Please tell me your 11 year olds favourite film

[Gracekellyandme]

My DS is turning 11 next week and is having a sleep over party. All good, but they want to watch a movie and I can’t find one that fits the bill. They have all watched Home Alone, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Goonies.

I would be eternally grateful for any recommendations of films your tweens love that are along similar lines. x

Mine likes Star Wars, would that be any good?

Holes
Spirited Away
Howl’s Moving Castle
Night at the Museum
Sunshine on Leith
Groundhog Day
Little Shop of Horrors
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
school of Rock
Percy Jackson
Moonrise Kingdom

Now you See Me

What streaming services do you have?

Star Wars
Harry Potter
Anything marvel (they are rated 12 so maybe not every parent would be happy with this?)
Short circuit
Gremlins (12 again I think)
The kid who would be king
Yes day
Robin Hood Prince of thieves
ET

Blended is good fun... Dunston Checks InMr Poppers Penguins.
AVOID BRIDGE TO TERABITHA.... 😢 😢 😢 😢 😢

Shazam

If you're happy with them watching a 12A then have a look at the Transformers films (there's 4 or 5 including Bumblebee). Or Jurassic World (there's at least 3 of them as well as Jurassic Park). The most recent Ghostbusters film is good (even I enjoyed it).
We watched and enjoyed Men In Black last week.

I like IMDB to look at film ratings, I find the parental guide useful for gauging how suitable a film is.

I think it's a 12 but Murder Mystery was fun

Recent ghostbusters, Guardians of the Galaxy or anything with The Rock in it! Also, dungeons and dragons was a hit. The Mario movie is probably the most watched this year though

Kid who would be king!!!!!

The original Italian Job

Star Wars at the moment - she even did her school art project on it!

She watched Percy Jackson for her birthday party which seemed to be the right level for her friends who are not into too scary things.

Recently watched the first Mission Impossible which they seemed to really like, but we did need to occasionally pause and explain some things.

Dungeons and Dragons

The new Jumanji films with The Rock are good.
Pixels
Free Guy

all the Tom Holland Spiderman films

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Just asked ds, 11.

Spiderman: no way home.

As a 50 year old mother who has been made to watch the spidermans- this film is truly wonderful.