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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.

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IHateShein · 28/07/2026 18:23

Being John Malkovitch

The Truman Show

Austin Powers

Buffalo 66

Cape Fear

Changeisstillpossible · 28/07/2026 18:23

George of the Jungle

Blast from the Past

TreacleMoon · 28/07/2026 18:22

Murraystreet · 28/07/2026 09:00

Not 90s but what about Gilmore Girls?

I was going to suggest the same, my daughter and I watched it throughout the Autumn (and into winter) last year (arguably the best time to watch it?) and we just loved it.
It was wonderful and wholesome and the aesthetics were just bliss..

Looking forward to Autumn now 🍂 🥮

Useyourfork · 28/07/2026 18:22

Cruel intentions
shawshank
Contact
Flight Plan
Dead Again
Overboard
Misery
Stand by Me
Legally Blonde
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
I know what you did Last Summer
Field of dreams
Dead Poets Society

Grapefruitsofwrath · 28/07/2026 18:20

One tree Hill

PumpKim · 28/07/2026 18:17

Heathers
The Craft
Cruel Intentions
Clueless
Romeo & Juliet
My So Called Life

bryceQ · 28/07/2026 18:13

10 Things I Hate About You
She’s the Man
Easy A
Bring it On
Centre Stage
Footloose

might she like Ally Mcbeal which was silly but fun

catlover123456789 · 28/07/2026 18:11

If its films you are after, Clueless, Legally Blonde and The Craft would get my vote!

DaisyGivemeyouranswer · 28/07/2026 18:11

QuintadosMalvados · 28/07/2026 16:26

Not.

🤣🤣🤣

Boreded · 28/07/2026 18:11

Omg I actually forgot…

That 70s Show…too good

Boreded · 28/07/2026 18:10

not all 90s but things you HAVE to see

movies:
American Pie
silence of the lambs
beautiful mind
forrest gump

shows:
parks and rec
community
scrubs
inbetweeners

KentishKat · 28/07/2026 18:09

Grosse Pointe Blank is a great film
Moulin Rouge
Muriel's Wedding

SandwichesAndGingerBeer · 28/07/2026 18:09

Iamuhtredsonofuhtred · 28/07/2026 12:26

Empire records!

Came here to say this!

Also - Dazed and Confused
Scream
Seven
Thelma and Louise
Clueless
10 Things I Hate About You
Before Sunrise
A League of Their Own.

HauntedBungalow · 28/07/2026 18:09

Clerks

Morelovelyandtemperate · 28/07/2026 18:05

Hot Fuzz is our absolute favourite. Endlessly quotable.
Also Clueless and 10 Things I hate about you.
Legally Blonde 1+2.

Jazzicatz · 28/07/2026 18:03

The Before trilogy with Ethan Hawke is wonderful:

Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight

TheLilacLeader · 28/07/2026 17:58

Shawshank Redemption any day! Brilliant story/pace and cast.

Sometimessmiling · 28/07/2026 17:57

Tapoopoo · 28/07/2026 08:58

I rewatched XFiles pilot a few months ago. It was soooo boring! 🤣 I didnt even make it half way through. I loved X Files growing up.

Buffy, I've never watched that but good call.

Stand by me. (The best film ever)
Erin Brokovitch
Ghost

Orangemintcream · 28/07/2026 17:32

Cruel intentions.
Slightly later and 90s but only just - Legally blonde
Agree Cool Runnings
Pretty Women
Bring it on
10 things I hate about you
Jurassic Park

ImFckingMattDamon · 28/07/2026 17:30

KindlySurfiingPlatypus · 28/07/2026 09:13

Cruel Intentions (90s remake of dangerous liaisons)
Pleasantville
But I'm a Cheerleader
Romeo+Juliet (Baz Lurhman)
Heavenly Creatures
Scent of a Woman
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Dead Again
Strictly Ballroom (maybe not as similar plot to Dirty Dancing but a lot better)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Oooh I forgot about Pleasantville! That's such a good film! Off to Google if it's available to stream anywhere...

Sweetpea333 · 28/07/2026 17:28

My Cousin Vinny
The Craft
Seven
The Breakfast Club
Misery
Silence of the Lambs
Fatal Attraction

PollysKenwood · 28/07/2026 17:28

I keep meaning to watch Dazed and Confused again and make my two DCs through it 😁

Maybe not quite right yet but the Before Sunrise etc trilogy?

Twoshoesnewshoes · 28/07/2026 17:25

Mermaids
edward scissorhands
lost boys

glee!

UninitendedShark · 28/07/2026 17:20

Drop dead gorgeous
Bring it on
Clueless

The BBC Pride and Prejudice series

Chickenwing2 · 28/07/2026 17:17

Now and then.