I started watching movies with my son, that I loved when I was a kid. He loves them, so I am looking for some suggestions.
We have done all the Star Wars originals and everything else Star Wars, so looking for some more old school suggestions.
We just started Jurassic Park (1993) this week, and will be going through them all.
I think I will do Back to the Future next.
What else would be on your list?
Predator. The finest 80s action movie.
Then play Enter Sandman as their lullaby when you tuck 'em in.
Weekend at Bernie’s
Batteries Not Included
The Last Starfighter
Conan The Barbarian
Rambo
Predator
The Gate
One of these is suitable for 10 year old
I enjoyed re-watching recently:
True Lies.
A Fish Called Wanda.
Gleaming the Cube
The Dirt Bike Kid
Flight of the Navigator
Karate Kid
Honey I shrunk the kids
The Sandlot Kids
Terminator 2.
Star Wars (if they have a short attention span, maybe try Empire or Revenge of the Sith first).
Predator 1.
Indiana Jones
Monty Python Holy Grail
Aliens
Older Batman Movies
Jim Carrey Movies
Men in Black
James Bond (Goldeneye first)
Matrix
Airforce One
Bad Boys
Point Break/Speed
The Mummy
If they are very mature and have an interest in history.
Maybe Saving Private Ryan.
Eddie murphy raw and delirious.
Anything with John Candy or Chevy Chase
Planes trains and automobile is the best
Friday the 13th - 1..10
Halloween 1..5
Nightmare on Elm Street 1..7
I grew up watching these.. with a healthy dose of Police Academy 1…7 on the side.
Power Rangers
Ninja Turtles
Swat Kats
Alien
Brazil
Razorback
Bad Boy Bubby
Mad Max
Be still (profanity) ya
Might Ducks
Cool runnings
Cool runnings came to my mind too.
October Sky
The Evil Dead. That will stop any kid from running away. It scared the hell out of me at that age.
Revenge of the Nerds should be top of the list. Big Bang Theory is a total ripoff of this classic movie.
Toy Story (he made me watched the same CD hundreds times!)
Braveheart
Austin Powers
Little Britain
Bruce Lee
Jet Li
James Bond
Uncle Buck
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Midnight Run (count the f words)
War Games, Stand By Me, Goonies, Smokey and the Bandit, Neverending Story, Labyrinth, Karate Kid.
Plenty more but I remember watching these as a young kid.
The Last Starfighter
Jurassic Park
Hot Shots
The Three Musketeers
Robinhood
Its not a 90s film but Secondhand Lions from 2003 was a good family film. 7.5/10 imdb
Great movie, highly recommended!
This thread is now a list of movies I want to watch again :P
This kind of question is perfect for ChatGPT btw
Ghostbusters 1 and 2. Ninja Turtles. Indiana jones. Labyrinth.
Lethal weapon - all of them
Mannequin. Stargate. Rewatched both recently to see how Reddington changed over the years.
Major Payne
Cool Runnings
major payne, such a classic.
Def underrated, love the cup cake bit
Animation:
Treasure Planet
Iron Giant (caution: waterworks)
Meet the Robinsons
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Live Action:
Army of Darkness (classic)
Escape from New York
Water World
Airborne (1993) rollerblading movie (features young Seth green and Jack Black)
The sandlot (1993) - highly recommend for a boy of his age.
Major payne
School of rock
Transformers 1984 cartoon movie
Willow
Do you think he'll be interested in Studio Ghibli Japanese anime?
Jackie Chan classics from late 80s to mid 90s: project a, armour of god.
Shaolin soccer? Although I think was released in early 2000
I assume some of these are tongue in cheek, but be careful what you expose your children to and at what age. I grew up pre-internet and remember being mentally scarred by certain movies I probably shouldn't have been taken to.
Nowadays though, if you just throw kids an iPad from the time they can point at stuff, they have probably been exposed to too much already. Innocence is not something you can get back and has been sacrificed at the alter of technology.
OK boomer… /s
On a serious note, we are all trying to grow up so fast, it's sacred to let a child be who they are when they are young for a bit longer. Most of the crap we need to deal with is inevitable but doesn't have to be soemthing we carry the burden for so early
Speaking of classics I liked as a kid from the 90s gen :)
Sandlot kids
Richie Rich
Flying V! (Mighty Ducks)
Space Jam
Little Rascals - ooooh alfalfa :)
Back to the future trilogy!!
E.T.
Bill & Teds excellent adventure
Labyrinth
The Right Stuff
Probably be a bit old.
Lost Boys
Aliens
Gremlins (this is M?)
