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old films that dc might like?

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woodencoffeetable · 27/04/2020 08:23

dc are young teens.

so far have watched 'twins' and 'sister act'.

what else can we watch?

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Cheesymonster · 27/04/2020 19:44

Teen Wolf

Pelleas · 27/04/2020 19:45

If they like Whoopi Goldberg, she's really funny in 'Ghost'.

Bluewavescrashing · 27/04/2020 19:46

Honey I shrunk the, Blew up the kid

Beethoven

Flight of the navigator

Lordfrontpaw · 27/04/2020 19:49

Jaws?

newtb · 27/04/2020 20:05

Dambusters

Ealing comedies:
Passport to Pimlico
Kind hearts and coronets
2 way stretch
Ladykillers etc

St Trinian's

Miss Congeniality

Full Monty (has a U cert where I am)

Prob too young Mrs Doubtfire

Not sure but the Lethal Weapon and Die Hard ones

Transporter 1 and 2

Baby's day out

Trains and planes (not sure of title) with John Candy and Steve Martin

Blott on the landscape - dvd of BBC adaption

Elzbells · 27/04/2020 20:10

We just watched The Parent Trap and my kids really enjoyed it.

notagaincharlie · 27/04/2020 20:58

Captain Fantastic
Hunt for the Wilderpeople

ThisGunsForHire · 27/04/2020 21:26

Films and shorts - Laurel & Hardy.
When DS2 was a teenager I bought a box set and he loved them.

Kokapetl · 27/04/2020 21:38

My two like Singing in the Rain. It has some funny dances which have them in giggles. There are a few boring scenes to fast forward though.

fairyfingers · 27/04/2020 21:40

To my eternal shame mine love a Carry On (so do I to be fair).

Graphista · 27/04/2020 22:08

Good grief!

I thought you were meaning actually old like 40’s and 50’s! 😂

It’s like having a conversation with my daughter. Old to her is recent past to me...

Ok back on topic.

Young teens, so it depends on what you’re ok with them seeing to a degree but my dd enjoyed around this age:

The breakfast club
Dirty dancing
Pretty woman
Goonies
Gremlins
Ferris bueller
Karate kid
Top gun
Cocktail
Beetlejuice
Groundhog day
Back to the future
Father of the bride - she actually preferred the sequel
Jumanji
10 things I hate about you
Bring it on
Pitch perfect
Ghost (dd loves a tearjerker)
Terms of endearment
Yes to adventures in babysitting!

Agree with Clue! Stonking example of french farce.

James Bond, mission impossibles and die hard films went down well.

She wasn’t a big fan of terminators but some of her friends were.

She also loves a musical (as does my mum it was “their thing” at one point) so

King and I
Sound of music
West side story
Doris day films galore
Wizard of oz and all kinds of other Judy Garland movies
Little shop of horrors was a favourite
Oliver!
Mary poppins
Singing in the rain
Mamma mia
Chicago

Hitchcock went down well too, rear window, to catch a thief (such wardrobe envy there), charade, dial m for murder...

But maybe save the harder hitting Hitchcock like psycho and Marnie for when they’re much older.

If you think they’d cope with slightly harder hitting “socially conscious” movies then

Erin brockovich
Imitation of life
Blackboard jungle
Witness
Silkwood
Wag the dog (more pertinent now than ever!)
Pay it forward
The abyss (directors cut)
Z for Zachariah
Walkabout
Ghandi
Something to live for:the Alison hertz story
Philadelphia
Fruitvale station

Swingingsally · 27/04/2020 22:34

Gilda!! What a fabulous film. And Yy to Ealing comedies. Dd adored the lady killers, not lavender Hill mob so much

Meltedwellie · 27/04/2020 22:38

Turner and Hooch

WhispersOfWickedness · 27/04/2020 22:48

Made my 10 year old sob with My Girl the other day, not my finest parenting moment BlushGrin

lashesandflashes · 27/04/2020 22:53

Little Miss Sunshine!

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StrikingMatches · 27/04/2020 23:29

Weird Science with Kelly le Brock
Police Academy
Mask
Footloose
Cocktail

ilovesooty · 27/04/2020 23:37

The Outsiders

Taddda · 27/04/2020 23:48

Hot Shots
K-9 (I thought this was far better than Turner & Hooch, which is still a fab film!)
Ruthless People
Ace Ventura
Kindergarten Cop
Beetlejuice
Nine to Five
Lost Boys
Stand by me
Princess Bride
Wayne's World
Young Guns
Days of Thunder

Umnoway · 28/04/2020 07:51

Stand By Me

I know it’s a 15 but it’s so soft, it would easily pass as a 12 nowadays.

CalmConfident · 28/04/2020 07:55

Brilliant suggestions here - my DS enjoyed ferris bueller.

We also watched Knives Out recently which they liked ...so a great idea to follow on with Clue for that cluedo vibe! Totally forgotten about that

Taddda · 28/04/2020 10:05

Funny enough we watched Clue last week, love that so many people mentioned it, it was a favourite of mine when I was really young! Slapstick and chaos - it made more sense watching it now, but laughed more as a kid!

(Aliens must have been my favourite film when I was about 12, know that film word for word, but obviously not recommending!)

Papergirl1968 · 28/04/2020 10:24

Castaway - Tom Hanks

Runkle · 09/05/2020 01:24

13 going on 30, stand by me, 10 things I hate about you, Romeo & Juliet (with Leo), Just Friends.

bicky · 09/05/2020 01:29

We watched ghost, Forrest Gump & twilight, twilight is the favourite so far

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