# Movie Recommendations for kids **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191 "2017-08-31T19:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/21 "2017-08-31T21:06:08Z")
_School of Rock Paper Moon_ ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/22 "2017-08-31T21:22:47Z")
Flight of the Navigator… (And Princess Bride!) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/23 "2017-08-31T21:57:25Z")
_Meatballs_ (1979) _The Heavenly Kid_ (1985) _The Wraith_ (1986) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/24 "2017-08-31T22:51:29Z")
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan/Search for Spock/Voyage Home/Undiscovered Country ST:TNG movies Generations and First Contact Apollo 13 (make sure they know it’s a true story!) The Mummy series (Brendan Fraser/Rachael Weisz); at least the first movie Anime: Ouran High School Host Club, and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Both available on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/25 "2017-08-31T23:00:11Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Apollo 13 (make sure they know it’s a true story!) Mostly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/26 "2017-08-31T23:04:58Z")
Oooh, some good ones in here I am going to try out. Totally forgot about Apollo 13, The Mummy, wargames, school of rock, avatar, MIB. I’ll probably add Hook too 🙂 I would love to show Top Gun, but I think the totally awesome sex scene that I really appreciated as a kid is too much right now for the youngers. Beastmaster has one similar scene (which I also appreciated as a kid) They did watch Roger Rabbit, Princess Bride, Night at the Museum which they all liked. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/27 "2017-08-31T23:12:58Z")
They’re kind of silly, but your children might enjoy the National Treasure movies (the ones starring Nicholas Cage). And if they liked The Princess Bride, they might enjoy Stardust (based on a novel by Neil Gaiman) or Time Bandits. (My brother discouraged me from showing his kids that one because he thought they’d have trouble with the British accents.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/28 "2017-08-31T23:22:22Z")
> **[Kids-In-Mind.com | Parents' Movie Guide, Ratings and Reviews](https://kids-in-mind.com/)** > > Our parents' guide goes beyond the MPAA ratings: Movies are rated according to how much sex, nudity, violence, gore & profanity they contain. A secular website for parents which explains, sometimes in pedantic detail, elements which may be objectional. A great resource! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/29 "2017-08-31T23:32:10Z")
From a glance at the site linked above: _My Cousin Vinny_. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/30 "2017-08-31T23:36:32Z")
Well, my mom took me to the theater to see _The Blue Lagoon_ when I was 5 and I turned out…uh…well…I’m not in jail…yet. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/31 "2017-08-31T23:37:29Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Mostly. 😉 True, but they got the highlights. **Bone** , if it wouldn’t bore the wee ones to death, you might direct them [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)), and go over it some with them, because in some ways, the real event was even more spectacular than the movie; just not in ways most kids would grasp. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/32 "2017-08-31T23:40:56Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Well, my mom took me to the theater to see _The Blue Lagoon_ when I was 5 and I turned out…uh…well…I’m not in jail…yet. My mom took me to see _Alien_ when I was 12, because she thought it was going to be like _Star Wars._ She jumped 10-shrieking-feet :eek: straight up in the air when the face-hugger attacked Kane, and bolted out of the theater when the chest-buster came out at the dinner table. I turned out just fine. Heh. Hehheh. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/33 "2017-09-01T19:58:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Speaking of Matthew Broderick movies: _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_. Great suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/34 "2017-09-01T20:09:21Z")
_Sneakers_ (1992; River Phoenix is one of the leads.) ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/35 "2017-09-01T20:13:41Z")
I started making a list from this thread, but I didn’t include Ferris Bueller 😛 I think I’ll save that for when they are teenagers. OOOh, Sneakers! ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/36 "2017-09-01T21:19:10Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > They did watch Howl’s Moving Castle and liked it, but I asked them what they thought it was about and they couldn’t really articulate it. I think it was more for the spectacle. _Howl’s Moving Castle_ is good, but I feel _Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind_ and _Lupin III and the Castle of Cagliostro_ are better. Might I also suggest:[ul][li]_Flash Gordon_ (1980 version with Sam J. Jones as Flash)[_]The Incredibles[_]_Pacific Rim_[_]Summer Wars[_]_The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_[_]The Three Amigos[_]_Robot Jox_[_]The Secret of Kells[_]_Batman_ (1989 movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson)[_]Superman II (1980 movie starring Christopher Reeve)[_]_Dune_[_]The Last Starfighter[_]_The Fifth Element_[/ul][/li]Is _Big Trouble in Little China_ too violent/vulgar? What about _Edge of Tomorrow_ or _Avatar?_ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/37 "2017-09-01T23:06:04Z")
Big (both versions :p) ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/38 "2017-09-02T00:40:02Z")
Green Lantern Guardians of the Galaxy The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Dude, Where’s My Car? Almost An Angel Bicentennial Man Big Fish Blast From the Past Bruce and Lloyd Coming to America Dirty Rotten Scoundrels A Dog’s Breakfast Ender’s Game Every Which Way but Loose Evolution The Fifth Element Fun With Dick and Jane Grandma’s Boy Hancock The Hollywood Knights Howard the Duck I Robot The Invention of Lying Joe Dirt Johnny Dangerously The Last Starfighter The Man Who Knew Too Little Mars Attack! Me Myself and Irene Old School One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Paul (alien) Porky"s II Pulp Fiction Revenge of the Nerds Ruthless People Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Spaceballs Stealing Harvard Streets of Fire Stripes Super Mario Bros Super Troopers Surrogates Top Secret Trading Places Uncle Buck Used Cars V for Vendetta Weird Science X Files Yes Man ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/39 "2017-09-02T08:38:04Z")
The Wizard of Oz Little Shop of Horrors ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191/40 "2017-09-02T09:12:26Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > Howard the Duck Inflicting this movie on your kids should constitute child abuse. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-recommendations-for-kids/795191.md?page=3)