crystal. Idk if I was too young to watch when I did, or what, but it scared the bejeebus outta me; I couldn't even look at the cover until I was an older teen
Nope. I didn't see that movie till I was 23 and my reaction at the end was, "Your parents showed you this as a kid and thought that was ok, but TMNT was 'too violent'‽" This was said to my girlfriend at the time. That movie was DARK. I haven't seen it since then, so about 20 years, and IIRC genocide, slavery, and the apocalypse all feature heavily in the main plot, and almost the only redeeming character in the movie was named Fizzgig. He was a mutant Pomeranian.
I watched Gremlins 2 when I was 13, and it scarred me for life. I did not find it funny at all, and it gave me nightmares for days. I have not seen it as an adult, and currently being 40+ years old, I probably never will.
Huh, I was only 11ish watching it, I think I thought the first one was scarier or had a darker tone, the pool scene was a bit scary for one, maybe it was the music? Also they seemed much more menacing in 1 but it could have been due to the slapstick comedy it was sandwiched with in part 2 that made it feel less frightening.
All that said, I ended up watching Nightmare on Elm Street too young so that may have skewed my interpretation of scary. Yes younger than Gremlins 2, but I also quite enjoyed Nightmare on Elm Street and watched them all (well not 2 as much), so maybe just my experience.
If you're a Star Trek fan the Voyager doctor is there for some comedy, if you're a Smallville fan Lyonel Luthor is there...has a decent cast for the movie it is. Oh and forgot Christopher Lee too heh.
Rowan Atkinson is imo the only actor that mastered comedic face and acting, no word needed, just his facial reaction and action is enough to bring laughter. It breach age, language, and cultural barrier. I remember watching the series as early as age 5 in the 90s and enjoy it. Holiday is good too.
Any of the Studio Ghibli anime. Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are two of my favorites. If you’re not into anime, just trust me and give them a try; the writing and drama is on par with any Grammy-winning blockbuster from the past 50 years.
Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle are some of the best media I have ever come across. Oh, Kiki's Delivery Service is an amazing story about having faith in yourself.
My Neighbor Totoro is magic for children. I have four kids and each one of them, starting at around 2, would go silent and sit for the entirety of that film any time I put it on.
All animated, very much not cutesy little kid stuff. War, trauma, death, PTSD for soldiers, all of it. Its also something special to watch a sith lord murder their way out of a ship using nothing but the force.
Edit: oh, movies, my bad. Hmm, thats a little trickier for me.
Naked Gun has some pretty sexual themes, Monty Python less so if you're only talking Holy Grail. Life of Brian and Meaning of Life have loads of sexual themes and nudity.
I did think of that scene fist which is why I was surprised that it was considered the one with the least sexual themes. That's how I first found out spanking could be a sexual thing.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy might be good too (at least the six episode TV series that just feels like a long film). I also think it's a little more appropriate.
Maybe they'd like some of the kids cartoons I enjoy as an adult or when I was in high school?
Dexter's Lab, Ed Edd and Eddy, Power Puff Girls, 2 Stupid Dogs, Home Movies, Dr. Katz., Invader Zim, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Phineas and Ferb, Daria, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Regular Show, and Adventure Time.
My father got into serious trouble with my mom when my little brother was two because of Blazing Saddles. My mom had taken me somewhere, and my brother was in the playroom playing with blocks. Dad figured it was safe to watch Blazing Saddles, as little bro wasn't able to see the TV, and he could see little bro.
A few days later, little bro walks up to my mother and casually called her a "tonic bitch," and wandered off.
Needless to say Mel Brooks was banned in our house for a few years, but we all loved it when we were allowed to watch it. Spaceballs as well.
It's vague if they are okay with animated films intended for adults, so....
Titan AE,
Iron Giant,
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,
The Rocketeer,
Indiana Jones,
Star Wars IV thru VI, Forever Young, The Incredible Journey (original, not the voiceover remake).
