Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves, Men in Tights, etc.)
V for Vendetta.
Fight Club.
The Patriot
Braveheart
Edward scissor hands! And other Tim Burton
Galaxy Quest… while not a great movie, it’s a fun movie.
It’s not a great movie, it’s superb!
Yeah, what he said. Not a great movie? Are you nuts. I just can’t…
Excuse, me, what the fuck!? Galaxy quest managed to be one of the best Star Trek flicks out there while not even being in the same universe. By Grabthar’s Hammer, YOU…SHALL…. APOLOGIZE!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show springs to mind.
Lots of Spielberg directed stuff fits here I think like close encounters, Indiana Jones, Jaws
The blues brothers I remember was a lot of fun & don’t recall anything that stands out as too adult. tons of music, violence is not very serious
mst3k/rifftrax take a lot of old cheap movies and have comedians joke over the movie’s audio, I think most of it is pretty pg-13 stuff but not pandering to kids
Some Coen brothers/Ethan Coen movies like O brother where art thou and raising Arizona, true grit, add a bit more complexity to stories over kids movies, but keep the violence not too scary
If it wasn’t for a few f bombs the Blue Brothers could have been rated PG. And maybe the used condom joke at the very beginning.
Tron. Labyrinth. Goonies. Legend. Etc.
And by etc, OP means Princess Bride.
I cannot for the life of me understand the love for this movie. But the love for it spans generations so assume I’m the one in the wrong, but I just don’t see it.
I love this movie so much, but I get it. I feel like you have to have seen it at a certain age in order to really feel it.
Alright, that may be fair. I didn’t see it till I was in my mid 30s. And I will fight to the death with sticks, anybody who doesn’t like hook. So, I get it, but I don’t get it.
I like Hook too. I think I was 8 or 9 when it came out and it was amazing to me. My friend who is just a couple of years older didn’t like it because his younger siblings fucked that up for him by playing it on repeat.
It helps if you watch it over and over, until the tape wears out.
Yes
HUGE second on all of these
Oh and Willow
The Everending Story
Yes.
Watched that for the first time while really high in college, and the horse sinking in the swamp really fucked me up lol. I’ve had no desire to revisit it, personally :/
Kids and animals dying really ruin media for me
It’s OK, Artax the horse survived.
The Everending Story
Is that a short movie about a kid finishing reading a book about a hero completing his quest?
Mr bean.
The T.V. series got some legitimate laughs out of my step-daughter. I can’t really remember them actually laughing at any other movies or T.V. shows.
Rowan Atkinson is imo the only actor that mastered comedic face and acting, no word needed, just his facial reaction and action is enough to bring laughter. It breach age, language, and cultural barrier. I remember watching the series as early as age 5 in the 90s and enjoy it. Holiday is good too.
The only thing I can think of is Midnight Gospel, if your kid doesn’t mind the quick-talking podcast interview going on in the background. But the animation is great. 😃
ETA: Oops you said no animation. I’m sorry!
Lord of the Rings! Ditto for most of the YA film adoptions from the last twenty years
The only thing my mind could come up with that isn’t animated would be The Ring. I personally have the original Japanese version, so I have no clue how good or bad the western version is, though.
It’s vague if they are okay with animated films intended for adults, so…
Titan AE, Iron Giant, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rocketeer, Indiana Jones, Star Wars IV thru VI
The Rocketeer is a solid suggestion.
Indiana Jones was my first thought. Just have them close their eyes during the arc face-melting part
And the heart ripping scene. I looked away as a kid but I was still disturbed.
Not knowing their age, I still go with anything PG13 or your local equivalent is likely to be fine for most kids depending on what they like and how they react to different situations. My kiddo liked Jurrasic World at 10, but couldn’t handle Jurrasic Park because JP did a better job at making scary scenes scary.
I enjoyed a lot of Rated R movies as a kid, especially when the rating was from language. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles wasn’t any more adult than Uncle Buck except for the F bomb laden rental scene. Both are completely appropriate for kids around 10 years old with parental guidance if needed.
We never hid cursing from our kiddo and she didn’t repeat it elsewhere, so it really came down to what held her attention and what seemed like something we felt might need some explaining.
is everybody making suggestions in here a millennial? or is there really no examples of family-friendly films from the last 10-20 years?
Suggestions already in this thread from the last 10-20 years:
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
- Flow (2024)
- Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
- Nova Seed (2016)
- Interstellar (2014)
- The Martian (2015)
- Into the Spiderverse (2018)
- Across the Spiderverse (2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Simpsons, South Park, modern family, futurama, bobs burgers
The Truman Show
Maybe not.
If I watched that as a kid, I’d be doubting if my parents were just actors.
I saw it as a kid, it didn’t scar me for life by any means but it was pretty creepy.
