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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:
Leavesandthings · 28/07/2026 10:49

OriginalSkang · 28/07/2026 10:27

Wayne's World

I introduced this to a Gen Z and all I got was

"Huh this is so weird"

Didn't get it at all. It's the best film!!

Iocanepowder · 28/07/2026 10:48

Theresalittlebitofwitchinyou · 28/07/2026 10:07

American Gothic
ER
House (not 90s but we are watching it as a follow on to ER)
Legally Blonde
Sweet Home Alabama
The Ring
The X Files
Sleepy Hollow
Six Feet Under (a firm favourite with Dd 16)
CSI (not all 90s but still loved)

Edited

The Ring scares the shit out of me! Especially when I had a tv in my bedroom as a teenager.

FlorasRoundhouse · 28/07/2026 10:36

flight of the navigator
ally mcbeal is my fave of all time
the poltergeist movies

theres a channel on youtube called 'this aged great' which takes a modern day comedy look at old movies - some have aged VERY BADLY - but its hilarious and you might find some movies from watching their videos. my husband and i have found some belters which are so bad they are good.

SunshineOnARainyLeith · 28/07/2026 10:31

The Beakfast Cub
Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure

lifesabitchandthenyoudie · 28/07/2026 10:27

Ferris Bueller's Day Off,

Also later but maybe Ally McBeal, and The Mentalist? Ally dealt with a lot of deeper issues whilst being wonderfully quirky

OriginalSkang · 28/07/2026 10:27

Wayne's World

JustJoinedRightNow · 28/07/2026 10:27

GingerBeverage · 28/07/2026 09:58

Freaks and Geeks - made late 90s but set in 80s and almost everyone in it has go onto bigger roles.

Yes I second this!

JustJoinedRightNow · 28/07/2026 10:26

Bit later but what about Veronica Mars?
Then if she likes that, Party Down

Fgfgfg · 28/07/2026 10:23

Lots I was going to list have already been mentioned but also
Election
Never been kissed

Malcolm in the Middle

Leavesandthings · 28/07/2026 10:22

Romy and Michelle's high school reunion

Clueless

MeOldBamboo · 28/07/2026 10:22

Strictly Ballroom

Mamaceita · 28/07/2026 10:20

Footloose

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 28/07/2026 10:19

Freaky Friday
Romeo and Juliet?
American pie
Bring it on (basically same plot as pitch perfect)
Josie and the pussycats
There's one about bank robbing cheerleaders that I can't remember the name of!

Frodocheerio · 28/07/2026 10:16

The Wedding Singer
Singles
So I Married an Axe Murderer still makes me laugh more than it should (peak 90s for sure 😂)

ThePeppyOpalScroller · 28/07/2026 10:10

Pump up the volume.

This is epic. If only for the soundtrack.

Theresalittlebitofwitchinyou · 28/07/2026 10:07

American Gothic
ER
House (not 90s but we are watching it as a follow on to ER)
Legally Blonde
Sweet Home Alabama
The Ring
The X Files
Sleepy Hollow
Six Feet Under (a firm favourite with Dd 16)
CSI (not all 90s but still loved)

GingerBeverage · 28/07/2026 09:58

Freaks and Geeks - made late 90s but set in 80s and almost everyone in it has go onto bigger roles.

lolacherricoke · 28/07/2026 09:53

Brides war
27 dresses
twilight
clueless

Tulipvase · 28/07/2026 09:50

ER
not 90s but House

Snoken · 28/07/2026 09:43

Murraystreet · 28/07/2026 09:00

Not 90s but what about Gilmore Girls?

Second this. My DD loved Gilmore Girls and has rewatched it again now in her early 20s.

LondonKara · 28/07/2026 09:38

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.

Sorry but that made me laugh

I would suggest:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Truth About Cats and Dogs

Crojo · 28/07/2026 09:34

I never watched it but I remember Dawsons Creek being popular at my school in the 90’s

dizzydizzydizzy · 28/07/2026 09:23

Mrs Doubtfire
The Full Monty
Big Fat Greek Wedding (although it’s from 2002)

Morepositivemum · 28/07/2026 09:20

Rewatched buffy with my two sons, they were very bored, laughed at the special effects- said it to a girl in work in her 20s and she said ‘oh god mum tried to make me watch that crap too, we lasted two episodes’🙈

randomchap · 28/07/2026 09:17

Galaxy quest

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