Lots of Spielberg directed stuff fits here I think like close encounters, Indiana Jones, Jaws
The blues brothers I remember was a lot of fun & don't recall anything that stands out as too adult. tons of music, violence is not very serious
mst3k/rifftrax take a lot of old cheap movies and have comedians joke over the movie's audio, I think most of it is pretty pg-13 stuff but not pandering to kids
Some Coen brothers/Ethan Coen movies like O brother where art thou and raising Arizona, true grit, add a bit more complexity to stories over kids movies, but keep the violence not too scary
I played my youngest (11) the Pickle Rick episode but told them a lot of the other episodes had adult themes that night go over their head so maybe when they're older.
So that's how the family ended up running through all the seasons over about 3 weeks. Some stuff they didn't pick up on but got raised eyebrows from the older sibling (13) but all in all they loved it. Rick's even trying to improve as a person in the latter seasons so it's not totally niahlistic.
Family friendly / older fare. Labyrinth, goonies, princess bride, frighteners, galaxy quest, original clash of the titans, fifth element, back to the future etc etc.
Excuse, me, what the fuck!? Galaxy quest managed to be one of the best Star Trek flicks out there while not even being in the same universe. By Grabthar’s Hammer, YOU…SHALL…BE…APOLOGETIC!
Not knowing their age, I still go with anything PG13 or your local equivalent is likely to be fine for most kids depending on what they like and how they react to different situations. My kiddo liked Jurrasic World at 10, but couldn't handle Jurrasic Park because JP did a better job at making scary scenes scary.
I enjoyed a lot of Rated R movies as a kid, especially when the rating was from language. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles wasn't any more adult than Uncle Buck except for the F bomb laden rental scene. Both are completely appropriate for kids around 10 years old with parental guidance if needed.
We never hid cursing from our kiddo and she didn't repeat it elsewhere, so it really came down to what held her attention and what seemed like something we felt might need some explaining.
they aren't movies, but Doctor Who is a fantastic show for the whole family. maybe start at Matt Smith episodes unless they don't mind cheesier effects and costumes.
Depending on the age, but if they are still not truly able to follow complex storylines and conversations, you could really get away with anything that isn't scary, sexual or violent.
My parents watched Friends all the time, I didn't understand half of it but it was fun to watch as kid.
The only thing I can think of is Midnight Gospel, if your kid doesn’t mind the quick-talking podcast interview going on in the background. But the animation is great. 😃
A lot of Chris Lilley's shows could do the trick. They do have some adult references and some swearing here and there but nothing you wouldn't hear from going out side.
Sure, I'm not saying they're not good to watch for adults, but we're talking about a kid with a declared aversion to media targeted at children. The aesthetics of both shows scream "kid's show" regardless of the textual content.
The only thing my mind could come up with that isn't animated would be The Ring. I personally have the original Japanese version, so I have no clue how good or bad the western version is, though.
Tron. Labyrinth. Goonies. Legend. Etc.
And by etc, OP means Princess Bride.
I cannot for the life of me understand the love for this movie. But the love for it spans generations so assume I'm the one in the wrong, but I just don't see it.
I love this movie so much, but I get it. I feel like you have to have seen it at a certain age in order to really feel it.
Alright, that may be fair. I didn't see it till I was in my mid 30s. And I will fight to the death with sticks, anybody who doesn't like hook. So, I get it, but I don't get it.
I like Hook too. I think I was 8 or 9 when it came out and it was amazing to me. My friend who is just a couple of years older didn't like it because his younger siblings fucked that up for him by playing it on repeat.
It helps if you watch it over and over, until the tape wears out.
Yes
The Neverending Story
EDIT: Stoopid autocorrect
Is that a short movie about a kid finishing reading a book about a hero completing his quest?
Watched that for the first time while really high in college, and the horse sinking in the swamp really fucked me up lol. I've had no desire to revisit it, personally :/
Kids and animals dying really ruin media for me
It's OK, Artax the horse survived.
https://lemmy.ca/post/41712442
Yes.
