Good family films

13-06-2019 10:08pm #1

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

)
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)

Thelonious Monk · 13-06-2019 10:09pm

Watership Down

scarepanda · 13-06-2019 10:50pm

The Toy Story films

DavyD_83 · 13-06-2019 10:53pm

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

olestoepoke · 13-06-2019 10:54pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Watership Down

Carnage! Traumatised as a child watching that:D

olestoepoke · 13-06-2019 10:55pm

The goonies and gremlins are still great

Thelonious Monk · 13-06-2019 10:55pm

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

MAJJ · 13-06-2019 10:56pm

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 )
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

listermint · 13-06-2019 10:56pm

Robinhood animation 1973

is_that_so · 13-06-2019 10:57pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Watership Down

Not the new version though!

olestoepoke · 13-06-2019 10:58pm

:D

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

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

Siobh73 · 13-06-2019 10:59pm

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

Woden · 13-06-2019 11:01pm

Outside of the Pixar/Disney, both Paddington films

Caegan · 13-06-2019 11:10pm

Another +1 for The Princess Bride

Also The Iron Giant. Amazing film for all ages IMO

Uriel. · 13-06-2019 11:31pm

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.

Dravokivich · 14-06-2019 12:51pm

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

B_ecke_r · 14-06-2019 12:53pm

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

zoe 3619 · 14-06-2019 1:26pm

Shrek and Ice Age are great.

pwurple · 15-06-2019 7:13am

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.

mr_edge_to_you · 15-06-2019 7:17am

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

Peatys · 15-06-2019 7:17am

Lego Batman.

Excellent film, very funny

mr_edge_to_you · 15-06-2019 7:18am

Also, the recent Bumblebee movie is great fun.

spurious · 15-06-2019 7:22am

The old ones. Railway Children etc..

Milly33 · 15-06-2019 1:27pm

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

Milly33 · 15-06-2019 1:28pm

If they are girls Pollyanna is great

km79 · 15-06-2019 1:29pm

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 !

eviltwin · 15-06-2019 2:13pm

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

branie2 · 15-06-2019 11:02pm

Star Wars

Nerdlingr · 15-06-2019 11:05pm

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

Dravokivich · 15-06-2019 11:07pm

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.

ba3 · 15-06-2019 11:51pm

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

the_syco · 16-06-2019 12:12am

Dravokivich wrote: »

I'm of the opinion deadpool is more family friendly than infinity war.

FYI; “Once Upon a Deadpool” is a PG-13 version :pac:

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I don't have kids, but the following are all feel good non-violent films

The Secret Life of Pets 1 & 2
How to Train Your Dragon (all of them)
Trolls
The Polar Express (although more of an xmas movie)

Also, consider the "Scooby-Doo" cartoon films - seriously, there are load of these! They are mostly straight-to-DVD releases, at least once a year.

18-06-2019 8:27am

"home" is one of the best animated movies I have watched with the kids in recent years. Perfectly voiced by Sheldon from Big Bang Theory too. Somehow it rarely gets mentioned on threads like this though.

fits · 18-06-2019 8:53am

Wall-E is another great one.

naughto · 18-06-2019 11:19pm

Nerdlingr wrote: »

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

They will love Ralph breaks the internet if they like wreck it ralph

jarvis · 18-06-2019 11:45pm

Big
Splash
The Toy
ET
Turner and Hooch
Brewster’s billions

mariaalice · 19-06-2019 11:06am

Brave lovely film with a strong female lead.

JustAThought · 19-06-2019 11:17am

Why not get them into a box set? Friend of mine does that and they do one or two episodes depending on the length of the show. They are watching The Little House on the Prarie on youtube atm and it is an astonishing hit -boys and girls (&on yourtube so free!) And its incredible the family leasons,hearttugging stories,fun and heartwarming stories it has. Plus you get into the characters -and get into the whole thing!I'm invited often and its anazing to see modern kids enjoy it so.much and talk about how things were back then etc. The same stories are still relevnt today - wanting pets, having to do chores/homework, family time and scenarios, running wild outdoora, illness and health, annoying friends and how to deal with them etc.

The other big box set hit with the kids (aged 4 -9) was All Creatures Great and Small - surprisingly!!! The daily troals of a vet practice in yorkshire! Dogs,ducks,cows pooing on people - wonky old 1920's cars - all kind of fun. It was a long running series for years on the BBC and you can get it n libraries on Golden Discs. Might be worth consideration as well as any of the Brown Bag Films and shorts.

Good family films

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