AIBU to think that the only PG movies that will appeal to my 10yo are 1980s classics

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My 10yo DS is turning his nose up at modern PG movies - they're mostly cartoons and he's outgrown them. We've let him watch a few 12s (Harry Potter, LOTR, after he'd read the books) but as we also have a 7yo we're trying not to make a habit of it.

I'm struggling to find family movies suitable for us all to watch together, and have resorted to this list for ideas. So we've been watching a lot of 1980s classics like Back to the Future, Home Alone, Raiders of the Lost Ark. They've been great, and I'm left wondering why there doesn't seem to be a modern equivalent - surely there's demand for great family movies, without the 12+ stuff? Or perhaps times have changed and those movies I listed would have been rated a 12 if they were released now?

Jumanji is perfect... Also the sequel Zathura

We love the goonies, labyrinth etc and my nearly 10 yo dd has just watched Johnny English - even my 6yo loved it for the slapstick.

And narnia.....

The classic films are great. But some of the modern cartoon films have a wider appeal, like toy story or despicable me. How to train your dragon 2 is getting good reviews.

"They did have 12s at the time gremlins was released, just not 12a. But I remember my friend saying that it was an odd classification."

No, they didn't. The first UK 12 certificate was the Tim Burton Batman which was released on 11 August 1989 (I remember because it was just before my brother's twelfth birthday). And Gremlins came out in 1984.

15 certificates had themselves only come in towards the end of 1982 - before that we'd had A which was similar to PG and AA which was effectively a 14 certificate.

Weirdly IMDB lists Goonies as a PG but the DVD/Bluray is a 12.

I've recently started introducing 80's classics to my two aged 7 and 10.
The 7 year old LOVES E.T, it's currently one of his favourites watches it over and over or it seems like it
Other ones great for a 10 year old are:

• Jumanji
• Big
• Splash
• Flight of The Navigator
• Back To The Future (although there must have been a TV version out there as just got the dvd and there's a bit of swearing in it! Nothing major, just things like "holy shit!") Now I KNOW on telly it used to say 'holy jeez!" I watched it enough times to definitely not be confused!

Roald Dahl adaptations are pretty good - Matilda, The Witches, The BFG (that is a cartoon but still very good).

YANBU. The 80s ones are all classics: Back To The Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark (although the face-melting bit is a bit scary), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (ditto with the insect tunnel and the heart-pulling), Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Batteries Not Included et al. Obviously The Goonies is la creme de la creme

My DSD (just turned 11) has seen Dodgeball, although there is a bit of language in that, and loved it.

Gremlins was definitely a 15 and I wouldn't let a 10 year old watch the original version - I don't know about any edited ones to make it a PG.

What about Night at the Museum, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Mrs Doubtfire?

Gremlins also "outs" Santa....

Baby's day out is a good one.

Can't remember the ratings, but my boys also enjoyed R.V & Are we there yet?