HUGE second on all of these
Oh and Willow
All the films in the following list are PG-13, PG, or older and unrated, and I went light on sexual themes in the PG-13 part (except for Austin Powers, because... it's Austin Powers). This is just me quickly going through my own movie collection.
PG-13:
PG:
Unrated:
Also, special mention to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) which would be otherwise PG except for the scene where Steve Martin says "fuck" 18 times, which alone earned it it's R rating.
You might want to switch Gremlins to the PG-13 category. The PG-13 rating was invented as a response to Gremlins being PG.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-gremlins-helped-change-movie-ratings-forever-with-pg-13
Really? I always heard/read that it was as a response to Alien getting an R rating.
And actually, Alien is not a bad answer to this question. It was my 9yo and 7yo's first R rated movie and they absolutely loved it. Plus, it sets them up for more good sci-fi down the road. My kids just watched Interstellar at 11 and 9 and really enjoyed themselves
Showed my 10 and 9 year old boys Alien a few months back. Followed by Aliens (and then AVP). 9 year old was way more scared by Aliens and AVP than the first Alien. But I tested the water on them with Prey, which they really dug.
I thought Prey would be great for pre-teens, but my wife hasn't seen it and was super skeptical (and she didn't want to watch it, which was probably more of the issue), so... shrug. Next time she's having a night out, we'll probably do it.
Tangentially related (since this is our go to when the wife is out of town), all 3 of my kids have loved kaiju movies since the oldest was in diapers, so if you haven't watched Pacific Rim and the modern "kaiju-verse" (or whatever it's called), I highly recommend it, ideally from a pillow fort on the couch so you can play act being kaiju and knocking over your own city if it gets slow.
Some men are Baptists. Others, Catholic. But me? I’m a Godzilla fan. (Also, Episcopalian, but you get what I mean).
For real tho, I’ve been into kaiju films since I was about six and have introduced them to my kids. My 4 y/o daughter is probably the most obsessed of them. She really digs Godzilla: King of the Monsters. And we all had a blast with Pacific Rim. I even took my eldest to see Godzilla -0.1 in theaters.
Prey is great. It really mixes up the Predator franchise and feels super fresh. It’s pretty violent but, to me, just a smidge above typical PG-13 violence—there is animal violence, so keep that in mind if that’s a problem (you see a few animals get skinned and a wolf gets disemboweled, but it’s shown from a distance and is quick; there’s a pretty intense scene with a bear that gets kinda bloody, but honestly the animal scenes are kinda obviously CGI so it doesn’t look overly realistic). There’s also a bit in the middle that’s in untranslated French, but that’s a cinematic choice. My kids were kinda distracted because they thought the subtitles were broken lol.
Done, it was showing as PG in my collection, thanks for the tip.
Depends on what countries classification system you're using. Most countries don't use pg-13
FYI PG-13 seems to only be a rating in a handful of countries, such as america, Iraq, Lebanon, Singapore and Qatar (I hadn't heard of it so did a quick search).
In Canada and Australia for example, Gremlins is rated PG
I came here to offer suggestions, but damn my dude, blockbuster never would have died if they had you in charge!
You're going to mention Shaolin Soccer but not Kung-Fu Hustle? Come on.
Kung Fu Hustle is rated R, which was outside of the general range of ratings I went for. It's been a while since I watched it and I couldn't remember specifically what got it that rating.
Description from Common Sense Media:
Seems definitely a bit more mature than Shaolin Soccer was, at least in my opinion.
Is it really? Probably all the violence. That's a shame.
Meh, there's plenty worse violence daytime anime. I think if a parent is ok with Shaolin Soccer then Kung Fu Hustle is fine.
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is better.
I assume they're talking about the "who's throwing handles?" scene, which is fucking hilarious.
..."fairy"?
Homophobic insult to an effeminate man
This person movies...
Proceed with caution with the Dark Crystal. Idk if I was too young to watch when I did, or what, but it scared the bejeebus outta me; I couldn't even look at the cover until I was an older teen
Nope. I didn't see that movie till I was 23 and my reaction at the end was, "Your parents showed you this as a kid and thought that was ok, but TMNT was 'too violent'‽" This was said to my girlfriend at the time. That movie was DARK. I haven't seen it since then, so about 20 years, and IIRC genocide, slavery, and the apocalypse all feature heavily in the main plot, and almost the only redeeming character in the movie was named Fizzgig. He was a mutant Pomeranian.
