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Good family films

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  • 13-06-2019 10:08pm
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    We've been doing a Friday night film with for the past few months but we're starting to run out of good films that we can all enjoy (kids are aged 5 - 8). My kids are okay with scary (within reason - youngest is only just 5). We're fine with some amount of romance/flirting/kissing but I don't like them watching films where the female characters are mostly afterthoughts and/or sex objects. I'd love to hear what films other people have enjoyed watching with kids.

    Here are some we like if anyone else is looking for ideas:

    Moana
    Sing
    Song of the Sea
    The Parent Trap (the kids LOVED this)
    Honey, I shrunk the kids (they also loved this and it led to lots of compliments about how their dad is much better to them than the dads in the film :D)
    Coco (parents will probably cry!)
    E.T.
    Hocus Pocus (at Halloween)
    Peter Rabbit
    Jumanji
    Spiderman Spiderverse
    Pirates of the Carribean (the original one. Some of the others are terrible but kids liked them)
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (a classic. I love this film)


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    Thelonious Monk
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    Watership Down


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    scarepanda
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    The Toy Story films


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    DavyD_83
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    Mary Poppins
    How to Train your dragon
    Kung Fu Panda
    Trolls
    Pete's Dragon


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    olestoepoke
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Watership Down

    Carnage! Traumatised as a child watching that:D


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    olestoepoke
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    The goonies and gremlins are still great


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    Thelonious Monk
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Carnage! Traumatised as a child watching that:D

    It's a right of passage, we shouldn't let the next generations get away with it


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    MAJJ
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    cuddle wrote: »
    We've been doing a Friday night film with for the past few months but we're starting to run out of good films that we can all enjoy (kids are aged 5 - 8). My kids are okay with scary (within reason - youngest is only just 5). We're fine with some amount of romance/flirting/kissing but I don't like them watching films where the female characters are mostly afterthoughts and/or sex objects. I'd love to hear what films other people have enjoyed watching with kids.

    Here are some we like if anyone else is looking for ideas:

    Moana
    Sing
    Song of the Sea
    The Parent Trap (the kids LOVED this)
    Honey, I shrunk the kids (they also loved this and it led to lots of compliments about how their dad is much better to them than the dads in the film :D)
    Coco (parents will probably cry!)
    E.T.
    Hocus Pocus (at Halloween)
    Peter Rabbit
    Jumanji
    Spiderman Spiderverse
    Pirates of the Carribean (the original one. Some of the others are terrible but kids liked them)
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (a classic. I love this film)

    Great idea for a thread.

    The Princess Bride
    Minions
    Despicable me series


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    listermint
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    Robinhood animation 1973


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    is_that_so
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Watership Down
    Not the new version though! :(


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    olestoepoke
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    :D:D
    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    It's a right of passage, we shouldn't let the next generations get away with it


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    Siobh73
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    + 1 for The Princess Bride. Also love The Navigator and Rat Race


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    Woden
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    Outside of the Pixar/Disney, both Paddington films


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    Caegan
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    Another +1 for The Princess Bride

    Also The Iron Giant. Amazing film for all ages IMO


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    Uriel.
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    The goonies and gremlins are still great

    Love both of these. Though not quite sure of gremlins with a 5 to 8 year old.


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    Dravokivich
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    Kindergarden Cop, is a good way of introducing kids to action movies. :)


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    B_ecke_r
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    Shrek
    Homeward Bound
    Toy Story
    Home Alone
    WIlly Wonka
    Hotel Transylvania
    Despicable Me


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    zoe 3619
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    Shrek and Ice Age are great.


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    pwurple
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    Home alone and hotel Transylvania series are my 5 and 8 year olds favourites.

    Matilda
    Bolt
    Bee movie
    Pup stars
    LEGO movie
    Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
    LILO and Stitch
    Fantastic mr Fox
    Pocahontas
    Hercules
    Spy kids
    Tarzan
    Nightmare before Christmas
    Emperors new groove
    An American tail (Fievel Mousekewitz!)
    Mulan


    They are probably a little young for the next bunch, Indiana Jones, pirates of the Caribbean etc.


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    mr_edge_to_you
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    The Lego Movie is fantastic, the 2nd one not so much.


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    Peatys
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    Lego Batman.

    Excellent film, very funny


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    mr_edge_to_you
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    Also, the recent Bumblebee movie is great fun.


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    spurious
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    The old ones. Railway Children etc..


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    Milly33
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    I was just going to say noooo dont let them watch Watership Down or Dumbo no no no... Or the never ending story when the horse dies they arent ready for it, no one ever is ready for that...

    Lilo and Stitch - Ohana Mean Family, Family means no one gets left behind!!
    How to Train Your Dragon is good too can be dark sometimes-
    Oliver
    Parent Trap
    Johnny Five is Alive - Just not the part where the beat him up, tears might happen


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    Milly33
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    If they are girls Pollyanna is great


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    km79
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    The goonies and gremlins are still great

    Depends on age of children
    Halfway through Gremlins the female lead mentions the day she was told Santa wasn’t real

    Had a lucky escape with our oldest son when we watched it with him
    It’s been out of bounds since !


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    eviltwin
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    Flight of the Navigator, Pixels, Goosebumps and School of Rock are my sons favourites. He's 9.


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    branie2
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    Star Wars


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    Nerdlingr
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    Thought "Zootropolis" and "Wreck it Ralph" were two of the better animation films in the last few years. Good family entertainment.


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    Dravokivich
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    The goonies and gremlins are still great

    If someone is gonna suggest gremlins as a family movie, its gonna stretch the range out a bit. I'm of the opinion deadpool is more family friendly than infinity war. :p


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    ba3
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    mine were obsessed with Fawlty Towers at some point...


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