Nice Films for kids with no baddies please?

[dannyboyle]

7 and 5 year olds. I’m looking for nice happy films for them to watch with no baddies or bad things happening.
Have tried a few but they tend to get scared.
Any suggestions please??

The Secret Life of Pets is lovely. Inside Out - quite sad but not scary. The Little Mermaid? Ursula isn't that scary as a baddie. Gnomeo and Juliet doesn't have a scary villain either as far as I remember.

Mary Poppins? (The original one).

Alice in wonderland is pretty scary! And Matilda, and Home Alone.

My dd couldn't really watch films up to about age 7. So many of them have scary bits. We just watched lots of Cbeebies! Then she suddenly changed and got to love scary stuff.

3out- I don't think that original Alice in Wonderland is scary at all actually, definitely completely different then the new one...🤷🏻‍♀️

I understand your need for non-scary films - my DD was the only preschooler who had to leave the cinema screaming with fear at Frozen a few years ago!

She’s now a Harry Potter addict, so got over it!

We watched Tinkerbell repeatedly for a few years. Couldn’t handle much more than that until Studio Ghibli

Disney’s Robin Hood.
Madeleine perhaps?
Thomas the Tank films (although Day of the Diesels is pretty scary)

The queen of hearts is really scary! And the dark woods, and even the Cheshire Cat is a bit freaky :/
Started watching Rocket Man, not loving it.

Another one for Strange Magic, took dgds to see it and errrrr I might have watched it on tv, by myself. Love the soundtrack.

Wreck it Ralph, it does have a baddie but not a nasty type. Another one I may or may not have watched by myself on a rainy afternoon.

Over the Hedge? The "baddie" is hardly seen and whilst the other characters are scared of the dog he's quite clearly yelling "play!" at them.

Fly Away Home (sad bits, but no baddies)
Shaun the Sheep (don’t remember any baddies, more slapstick, though might have forgotten some)
Parent Trap (might be a bit old for them)

The Nanny McPhee films have sad bits but are generally quite tame 🤔

Was a big hit with the DC I saw it with

What specific parts of films were they scared by? If you can narrow it down it may help e.g. my ds is really scared of anything involving monsters/peril but is fine with cartoon style baddies or guns. So he loved star wars but wouldn't watch how to tame your dragon for example.

The first Cars film and Walle may both be worth a try.

Joining in for films with no baddy, no emotional turmoil and nothing scary. Frozen was too much for my DD1 till she was 5 😱

I actually have one - Barbie and her Sisters in the great Puppy Chase. Actually quite decent and not stereotypically barbie. Not the “Great Puppy Adventure” though as that has two bad crooks and the girls get trapped underground in a cave after a technology driven treasurehunt.

Despicable Me
The incredibles
Cars
The Incredible Journey is a bit of a tear jerker -there's a modern version too
Wreck it Ralph
Jonny English

Second vote for Barbie and the puppy chase :)

Hmm! Second the PPs who say Studio Ghibli movies - gorgeous.

Paddington?
Peter Rabbit?
Sing
Zootropolis
Secret Life of Pets

Sophia the First
Tinker bell
Toy Story movies

Madagascar. The only slightly bad guys are the Fusa who are scared of Alex the Lion and are mostly just seen running away.

My 5 yr old loves it and was terrified of the monster in Frozen and really upset by Lion King

Old version of Swallows and Amazon's. Not the film that was out last year.

Oh yes, the 1974 Swallows and Amazons is lovely. My 7 yo, 5 yo and 4 yo adore it. No scary parts, no villains.

5 children and it

Love Swallows & Amazons! ‘Her real name is Ruth, but uncle Jim said the Amazons were ruthless’ - so many fab quotes :)

Good idea for a thread, thanks OP. But lots of those listed have got baddies!

Inside out