I watched Gremlins 2 when I was 13, and it scarred me for life. I did not find it funny at all, and it gave me nightmares for days. I have not seen it as an adult, and currently being 40+ years old, I probably never will.
Huh, I was only 11ish watching it, I think I thought the first one was scarier or had a darker tone, the pool scene was a bit scary for one, maybe it was the music? Also they seemed much more menacing in 1 but it could have been due to the slapstick comedy it was sandwiched with in part 2 that made it feel less frightening.
All that said, I ended up watching Nightmare on Elm Street too young so that may have skewed my interpretation of scary. Yes younger than Gremlins 2, but I also quite enjoyed Nightmare on Elm Street and watched them all (well not 2 as much), so maybe just my experience.
If you're a Star Trek fan the Voyager doctor is there for some comedy, if you're a Smallville fan Lyonel Luthor is there...has a decent cast for the movie it is. Oh and forgot Christopher Lee too heh.
Haven't watched it in years still.
If the adventures of Baron Munchausen is the movie I think it is, Uma Thurman's nipple is on screen for a minute. Just the one nipple I believe.
The Princess Bride. It's got fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...
And it seems like it could be from a ttrpg session. Very amusing!
Grave of the Fireflies will fix that. They'll yearn for Bluey.
It's one of my favourite movies that i never want to see again
Make it a marathon and put on Come and See immediately after. Hours of fun all night
Mr bean.
The T.V. series got some legitimate laughs out of my step-daughter. I can’t really remember them actually laughing at any other movies or T.V. shows.
Rowan Atkinson is imo the only actor that mastered comedic face and acting, no word needed, just his facial reaction and action is enough to bring laughter. It breach age, language, and cultural barrier. I remember watching the series as early as age 5 in the 90s and enjoy it. Holiday is good too.
Any of the Studio Ghibli anime. Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are two of my favorites. If you’re not into anime, just trust me and give them a try; the writing and drama is on par with any Grammy-winning blockbuster from the past 50 years.
Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle are some of the best media I have ever come across. Oh, Kiki's Delivery Service is an amazing story about having faith in yourself.
My Neighbor Totoro is magic for children. I have four kids and each one of them, starting at around 2, would go silent and sit for the entirety of that film any time I put it on.
My kids and I watched a lot of Futurama.
Star Wars: Clone wars, Bad Batch, and Rebels.
All animated, very much not cutesy little kid stuff. War, trauma, death, PTSD for soldiers, all of it. Its also something special to watch a sith lord murder their way out of a ship using nothing but the force.
Edit: oh, movies, my bad. Hmm, thats a little trickier for me.
My first thoughts were the naked gun or Monty Python movies.
Naked Gun has some pretty sexual themes, Monty Python less so if you're only talking Holy Grail. Life of Brian and Meaning of Life have loads of sexual themes and nudity.
The 1980s version of Time Bandits is made by the Monty Python team for a family audience!
I keep forgetting there's a modern version, I'll add the year on my list to make clear that's the one I mean!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT_IOt81Xs
I did think of that scene fist which is why I was surprised that it was considered the one with the least sexual themes. That's how I first found out spanking could be a sexual thing.
Still a lot more tame than the other films.
Being a lot more tame ≠ appropriate for children 😂
I think as a kid, I'd have found this scene funny without really getting it. I'd probably be OK with my kids seeing it, if I had kids.
I mean, Holy Grail has that whole nunnery sequence where they're trying to get Galahad to fuck them
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy might be good too (at least the six episode TV series that just feels like a long film). I also think it's a little more appropriate.
Lord of the Rings! Ditto for most of the YA film adoptions from the last twenty years
Maybe they'd like some of the kids cartoons I enjoy as an adult or when I was in high school?
