Classic Movies (kid friendly)

[soflagator]

Along with Flashdance and Dirty Dancing? Throw in Saturday Night Fever and you have a roadmap directly to 2020.

I actually think SNF is Travolta’s only good movie. The acting around him is like community theatre, but I kind of like it. Fully agree on Dirty Dancing. And my goodness, Foot Loose is terrible. I don’t even have a specific reason. I just despise everything from the song, to the storyline, being a rebel by doing ballet in a warehouse, you name it. Burn it all and don’t give it a second thought.

I also love the Romancing The Stone call. That’s a great movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves.

Basically to the original question, there are a ton of great options from that era. Cinema was advancing from really bad graphics into much better and so many future stars were emerging at that time. The only real warning I’d give is try to steal clear of any boxing related movies from the mid-1985 to mid-1986 period. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.

 

[soflagator]

FOOTLOOSE???

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Gremlins

 

[jdh5484]

One Crazy Summer

Explorers

Monster Squad

Clueless (maybe one of the few 90s movies you can watch with parents)

Funny Farm

Spies Like Us

Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting was great.

DOGMA was great too.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Grease

 

[CDGator]

One Crazy Summer

Explorers

Monster Squad

Clueless (maybe one of the few 90s movies you can watch with parents)

Funny Farm

Spies Like Us

Good Will Hunting

Clueless was a great movie!

 

[CDGator]

Grease

Good one - watched it the first weekend of the pandemic.

Raising Arizona needs to be added to the list!

 

[Gator By Marriage]

I actually think SNF is Travolta’s only good movie. The acting around him is like community theatre, but I kind of like it. Fully agree on Dirty Dancing. And my goodness, Foot Loose is terrible. I don’t even have a specific reason. I just despise everything from the song, to the storyline, being a rebel by doing ballet in a warehouse, you name it. Burn it all and don’t give it a second thought.

I also love the Romancing The Stone call. That’s a great movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves.

Basically to the original question, there are a ton of great options from that era. Cinema was advancing from really bad graphics into much better and so many future stars were emerging at that time. The only real warning I’d give is try to steal clear of any boxing related movies from the mid-1985 to mid-1986 period. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.

I liked him in “Get Shorty” as well. Another teen friendly movie by the way.

 

[soflagator]

Clueless was a great movie!

For our generation, Clueless was so great. Wasn’t necessarily fond of how they portrayed the skateboarder, but after Point Break, I realized I had to temper my expectations. I find myself using lines from it all the time.

 

[CDGator]

For our generation, Clueless was so great. Wasn’t necessarily fond of how they portrayed the skateboarder, but after Point Break, I realized I had to temper my expectations. I find myself using lines from it all the time.

we’ve all agreed that Clueless is next.

 

[CDGator]

Big My Cousin Vinny fan, but there are a lot of F bombs if that matters.

Thanks for the warning. Forgot how bad it was. We should have made the kids watch with their fingers in their ears.

 

[soflagator]

Thanks for the warning. Forgot how bad it was. We should have made the kids watch with their fingers in their ears.

Yeah, I can’t think of a single 3 minute span throughout the whole movie that isn’t loaded with F bombs. They can’t even say the word Alabama without incorporating it somewhere.

In the abundance of caution, just a heads up, “Eddie Murphy Raw” and “Penthouse: Swedish Threesomes 6”...not kid friendly either.

 

[CDGator]

Yeah, I can’t think of a single 3 minute span throughout the whole movie that isn’t loaded with F bombs. They can’t even say the word Alabama without incorporating it somewhere.

In the abundance of caution, just a heads up, “Eddie Murphy Raw” and “Penthouse: Swedish Threesomes 6”...not kid friendly either.

Funny you should mention Raw.
My mom took my older sister and me to see it when I was in HS. We all realized that it was a big mistake in the first few minutes.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

So, is Breakfast Club a potential choice?


Edit: Never mind, BNA already listed it.

That was a very influential movie back in the day & still lives on with references to it in many newer movies.

 

[gingerlover]

Clueless was a great movie!

Me and the wife still watch when its on. I was racking my brain trying to think of a good 90's movie as the 80s had so many, but man the 90's high school movies were filled with a lot of T&A like American Pie and Varsity Blues that are awkward with parents. The only other one that is somewhat family friendly I could think of was She's All That.

I'm assuming Goonies has been covered?

 

[gingerlover]

We have been doing something similar with our 7 year old this summer making him watch a bunch of older movies. I introduced him to Monster Squad last week, despite my wife's protests, and he thought it was amazing. "Wolfman's Got Nards".

 

[gingerlover]

Good Will Hunting was great.

DOGMA was great too.

Dogma and Chasing Amy are my favorite Kevin Smith movies. Not sure they fall into family friendly, but man they are good. Dogma gets extra points for having Alan Rickman in it.

 

[Alumni Guy]

National Lampoons Vacation.

Tying grandma to the roof of the car is an all time great in movie history,

 

[jdh5484]

National Lampoons Vacation.

Tying grandma to the roof of the car is an all time great in movie history,

Throw Mamma from the Train.

 

[TheDouglas78]

We are trying to make the most of this time with the teenagers. What are some classic 80's, 90's, 00's must-see "family" movies?

We've watched Back to the Future, Ghost Busters, Jumanji. Tonight I'm voting for My Cousin Vinny

Ghost Busters might have some language issues as well, depending on how you feel about it.