To ask for film help within the hour?

[Jones3A]

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?

Are you going through everyone's replies to give your approval or just mine?

I think people think the Green Mile is the equivalent of the Shawshank redemption, but it is much, much darker.

Appreciate the sentiment and wholeheartedly agree, just couldn't be arsed writing all that 😂
One of my kids' favourite films is some like it hot, which due to the time it was released is an 18...

independence day. complete tosh, but grade A+ tosh at that.

Hot Fuzz, not sure of the rating though.
It's comical horror not gore fest.

I’d say Dune (and Dune Part 2 if you’ve got time)

Definitely Stand by Me!

Avatar?

Little Miss Sunshine is fantastic. Any of the Alien series. Spirited Away. Jaws.

Not sure if anyone else has suggested it but mine watched The Others at that age and really enjoyed it, especially with the twist

The Green Mile, Titanic, The Matrix, Mission Impossible, Minority Report, A.I., Bicentennial Man, Ocean's Eleven

Alien? For an 11 year old? Are you completely bonkers?

Just don't do what my mum did when I had two school friends over for a sleepover at 10/11 and stick on The Full Monty followed by Trainspotting(!!!). That dead baby still occasionally haunts my nightmares, God knows what their parents must have thought 😳

Truman Show is a great shout, or Men in Black!

Someone else mentioned The Mummy. Lots for an 11 year old to love, especially if they've studied Ancient Egyptians in school. There are some scary bits to be aware of but they are quite 'comic book' in nature.

Green Mile though...not at 11!

The Green Mile is not like the other films in this list.

I watched that at my nans house when I was about 7 I think and I was too scared to go to the toilet incase one of the worm things came up it while I was sat on it 😂🪱

Master and Commander is my favourite film. I watched it with my son when he was 12.

well, yes, but.....it was originally an "X" rated film, for good reason.

Yes. Showed this to my year 6 a few years ago. They loved it.

Here is one NOT to watch. The Boy In The striped Pyjamas.

DS wanted to watch it around that age, I was aware of it, was aware it was about the concentration camps, and DS liked a war film so I thought it would a different perspective.

Oh god, I don't know who was more upset at the end of it, him or me.

If no-one else has suggested it - Woman in Black (Daniel Radcliffe version). DS loved it, I was watching from behind a cushion.

😂😂

The pursuit of happiness, lovely feel good film, based on a true story

I read Harry Potter books when I was a teenager? I still watch the films now occaisonally at nearly 40.

Let us know what you watch!!