Dexter's Lab, Ed Edd and Eddy, Power Puff Girls, 2 Stupid Dogs, Home Movies, Dr. Katz., Invader Zim, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Phineas and Ferb, Daria, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Regular Show, and Adventure Time.
Ooh hey, my teenage cartoons!
*checks year of release
Okay, where's that meme about getting run over by the old age truck?
Edit: I'm gonna add CatDog, Angry Beavers, Jimmy Neutron, and Johnny Bravo from around the same era. Also, how could we forget SpongeBob?
My father got into serious trouble with my mom when my little brother was two because of Blazing Saddles. My mom had taken me somewhere, and my brother was in the playroom playing with blocks. Dad figured it was safe to watch Blazing Saddles, as little bro wasn't able to see the TV, and he could see little bro.
A few days later, little bro walks up to my mother and casually called her a "tonic bitch," and wandered off.
Needless to say Mel Brooks was banned in our house for a few years, but we all loved it when we were allowed to watch it. Spaceballs as well.
It's vague if they are okay with animated films intended for adults, so....
Titan AE, Iron Giant, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rocketeer, Indiana Jones, Star Wars IV thru VI, Forever Young, The Incredible Journey (original, not the voiceover remake).
Indiana Jones was my first thought. Just have them close their eyes during the arc face-melting part
And the heart ripping scene. I looked away as a kid but I was still disturbed.
The Rocketeer is a solid suggestion.
Lots of Spielberg directed stuff fits here I think like close encounters, Indiana Jones, Jaws
The blues brothers I remember was a lot of fun & don't recall anything that stands out as too adult. tons of music, violence is not very serious
mst3k/rifftrax take a lot of old cheap movies and have comedians joke over the movie's audio, I think most of it is pretty pg-13 stuff but not pandering to kids
Some Coen brothers/Ethan Coen movies like O brother where art thou and raising Arizona, true grit, add a bit more complexity to stories over kids movies, but keep the violence not too scary
If it wasn't for a few f bombs the Blue Brothers could have been rated PG. And maybe the used condom joke at the very beginning.
It’s a tv cartoon, but Invader Zim covers that gap
Second this one. Excellent series.
Prepare them for life by making them watch Rick and Morty and get them jaded and nihilistic ahead of the game.
I played my youngest (11) the Pickle Rick episode but told them a lot of the other episodes had adult themes that night go over their head so maybe when they're older.
So that's how the family ended up running through all the seasons over about 3 weeks. Some stuff they didn't pick up on but got raised eyebrows from the older sibling (13) but all in all they loved it. Rick's even trying to improve as a person in the latter seasons so it's not totally niahlistic.
When my son first starting getting out of kids movies, he liked Indiana Jones and back to the future a lot. Ghostbusters went over well.
Also, Phineas and Ferb is great for every age. Old Simpsons are good too!
How old are your kids?
Police Academy
The Mask of Zorro (1998, with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones)
The Tenth Kingdom
Police Academy: sex and voyeur jokes
Mask of Zorro: suicide of brother, head in jar:
Don't know. Depends on age of kids.
Young kids: The Iron Giant, Princess Bride, and if shows count, Adventure Time and Avatar
Teenagers: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
The princess bride
I saw it as a kid, it didn’t scar me for life by any means but it was pretty creepy.
Family friendly / older fare. Labyrinth, goonies, princess bride, frighteners, galaxy quest, original clash of the titans, fifth element, back to the future etc etc.
The Martian was excellent.
The first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was a hell of a lot of fun.
I'm guessing that's (cartoons or movies) (made for kids), not (cartoons) or (movies made for kids) - so the Spiderverse moves were also excellent.
All right lemme tell you the good news...
I'm gonna second the Spiderverse films.
Galaxy Quest… while not a great movie, it’s a fun movie.
Excuse, me, what the fuck!? Galaxy quest managed to be one of the best Star Trek flicks out there while not even being in the same universe. By Grabthar’s Hammer, YOU…SHALL…BE…APOLOGETIC!
