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Jones3A · 25/10/2024 18:35

We need a film to watch this evening, me DH and DS. Rare treat as DD8 is out on a sleepover.

My son is 11, he's mature, and he's increasingly keen to watch more adult style films.

He's not easily spooked and not squeamish.

He's seen Shawshank, a few good men, the dark knight, Forrest gump and hacksaw ridge, recently. All with both of us there to talk through the themes and difficult subjects. Some I've slightly regretted after tbh (Shawshank).

DH and I have argued this week because of some of the increasingly adult suggestions of films they're making together, to watch next. I don't mind him watching some stuff that's pushing it a little, but he's only a kid, and there's no rush.

What can we watch tonight that's exciting/challenging enough that he feels it's grown up, without filling his 11yo brain with things he doesn't need to be worrying about yet?

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PastaC · 25/10/2024 18:36

Maze runner

MasterBeth · 25/10/2024 18:39

Stand By Me

YellowphantGrey · 25/10/2024 18:39

Ghostbusters? Back to the Future? Karate Kid? Jurassic Park? Harry Potter?

edwinbear · 25/10/2024 18:40

Sixth Sense is good about that age.

TheDuckSaysMoo · 25/10/2024 18:40

Truman Show

FloatyBoaty · 25/10/2024 18:41

There are some 80s/ 90s classics that are supposed to be for kids but are actually quite grown up. Ghost Busters etc.

What about some 90s films - Titanic? Castaway? Independence Day? Lots of space themed films are quite adult but tend to be more psychological than gory etc- thinking like The Martian.

CocoapuffPuff · 25/10/2024 18:41

Hunger Games. Lord of the Rings. Beetlejuice. Little Shop of Horrors. Death Becomes Her.

MasterBeth · 25/10/2024 18:41

YellowphantGrey · 25/10/2024 18:39

Ghostbusters? Back to the Future? Karate Kid? Jurassic Park? Harry Potter?

He's a mature 11 year old, not a mature 7 year old! Harry Potter? Jurassic Park?

Pineapplesandthegovernmentandpunkrock · 25/10/2024 18:41

Life of Pi

FloatyBoaty · 25/10/2024 18:42

Oh yeah- the Hunger Games (though I wouldn’t show it at 11… kids killing each other in a deadly version of Big Brother… it is marketed at the young teen end

Pineapplesandthegovernmentandpunkrock · 25/10/2024 18:42

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DinnaeFashYerself · 25/10/2024 18:42

Skyfall

AlmostCutMyHairToday · 25/10/2024 18:43

Men In Black

FloatyBoaty · 25/10/2024 18:43

Depending on how well he could follow, you’ve also got stuff like Baz Luhrmans Romeo and Juliet.

GetTheFormDone · 25/10/2024 18:43

A Beautiful Mind.

Sparklyhat · 25/10/2024 18:43

Has he seen all the marvel stuff? Guardians of the galaxy maybe?

WitcheryDivine · 25/10/2024 18:44

Something with some women in would be good. I’ll have a think.

PattiLupone12 · 25/10/2024 18:44

Tremors

FloatyBoaty · 25/10/2024 18:44

If he’s climate anxious not this- bur The Day After Tomorrow is great

FloatyBoaty · 25/10/2024 18:45

Twister - there’s a reboot with hot young things just out

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 25/10/2024 18:45

Arrival

HolyMolyAnne · 25/10/2024 18:46

The Matrix

Porkchopexpress · 25/10/2024 18:46

Alien

Putthetipin · 25/10/2024 18:46

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TiramisuThief · 25/10/2024 18:47

Green book - rewatched recently, bloody love it.

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