# Recommend wholesome family movies... that don't suck the big one. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345 "2008-11-24T22:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/21 "2008-11-25T00:18:29Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Except the scene with Edie McClurg with about 45 “fucks.” I forgot about that. In fact, I don’t remember it at all. It’s been years since I watched that movie. Mostly I remember “Those aren’t pillows!” Okay then. How about some animation? The first Shrek or Toy Story? Those hold up well. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/22 "2008-11-25T00:20:12Z")
I second\* Fly Away Home\*. How about _Amelie_ or _Roman Holiday_ (black and white)? How about any John Hughes film? Or _Mean Girls_?\* Little Miss Sunshine \*has some profanity and a small glimpse of some raunch porn mags, but it’s a fantastic film about people. _Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day_? (newly out and great, if mild, fun) I cannot stand westerns in almost any form, so I’m not much help there. I think the Viggo film you want is\* Hidalgo\*. Blow her mind with _Spirited Away_–a surreal Japanese animated film that is very, very good. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/23 "2008-11-25T00:20:24Z")
Thanks- I know for a fact she’s seen and loved _Secondhand Lions_ and a couple of others mentioned. I’m going to go with _Stardust_, _Best in Show_, and _Parenthood_ (all of which I enjoyed when I first saw them, so she may as well;)). ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/24 "2008-11-25T00:20:54Z")
What about _Holes_? Technically a kids’ movie, but I really truly loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/25 "2008-11-25T00:35:05Z")
I liked the movie Paulie a lot better than I thought I would. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/26 "2008-11-25T00:45:38Z")
_ **The Sting** _ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/27 "2008-11-25T00:53:08Z")
_Old Yeller_—but it ain’t a happy ending. Really anything old school Disney…_The Jungle Book_, _101 Dalmations_, _Cinderella_, etc. Almost anything John Wayne. Especially _True Grit_. _Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid_? It has some language… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/28 "2008-11-25T00:56:56Z")
I hate “family movies” in general, but both _Holes_ and _Whale Rider_ were very good (both mentioned above). As far as Westerns, I don’t recall any real swearing in _Support Your Local Sheriff_, although there are a couple of pretty harmless double entendres revolving around the local brothel, Madame Orr’s House. I think two people get shot toward the beginning of the movie, but the shootings are mild by movie standards – no visible blood, no closeups of dying agony, etc. It is also a damned funny movie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/29 "2008-11-25T01:03:13Z")
OK, checking my shelves for family-friendly films… _The Gods Must Be Crazy Beetlejuice Edward Scissorhands The Nightmare Before Christmas_ The _Harry Potter_ series The _Indiana Jones_ series The _Pirates Of The Caribbean_ series _1941 The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra Men In Black Arsenic And Old Lace Bringing Up Baby Casablanca To Have And Have Not The Trouble With Harry Cutthroat Island Young Frankenstein Silverado Blazing Saddles Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure_ Plus a number of classic Hollywood films and bad horror films. Other than that, the majority of my collection tends to have violence, gore, etc. **Bayard** : Oh, yeah. _Whale Rider_. I forgot that one. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/30 "2008-11-25T01:06:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > OK, checking my shelves for family-friendly films… > Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles is “family friendly” now? It was rated R on release… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/31 "2008-11-25T01:08:20Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Blazing Saddles is “family friendly” now? It was rated R on release… It has a few vulgar words in it, and quite a bit of sexual innuendo; but it seems pretty tame to me. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/32 "2008-11-25T01:23:16Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > How about _Amelie_ . . . Yeah, that 30 seconds of scenes of people having orgasms went by so quickly, the kiddies would hardly notice. 😉 Was it 30 seconds? Maybe it was 15. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/33 "2008-11-25T01:41:26Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > How about _Amelie_ or _Roman Holiday_ (black and white)? There is sex (wall shaking bathroom sex)and a few scenes in an Adult Bookstore / Peep shows in Amelie, if that’s a concern. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/34 "2008-11-25T01:42:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It has a few vulgar words in it, and quite a bit of sexual innuendo; but it seems pretty tame to me. The problem with Blazing Saddles is that a lot of the culture reference is, happily, lost on kids. ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/35 "2008-11-25T01:50:52Z")
[Fever Pitch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332047/) is a great romantic comedy. Implied sex, but nothing graphic at all. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/36 "2008-11-25T01:53:34Z")
_The Bad News Bears_? (Original version with Tatum Oneal) It has some language, but not sex or graphic violence… ---
**Author:** ![laughingboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@laughingboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laughingboy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/37 "2008-11-25T01:57:16Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > The problem with Blazing Saddles is that a lot of the culture reference is, happily, lost on kids. Farting is the universal language. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/38 "2008-11-25T01:59:34Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Blow her mind with _Spirited Away_–a surreal Japanese animated film that is very, very good. Or how about “Howl’s Moving Castle”, another remarkable Studio Ghibli movie. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/39 "2008-11-25T02:09:18Z")
See if you can find _Leaving Normal_. Christine Lahti and Meg Tilly running away from themselves, and finding themselves instead. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-wholesome-family-movies-that-dont-suck-the-big-one/474345/40 "2008-11-25T02:16:05Z")
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