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Films suggestions for 12 or 14 year olds?

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catfeatures · 26/12/2020 22:58

It seems they are too old for some and too young for others! Bored of classic Christmas films. Any suggestions?

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Horehound · 26/12/2020 22:59

Ugly A

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Horehound · 26/12/2020 23:06

Secret diary of a wimpy kid

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JudyGemstone · 27/12/2020 11:13

Krampus

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catfeatures · 27/12/2020 20:43

Isnt Ugly very violent?

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Horehound · 27/12/2020 21:01

Argh sorry I meant Easy A @catfeatures!!

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Horehound · 27/12/2020 21:02

Also
A knights tale
10things I hate about you

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mamabluestar · 02/01/2021 12:07

Forest Gump- watched last night with almost 13yo DD who enjoyed it. It's my 16yo DN's favourite film apparently

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Sarahandduck18 · 02/01/2021 12:32

Legally Blonde
Never Been Kissed
Adventures in Babysitting
Don’t tell Mon the Babysitter’s Dead
Big Business
East is East
Mean Girls
Baby Boom
The First Wives Club
Annie
The Sound of Music
Grease
The Goonies
Gremlins
Uncle Buck
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Father of the Bride
Short Circuit
Star Wars
Ghostbusters
My Girl
Terminator 2
Titanic
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Emma
Bridget Jones
Pride and Prejudice
Bend it like Beckham
Steel Magnolias
The Devil Wears Prada
The Princess Diaries
Bride Wars
Overboard
Superman
Spiderman
Wonder Woman
Captain Marvel
Black Panther

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tostaky · 03/01/2021 19:07

All the Jim carrey movies
Call of the wild
Your dark material (serie in BBC)
Wimpy kid
Arachnophobia
Gremlins

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Bingowin · 04/01/2021 10:27

Shazam is great!

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Christmasfairy2020 · 28/01/2021 21:10

Twilight

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whiteroseredrose · 28/01/2021 21:24

Mine liked some of the old 1960s classics like The Italian Job and Day of the Jackal.

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dippyegg32 · 29/01/2021 06:15

Cool Runnings

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 29/01/2021 19:25

Mine watched Groundhog Day recently and enjoyed it.

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tostaky · 03/05/2021 16:12

We watched The mitchells vs robots on Netflix yesterday.
A cartoon about mobile phones and screens, very good, my almost 13yo loved it (and so did my 9yo)

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mamaduckbone · 03/05/2021 18:09

Shazam is the first film in ages that me, Dh, ds11 and ds15 have all loved. It's brilliant!

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WorkHardPlayHard1 · 03/05/2021 19:34

@Sarahandduck18

Legally Blonde
Never Been Kissed
Adventures in Babysitting
Don’t tell Mon the Babysitter’s Dead
Big Business
East is East
Mean Girls
Baby Boom
The First Wives Club
Annie
The Sound of Music
Grease
The Goonies
Gremlins
Uncle Buck
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Father of the Bride
Short Circuit
Star Wars
Ghostbusters
My Girl
Terminator 2
Titanic
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Emma
Bridget Jones
Pride and Prejudice
Bend it like Beckham
Steel Magnolias
The Devil Wears Prada
The Princess Diaries
Bride Wars
Overboard
Superman
Spiderman
Wonder Woman
Captain Marvel
Black Panther

Ooh thanks thats very thorough! 😘
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mamaduckbone · 05/05/2021 21:20

Love and monsters is another one that we've enjoyed recently.

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Talipesmum · 05/05/2021 21:34

I recently added to our watch list / recently watched:
Interstellar
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Apollo 13
Hunger games
Castaway
The young Victoria
O brother where art thou
Le Mans 66

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