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Classic movies to watch with the kids during the pandemic (1 Viewer)

Otis

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Oldest O daughter (age 9) and I have been starting to watch “old movies” together and she is loving them. Probably all a little age inappropriate by today’s copter mom standards, but whatever. 
 

Looking for other recommendations. She watched Titanic with Mrs. O and loved it. This week with dad she watched Goonies and Gremlins, both huge hits.

Other thoughts on 80s films or other classics for this age range?  Was considering Ferris Bueller which I think she’d get and love, but I’m wondering if there are some racy parts im just not thinking about at the moment. 
 

TIA 

 
Check out a Dr Seuss flick NObody remembers - The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, from 1953. Made me what i am today - but check it anyways

 
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Raiders feels to actiony for a 9 year old girl. But maybe. She has dug the Star Wars movies we have watched. 
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My 10 year old daughter really liked Raiders.  She liked Karate Kid too.   She does not like any of the Star Wars movies and quits watching after about 20 minutes.  Go figure.  Maybe she hates all “space” movies.  

 
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Original Karate Kid might actually be another great choice here. 
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Would not call them classic but my daughters loved Rookie of the Year, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Remember the Titans, The Wedding Planner when they were kids.

I knew every line in those dam movies before actually I saw them from driving 4 hours to Northern MI and they were watching in the back seat.

I don`t like Jim Carey but I have to admit I laughed at the first Ace Ventura, Courtney Cox was smoking hot in that movie as well.

 
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Nice thread idea.  I have an 8 year old son at home and he's really intelligent, but a bit of a scaredy cat. Been thinking of Back To The Future. I think he'd like Raiders but that last scene with the head melting Nazis might be a bit much. Ghostbusters is borderline and I think Gremlins would be too scary. Goonies and Karate Kid are excellent ideas.

Watched ET recently and he loved it although some of the early scenes were a bit scary for him. He loved Home Alone.

How about: Uncle Buck, Top Gun, Never Ending Story or Babe (the pig one, not the fat, drunken baseball player one)?

 
Hook

Sandlot 

Wizard of Oz 

Never Ending Story (maybe not the Artax part)

Never Ending Story 2 (Valcor!)

Little Giants 

 
Sandlot

Heavyweights

Space Jam

Home Alone

The Wizard

Pee Wees Big Adventure

Indiana Jones movies

Shrek movies

Willow

Big

Uncle Buck

Elf

American Psycho

Peanuts Movie

Star Wars 

Hunger Games

Night at the Museum movies

Lord of the Rings

Hobbit

Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies

Jaws

We watch a lot of movies. 

 
Sound Of Music
Mary Poppins
Wizard Of Oz
Old Yeller
The Black Stallion
Freaky Friday (original)
Fly Away Home
The Princess Bride
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder version)
School Of Rock

 
I have to pull a Jedi move and just put these movies on and have the kids observe them. Any discussion of selecting movies with my 8&9 yr olds is an echo chamber of disagreement.
But they generally like them. Teen Wolf was underwhelming on rewatch. Princess Bride big hit. Honey I Shrunks good. Need to go Back to the Future but

I was scared of Libyians from the parking lot of the mall scene in BttF, might still be. 
 
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A few years ago I made up a story for my kids that they loved. The lead character was Marty Mcfly but the rest of the story I made up. 

They loved it so much they wanted to hear more about Martys adventures. so of course, over the next few nights they got Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3. 

They had begun to think I was a master story teller and couldnt get enough. So I did what any great story teller did, I made Marty a kid from NJ who had to move to Recida CA during his senior year and then gets into some trouble with the local Karate gang. 

My wife said we have to watch the movies with them and see if they will catch on. Suffice it to say, they were not pleased that dad was not a master storyteller, but instead a sham

But they loved Back to the Future, Karate Kid and Goonies. Son loved Gremlins and my daughter who no longer likes to do anything with me (hi 13 year old girl) watched the first 45 minutes of Bill and Teds before Tic Toc started calling. 

Ferris Bueller has not held up well imo. Put it on for my 8th graders a few years ago before Christmas break and they hated it. Wasnt great for me either. 

Have fun with your kids. 

Also, Would rather have my kids watch Biff cop a feel on Lorraine then have them watch that hussie Pamela invite Scott to have his way with her bc he is fluffy. 

 
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