Lost Boys & Aliens I think probably need an older child.
Robocop 3
Drop dead Fred
Curley Sue
Wayne's World
School of Rock
Karate kid
Pretty sure everything I was thinking to recommend has been said already, except for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is an absolute classic, and the next time we sat down to watch a film the eldest said "I want to watch another movie like that"
Actually I think no one has mentioned Father of the Bride. I didn't watch that as a kid but it was a decent family watch recently.
Not 80s/90s but anything by the Marx Brothers and Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Lost Boys
The Breakfast Club
Stand by me
Shawshank redemption
Highlander
All went well with my 13 YO
I go wikipedia
Search Oscar winners by year and the nominees
This way you will know they are interesting
And chances are that you may haven’t watched them
Swearing and sex scenes
Kids of this generation know it all
May be it will be a good time to educate them as these scenes are bound to come
Or just keep watching same CLEAN movies again and again but for how long
I watched
13 going on 30
17 again
Menaquen
Just enjoyed the
Robocop! (Don't actually show him that)
Romper Stomper
Terminator 2 judgement day, they need to prepare for the upcoming Ai evolution
Better Off Dead
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Mr Holland's Opus
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (not 80's - 90's though)
Uncle Buck
ET
Ghost Busters
The Princess Bride
The Goonies
Home Alone 1 & 2
Back to the Future trilogy (then see the stage show)
City Slickers
Ace Ventura 1 & 2
Weird Science
Vacation series
Coming to America
Who’s your daddy and what does he do? Classic movie
Some movies that I was going to add and a few borrowed from other lists that I agree with.
There are other movies that were fun, but the message given by them (the undertones) is wrong for these days. Probably needs a more developed teen brain to understand some of the contexts and things that are wrong.
Basically I think some of the '80s teen relationship movies, like The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, give wrong relationship advice.
Some maybes depending on maturity level
The Story of O.
I haven't seen it myself, but from the title I expect its one of a series of 26 about the letters of the alphabet, so it should be educational.
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Chronicles of Narnia
So I got my stremio hooked up to AI:
The Goonies
ET
Back to the future
princess bride
a girl walks home alone at night????
Honey I shrunk the kids
The sandlot
Jurassic Park
Jumanji
Hook
Matilda
Little mermaid the 2024 version???
Beauty and the beast the dark tale????
Aladdin
Mufusa
Johnny 5
Back to the future 1,2,3
Action Jackson
Commando
Predator
Aliens
The Goonies
The transformers movie
Honey I shrunk the kids 1 and 2
Never ending story
The iron giant
Space balls
Flash gordon
Willow
… Care bears movie? 🤣
Chitty Chitty bang bang is great but that's before 80s I think
Top Gun. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
Akira (1998) is a cool cartoon they should watch
Footloose
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Look Who's Talking
Cheaper By The Dozen
The Jungle Book
Beetlejuice
Denis The Menace
Kindergarten Cop
The Addams Family
Beverly Hillbillies
Ace Ventura
Flintstones
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
The Nutty Professor
Home Alone
Jurassic Park
A Few Good Men
Lethal Weapon
Men of Honour
Turner and Hooch
Big
Free Willy
Forrest Gump
The Silence of the Lambs
Crocodile Dundee
Titanic
Mask
Backdraft
Monty Python Flying Circus
Flash dance
Footloose
Coming to America
Purple Rain
Dirty Dancing
Beverly Hills cop
Dead Poet's Society
Mrs Doubtfire
Turner and Hooch
Little Shop of Horrors
My Left Foot
Poltergeist
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Parent Trap
Annie
Pippi Longstockings
Matilda
The Mighty Ducks
Hook
Free Willy
The God's Must Be Crazy
The Blues Brothers
The Elephant Man
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
2 of the best SciFi movies ever made.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Caddyshack
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Ghostbusters
Trading Places
Beverley Hills Cop
etc
original charlie and the chocolate factory
ip man series
Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
Flubber
The Truman Show
Dr. Dolittle
Ace Ventura
Babe
The Burbs
So many good movies mentioned.
Parenthood
Men in Black
Independance day
I haven’t seen anyone suggest Beethoven 1 & 2.
🤐
The Sandlot (Kids) for some nostalgia
Just sneaking into eligibility as a 90s movie, Galaxy Quest
Any of the Arny or Stallone movies like we all did at that age.
Action movies back then are more tame compared to today so should be ok to you.
Kindergarten Cop
@Frankensnore: Movie fiend? Good! Sometimes expensive collecting all these rare 4k blurays tho.