I need to find some movies that I can watch with my daughter…we’re tired of the same ones all the time. What’s good to watch with a seven year old, but not too awful to sit through for an adult? We’ve watched The Goonies, Splash, Ice Age, Princess Diaries and Daddy Day Care too many times. The Goonies is about as scary as she can take, so nothing too scary. Any one have any suggestions?
The Little Rascals movie that came out about ten years ago is really cute and funny.
It’s a charming fable about a little girl having to live in a boardinghouse while her father’s at war. There are a few tense moments and the headmistress is a real bitch, but the performances wonderful and the production design stunning.
How about some of the classic movie musicals?
How 'bout some Miyazaki? “My Neighbor Totoro” is about a couple of kids who move to the country to be near the hospital where their mother is recuperating from an unnamed illness, and who are worried that she’s dying (she’s not, but try telling kids that). Both characters are pre-teen girls so she might identify.
We love watching Treasure Planet, a futuristic treatment of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Beautiful artwork and a fun story line.
Iron Giant is a great one also.
I’ve just re-watched [url=“http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362236”]The Storyteller series. There are some sad parts and some scary parts, but everything turns out all right in the end.
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Parent Trap? The one with Lindsey Lohan. I’ve actually never seen the original, but I liked this one when I was a little older for its demographic.
I’m pretty sure that a 7 year old who watches the Goonies will cope with ‘The Princess Bride’.
This is a wonderful romp of a picture with pirates, chases, castles, swordfights, true love and loads of memorable dialogue. 
IMDB review:
web page devoted to quotes from film:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride
Enjoy!
How about Disney’s The Love Bug?
You’re probably better off with the original, since you probably DON’T want your daughter becoming a Lohan fan at this point. 
Considering how much MY friends (17 to 18 years old), especially girls, like the classic Disney stuff like The Little Mermaid and Cinderella, up through Lion King, Mulan, Lilo and Stitch, etc. a 7 year old should like it all too.
Regarding the parent trap, a kid is likely to like the new one better simply because it’s more colorful and newer looking, but I liked the original when I first saw it, and I was probably 12 or something at the time. So either way.
The original Freaky Friday – mom and daughter exchange bodies. I don’t know about the remake, whether it was sexed up, but the original was good fun, a girlie-girl movie.
Evil Captor’s Miyazaki suggestion is good. I’ve seen Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, and Princess Mononoke. There were a few creepy moments but nothing a 7-year-old couldn’t handle.
How about some of the talking animal movies? I’m drawing a blank on titles, but the one where Michael J. Fox does one of the voices is excellent.
There’s always Babe, Charlotte’s Web, Chicken Run, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Ice Age, The Incredibles, etc.
Stuart Little, you mean?
Ooooh! Try to find the Anne of Green Gables mini series on DVD. I have been a huge Anne Shirley fan ever since I saw it when it came out on PBS when I was seven. That and when she finds out that it’s based on a series of books, she’ll want to read them.
My daughter first saw The Last Unicorn when she was about 6 or 7. I still watch it, it’s a good movie for kids and adults. I will also recommend Labyrinth. Both movies have some pretty intense moments for a little kid, but not too strong, and both movies can hold an adult, too. I’ll second The Princess Bride, too.
Actually, I really like the originals. When I was a kid in the '70s they showed them every weekend in San Diego. I couldn’t get enough of them. I still use some of the lines every now and then. (‘See what you get for being smart?’ ‘You’re going to have something heavy on your lip!’ ‘It may choke Artie, but it won’t choke Stymie!’ ‘Give me the biggest kiss you’ve got.’ [Okay, that last one hasn’t been used recently.])
Seven years old? Perhaps she’d be interested in the new Electric Company DVDs.
One of my aunts got this for me on VHS when I was a kid. And then you can give her a lecture on the evils of drinking too. I don’t remember how old I was when I watched this or what it was like being seven, but if your kid will be able to get most of it (don’t see why not), this would probably be good. I remember liking it.