So, we are headed out on a plane in a while, I am looking for movie suggestions to download on iPad for my daughter to watch on the plane, older movies she may not have seen. One thought was Pretty Woman, but that’s not available for purchase, rent only.
Other ideas?
I’m torn between recommending The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, or Anna Karenina. Perhaps some more information?
Yes, more information. Where are you flying to, for instance?
Or, Snakes on a Plane.
Sorry, but, what?
I nominate for a tween kid on a plane High Anxiety.
NNW would be a killer app as well.
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ETA Black Sunday with Bruce Dern and Robert Shaw
10 Things I Hate About You
Clueless
Legally Blonde
My Cousin Vinny
Hey.
Those movies don’t have to do with the planes and such.
You could have at least included Only Angels Have Wings. 
ETA yeah fine now the good sport baseball starts up.
Fearless? Airport?
Saw.
Wait, how old is she again?
The question is:
Taken
or
Taken 2.
I can see it going both ways.
Or split it and say Munich. No planes, hardly.
Fine. Dr. Strangelove. Final answer. But High Anxiety is playing in the nose of the 747. Kahn AND Leachman together at last. “Love that big red machine!”
Don’t we have to know how old she is?
Lol. Sorry - wrote the OP when I was a little sleepy. She’s ten and has started to enjoy tween/light hearted teen comedies. And we are off to Florida. 
Sure. “Sleepy.” 
Lets go with that.
Pretty Woman? Really? No, that’s wrong on so many levels. Not trying to be a jerk, but a movie about a prostitute who sleeps her way to the top of Richard Gere? Not for a 10 year old. IMHO. I could be wrong, but it just isn’t something I’d want my 10 year old in a vulnerable spot (big plane ride for vacay) to see and remember for the rest of her life.
If you want a romantic fun movie, that’s also sort of old, maybe Trouble In Paradise. She’ll probably fall asleep, but it’s a great movie wth great actors, and what’s better than than flying with an awake 10 year old? Flying with an asleep 10 year old.
High Anxiety, though – sure, it’s a bit twisted what with the height and stuff, but it’s funny, PG or even G rated (IMHO), a modern classic, funny (wait, I mentioned that!), and maybe she’ll get inspired to see some of the movies it spoofs.
Black Sunday – I was wrong. That’s way too dark and violent for a 10 year old. Plus, I don’t think 10 year olds even know what a Goodyear Blimp is unless her father is a big football fan – as I used to be. Never mind. Still a sore loser. Think about baseball!
Dude. have you met a female child, like, ever?
Well, sure. When I was a male child. Yes, I don’t really know kids “these days,” but I do know what movies I liked at that age. And I do know that, at least for me, movies you see at about that age really tend to make a big impression.
Erm, choose wisely? Just throwing stuff out there. Given the criterion, I’m more liking the ideas of Clueless or those kind of fun, light, kid-friendly movies. What’s the one where the actress (Parker Posey?) says in a moment of triumph “I want to be a librarian!”?
I still say High Anxiety is top pick for me – funny, romantic, clever. Honestly can’t think of a better choice – BUT, she might think her old man is trying to foist some “high society” little old man stuff on her, so it may not be the best.
Hey, I don’t know much about kids these days. Stay off my lawn!
FYI – Clueless is an adaptation of “Emma” by Jane Austen, and 10 Things I Hate About You is an adaptation of “Taming of the the Shrew.”
That reminds me:
Emma (the one one with Gwyneth Paltrow)
Bring it On (this isn’t a cheerocracy!)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (please tell me she’s seen this already)
Spy Kids (I though this was going to be stupid, but it was actually cute)
The Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit (sooo dated in that 60s Disney movie style but still great for horse loving kids. See if you can spot 13 year old Kurt Russel)
Big Trouble in Little China (a great big WTF of a popcorn flick, still crazy after all these years.)
Back to the Future (I mean, right?)
*Rush Hour or Shanghai Noon or Supercop (Jackie Chan all tha waaaay)
Yeah, supposedly “What will Emma do” = Austen. We all know that.
Now it’s my turn – I may not be up with kids today, but what 10 year old girl is going to like Big Trouble In Little China or any of those typical 1980s guy flicks?
I’ll give you Back to the Future – if she hasn’t seen that, she’s missing out, and it’s got all the elements of a something-for-everyone picture. Plus, a kid can’t understand the references in shows like “Robot Chicken” without getting how iconic MJF was in the mid 1980s. The James Dean of mid-1980s, passed from Kurt Russell in the early 1980s and ceded throne to Tom Cruise in the late 1980s.
Back on topic: you want old? Double feature: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and A Touch of Zen. Romance, fast action, super special effects (in both). OK, A Touch of Zen may be a little slow paced for a kid, but it’s got the deep characters, the awesome chick fighting, the romance – I’d put that double feature up against anything.
Center Stage
Ella Enchanted
The Princess Diaries
Dolphin’s Tale
The Karate Kid
Footloose
Newsies
Ever After
You’re thinking of Party Girl, but it is not a kid-friendly movie. (Although probably not any worse than Pretty Woman.) It’s rated R for a reason. IMHO it’s not particularly good, either.
It would help to know what kinds of movies this girl already likes.
My bad – I just remember the part about “I want to be a librarian.”
Allow me to propose Best In Show, or, since all these gung-ho movies are already floating around, play no trump and just come out and say Spinal Tap. Just saw it again last week, and I think it should be good for a kid. If she’s into music and likes to laugh.
Ditto Lamia hard to say unless we know what she likes. As it stands, it’s just kind of generic “Hey, that could be good for kid!” At least that’s where I’m coming from.
Did I mention High Anxiety yet? That would be a great one.
A completely off the wall suggestion is Bringing Up Baby. Not sure if the black and white is a deal killer, but the movie cracked me up as a kid and still does today.
How about the original Men In Black? I don’t think there is any objectionable language.