It's not a great movie, it's superb!
Yeah, what he said. Not a great movie? Are you nuts. I just can't....
My son love Rocky horror picture show. We skip the big sex scene in the middle.
I hope you eventually teach him about the audience script. I wouldn't take him to a live showing till highschool though.
is everybody making suggestions in here a millennial? or is there really no examples of family-friendly films from the last 10-20 years?
Suggestions already in this thread from the last 10-20 years:
The Gods Must Be Crazy had me in stitches as a kid.
Doctor Who!
Not knowing their age, I still go with anything PG13 or your local equivalent is likely to be fine for most kids depending on what they like and how they react to different situations. My kiddo liked Jurrasic World at 10, but couldn't handle Jurrasic Park because JP did a better job at making scary scenes scary.
I enjoyed a lot of Rated R movies as a kid, especially when the rating was from language. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles wasn't any more adult than Uncle Buck except for the F bomb laden rental scene. Both are completely appropriate for kids around 10 years old with parental guidance if needed.
We never hid cursing from our kiddo and she didn't repeat it elsewhere, so it really came down to what held her attention and what seemed like something we felt might need some explaining.
Interstellar is pg 13. It's kind of a heavy movie but younger kids won't pick up on it.
Could Inception or Matrix work then too?
Those are rather violent, with subject matter they wouldn't understand. With interstellar you can just say really high gravity affects time.
I don't remember inception being that violent but I don't remember large parts of it. Matrix I do agree with being rather violent.
I think the matrix would be a great one. I have no idea why it's rated r
Two people in trench coats pull a mass shooting in order to help the world “free their minds.”
It also happened to release in the Spring of 1999…
My kids like horror movies since they were little.
they aren't movies, but Doctor Who is a fantastic show for the whole family. maybe start at Matt Smith episodes unless they don't mind cheesier effects and costumes.
Depending on the age, but if they are still not truly able to follow complex storylines and conversations, you could really get away with anything that isn't scary, sexual or violent.
My parents watched Friends all the time, I didn't understand half of it but it was fun to watch as kid.
The Aventures of Baron Von Munchausen is fine for kids.
Yes there's some tasteful nudity, but if I'm being real it's less than any of us are comfortable with in the home.
Uma Thurman as Venus, no less.
Connections and The Day The Universe Changed
Edit: Oh, movies. Sorry.
For being a jerkface, you have great taste.
Remember the Titans. Absolute cinema
The human centipede
It's basically a live-action version of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show springs to mind.
Simpsons, South Park, modern family, futurama, bobs burgers
The only thing I can think of is Midnight Gospel, if your kid doesn’t mind the quick-talking podcast interview going on in the background. But the animation is great. 😃
ETA: Oops you said no animation. I’m sorry!
I would recommend polterghast as a nice PG* horror movie.
*it came out before pg-13 existed.
Fuck all that. 5th-grade me didn't sleep for two weeks behind that seeing that shit in the theater.
I watched Robocop at a birthday party when I was 9. Does that count?
That's one hell of a birthday party.
Gotta love 80s free-range parenting
Since its 25th anniversary of its western release just passed and it’s on my mind, Princess Mononoke is a good one. It’s bloody but tasteful.
Edward scissor hands! And other Tim Burton
A lot of Chris Lilley's shows could do the trick. They do have some adult references and some swearing here and there but nothing you wouldn't hear from going out side.
Adventure Time seasons 3-6
Steven Universe
*Puppycat
These both definitely present as "made for children".
And yet I still watch them as a grown-ass adult.
Sure, I'm not saying they're not good to watch for adults, but we're talking about a kid with a declared aversion to media targeted at children. The aesthetics of both shows scream "kid's show" regardless of the textual content.
The only thing my mind could come up with that isn't animated would be The Ring. I personally have the original Japanese version, so I have no clue how good or bad the western version is, though.
The movie I had on tape when I was a kid and I watched over and over again is Young Frankenstein.
Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves, Men in Tights, etc.)
V for Vendetta.
Fight Club.
The Patriot
Braveheart