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90s film recommendation for 16yr old

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Tapoopoo · 28/07/2026 08:55

Over the last few weeks DD16 and I have watched a film or a series together a few times a night.

I'm not a big TV person (we wouldn't have one at all if it was up to me) but this has been lovely. She normally just hisses at me or asks for money so I'm enjoying this before normal behaviour resumes. 🤣

What films/series would you recommend?
She is quite eclectic and I dont care but some 90s films would be good to relive my youth.

She likes:
Fallout series
Schitts Creek
Heartbreakers
Pitch Perfect
Fallout Guy
Sliding Doors (this was left field but she really loved it!)

She didn't like
Warm Bodies
Shakespeare In Love
Top Gun
Dirty Dancing

I'm trying to get her to watch The Last of Us and Stranger Things but she's refusing on principle because we wouldn't let her watch them when they first came out.

OP posts:
Goldpanther · 28/07/2026 19:28

ThatHardyMember · 28/07/2026 19:12

Smallville
Dawson's Creek
Friends
Twilight
Back to the Future
Mamma Mia
Forrest Gump
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Anything by Richard Curtis
Quantum Leap
Three Men and a Baby/ Little Lady

Robin hood prince of thieves!

And maybe Terminator 1 and Terminator 2 if she likes fallout?

NetZeroZealot · 28/07/2026 19:27

Jerry McGuire
Silence of the Lambs
Withnail & I

Girlwithavibe · 28/07/2026 19:24

My daughter hated dirty dancing my all.time fav!
She.loved lost boys thou dad's fav
Also stand by me is a.classic film I loved that !

thedogisfine · 28/07/2026 19:24

Haven’t read all replies so may be repeating sorry

friday
Thirteen
clueless
girl interrupted
mean girls
fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe
now and then
10 things I hate about you
I know what you did last summer

Svelty · 28/07/2026 19:22

Dd and I have recently enjoyed:

Forrest Gump
13 going on 30
Speed
Romy and Michelle’s high school reunion
Ferris Bueller
Legally Blonde
About a boy

GinaandGin · 28/07/2026 19:19

Cruel intentions
Say anything (80s)
Pretty in pink (also 80s)
Jawbreaker
Saved (2004 film with mandy moore)

Alltheusefulitems · 28/07/2026 19:17

The Hole
Napoleon dynamite
Lost boys

Imalittleelf · 28/07/2026 19:15

Mean girls
Romey and Michelle's high school reunion
Bring it on
Ferris bullers day off

ThisCraftyAquaHedgehog · 28/07/2026 19:12

She didn't like Top Gun?????
Really?
There is no hope for her.

This Life (themes might be a little old for her, but might not)
Friends (iconic)
A Few Good Men (But if she didn't like Top Gun...)
The English Patient (bit serious, depends what she is like)
Malcolm X (Long and serious, but I watched it at her age, but I was a bit 'save the world by myself' ambitious)

ThatHardyMember · 28/07/2026 19:12

Smallville
Dawson's Creek
Friends
Twilight
Back to the Future
Mamma Mia
Forrest Gump
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Anything by Richard Curtis
Quantum Leap
Three Men and a Baby/ Little Lady

BlueBellsArePretty · 28/07/2026 19:09

The Wedding Singer

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 28/07/2026 19:03

ACR7 · 28/07/2026 18:57

My guilty pleasure film is The Mummy. The 90s Brendan Fraser one

Oh don't feel guilty about that. It's a great film! It's got everything.

Member984815 · 28/07/2026 19:00

My so called life
Dawsons creek
Felicity
Popular

ACR7 · 28/07/2026 18:57

My guilty pleasure film is The Mummy. The 90s Brendan Fraser one

BigPurpleBookQueen · 28/07/2026 18:56

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Steel Magnolias
Dead Poets Society

Likeiloveyou · 28/07/2026 18:53

Withnail and I is a family favourite here.

Cyclebabble · 28/07/2026 18:50

Trainspotting
Love actually
Four weddings and a funeral
The full monty
Ally Mcbeal

Lambsydaisy · 28/07/2026 18:47

All John Hughes films, such as Say Anything and Sixteen Candles.
I think Ferris Buellers day off is a must.

Brightvoyager · 28/07/2026 18:36

Already mentioned but I watched Thelma and Louise with my daughter and she loved it. Delighted as one of my all time favourites.
We’ve also enjoyed Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs and Seven recently.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 28/07/2026 18:31

Twister

SaferHaven · 28/07/2026 18:30

We are absolutely loving ER a at the moment it’s so good and so fast paced really keeps you interested.
Films that have been a hit

Sister Acts
The Craft
The Beach
Clueless
Thelma and Louise
Shes all that
10 things I hate about you
Anchorman
Bridesmaids
Bring it on
legally blonde (but only number 1)
Devil wears prada
The Bodyguard

ScaramoucheCanYouDoTheFandango · 28/07/2026 18:29

The Green Mile (ds watched it around that age and it’s still his favourite film)
Flatliners (early 90s)

Useyourfork · 28/07/2026 18:29

The Butterfly Effect
Billy Elliot

ednakenneth · 28/07/2026 18:28

Does your daughter like Korean films?
My daughter loves them. They are great to watch together. The best one we watched was true beauty. Made me cry and laugh.
Otherwise,what about 27 dresses?

Useyourfork · 28/07/2026 18:24

Beaches
Shaun of the dead
Thelma and Louise

I know it’s old but Jaws is good

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